CoME EASY—Synchronizing European Energy Award with Other Initiatives. Case Study: Romanian Local Communities

Chiara Tavella, Charlotte Spoerndli, Dorin Beu and Andrei Ceclan
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Chiara Tavella: SPES CONSULTING SRL Assessment, 16124 Genoa, Italy
Charlotte Spoerndli: Association European Energy Award AISBL, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Dorin Beu: Faculty of Building Services Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Andrei Ceclan: Faculty of Building Services Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-10

Abstract: CoME EASY is a European Union H2020 project started in May 2018, which aims to help local public authorities secure a more sustainable energy and climate policy, in line with the New Green Deal and Fit for 55 initiatives. The main idea of CoME EASY is to offer an integrated package of on-line tools that synchronize European Energy Awards (EEA) with Covenant of Mayors (CoM), ISOs, Smart Cities, and other initiatives that allow local communities to have multiple commitments for energy efficiency and climate with less effort. EEA is a quality management and awarding system for municipalities and regions, which started in 1988 in Switzerland and now includes more than 1700 municipalities from 8 countries and 10 new pilot countries with more than 65 million people belonging to the local communities that are involved. There are six main areas of activity in EEA (Development and Spatial Planning Strategy, Municipal Buildings and Facilities, Supply and Disposal, Mobility, Internal Organization, Communication and Cooperation) through which municipalities are driven by advisors so as to receive a score in percentage for each area, which further allows them to compare with other communities. Romania has been an EEA pilot country since 2016 and, despite initial problems in implementing the system, now has three communities, Iași (Romania second largest city), Alba Iulia (the so-called other Romanian capital), and Vama Buzăului, included in CoME EASY. These cities tested frameworking tools and managed to be assessed with EAA tools, and developed a Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan synchronously. Owing to the CoME EASY tools, all of these communities were able to deliver key performance indicators that are in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Keywords: European Energy Award; covenant of mayors; sustainable energy and climate action plan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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