The European Union Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) brings together seven countries and almost 50 regions. For these countries, the Alps, including their foothills and lowland areas, are both a distinct advantage and a particular challenge.
Action Group 9 - Energy
To make the territory a model region for energy efficiency and renewable energy
Mission
Action Group 9 focuses on the promotion of energy efficiency and the production and use of local renewable energy in the Alpine Region, especially in the public and private sectors. The framework is provided by, inter alia, the EU’s energy directives, the EU goals for 2020 and the Energy Union Package. The action aims at supporting a significant reduction of energy consumption in the housing and mobility sector, as well as in small and medium enterprises. The action promotes energy management and monitoring systems at different levels.
Meetings
Kick-Off Meeting, 09.03.2016, Bolzano
2nd Action Group 9 meeting, 10.10.2016, Bolzano
3rd Action Group 9 meeting, 14.02.2017, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
4th Action Group 9 meeting, 24.10.2018, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
5th Action Group 9 meeting, 21.03.2018, Bolzano
6th Action Group 9 meeting, 01.10.2018, Innsbruck
7th Action Group 9 meeting, 07.-08.03.2019, St. Pölten
8th Action Group 9 meeting, 21.-22.10.2019, Bergamo
9th Action Group 9 meeting, 16.04.2020, online
10th Action Group 9 meeting, 01.12.2020, online
11th Action Group 9 meeting, 11.03.2021, online
12th Action Group 9 meeting, 11.06.2021, online
13th Action Group 9 meeting, 19.11.2021, online
ANNUAL EUSALP ENERGY CONFERENCE
2nd EUSALP Energy Conference "Energy Transition in the Alps", 02.10.2018, Innsbruck
3rd EUSALP Energy Conference "Renovation of Public Buildings", 22nd October 2019, Bergamo (I)
4th EUSALP Energy Conference "CLIMATE, RISKS, ENERGIES", 30.09.-01.10.2020, Chamonix (F)
5th EUSALP Energy Conference (Session 3): New European Bauhaus - Perspectives for the Alpine Region. 26.01.2022, Bolzano/Bozen (I)
WORKSHOPS & events
1st experts' workshop "EUSALP Energy Observatory", 20.03.2018, Bozen
2nd experts' workshop "EUSALP Energy Observatory", 06.06.2018, Innsbruck
Strategic event "Energy efficiency in enterprises in the EUSALP MRS", 20-21.03.2019, Bozen/Bolzano
Project development meeting "Alp_EN-Data", 16.-17.04.2019, Lyon
2nd Stakeholder Network – Meeting CAESAR project, 15.01.2021, online
CAESAR Final Workshop, 25.05.2021, online
Focus group hydrogen, 07.06.2021, online
Joint workshop (ALPACA – EUSALP Action Group 9 – Alpine Climate Board): The Virtual Alpine Energy Agency, 15.06.2021, online
Focus group hydrogen, 20.09.2021, online
3rd Thematic Policy Area
"Environment and Energy"
"Environment and Energy"
Specific Objectives
- Setting up an Alpine energy efficiency cluster. This cluster should serve as a forum for cooperation and innovation, bring technical solutions for the specific energy needs of the Alpine Region, and develop energy efficiency processes and products particularly adapted to the Alpine Region, especially in the housing and mobility sectors.
- ‘Greening the Alpine infrastructure’: focusing on energy efficiency in the building sector and promote harmonised, affordable and operational assessment tools to be used by public authorities in order to boost sustainable and low-carbon buildings in the Alpine Region.
- Setting up an Alpine renewable energy cluster while taking into account ecological, economical and land use issues and considering societal trade-offs.
- Support energy management systems in the Alpine Region by developing, sharing and installing energy efficiency and decentralised monitoring systems at the local level and by promoting regional energy monitoring.
- Support a better use of local resources and increase energy self-sufficiency while reducing impacts on climate and the environment.
Role: Leader, Member
Role: Leader, Member
Mauro Alberti
Benjamin Auer
Patrick Biard
Adriano Bisello
Tino Blondiau
Pietro Caratti
Silvio De Nigris
Philipp Egger
Maria Fabianelli
Martina Gračner
Myriam Insam
Peter Jamer
Maren Meyer
Giovanni Nuvoli
Bruno Oberhuber
Peter Obricht
Rupert Pritzl
Ulrich Santa
Paolo Simonetti
Wolfram Sparber
Attilio Tonolo
Sara Verones
Etienne Vienot
Stefano Zerbi
Projects
Actions
EUSALP Energy Survey |
Reliable energy data are the basis for decision-makers to define, to implement and to monitor the effectiveness of energy policies. |
Start01/2016 End12/2017 |
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Grey energy assessment in construction/ Alpine construction materials |
In order to reach a climate-neutral building stock by 2050, the building sector must be considered. |
Start01/2016 End12/2017 |
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Greening the Alpine Infrastructure / Building Sector |
The goal of this report is to show how a common set of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in the Alpine area could be adopted and what the bottlenecks and challenges for the promotion of common KPIs |
Start02/2017 End12/2018 |
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Compilation of an overview of smart grid activities and projects in the member regions |
Development of a set of sustainability criteria for electricity grids, based on a survey. |
Start02/2017 End12/2018 |
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Defining the Remaining Potentials of Renewable Energies in the Alpine Region |
Determining existing potentials for energy production in the EUSALP region. |
Start02/2017 End12/2018 |
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EUSALP energy collaboration platform |
Identification and joint analysis of the ongoing development of collaboration platforms and the potential harmonization of the solutions, e.g. |
Start04/2017 End06/2019 |
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Network for the Promotion of local Energy Management Systems (EMS) |
This platform will be set up as a policy decision-making tool to monitor, control and optimize the generation, transmission and final use of energy. |
Start01/2018 End06/2019 |
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Enhance Energy Efficiency in Alpine Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises |
In the SME sector, there are still significant energy savings that can be realized through cost-effective measures. |
Start02/2017 End12/2019 |
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EUSALP energy observatory |
The EUSALP energy observatory will provide periodic and coherent energy data sharing at regional and macro-regional levels. |
Start01/2017 End12/2019 |
Calendar
Annual Forum 2021 & Closing of the French Presidency
Nice
14/12/2021 - 09:00 to 15/12/2021 - 19:00
14/12/2021 - 09:00 to 15/12/2021 - 19:00
Event type: EUSALP Public Event
EUSALP Presidency 2022 Kick-Off
Bozen/Bolzano, Trade Fair
26/01/2022 - 13:30
26/01/2022 - 13:30
Event type: EUSALP Public Event
The EU Strategy for the Alpine Region EUSALP, launched in 2015, aims at developing the Alpine region as an attractive, innovative, competitive and green region in the heart of Europe.
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