Implementing low carbon policies: good
practices, framework and constraints
Daniel Steiner
JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
Graz, May 24th 2013
Rationale
 To achieve a conversion of the energy system both
global and regional approaches for reducing energy
demand and GHG are needed.
 Regional/local actions become more important
 Many regional initiatives evolved
 The question is: How can be learn from innovative
approaches to not reinvent the wheel?
Intentions
 Insights to good practice examples for reducing
energy demand and GHG emissions (work in
progress)
 Collection of innovative ideas
 Getting insights to common sucess factors and a
common procedure/common methodology for
creating such approaches
Our approach (1)
Investigating
innovative/sucessful
initiatives
Surveying specific features
of initiatives
Finding a common
procedure for
creating/running the
initiatives and finding
success factors
Our approach (2)
Investigating
innovative/sucessful
initiatives
 13+ initiatives surveyed so far
 Standardized template created
Surveying specific features
of initiatives
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Short general description
Steps of creating the initiative
Targets and targets determination
Success factors / barriers
Responsibility
Costs
Economic effects
Our approach (3)
Finding a common procedure
for creating/running the
initiatives and finding success
factors
Strong
stakeholder
involvement
Survey of
potential
Survey of
status quo
Defining
targets
Definition of
specific
measures
Expert
Guidance
Monitoring &
Motivation
Selected examples
 2 Types of initiatives
• Strategy development (macro-level)
• Buttom-up initiatives (micro-level)
 Selected examples of buttom-up approaches
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Learning Energy Efficiency Networks (LEEN)
Climate and Energy Model Regions
e5 (for municipalities)
Thermoprofit
Warm Zones
Electricity Saving Check
Learning Energy Efficiency
Networks (1)
 LEEN establishes systematically networks of
approx. 10 – max. 15 companies)
Learning Energy Efficiency
Networks (2)
 Effects:
• Energy efficiency is doubled
• ¾ of measures had an internal interest rate >12%
 Responsibility:
• key player to initiate and maintain momentum of the network
 Success factors/Barriers:
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(+) Experience exchange reduces „information costs“
(+) One player takes the leading role to maintain momentum
(+) Professional consulting and moderation (process steering)
(+) Long-lasting initiative (mutual trust)
(+) Participating companies must not
be competitor
Climate and Energy Model
Regions (1)
 This initiative supports regions which target to
become independent from fossil fuels
 Comprises 1,113 municipalities and 2.5 mio.
inhabitants (Feb. 2013)
 Steps:
• Concept development and
stakeholder inclusion
• Regional manager is financed
and gets training
• Exclusive investment subsidies for
respective measures
Climate and Energy Model
Regions (2)
 Costs:
• Max. amount per region is € 100,000 for 2 years
• Required co-funding of municipality of at least 40%
 Responsibility:
• Regional manager; municipalities
 Success factors/Barriers:
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(+) Concept for energy related measures
(+) A main person in charge
(+) Inclusion of reginal stakeholders
(+) Co-financing (Incentive to be sucessful)
(+) Maximum size of region
(< 60,000 inhabitants)
• (+) Possibility to use strengths of the
region
e5 (1)
 Specifically intends to promote energy efficiency and
renewable energy in municipalities
 Is not one single project, but rather a continuous
program; bundles many small and different energy
efficiency and renewable energy projects
 Steps
• Access phase (e5 team is established; status quo and action
plan)
• Continuous implementation action
(implementation; annual but internal
progress monitoring; adaption/expansion
of work plan)
• External monitoring and award
e5 (2)
 Motivation:
 Responsibility:
• e5-team (key inhabitants of municipality); assistance by
regional „e5-advisors“
 Success factors/Barriers:
• (+) Inclusion of relevant stakeholders in a municipality plus
professional assistance by e5-advisors
• (+) Frequent audits provide feedback about
success of e5-team
• (+) Awards motivate and provide
a positive image to the municipality
Warm Zones (1)
 Initiative by the UK Government
 Ward-by-ward approach; Within a ward all households are surveyed
 Based on this information HH get energy eff.
measures for free or for preferential deep rates
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Awareness raising
Assessment
Discounted schemes
Surveying
Installation of physical measures
Warm Zones (2)
 Combination of energy and social policy
 Responsibility:
• Warm Zones Limited“
 Success factors/Barriers:
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(+/-) high amount of funding
(+) Familiarity
(+) Impartial expert advice
(+) Comprehensive but quick survey
(+) Post action check
Electricity saving check (1)
 Electricity savings are promoted by advising
specifically socially disadvantaged households
 Currently 100 cities/towns/municipalities/districts are
covered by this initiative
 Steps:
• Survey of status quo by professional advisor (by former longtime unemployed people)
• “Energy saving starter set” for free (builds up confidence)
• Surveying of energy saving potential
• Financial assistance at higher
investments (“micro-contracting“)
•  no monitoring
Electricity saving check (2)
 Costs:
• Highly efficient through combination of environmental and
social policy (job for long-time unemployed people)
• Energy saving set approx. € 65,-
 Responsibility:
• Weak responsibility for affected household
 Success factors/Barriers:
• (+) Credibility of advisors
• (+) Focusing on main interest of target group (cost saving,
environmental protection is a by-product)
• (+) Installation of energy saving set
free of charge
• (+) Municipalities can save money
(in Germany)
Climate Protection Strategy for Styria
Conclusion
 Many different local/regional initiatives evolved
 Draft method. for initiative process is developed
 Key success factors:
• Clear picture of status quo and regional potential is needed; an
elaborated road-map is required
• Person/group in charge is needed who has also intrinsic
incentive for success
• Inclusion of stakeholders
• Mutual trust is needed
• Professional assistance, support, moderation
• Monitoring (for checking success and adapting plans)
• Motivation (intrinsic motivation)
• Combination of energy and social policy > synergies for funding
Thank you for your attention!
Daniel Steiner
Elisabethstraße 18/II
8010 Graz, Austria
[email protected]
www.joanneum.at/resources