Intelligent Energy: pro-EE Public Procurement boosts Energy Efficiency
COUNTRY
IT
region
Italy (Region Emilia-Romagna), Austria, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Greece
contribution
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programme
Energy Efficiency
contacts
Maurizio Abbati - maurizio.abbati@fastwebnet.it
program
pro-EE aims to improve energy efficiency through sustainable public procurement. For this purpose, pro-EE brought together producers and consumers, implemented energy-efficient Green Public Procurement (GPP) procedures in local administrations, and organised training for municipalities’ procurement staff. At the same time, five pilot cities set up integrated energy efficiency action plans, which included the involvement of stakeholders and awareness-raising campaigns for citizens.
policy
PRO-EE: - Brought producers/suppliers and consumers together to boost innovation and to improve the commercialisation of energy efficient products. Public procurement is to provide a "lead market". - Developed an innovative approach for joining forces of consumers in order to boost energy efficient technologies and appliances. - Tested these innovative approaches in practice and integrated them into local policies and procedures. - Transfered experience at first hand to other local authorities. - Promoted the application and implementation of these approaches widely by providing guidance, recommendations and best practice.
reference
Partners:Klimabündnis ÖsterreichUpper Austrian Academy for the Environment and the Nature in co-operation with the Department for Facility- and Procurement-ManagementAllenza per il Clima onlusEuropean Partners for the Environment (EPE) and EUCETSAEcoinstitut Barcelona, SpainICLEI Local Governments for SustainabilityNational Institute for Engineering, Technology and Innovation - INETICentre for Renewable Energy Sources - CRESCity of MurciaCity of AmaroussionCity of MainzCity of Torres VedrasCity of MunichCity of FrankfurtCity of San SebastiánCity of FerraraCity of Cascais
activity
Training in sustainable public procurement Training in sustainable public procurement enhances competence and knowledge within municipalities and cities. Training should include information on relevant facts and tools for green public procurement such as energy-efficieny labels and their practical application in tenders, possibly provided by the participants, details of the latest innovative products, joint green public procurement, legal frameworks, sustainable tendering and best practice examples from municipalities and cities. Find the programms and presentations.
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Author
The main results achieved by pro-EE were:
>>Management
• Project set-up and organisation of seven project meetings during the implementation period;
• Provision of management tools to facilitate quality control and follow up on the activities of the individual work packages and partners;
• Establishment of an internal project structure to ensure proper workflow, cooperation among partners, and smooth communication (through meetings, intranet, emails, telephone, etc.).
>> Innovation
• Establishment of technical working groups with representatives from industries/suppliers, networks, cities and organisations addressing energy efficiency;
• Production of background papers and technical guidelines on electrical street lighting
equipment, LED road signs, electrical appliances, energy-efficient vehicle fleets; LED street lighting equipments and pedelecs;
• Creation of a network for contacts with industries/suppliers of innovative products at the national, regional and local levels.
>> Joint procurement of energy-efficient products
• Establishment of local procurement networks in all countries (network meetings, mailings, etc.);
• Establishment of energy-efficiency criteria for innovative products;
• Implementation of tenders on innovative products (e.g. e-cars, LED);
• Production of a multilingual manual on energy-efficient public procurement (in six languages).
>> Integration into local energy efficiency plans
• Production of a starter package and tools for the five pilot cities (“Climate City Toolbox”);
• Delivery of “Climate Scans” and internal action plans for the five pilot cities;
• Production of energy action plans and information campaigns for stakeholders in the pilot cities.
>> Pilot training
• Delivery of training programmes for purchasers in local authorities on sustainable public
procurement;
• Delivery of pilot training courses in eight countries;
• Delivery of an evaluation paper for the training programme and recommendations.
>> Dissemination and communication
• Cooperative design and homepage with internal area;
• Extensive press coverage and presentation in several conferences;
• Final information leaflet in seven national versions;
• Public purchasers informed of the results at a national level (in the NAP-process, in journals, during seminars, network meetings, platforms, etc.);
• Final conference with 200 participants (most of them purchasers).
>> Common dissemination activities
• Presentation of pro-EE in the EACI’s workshop during EUSEW (2008) and at EEDAL Berlin (2009), as well as during the CA ESD meeting in Lisbon (2010).