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Presenter and Coordinator:
Stella FANOUENEA
Athens, 8 December 2016
General presentation of the CERtuS Project
CERtuS projectCost Efficient Options and Financing Mechanisms
for nearly Zero Energy Renovationof Existing Building Stock
IEE /13/906/SI2.675068
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1. Context and Motivation
2. Objectives and general description What is CERtuS
Partners
The CERtuS project in brief / Main goal
Project Specific Objectives
Networking activities
Main Project Outputs
3. Process of CERtuS Pilot buildings of the CERtuS project
CERtuS Dissemination
4. Conclusions
Outline
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1. Context and Motivation
The sovereign debt crisis suffered by the Eurozone since 2007
Effects of this crisis have been felt by all countries of Eurozone and was hitmainly the Southern European countries .
In Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy (and to a lesser extent to Ireland) demandsare being made for cuts and reforms to be undertaken
the current energy situation in Southern European Countries is characterizedby:
i/ a rapid increase in energy demand,
ii/ a low energy efficiency,
iii/the energy saving investments have been impeded in the public sector because thepriorities now are different.
energy policies do not appear to be sustainable and pose several risks tothe prospects of socio-economic development of the Southern EuropeanCountries.
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The latest European Energy Efficiency Directive demands strict energy
efficiency measures for the public sector. Many of the municipal buildings
in Southern Europe require deep renovations to become nearly Zero
Energy Buildings (nZEB)
Compliance to this directive is difficult for the public sector because the
required investments to renovate public buildings and achieve nearly zero
energy consumption are capital intensive and some interventions have
long payback times. So the interest of financing entities and ESCOs is
small, especially when banks have limited resources.
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How to achieve nZEBs levels, when the needed deep renovation is costly
and require high capital upfront???
• It is necessary to identify financing mechanisms suitable for nZEB deep
renovations that meet the needs of the Municipalities and of the
financing entities and encourage the banks to adapt their strict conditions
for financing to service energy efficiency schemes
• CERtuS is an action aiming to help stakeholder gain confidence in such investments and initiate the growth of this energy service sector. Representative projects that could act as models for replication are needed.
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1. Context and Motivation
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What is CERtuS
CERtuS (Cost Efficient Options and Financing Mechanisms for nearly ZeroEnergy Renovation of Existing Buildings Stock) is a multinational project co-financed by the Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE) Programme.
Project starting Date: 01/03/2013
End Date: 28/02/2017
Duration: 36 months (3 years)
Call identifier: IEE /13/906/SI2.675068
Project web-site: http://www.certus-project.eu
Project Leader is ENEA, Italy
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2. Objectives and general description
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Messina - Italy Alimos - Greece Coimbra -Portugal
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ENEA - Italy EUDITI- Greece Tecnalia - Spain U. of Coimbra -Portugal
U. of Aalborg -Denmark
Partners
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SINLOC - ItalyETVA VI.PE. -
Greece INNOVA BIC - Italy ASSISTAL- Italy
Financing Entities
E.S.Co
Innovation E.P.
SINLOC – Italy ETVA VI.PE. – Greece
INNOVA BIC – Italy ASSISTAL- Italy
Errenteria - Spain
Municipalities
Messina– Italy Alimos– Greece
Coimbra – Portugal Errenteria – Spain
ResearchOrganisations
ENEA– Italy EUDITI– Greece
U. of Coimbra – Portugal TECNALIA – Spain
U. of Aalborg - Denmark13 Partners
2. Objectives and general description
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• The expected economic situation in many EU countries till year 2020 will be
such that nZEB will be difficult to attain because this will require costly deep
renovations that entail high risks for the financing organisations. This is
especially true in Southern European Member States where the economies are
not expected to show a fast recovery till year 2020.
• Eventually, municipalities will be in the difficult position to be obliged to
renovate their buildings but they will lack the technical capability to pursue
such projects and mostly the financial instruments. Moreover, the financing
entities which will have limited financing abilities will consider these
investments risky and thus of lower priority.
• The main goal of CERtuS is to support nZEB renovations in municipalities in
Southern Europe and help the stakeholders (i.e. municipalities, financing
entities and third party contractors) gain confidence in such investments
The CERtuS project in brief / Main goal
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• To prepare 12 representative projects of nZEB
deep renovations in 4 Municipalities of
Southern Europe (Italy, Greece, Spain and
Portugal), which will act as model examples for
the whole Southern Europe .
• To adapt existing energy service models and
procedures to meet the needs of Municipalities
and nZEB under tight financial conditions
• Energy Service models which will serve as
examples will be prepared for the 4
participating Municipalities.
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To prepare 12 representative projects.
To adapt existing energy service models and procedures.
Project Specific Objectives
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• Participating banks will work out these
schemes by taking into account the risks
implied by the cost of nZEB renovations, the
long pay-back times and the expected
economic environment.
• To support replication by capacity building via
training of employees of the Municipalities
and regional governments of the participating
member states.
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Project Specific Objectives
To work out financing schemes.
To support replication by capacity building.
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• To provide means and examples to other
Municipalities with similar environment for
carrying out similar projects.
Appropriate communication actions include
workshops, online tools and guidelines,
downloadable handbooks etc.
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To provide means and examples.
