CITYnvest - pilot regions http://www.citynvest.eu/tags/pilot-regions en CITYnvest Regions project results published http://www.citynvest.eu/content/citynvest-regions-project-results-published <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://www.citynvest.eu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images-news/Untitled_1.png?itok=rDsg5Drh"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="http://www.citynvest.eu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images-news/Untitled_1.png?itok=rDsg5Drh" width="480" height="240" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Increased investments, less CO2 emissions and future possible partnerships with additional fundings are the key results of the three pilot regions of CITYnvest.<br /> Murcia Region has developed a business plan for the energy efficiency renovation of some 400 public buildings with 2. 1.8 M€ investments triggered. 3. 16.906.283 KWh are the expected energy savings.<br /> Liège Region has seen the implementation of 5 Energy Performance Contracts of nearly 60 M€ investments, reaching 134 buildings to be renovated and achieving less energy consumption of 34%. The Up-scaling of the One Stop Shop RenoWatt to RenoWatt+ should increase the investment to a volume of 120 M€, involving over 45 municipalities in Liège and other provinces in Wallonia.<br /> Rhodope Region has set up a one Stop shop involving 6 municipalities, the Association of Rhodope municipality and Sofia Energy Centre. There are currently 2 projects pipelines with total investments expected: 11,5 M€ for 42 public buildings renovation + 1,7 M€ for street lighting improvements in 46 settlements. Here, the expected energy savings are 8,8 GWh/year.<br /> The results of the three CITYnvest pilots regions have been integrated in the Friends Of Europe publication: Cities - the new policy shapers in the energy transition, launched last Friday during the COP23 in Bonn. In particular, the article is included in the 3rd section on Green solutions, boosting cities' economic growth. The publication also refers to key documents produced in CITYnvest to support local government in choosing the best financial model for their context.<br />  <br /> You can have access to the full publication on <a href="http://www.friendsofeurope.org/publication/cities-new-policy-shapers-energy-transition">Friends of Europe website</a>.<br />  <br />  </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/pilot-regions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">pilot regions</a></div></div></div> Fri, 17 Nov 2017 17:44:30 +0000 mariagiovanna.zamburlini@ccre-cemr.org 737 at http://www.citynvest.eu http://www.citynvest.eu/content/citynvest-regions-project-results-published#comments RenoWatt's one-stop-shop model explained http://www.citynvest.eu/content/renowatts-one-stop-shop-model-explained <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://www.citynvest.eu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images-news/GreLiege%20video.png?itok=OztPO-hC"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="http://www.citynvest.eu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images-news/GreLiege%20video.png?itok=OztPO-hC" width="480" height="336" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href="http://citynvest.eu/content/region-li%C3%A8ge">The region of Liège</a> and its local authorities have already been committed to improving energy efficiency in public buildings. Prior to the launch of CITYnvest, 8 municipalities, the Province of Liège and the regional airport had signed an agreement to cooperate on retrofitting of buildings. A concept of an energetic one-stop-shop has been developed, and it lead to establishment of a dedicated team and a new entity – RenoWatt, which facilitates scaling up energy efficiency renovation projects in the region.</p> <p>In a<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8zuYfG8um8"> short video</a> prepared for the <a href="http://citynvest.eu/content/innovative-financing-models-energy-efficiency-buildings-france-how-implement-and-replicate">French focus country workshop</a>, Erika Honnay presents RenoWatt. She explains what financing instruments where used to renovate buildings in the Province of Liège and why those financing models were chosen, what are the key success factors and problems encountered, as well as prospects for replication of the one-stop-shop model in other countries and in France in particular.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/pilot-regions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">pilot regions</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/li%C3%A8ge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Liège</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/renowatt" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">RenoWatt</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/one-stop-shop" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">one-stop-shop</a></div></div></div> Mon, 03 Oct 2016 12:51:31 +0000 agnieszka 572 at http://www.citynvest.eu http://www.citynvest.eu/content/renowatts-one-stop-shop-model-explained#comments Region of Murcia to retrofit 120 high schools in the framework of CITYnvest http://www.citynvest.eu/content/region-murcia-retrofit-120-high-schools-framework-citynvest <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://www.citynvest.eu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images-news/Murcia%20meeting.JPG?itok=gaECvLBJ"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="http://www.citynvest.eu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images-news/Murcia%20meeting.JPG?itok=gaECvLBJ" width="480" height="319" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>On the 20th and 21st of July 2015</strong>, representatives of the Regional Ministry of Education and Universities,  InfoMurcia, Climate Alliance and Energinvest met in Murcia for a preparatory workshop. The meeting confirmed that 111 regional high school buildings, with a surface floor area of 600.000 m2 will be retrofitted in framework of the CITYnvest pilot project. Planned renovations will be based on EPC contacting and will draw investments of around 25 million EUR. A potential financing vehicle for the pilot project in Murcia could be the Jessica Credit line that is established at the national level via ERDF funding.</p> <p>Following the preparatory workshop, in October 2015, a major international seminar will take place in Murcia. The event will formalize political commitment of the regional government to support actions for energy efficiency.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/pilot-regions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">pilot regions</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/workshop" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">workshop</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/murcia" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Murcia</a></div></div></div> Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:36:44 +0000 agnieszka 147 at http://www.citynvest.eu http://www.citynvest.eu/content/region-murcia-retrofit-120-high-schools-framework-citynvest#comments Preparatory workshop in Sofia kicks-off CITYnvest capacity building programme in pilot regions http://www.citynvest.eu/content/preparatory-workshop-sofia-kicks-citynvest-capacity-building-programme-pilot-regions <div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://www.citynvest.eu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images-news/Sofia%20meeting.jpg?itok=LeCjuQu3"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="http://www.citynvest.eu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images-news/Sofia%20meeting.jpg?itok=LeCjuQu3" width="480" height="320" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>On 13th and 14th of July 2015</strong>, representatives of Climate Alliance, GRE-Liège and Energinvest met with Sofia Energy Centre and the Rhodope Association of Municipalities at the first CITYnvest preparatory workshop. The event aimed to investigate which long-term financing solution could be implemented to launch large-scale renovations in different kinds of buildings in the Rhodope region. A particular objective of the meeting was to analyse whether the RenoWatt model, developed by GRE-Liège, could be adjusted and applied in the region.</p> <p>Participants brainstormed on the challenges and opportunities in the region and defined necessary next steps including; identifying legal, political and administrative constrains and possibilities to bundle investments, deciding if residential buildings should be covered by the pilot project action, investigating whether cooperative models could be applied and choosing the most suitable financing model. At this stage, two models are considered: Energy Performance Contracting applied to large pool of bundled public buildings, and acceleration of retrofits in multi-dwelling units in the frame of Bulgarian national programme promoting investments in residential buildings (Bulgarian Energy Efficiency Fund).</p> <p>In order to mobilize local stakeholders, an inspirational workshop featuring innovative financing models, which could be applied in 21 municipalities in the Rhodope region, is planned for January 2016.  </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/pilot-regions" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">pilot regions</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/workshop" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">workshop</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/rhodope" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Rhodope</a></div></div></div> Wed, 15 Jul 2015 08:41:13 +0000 agnieszka 146 at http://www.citynvest.eu http://www.citynvest.eu/content/preparatory-workshop-sofia-kicks-citynvest-capacity-building-programme-pilot-regions#comments