Energy Management for Sustainable Action Plans EUSEW 2015 Charlotte Spörndli, International Office European Energy Award 18 June 2015

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What is the European Energy Award (eea)?

Quality management, certification and awarding system for municipalities, in the field of energy and climate policy:

> Continuous improvement (Plan-do-check-act – cycle)

> Developed > 20 years ago for municipalities by municipalities

> Local and international benchmark & exchange of experiences

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Continuity & long lasting experience

City of Schaffhausen in Switzerland: First city to be certified with the European Energy Award in 1997

Since 1992 - more than 20 years ago - Schaffhausen has been working continually with the same process and instruments (which have only been adapted to new circumstances)!

Today – 1350 participating communities

Status Jan 2015

Country No. of awarded communities No. of participating communities

< 5’000 inhabitants

5’ - 100’000 inhabitants

> 100’000 inhabitants

Total Gold

certified

AT 59 38 1 98 12 179

CH 134 210 5 349 31 618

DE 31 123 49 203 41 308

FR 1 13 12 26 2 78

LI 9 2 - 11 - 11

IT 16 2 - 18 1 49

HU - 1 - 1 - 1

MC - 1 - 1 - 1

LU 9 4 - 13 - 93

RO - - - - - 4

UA - - - - - 1

MA - - - - - 3

Total 259 394 67 720 87 1346

> Smallest eea certified municipality: 339 inhabitants

> Biggest eea certified municipality: 1,034,000 inhabitants

Today – 11 participating countries

Ordinary members countries with national programmes

Status Jan 2015

Pilot countries

> International Harmonization – Local Adaptation

eea Management System and Process

Step 1: Political Decision of Participation in the eea program

Step 2: Set up of a cross-divisional Energy Team

Step 4: Definition of Goals and Action Plan

Step 5:

Implementation of Action Plan

Step 6: Monitoring and Reporting

(Annual internal monitoring and external audit every 4 years)

Continuous

improvement

Step 3: Initial Energy Review > Strengths & Weaknesses

6 Areas of Assessment and Activity

• Catalogue of ideas and suggestions

• Strengths/weaknesses outline

• Benchmarking with other municipalities possible

79 measures in 6 areas

Two level of Awards

50% of possible points

75% of possible points

• Instruments and tools supporting the implementation of actions

• Regional, national (& international) exchange of experiences for municipalities

• Training and exchange of experiences for eea advisors, complete best practice database open to advisors

Embedded in national programs for communal energy policy

Goals of energy policy

& level of achievement

Time

Path without eea

Path with eea better =quality level win

more stable = continuity and sustainability win

Benefits of the EnMS eea for a SEAP

Quality level win trough eea

Energy Action Plan

• Based on SW > priorities

• Concrete actions/measures

• Deadlines, persons, budgets

> integrated into processes

• Annual controlling,

input of eea advisor

Contribution eea

EAP

Paper or Action?

Sustainability win through eea

Structured, longterm

& integrated

process

Contribution eea

Annual controlling

with licensed

external eea

advisors

4-annual audit with

licensed external

eea auditor

Thank you for your attention! info@european-energy-award.org