Supporting Local Authorities to Plan Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings: From Local Needs to Regional Planning

María Herrando, Antonio Gómez and Norberto Fueyo
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María Herrando: Numerical Fluid-Dynamics Group, I3A, University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Antonio Gómez: Numerical Fluid-Dynamics Group, I3A, University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Norberto Fueyo: Numerical Fluid-Dynamics Group, I3A, University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: The support offered to local authorities in this work consisted of technical and economic training on the integration of energy efficiency measures as well as the development of tools (guidelines, a decision support tool, databases and a visualization platform) that allow local authorities to prepare their building renovation plans. These tools are found very useful for local authorities, particularly in the case of Teruel province, characterised by many small municipalities whose local governments do not have the technical staff to undertake this type of planning. As a result of this work, an energy action plan was elaborated for the implementation of 96 energy efficiency measures in public buildings of Teruel province. The execution of this plan would allow energy savings of 1.3 MWh/year and 245 tonsCO 2e /year of CO 2 emission reduction, involving an investment of EUR 1.2 M. The close collaboration with public authorities made it possible to assess the strengths and weaknesses of using the developed tools. One of the barriers found is the availability of accurate building data (e.g., regarding envelope features) necessary for the decision support tool.

Keywords: capacity building; energy efficiency; public authorities; public buildings; renewable energy technologies (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: 2022
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