Strategy for Energy Efficiency through Climate Agreements (SEECA)

Lead partner Uppsala County AdministrationBoard of Uppsala, Sweden

Niepolomice Municipality,Poland

Tallinn City Government,Environment Department, Estonia

Arrangement of the SEECA Project

1) Identification and development of existing climate and energy strategies2)Design and Development of ”Climate Agreements”

3) Eco-driving and good planning when using heavy machines

4) Dissemination of results and good practice

1) Climate Strategy

Climate Strategy

Klimat-och energistrategi för Uppsala län 2009

2) Climate Agreements

Climate Agreements

What is a Climate Agreement?• Public bodies, business and other organisations sign up to a

voluntary agreement to reduce their emissionsWhat are the benefits for industry?• Can market their business as ‘County of Uppsala Climate

Stakeholder’, this may give them a market benefit• The business will be promoted as a Climate Stakeholder both in

newspapers and on websites• Industry will have to reduce their emissions, more favourable for them

to go down a voluntary emission reduction route rather than a compulsory one.

3) Heavy Machinery

Heavy Machinery

Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Uppsala Country

4) Dissemination

Creating Low Carbon Economies- SEECA Information Day

Address: Rond Point Schuman 14 Building: Malopolska Region Brussels OfficeCity: Bruxelles

Event date: 12 April 2011

 http://www.eusew.eu/   

5) Influencing regional policies and strategies

Some project impact

Climate Strategies

•Uppsala municipalities are setting environmental and travel programmes to encourage emission reduction

•Niepolomice Municipality is developing a Climate Strategy based on information from Uppsala’s Climate Strategy

 

Some project impactClimate and Energy Strategies

•Climate Strategy ’Manual’ designed in the form of an Eco – calendar•Distributed to all households in Niepołomice•Advice and tips for how to be energy efficient, reduce emission of carbon dioxide and save a money at this same time. 

   

Some project impact

• The Action Plan for Sustainable Energy for Niepolomice Municipality – document completed in 2010 (Covenant of Mayor).

• Included best practice advice from the Climate Strategies developed through the SEECA project

 

Some project impact

Climate Agreements•Tallinn and Niepolomice have both carried out discussions with potential signatories (e.g. Niepolomice in discussion with MAN Trucks regarding climate agreement)

•Discussions are ongoing in Tallinn and Niepolomice over how to create a national version of the Climate Agreement website and also how to make Climate Agreements work at a local level

Some project impact

Heavy Machinery• Uppsala Eco-driving research project results:

o new and larger project being developed as a result of the heavy machinery study to look at integrating eco-driving in planning system

o proposal to integrate eco driving conditions into municipality procurement process e.g. specify fuel use in bid

o propose to establish demonstration farm look at energy

saving techniques

Some project impactNiepolomice•Translation of the eco-driving research results from Swedish into Polish, dissemination of information January 2011•Initial discussion with the companies that organise eco–driving training

Tallinn•Tallinn will translate and utilise research findings from Uppsala.•Conduct their own study which will consider local issues •Recommendations from both studies will be used to develop and improve Tallinn City’s current Development Plan•Promotion of usage of gaseous fuels in heavy machinery

Energy Week events:http://www.eusew.eu/Details of the POWER Programme:www.powerprogramme.euUppsala Country Administrative Board http://www.c.lst.se/

For more information..

Dr Karen Smyth SEECA Project CoordinatorLänsstyrelsen i Uppsala Län

Email: karen.smyth@lansstyrelsen.se

Telephone: 00 46 (0)18 19 53 59

Tack så mycket!