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The project is implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed by the ERDF Life Cycle based Energy Audit 2nd issue of newsletter November 2013

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Life Cycle based Energy Audit

2nd issue of newsletter

November 2013

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Introduction

Dear readers,

you are holding already second issue of LiCEA project Newsletter. Following

pages will be informing you about project´s progress. Project partner from Poland -

National Energy Conservation Agency will be presented as a main Creator of LiCEA

tool. ndYou will be familiar also with common partnership activities as for example 2

project meeting in Sárvár, Hungary. What we did during meeting in Sárvár, what are

the outputs and follow-up activities - you will find the answers in this issue of

newsletter as well.

As we promised in the first issue of newsletter, it´s our pleasure to invite you

on LiCEA official website on the address: where you can find all relevant

information and even more. You are most welcomed.

If you are interested in national legislations concerning energy efficiency, you

will be interested in overview from Lower Austria region in the conclusion.

We firmly hope you will enjoy reading LiCEA newsletter and in case you would

like to know more information which you can not find, do not hesitate to contact us on

official LiCEA website or directly through contacts on last page of this newsletter.

LiCEA Project Partners

www.licea.eu,

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Content

Project progress 4

Project meeting in Sárvár, Hungary 7

Presentation of NAPE 9

Overview of the energy efficiency law in

Lower Austria

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Contacts 13

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Project progress

LiCEA Guidance ellaboration

The simplification of how difficult it is to simplify a complex a n y t h i n g i s a l w a y s activities as energy and LCA auditing “sensat ional” : i f the are and put them together consistently

aphorism of the English writer Gilbert in a single procedure.Keith Chesterton is true, it means that But the L iCEA Gu idance the LiCEA target is ambitious, document tries to give this solution, significant and arduous. suggesting a new approach and a new

This is the first sentence of the methodology to obta in useful LiCEA "Guidance" document, elaborated information for the SMEs in fast and easy by the project partners during the summer way to monitor its efficiency, consumption 2013, as result of the work of the first part and progresses.of the project (study about the

state of the art in energy

auditing and LCA, stakeholder

map, local surveys, industrial

district selection and training

seminar on in format ion

exchange in Sàrvàr during the

second partnership Meeting).

The first sentence summarizes and explains

Picture: President Barack Obama tours the University of Miami Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) in Miami, Florida, Feb. 23, 2012. The IAC is institution where students learn how to become industrial energy-efficiency experts

as they help small and mid-sized manufacturers reduce their energy costs. | Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy.

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Project progress

LiCEA Guidance ellaboration

he Guidance describes and the software development that will be t h e L C A s y s t e m realized by the beginning of 2014.Tboundaries, which kind In the spring 2014 the test of

of data need to be collected, which level theLiCEA tool will start with the application of definition and quality has to be to the first SMEs, to arrive at the end of assured, and the general methodology 2014 with 200 tests completed involving 6 for the data elaboration in order to find

different industrial clusters in 5 Central the output indicators about energy and

European countries.environmental impact.

The LiCEA Guidance is a first step

of the development of the LiCEA "Tool" for

a "Simplified Energy Audit in LCA

perspective" for SMEs in Regional districts

(clusters). The next phases for the

development of LiCEA tool are the

definition of the LiCEA "Requirements"

that will describe the procedure in detail,

Up-streamCompany

Energy audit Down-stream

The main phases of the LiCEA scheme:

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roject is currently in its The chosen SMEs from these sectors f i r s t h a l f o f will get a free energy audit, showing energy Pimplementation. The saving opportunities with identified

works on the draft LiCEA tool are in measures.progress. Specific results of the energy

Project partners have agreed on audit are i.e. energy consumption [kWh], the methodology of the analytic tool GHG emissions [kg], energy cost [€], development, data collection procedure, other consumption as water, in relation and data processing. The tasks have been to LCA core output indicators. The SMEs defined and distributed among involved will see their output indicators: upstream, experts. core, and downstream outputs.

Energy auditors are already Most importantly, practical advice performing 5 audits per cluster to gather on specific energy and cost saving specific data for the tool. It is crucial for measures will be given to SMEs free of starting the work on the tool, to have charge.results from first audits performed in all chosen sectors/clusters and these will be

ready by the end of November 2013. The

selected sectors are following:

meat processing

bakery

hosiery

mechanical

plastics

wood processing

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Project progress

LiCEA tool creation

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2nd project meeting in Sárvár, Hungary

etween the 22nd and During the Training Seminar the 24th of May 2013 the specialists presented the national B2 n d L i C E A regulations and legislation related to

Transnational Partners Meeting was the field of energetic and energy held in Sárvár Park Inn Hotel, organized auditing (concerning the participating by the Hungarian project partner, countries) as well as LCA (Life-Cycle Pannon Business Network Association Assessment), as a relevant part of the (PBN) with the participation of several project and related to national/regional international actors. best practices.Hungarian, Italian, During the Round Croatian, Austrian, table discussion Polish and Slovak the partners and energy experts and t h e e x t e r n a l s p e c i a l i s t s p a r t i c i p a n t s participated at the s h a r e d t h e i r L i C E A p r o j e c t experiences with meeting and after each other about that the Training the legislation and Seminar and study p r a c t i c a l visit. implementation.