Project Specific Objectives
2. Objectives and general description
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Networking activities
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Technical and Economic Validation of nZEB SchemesWork out renovation options for 12 municipal buildings to achieve nZEBTechnical and economic evaluation of renovation options
WP
2
Energy Service Models and Optimal Financing SchemesAnalysis of the economic, regulatory and policy frameworkAdaptation of energy service models and development of financing schemes suitable for municipalities
WP
3
nZEB Renovation Project ToolsDevelopment of ICT platformW
P4
Capacity Building in MunicipalitiesFour training sessions for municipality engineers on how to develop bankable nZEB renovation projects in Alimos – Greece, Rome – Italy, Bilbao – Spain, Coimbra - Portugal
WP
5
CommunicationnZEB for municipalities guide, maxi-brochure, 4 workshops in participating countriesW
P6
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PROJECT OUTPUT TARGETED GROUP
12 nZEB renovation schemes fully documented with technical and economic evaluation
Municipalities, ESCOs , Financing Entities
Report presenting the risks, difficulties and constraints envisaged by the stakeholders regarding nZEB renovations
Municipalities , ESCOs, Financing Entities, Government
Report with proposals for regulation improvements Municipalities , ESCOs, Financing Entities, Government
Open service-oriented integrated web-based portal Municipalities, ESCOs , Financing Entities
nZEB guide focusing on municipal buildings Municipalities, ESCOs , Financing Entities
nZEB maxi brochure Municipalities , ESCOs, Financing Entities
Four workshops (Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal) Municipalities , ESCOs, Financing Entities, Government
Four training courses for municipalities (Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal)
Municipalities
Main Project Outputs - Targeted Groups
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Pilot buildings of the CERtuS project
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Municipal Hall of Messina - Italy
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3. Process of CERtuS
ENERGY RELATED REFURBISHMENT OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS
Municipal Hall of Errenteria - Spain
Kapitain Etxea, Errenteria- Spain
Lekuona, Errenteria- SpainMunicipal Hall of Coimbra - Portugal
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3. Process of CERtuS
Pilot of CERtuS projectENERGY RELATED RETROFITTING OF EXISTING BUILDING STOCK
Palace ofCulture“AntonellodaMessina”-Italy
PalazzoSatellite,Messina- Italy
Municipal HallofAlimos-Greece
AlimosMunicipalOffices-Greece
AlimosmunicipalLibrary-Greece
Escola do 1ºCEB nº 10 daSolum, Coimbra - Portugal
Municipal House of Culture,Coimbra - Portugal
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4. Objectives and general description
CERtuS Dissemination
Dissemination ofCERtuS project(results, lessonslearned,recommendations)
to facilitate EU Directives for increasing the number of nZEB in the public sector
to help stakeholders gain confidence withthe investments required to renovatepublic buildings
municipalities, ESCOs , financing entities, energy service companies, designers, architects, specialized technical audience, professionals and experts in the field of renovation
building
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CERtuS DisseminationCERtuS Leaflet
CERtuS Maxi Brochure CERtuS Guide
Dissemination activities included:
CERtuS project website Interaction with stakeholders on social media; CERtuS results on various events, workshops,
conferences; Publication of articles.
3. Process of CERtuS
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CERtuS News & Events
CERtuS presentation atSustainable Energy Week2016 (15 – 16 June 2016 inBrussels, Belgium)
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CERtuS News & Events
CERtuS in the NEW EUROPE magazine
EU Exchange activities and collaboration with Republic_ZEBproject (28 September 2016, Rome at the ENEA’s headquarters)
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4. Conclusion
LESSONS LEARNT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The renovation options for existing buildings should be implemented by groupof measures, based on preliminary studies and evaluations and on analyses oftheir final impact, instead of in-advance defined and fixed single measures.These renovation options should include technical and financial actions.
A renovation option should be totally profitable. Otherwise it could be neverimplemented, excluding the projects in which other benefits could bereached.
The deep renovation is complex and expensive. Thus, the implementation ofenergy performance design studies must be addressed through some tasks.
It is very difficult to reach the nZEB threshold by developing projects in public-private partnership at market conditions involving an ESCo.
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LESSONS LEARNT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
In order to make investments which are more sustainable for ESCos, therenovation projects, when possible, could consider alternative ways comparedwith the standard EPC contract
Small size energy efficiency projects are not rare in the public sector ofSouthern European countries. Whereas energy efficiency projects - generallytend to be larger both in investment and in reduction effects - could be a goodoption to aggregate more than one initiative.
Financial barriers are considered by the stakeholders as the main barriers fornZEB renovations.
The lack of knowledge of retrofitting technologies, especially the innovativeones, and the unclear energy policies has been identified as the main barrierfrom the technical point of view.
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5. Conclusion
LESSONS LEARNT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Increase the use of public buildings during the daytime by additionalactivities, when it is possible (e.g. sport and social activities during theevening/night, office activities during the day). If the use of a building canbe extended from a normal/conventional use, it will bring benefits, as theoptimisation of the building usability and profitability.
Increase ESCo services, which, in addition to hard facility management(e.g. mechanical, fire and electrical services), could offer them thepossibility to carry out auxiliary services such as soft facilitymanagement, (e.g. cleaning services, green care, reception). This wouldprovide additional revenues to the ESCOs, and would make it moreattractive.
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5. Conclusion
LESSONS LEARNT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
At the end of the implementation of the renovation works and when thebuilding has reached the defined requirements and standards and / orwhen it comes fully operational, a further opportunity to increase energyefficiency interventions could be possible. This deals with the participationof financial institutions (e.g. institutional investors, funds, etc.) investingmoney into the ESCO.
CERtuS has adapted existing energy servicemodels and procedures and has identifiedfinancing schemes that are suitable for thebuilding projects and the specificrequirements of each municipality.
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CERtuS Project outcomes
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