Practised climate protection – committed public services and practised cost efficiency
Cities and municipalities play a key role in the practical implementation of the energy turnaround and its’ goals to improve energy efficiency, to expand renewable energies as well as to increase climate protection. The Federal Government developed new plans of action and strategies, following the European directives, to underline the importance of local players. At the same time a comprehensive information and consulting service should motivate cities and municipalities to act.
Technical requirements for decentralized energy systems and their maintenance are increasing rapidly: decentralized production, added capacities in renewable energies or the digitisation are just a few given examples. Furthermore all that offers a great opportunity for local companies, but it also raises a lot of issues regarding the cooperation between energy production, public and private buildings and the mobility system.
For you, we bring all different aspects together. We invite you, to use our expertise.
Amongst the plurality of possible options for actions it should be determined, to set correct priorities and reasonable roadmaps. EVEECON knows which framework conditions should be observed: budget competence, bureaucratic competence, as well as the political and social framework. We also complete our range of skills with technical expertise. We develop customized strategies to optimize your opportunities and take all demands of a future oriented energy system into account responsibly. To achieve this goal, our long time experience supports us in the conflict area between municipalities, end consumers and companies of the energy sector.
We are your partner regarding the following thematic focus:
Energy efficiency in buildings
Residential and non-residential properties, city halls, museum, church-organisations, retirement homes, dormitories, universities, schools
Concept for a Regional Energy Agency (REA) in the „Braunschweig/ Wolfsburg“ region
To expand and cross-link the existing local and regional key players on energy consultancy in the region Braunschweig-Wolfsburg, a concept for a Regional Energy Agency (REA) was developed on behalf of the “project REGION BRAUNSCHWEIG GMBH”.
To ensure that the concept of the REA attracts wide interest, stakeholders were involved in the conception. This was done primarily through selected expert interviews as well as the implementation of a “future workshop”. For this purpose, various municipal climate protection concepts were evaluated, analyzed and discussed. In addition to defining the main tasks of the REA (priorities, expectations) an organizational concept for the implementation and operation of the Agency in the initial phase has been developed. These include, i.e. the assessment of the financial framework, the assessment of the need for qualified staff and the analysis of investment and financing opportunities.
In addition to the conceptual design of a REA as a standalone and fully featured network in form of a company, two alternative solution models (coordination and advisory board in the form of a support association; coordination body in form of a department of an existing organization) have been developed, that differ in the scope of demanded services.
The housing stock in Kosovo is an obsolete energetic point and is not always guaranteed the security of energy supply.
Power shortages and blackouts in particular are becoming an everyday occurrence. The German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) supports the Economic and Energy Department in Pristina in planning and implementing measures to improve the energy situation in the building sector. The GIZ has commissioned EVEECON to analyze the situation and to develop a restructuring plan including accompanying measures.
Energy-Efficiency-Commission Kosovo
EVEECON has analyzed the building stock of Kosovo in terms of energy efficiency and the basic savings have been identified. On this basis concrete energy efficiency measures in the building sector have been proposed and determined the number of necessary building energy experts and investment volumes. Possible sources of funding for implementation have also been proposed. The data base is based on existing studies and numerous on-site interviews with energy experts, associations, banks, political representatives and universities.
The competent state certification Commission in Kosovo has been under the contract guidance on any relevant strategic direction and recommendations developed which will support the introduction of requirements which are comparable with EU requirements regarding Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in Kosovo.
Accompanying a concept to build a training and certification system for domestic energy experts has been developed to be used in the implementation of the Efficiency Directive.
The INCO-NET CA project is funded by the European Commission and has to support the goal of the exchange of scientific information between Central Asian states and countries of the European Union. Addressed is among other things the issue of energy. In this context, EVEECON was commissioned to analyze the innovation performance of four research institutes in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and then to make recommendations for future strategic orientation under partially sensitive political environment.
At the beginning of the project EVEECON developed an analysis method to ensure the evaluation of research institutions according to standardized criteria. In addition to the priority themes of the Institute and the organizational structure and the financial situation in the analysis were collected.
The present strategy papers of the Institute were spotted by EVEECON and support the impressions through interviews with experts on the ground in the 4 countries. The data collection was complemented by visits to laboratories in each research organization and verification of various advanced prototypes there.
After completion of investigation an individual score report with recommendations for the future strategic orientation was conducted at each research institute based on received research priorities and intended target groups.
As part of the Ener2i project, the European Commission, the four east adjacent ENP neighbors (Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Belarus) supported to develop through knowledge exchange with EU Member States methods to drive innovation in their own energy sector and to initiate concrete innovation projects.
EVEECON in this context takes, together with the consortium partners active exchange of experts in the four target areas in part and holding practical demonstrations on innovative topics in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency. These lectures are complemented by visiting scientific institutions locally and by personal interviews with researchers and companies.
On the basis of the project carried out, EVEECON created policy recommendations for policy makers as Innovative project ideas can be a politically effective support in the four target countries. In addition to the academic and political exchange of knowledge, EVEECON has developed a competitive concept for the promotion of 24 innovative energy projects in the target countries and implemented together with the local partners over a period of 30 months. The many participants in the competition and positive project results confirm the success of the chosen format, which has been deliberately chosen to selectively convert existing theoretical knowledge into concrete practical projects and thus to stimulate innovation on site.
Employment support through energy efficiency and use of renewable energy in mosques
The Kingdom of Morocco covers its energy needs currently to about 90% with imports from abroad. Between 2002 and 2012 the energy demand has increased by 60% and increases to date continues. In order to reduce dependence on imports and to increase energy efficiency, the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), EVEECON instructed to submit a comprehensive pilot project to the Moroccan Energy Ministry, proposed for the introduction of energy- saving contracting in the course of 100 buildings (mosques) and thus the long-term to increase energy efficiency.
To determine the feasibility of energy-saving contracting projects in Morocco, the specific technical requirements were considered in the modernization of religious buildings and a variety of other factors were also studied. In addition to the market potential for contracting services in Morocco, it was mainly to review the legal framework for such projects. Furthermore, it was analyzed which local energy experts can perform contracting projects and whether the existing capacities are sufficient to implement the pilot project. It was also checked that domestic project financing options exist and what conditions must be met for a use for.
The results of the studies were presented to a variety of local actors at a 2-Day Workshop. Accompanying discussions provided further insights that were considered in the preparation of recommendations for action.
Sector project "technology cooperation in the energy sector"
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) conducted the sector project „Technology cooperation in the Energy Sector“, commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to support energy efficiency as well as renewable energies in partner countries worldwide.
In this context, GIZ advisors are increasingly faced with the question whether an energy agency might be an appropriate tool to foster energy strategies and programs, and if so, how such an agency should be designed under given circumstances. These two criteria significantly affect both the expectations to and opportunities for an energy agency.
EVEECON followed a three-step approach to obtain meaningful results and to provide recommendations. At first, nine different energy agency models were distinguished depending on the geographical sphere (national, regional and local level) and on the stage of development of the specific country (industrialized, emerging or developing nation).
As a second step, a reference profile for different agency models was defined by an international survey of a sample of 37 energy agencies from 12 different countries. Finally, best practice examples for each energy agency model were identified and described in detail.
The key findings of the study were transferred to an easy-to-handle Microsoft-Excel tool. This tool was designed to provide first indications regarding the potential success of an energy agency in a particular project or country and support the development of an appropriate framework for an energy agency.