T h e T h e e x t e r n a l meeting was not p a r t i c i p a n t s only an excellent occasion for networking represented the following 2 international but it also served a platform for projects:international experience exchange related

to energy audits, just as a discussion of č ERASME (Intelligent Energy Europe)practical application of energy saving č INNOSPIRIT (AT - HU Cross border solutions. Cooperation)

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he post-meeting study visits to Park Inn Hotel and Wellness Spa in Sárvár offered a variety of alternative energy saving solutions for Tthe participants, because they could watch the energy systems

during on-site-visit.

After the 2nd transnational partners meeting, on the 24th of June 2013 in

Szombathely, a press conference was held, where PBN's project manager, Adrienn

Németh presented the objectives of LiCEA project, the technical activities during the

project lifetime, the expected results as well as the experiences from the project meeting.

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Second project meeting in Sárvár, Hungary

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at iona l Energy and is the founding member of C o n s e r v a t i o n Country-wide Association ”Energy NAgency - NAPE is a and environment conservation”

Polish energy consulting company, (SAPE - Polska), which associates popularizing efficient and rational regional energy conservat ion energy usage, above all in the agencies.building sector, and the principles of NAPE's experts possess long-sustainable development. The term experience in the field of energy company currently has 14 full-time efficiency promotion, renewable employees and cooperates with about energy sources implementation, 30 experts on a project basis. international cooperation in the area

of innovative energy technologies and NAPE cooperates with the sustainable development, and

Energy Conservation Foundation p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n E u r o p e a n (FPE), Association of Energy

Commission's programs.Auditors, multiple foreign partners,

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at iona l Energy In the LiCEA project NAPE is C o n s e r v a t i o n coordinating the development of the NAgency performs LiCEA tool supporting life cycle based

studies, provides consultancy, and energy audit in SMEs.realizes projects in all energy The map shows location of sectors. NAPE headquarters (NAPE logo), its

NAPE is committed to regional representatives (red dots) resolving energy supply problems and and co-operating SAPE-Polska modernizing energy systems on both members (green dots).supply and demand sides, serves

municipalities, companies, enterprises

and budgetary units, as well as

building owners. NAPE also acts as a

verifier of energy efficiency projects

f inanced by diverse f inancial

institutions, like European Investment

B a n k , E u r o p e a n B a n k f o r

Reconstruction and Development,

Global Environmental Facility, Polish

National Fund for Environment

Protection.

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Overview of the energy efficiency lawin Lower Austria (2012)

he resolution was made Overall energy services like on the 17th November energy consulting are offered in order to T2011 and it came into raise energy efficiency. Lower Austria

force in spring 2012. It contains the assists companies, private persons as well guideline 2006/32/EG from the 5th of as municipalities. Municipalities will be April 2006 on energy efficiency and supported by database and program for energy services. Like declared in the 15a energy monitoring.agreement, Lower Austria takes its part of An Energy fund was created in the union-goal. The Lower Austria action order to have financial advancement plan is in force till 1st February 2014. possibilities. This fund is financed by

Goals of the law are the cost Lower Austria, punishments and other effective raising of energy efficiency and revenues (like auction returns from definition of framework conditions to Emission trades law 2012). Money from make efficient energy-use possible (e.g. this fund is spent for energy consulting, compulsive energy monitoring and invested in efficiency and advanced a u t h o r i s e d e n e r g y a g e n t s i n training on energy efficiency.municipalities). The consulting has to be done by

independent organisations.

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The nationwide energy efficiency lawin Lower Austria

e d i u m a n d b i g It is necessary to execute the enterprises have to measurements that are mentioned in Minstall an energy the consulting report. In addition, the set

management system (EnMS) according of the measurements has to be to the directives EN16001 or ISO50001. communicated to the national energy They have to get certified or at least efficiency department.have to arrange an extern energy audit If the companies do not want to every three years. Its necessary to set set this measurements they have the efficiency measures, install an EnMS or possibility to get certificates according to execute extern energy audits and §18 that have to be organised in the communicate those actions to the national necessary amount. energy efficiency department. Companies with less than 10

Smaller companies that do not employees or with annual turnover less install an EnMS have to execute an than 2 million EUR do not have to install energy consulting unit every four years. EnMS or execute extern audits.

part including the companies says:

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Prague

Bratislava

Contact us

Province of Mantova - LEAD PARTNER

Via Principe Amedeo 30, 46100 Mantova, Italy

Contact person: Roberto Grassi, [email protected]

AGIRE

Piazza Sordello, 43, 46100 Mantova, Italy

Contact person: Massimiliano Musci, [email protected]

EAR

Hans-Kudlich-Straße 2, 3830 Waidhofen an der Thaya, Austria

Contact person: Markus Hödl, [email protected]

PBN

32-36 Zanati Rd., H-9700 Szombathely, Hungary

Contact person: Adrienn Németh, [email protected]

NAPE

Swietokrzyska 20, 00-002 Warsaw, Poland

Contact person: Andrzej Rajkiewicz, [email protected]

AIEC

Jelačičova 8, 821 08 Bratislava, Slovakia

Contact person: Tina Igličar, [email protected]

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