Project EscoLimburg2020 (MLEI-IEE)

LimburgCLIMATENEUTRAL

ESCOLimburg2020

Context - ‘Limburg climate neutral in 2020’

Covenant of Mayors

ESCOLimburg2020

Overview

Province of Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

838 050 inhabitants

44 cities and towns

Province is partner for the municipalities

Limburg has a long experience on energy saving, sustainable building…

Context

CLIMATENEUTRAL

“Limburg

in 2020”

Once upon a time, in 2008…

Steve Stevaert, governor of the Province of Limburg

Study TACO2: how to become climate neutral?

Transition management: long way to go

Citizens: communication and involvement (> Climate Fund)

Working groups for themes and target groups

Own good example!

Cities and towns! (> Covenant of Mayors)

Climate neutral in 2020?

Province became ‘covenant coordinator’

Involving our 44 cities and towns: all signed the Covenant of Mayors

Province & partners provide for 44 BEI and 44 SEAPs (36 approved by JRC)

Intensive support

Implementation via concrete pilotprojects and ESCO (> ESCOLimburg2020)

Covenant of Mayors

30 november 2011…

www.escolimburg2020.be

Project funded by IEE-MLEI

Partners: province, Infrax, Dubolimburg

What preceded

Project objectives and approach

ESCOLimburg2020

Monitoring energy consumption in municipal buildings

Thematic Energy Audits and relightings

Grants for municipalities when investing in their public building stock

Provincial energy campaigns

Sustainable Building Advice

ESCO: what preceded…

Launched by Infrax in 2010

Formal engagement: 41/44 municipalities + the province

List with > 600 public buildings (capacity?)

Need of an integrated approach

How to convince municipalities to aim high, make the right choices and decisions?

ESCO: first experiences

Convince locale authorities …to renovate their building stock faster, with a high

ambition

Helping them investing…in the right order, the right measures

Optimising the ESCO-model…and implementing this optimised model

Support the building sectorskills & knowledge / capable to perform building renovations

ESCOLimburg2020: goals

ESCO framed in the climate ambition• From SEAP to ESCO: customized ‘Retrofit and Renewables

Action Plans’ for municipal building stock, policy dialogues• High level of energy savings: >30%, average 40%

Explore innovative financial models• EPC possible? Off-balance investment possible?• Funding through the "Limburgs Klimaatfonds“?• Exploring European investment funds (Jessica, Elena, ...)

Capacity building • Building sector and local authorities

ESCOLimburg2020: approach

ESCOLimburg2020: general investment scheme

Investments: +/- 20 Meuro

CO2 reduction: +/- 20 kton/yearJob creation: +/- 100

ESCOLimburg2020: impact

2013-2015

Contact:Patrick Boucneau (patrick.boucneau@limburg.be)Nele Vandenreyt (nele.vandenreyt@limburg.be)

Department of environment and nature

Province of LimburgUniversiteitslaan 13500 Hasselt (Belgium)www.limburg.bewww.limburgklimaatneutraal.be