TUKUMS

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• TUKUMS
• MODEL pilot city

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Tukums City

• Number of inhabitants 20 000
• Located 65km from capital Riga
• The area of municipality is 12,9 km²

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Energy efficiency improvement in city

• Reconstruction of biological waste water
  treatment plant
• Further development of the water supply sector in
  the municipality
• Regional waste management project
• Reconstruction of streetligtning in the
  municipality
• Tukums municipality is one of the most active
  participant among Latvia municipalities in the
  international INTERREG cooperation projects
  related to spatial planning and environmental
  sector, here it can be noted such projects as
  Baltic Sea Planet, Baltic Pallete II, Baltic
  cities forum for sustainable development BUUF,
  Regional cooperation for waste management RECO,
  Baltic Biomass Network BBN. In total Tukums city
  has 8 friendship cities in 8 countries.

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General information

• DH company Tukuma Siltums Municipality has
  100 share in company
• DH company covers approximately 80 of DH market
  in town
• Main consumers are households (80) and public
  buildings
• The main branches are wood processing, food,
  textile industry, machinery
• One of the major producers of furnaces/boilers
  based on local biomass JSC Komforts is
  operating in Tukums city.

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Bioenergy in Tukums Town

• Reconstruction of the DH system was initiated in
  1999 and proceeds in seven stages
• during the 1st and the 2nd stages the four-pipe
  heat supply system was eliminated
• In the 3rd stage a new boiler-house unit was
  built, and two new biomass-fuelled boilers were
  installed
• During the 4th and 5th stage a part of network
  was reconstructed
• During the 6th and 7th stage was reconstruction
  of network.

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Consumption of resources

• Wood chips30 hog fuel with a moisture content
  of 40-55 - introduced instead of previous fuel
  heavy fuel oil (the residual fuel oil is
  preserved as reserve as well as for covering
  peaks)
• Annual wood fuel consumption 65 000 loose m3
• Wood fuel storehouse 3000 m3

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Other energy efficiency measures

• Signed European Covenant of Mayors March 18,
  2009
• ERDF public project application in activity
  3.4.4.1. "Thermal stability improvement measures
  in apartment houses
• Heat insulation of schools buildings
• Arrangement of water meters in buildings
• Etc.

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MIED 2008
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MIED 2009
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• Tukums Town Council
• Pils Street 18,
• Tukums, LV-3101
• E-mail dome_at_tukums.lv