Goal
Action Group 9
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.
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
Region: Bozen (Autonomous Province), South Tyrol
Role: Leader
Region: Bozen (Autonomous Province) - South Tyrol
Fabio Berlanda
Region: Trento (Autonomous Province)
Patrick Biard
Region: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Johann Binder
Region: Burgenland
Philipp Egger
Region: St. Gallen
Maria Fabianelli
Region: Liguria
Jean-Charles Français
Region: Commissariat de massif des Alpes
Martina Gračner
Region: Slovenia
Myriam Insam
Region: Salzburg
Peter Jamer
Region: Vorarlberg
Jan Lüke
Region: Carinthia
Giovanni Nuvoli
Region: Piedmont
Stephan Oblasser
Region: Tyrol
Peter Obricht
Region: Lower Austria
Rupert Pritzl
Region: Bavaria
Wolfram Sparber
Region: Italy (Ministry of the Environment)
Attilio Tonolo
Region: Italy (Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies)
Etienne Vienot
Region: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Projects
Actions
EUSALP Energy Survey |
The EUSALP energy survey will provide fundamental knowledge about regional energy data. |
Subgroup 1: Regional Energy Strategies |
Start01/2016 End12/2017 |
Grey energy assessment in construction/ Alpine construction materials |
Optimization of buildings throughout their life cycle, minimization of the energy consumption, reduction of the environmental burden and improvement of the total economic efficiency. |
Subgroup 2: Energy Efficiency |
Start01/2016 End12/2017 |
Greening the Alpine Infrastructure / Building Sector |
Defining a limited set of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) on energy efficient and sustainable performance of buildings, at Alpine Level, to be included in public policies. |
Subgroup 2: Energy Efficiency |
Start02/2017 End12/2018 |
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. |
Subgroup 4: Smart Grids |
Start02/2017 End12/2018 |
Defining the Remaining Potentials of Renewable Energies in the Alpine Region |
Determining existing potentials for energy production in the EUSALP region. |
Subgroup 3: Renewable Energies |
Start02/2017 End12/2018 |
EUSALP energy collaboration platform |
Identification and joint analysis of the ongoing development of collaboration platforms and the potential harmonization of the solutions, e.g. |
Subgroup 1: Regional Energy Strategies |
Start04/2017 End06/2019 |
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. |
Subgroup 1: Regional Energy Strategies |
Start01/2018 End06/2019 |
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. |
Subgroup 2: Energy Efficiency |
Start02/2017 End12/2019 |
EUSALP energy observatory |
The EUSALP energy observatory will provide periodic and coherent energy data sharing at regional and macro-regional levels. |
Subgroup 1: Regional Energy Strategies |
Start01/2017 End12/2019 |
Calendar
Workshop »Networking for Ecological Connectivity and Green Infrastructure«
19/09/2017 - 09:00 to 18:00
Location Koper, Slovenia
Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve (TBC)
Event type: Workshop
5th AG 2 meeting Stuttgart side-to-side with Sub-Groups
26/09/2017 - 14:30 to 27/09/2017 - 13:30
Location: Neues Schloss (Schlossplatz 4), 70173 Stuttgart, Germany
Event type: Internal meeting
5th AG 2 meeting Stuttgart side to side with Sub-Groups of AG 2 on 26 / 27 September 2017
Symposium "Energy-Efficient Construction in the Alpine Area"
25/10/2017 - 10:00
Location: Kongresszentrum, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Event type: EUSALP presentation event
During this symposium, particpants will learn about the background, possibilities and good practices in sustainable construction in the Alpine Area. The symposium is intended as a forum for interdisciplinary and transboundary exchange of knowledge and experiences.