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Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
Lower Austrian State Government
Responsibilities of the Office and the department of
environmental and energy economics
Peter Obricht
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
Lower Austria- facts & figures
Position: In the North-East of Austria (the province around Vienna)
Area: 19,174 km2
Population: 1,62 million
Citizenship:Austrians: 92,83 %EU-citizens (except Austrians): 3,17 %Non-EU-citizens: 4,00 %
Capital: St. Pölten (52,000 inhabitants) Districts: 25 administrative districts Municipalities: 573
Major rivers: Danube, Enns, March, Thaya, Traisen, Ybbs
Highest elevation: Schneeberg (2,076 m)
Lowest point: Municipality of Berg in the district of Bruck/Leitha (129 m)
Provincial boundaries: 414 km (Czech Republic: 333 km, Slovakia: 81 km)
http://www.noe.gv.at/English/Topics-in-English.html
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
• The political head of Niederösterreich is the Landeshauptmann (governor). Appointed by the Landtag; Head of the State government, executive body
• The legislative body is the Landtag (provincial parliament), 56 Members, elected every 5 Years
• The Office of state Government (Amt der NÖ Landesregierung) supports the State government in fulfilling its tasks.
• Office is currently devided into groups and departments:General directorate, finance, culture, science& education,agriculture&forestry, economic, water, health and social, infrastructure,spatial planning, environment & traffic
Lower Austria- the political system
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
FUNDING ADMINISTRATION, REAL ESTATE AND
ACCOUNTINGENERGY AND CLIMATE
Department of environmental and energy
economicsHead of Department
SECRETARIAT
IT-COORDINATION
QUALITY MANAGEMENTCONTROLLING
LOWER AUSTRIAN SUSTAINABLE COORDINATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT 6RESSOURCE PROTECTION
FUNDING, ADMINISTRATION,ACCOUNTING
ENVIRONMENT COORDINATION
REAL ESTATE /BUILDING LEGISLATION
ECONOMIC & LEGAL AFFAIRS EU-AGENDA
ecolog. GARDEN
ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENT-ÖA,-MAGAZINE
ECO-MANAGEMENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RESSOURCE PROTECTION
WASTE DISPOSAL
ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
Profile & tasks• Energy economics & climate protection• Waste management & protection of ressources• Strategy of environment • Ecological awareness raising• Funding programmes on energy,
environment and spatial structure• Political consulting
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
Other organisations with close connection to the State Govt. of Lower Austria
• Energy- and environment Agency Ltd. www.enu.at
• LA waste management association www.noe.awv.at
• Climate alliance LA www.klimabuendnis.at
• Environment protection association citizen & environment www.umweltberatung.at
• Lower Austrian Garden Show Ltd www.diegartentulln.at
• Subsidiary manufacturing company Marchfeldkanal
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
To meet our targets in climate protection, energy efficiency, renewable energy• 2004 1st LA climate protection programme• 2007 climate protection part of LA constitution• 2009 2nd LA climate protection programme• 2011 Energy roadmap 2030• 2013+ coming soon:
New climate- and energy
programme 2013-2020
For a good climate and a lot of renewable energy
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
Energy/climate – activities I
Activities:
Energy consulting in LA: • Free of charge• professional consultants and experts• Main area: reconstructioning of old buildings,
building new houses or extending renewable energy measures
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
Energy/climate – activities II
• Photovoltaics-Offensive: LA funding for PV-construction
• Funding for avoiding
power emission: using energy effient equipment• Power-Save-Family:
Projects with 230 Pionier-families, who save about 13% of their
electricity amount / 1 year
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
Services: consultancy & funding for
communities and businesses eco-community-hotline:
+43 (0) 2742-221444umweltgemeinde.at
energiefoerderkompass.at(=online eco funding guidelines)
Ökomanagement NÖ oekomanagement.at
Förderratgeber Klima (funding guidelines climate)………
Awareness raising
in communities
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
LA programme for energy effient communities
Programme for 345 climate alliance-communities
Services for all 573 LA communities
The framework for climate and energy political actions in LA
Energy and climate community package
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
9 „e5“ecommunities 26 „climate energy model“-regions 345 „climate alliance “ municipalities
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
LA Waste Management• LA Plan of Waste management for period 2010 – 2015
• Long- & short version of report (+ short version in English available )
• 40 measures
• including indicators for analysing achievment of objectives
Waste avoidance and protection of ressources
• minimizing adverse consequences• achieving the LA targets of climate
protection
Efficient and effective wastemanagement on local level
Waste management: Targets devided into 3 categories
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
5 regions for waste management - 22 waste associations - 18 communities without membership - 18 „external“ communities
AltstoffeBiogene AbfälleGrünschnittSperrmüllRestmüll
Elektrogeräte
Problemstoffe
Image above left: structure waste management accociationImage above right: structure waste managementImage mid: MVA + power station DürnrohrImage. below left: development of waste amount 1999 – 2010 (716.296 t total waste)
Organisation Waste management in LA
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
How LA fosters sustainable actions
Reporting Acc. to LA environment protectioninformation about regional projectswith main focus sustainability andenvironmental protection
ÖSTRAT working programme – cross-national regional projects & programmes, coordination of sustainable issues on national level
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
Raising awareness on environmental topics in education
• Coordination of all activities in LA• Network consisting of 70 partner organisations• newsletter• catalogue: 150 provider + 560 offers
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
Coordination of ecological and sustainable school networks
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
10.000 assigned home gardens
44.000 request by phone / year „Garden hotline“
120.000 subscribers for magazine• Restructuring gardens of public buildings
- Nature in garden -how to plan & cultivate garden
in an ecological way
criteria:no artificial fertilizer, no pestizids, no turf
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
ENVIRONMENT & energy – The LA magazine Environment
since 20 years
• Target groups: interested people, communities, training institutes, etc..
• 5 editions/year
• 30.000 pieces / edition
Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft
Thank you for your attention!
Peter Obricht MBALower Austrian State Government
department of environmental and energy economicsA-3109 St. Pölten, Landhausplatz 1
Tel. +43 2742 9005 14360, Fax +43 2742 9005 14350www.noe.gv.at, [email protected]