Limburg CLIMATE NEUTRAL ESCOLimburg2020
Project EscoLimburg2020 (MLEI-IEE)
Nov 11, 2014
http://www.escolimburg2020.be
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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 ([email protected])Nele Vandenreyt ([email protected])
Department of environment and nature
Province of LimburgUniversiteitslaan 13500 Hasselt (Belgium)www.limburg.bewww.limburgklimaatneutraal.be
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