TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving policy making and strategic planning competencies of public authorities in the energy management of municipal public buildings
T2 - The PrioritEE toolbox and its application in five mediterranean areas
AU - Salvia, Monica
AU - Simões, Sofia G.
AU - Herrando, María
AU - Čavar, Marko
AU - Cosmi, Carmelina
AU - Pietrapertosa, Filomena
AU - Gouveia, João Pedro
AU - Fueyo, Norberto
AU - Gómez, Antonio
AU - Papadopoulou, Kiki
AU - Taxeri, Elena
AU - Rajić, Karlo
AU - Di Leo, Senatro
N1 - This research was carried out in the framework of the project PrioritEE "Prioritize energy efficiency (EE) measures in public buildings: a decision support tool for regional and local public authorities" (Project Number: 1MED15_2.1_M2_205, Duration: 01/02/2017-31/07/2019). PrioritEE was funded under the Interreg MED Programme 2014-2020; Priority Axis: 2. Fostering low-carbon strategies and energy efficiency in specific MED territories: cities, islands and remote areas. We would like to thank the five partner regions on which this work is based: Karlovac County (Croatia), Municipality of Potenza (Italy), Aragon region (Spain), Leziria do Tejo Intermunicipal Community (Portugal), and Region of Western Macedonia (Greece). In addition, we would also like to thank Roberta Lixia, Project officer of the Interreg MED Joint Secretariat for assisting and supporting us during the project, Katherine Mahoney for proofreading the manuscript and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments that have contributed greatly to improving it.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Making public buildings smarter and more energy efficient requires tailored solutions to overcome the barriers in implementing suitable technology options in a large variety of building types. The PrioritEE project aimed to strengthen the policy-making and strategic planning competencies of local and regional public authorities in the energy management of Municipal Public Buildings, gaining experience in five local pilots in the Mediterranean area. This paper focuses on the PrioritEE toolbox, describing both the “soft components” and the technical components. These components are widely applicable and replicable in all European cities for supporting local administrations in improving energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources in municipal public buildings. The Energy Technologies and Building Retrofit Database is a technology repository of energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technologies, providing the main reference data on costs, technical performance and lifetime. With the Decision Support Tool users can assess current building stock energy performance, evaluate different efficiency and renewable interventions, and compare, rank, and prioritize technical options through a set of key performance indicators. A sample of the results to date in the five partner regions are also presented, comparing the main individual characteristics in order to derive replicable solutions for local authorities. This project also highlighted how crucial stakeholder involvement is for tool improvement, capacity building and enabling knowledge transfer.
AB - Making public buildings smarter and more energy efficient requires tailored solutions to overcome the barriers in implementing suitable technology options in a large variety of building types. The PrioritEE project aimed to strengthen the policy-making and strategic planning competencies of local and regional public authorities in the energy management of Municipal Public Buildings, gaining experience in five local pilots in the Mediterranean area. This paper focuses on the PrioritEE toolbox, describing both the “soft components” and the technical components. These components are widely applicable and replicable in all European cities for supporting local administrations in improving energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources in municipal public buildings. The Energy Technologies and Building Retrofit Database is a technology repository of energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technologies, providing the main reference data on costs, technical performance and lifetime. With the Decision Support Tool users can assess current building stock energy performance, evaluate different efficiency and renewable interventions, and compare, rank, and prioritize technical options through a set of key performance indicators. A sample of the results to date in the five partner regions are also presented, comparing the main individual characteristics in order to derive replicable solutions for local authorities. This project also highlighted how crucial stakeholder involvement is for tool improvement, capacity building and enabling knowledge transfer.
KW - Decision support tools
KW - Energy efficiency
KW - Mediterranean area
KW - Municipal public buildings
KW - Renewable energy technologies
KW - SEAP/SECAP
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110106
DO - 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110106
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089354644
SN - 1364-0321
VL - 135
JO - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
JF - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
M1 - 110106
ER -