MicroKyoto Project: A Province is challenging

its Municipalities

Emanuele Burgin Assessore all’Ambiente - Provincia di Bologna

Provincia di Bologna

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370.219 km2

1.000.000 inhabitants

60 municipalities.

Main Competencies:

Roads and school buildings, territorial planning, environment, economic development and professional formation.

The President and the Provincial Council are directly voted by citizens every 5 years.

Background

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2000 The Dept. of Environment of Provincia di Bologna promotes Local Agenda 21

2002 The Forum of Local Agenda 21, worried about the lack of common commitment to the Kyoto Protocol targets, conceives the MicroKyoto Project

2004 The Ministry of Environment approves and gives financial support to the the project

Objectives of the project

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Contribute to the Kyoto emission reduction target at a Local Authority level

• Create a database of the best practices for energy saving and efficiency

• Assess the energy needs of buildings along with the energy consumption habits of the households

• Ehance public awareness about energy saving and efficiency

• Increase participation of local governments (Municipalities), NGOs, enterprises and citizens in Local Agenda 21

MicroKyoto Protocol

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The document is a “reworking” of Kyoto Protocol, jointly reviewed and officially signed by the Province and the Municipalities involved.

It commits the signers to plan and implement new actions for reducing CO2 emissions.

Each year:

• the Local Authorities present the action program planned

• the subsequent CO2 reduction is calculated

• At the end of the year, a final balance is issued.

The signers

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Signed in May 2006 by 25 municipalities, the Micro Kyoto Protocol has been joined by 4 more municipalities

The working group

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2004 A working group has been established, involving representatives of the Provincia di Bologna and all the Municipalities that agreed to take part in the project.

The working group planned and promoted the actions and initiatives described.

The group also defined the contents of MicroKyoto Protocol, to have it approved by each Municipality.

2006 After the official signature of the MicroKyoto Protocol, the Working group has turned into a Steering Committee, composed of a representative from each of the signatories, to evaluate the results achieved

Successful / useful tools in achieving the

objectives

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Participation: working groups; seminars; forum

Awareness: newsletters; newspapers; radio; information points; surveys; leaflets …

Training: 10 seminars on: 1) sustainable building; 2) energy from biomass; 3) renewable energy; 4) financial tools and opportunities for energy efficiency

Dissemination / Diffusion: presentation at some conventions. In november 2006 the Project has been awarded the prize 'Enti locali per Kyoto 2006‘

Network: Provincia di Bologna, 27 municipalities, 1 Comunità Montana, along with other stakeholders.

What is innovative –1

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- The network: Provincia, municipalities, other non institutional stakeholders

- The calculation of CO2 reduction for each action: About 35 good practices are already evaluated and listed in a database on line

- The analysis of energy consumption habits of the citizens: 6 buildings have been analyzed and 120 interviews realized. 1200 forms, listing questions about energy consumption habits have been filled in by citizens of the 25 Municipalities involved

CO2 reduction calculation

For each action a checklist is filled in

1. Technical characteristics (gray)

2. Description (yellow)

3. Technical info including energy and CO2 saving (green)

4. Attachments if any (blu)

CO2 Checklist (1)

B

SCHEDA TECNICA

B- 1TIPOLOGIA DI INTERVENTO:

settore di intervento

tipo di utilizzoPotenza lampada

70 W100 W150 W 250 W 400 W

Regolatore di flusso luminoso

Caso 1 = Regolatore di flusso luminoso assente

q       Caso 2 = Regolatore di flusso luminoso presente

Terziario

Illuminazione Pubblica

Potenza lampada ai vapori di sodio

installata

Numero Lampade istallate (Ni)

100

SCHEDA CENSIMENTO BUONE PRATICHEAREA DI INTERVENTO (RIF. A, B, C ,D, E)

Sostituzione di lampade a vapori di mercurio con lampade a vapori di sodio ad alta pressione negli

impianti di Pubblica Illuminazione

Intervento sui sistemi di illuminazione pubblica

CO2 Checklist (2)COMUNE

INDIRIZZO

AZIENDA CHE REALIZZA I LAVORI

NOTE AGGIUNTIVE SULL’INTERVENTO

INDICATORE

Risparmio lordo di energia primaria

conseguibile

RL [tep/ anno]

70

100

44,8 · 10-3 37,7 · 10-3

63,7 · 10-3 53,6 · 10-3

Ni è il numero delle lampade ai vapori di sodio di potenza i-esima installate.

RLSi è il risparmio lordo di energia primaria annua conseguibile per lampada ai vapori di sodio di potenza i-

esima installata e si calcola seguente tabella:Potenza

della Lampada

[W]

RLSi [tep/anno·lampada]

Caso 1 Caso 2

INFORMAZIONI TECNICHE SPECIFICHE:METODOLOGIA DI CALCOLO

RL =

9,47

[tep/ anno]

MONTE SAN PIETROVIA LANDA

LOLLI IMPIANTI

DESCRIZIONE DELL’INTERVENTO

i

ii NRLS

CO2 reduction calculation

Start-up phase savings by 15,000 tons of CO2

By 103 1.5 millions of tons of CO2

20% of the Kyoto Protocol target for Italy

What is innovative - 2

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- The competition on energy saving. On 16 February 16, 2006 a competition was carried out among the 25 Municipalities and some schools.

- Goal: saving energy as much as possible by cost-free measures only (i.e. behavioural changes such as turning off lights, turning down the heating etc.). The winner Municipality saved 42% !!!

- Next step: school In these 3 months 18 schools are running a energy saving competition

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The Microkyoto sitePossible and/or implemented good practices, along

with proper indicators, listed by:

1. Energy efficiency in the Public Administration buildings

2. Energy consumption, optimisation and alternative sources

3. Green areas

4. Transportations

5. Energy / Environment policy

6. Information and awareness

www.provincia.bologna.it/ag21/microkyoto.htm

Thank you for your attention

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