Covenant of Mayors Investment ForumEnergy Efficiency Finance Market Place19-20 February 2019 Brussels, Belgium

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1st BREAKOUT SESSION | 19.02.2019 | 15:00-15:45

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1.1 COMPETE4SECAP& 50000&1 SEAPS

Both projects aim to test and implement an innovative approach based on the integration of Energy Management System Standard ISO 50001 into local SEAPs/SECAPs. 50000&1 SEAPs supported over 40 municipalities in institutionalising SEAPs and certifying local authorities’ Energy Management Systems. Based on 50000&1SEAPs, COMPETE4SECAP is delivering a systematic approach to energy savings and use of renewable energy sources in local authorities’ whole territories using Energy Management Systems and energy saving competitions. Funded under Horizon 2020 and Intelligent Energy Europe.Marika Rosa, Ekodoma; Marco Devetta, SOGESCA & Edgars Augustiņš, municipality of Saldus

2.1 HELLO The project aims to facilitate procurement of an electric car-sharing scheme in 5 different European coun-tries. The investment programme is composed of 2,000 electric vehicles, 1,200 charging points and tech-nology integration investments (in-vehicle devices, communication systems, etc.). The investment aims at improving the quality and attractiveness of urban mobility services. Funded under EIB-ELENA. Olaf Bender, B2M Software GmbH

3.1 PARIDE The Province of Teramo and the local energy agency AGENA retrofitted the public lighting facilities of 32 municipalities. The project organised joint procurement of energy performance contracts, which resulted in investments of €30 million and 70 % guaranteed savings, thus improving safety and quality of life for 239,000 inhabitants of the province. Funded under Intelligent Energy Europe.Danielo Di Pietro, AGENA

4.1 OKTAVE The OKTAVE project aimed at accelerating the deep renovations of individual houses in the French region of Grand Est. The regional government set up an ESCO with €3 million equity capital. It also developed a network of local one-stop-shops to give assistance to home owners in their renovation project and a net-work of 235 building companies trained for deep renovation. The project triggered energy investments of €10 million by assisting 488 homeowners, including 56 global renovations and 160 step-by-step reno-vations. Funded under Intelligent Energy Europe. Eric Gaspard, ADEME

5.1 EaMAP The Energy Efficient Mortgages Initiative (EEMI) aims to create a standardised European framework for mort-gage loans, which incentivise homebuyers to improve the energy efficiency of their properties, or to acquire already energy efficient homes. The EEMI framework and definition are the result of more than 2 years of extensive and wide-ranging engagement and consultation with banks, built environment professionals and consumers. The initiative is currently supported by 42 lending institutions signed up to implement the guide-lines on energy efficient mortgages, collectively constituting a critical mass in the market. At the end of 2018, these lending institutions represented 55 % of mortgages outstanding in the EU, equal to 25 % of EU GDP. Funded under Horizon 2020. Luca Bertalot, European Mortgage Federation – European Covered Bond Council (EMF-ECBC)

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6.1 ATHENS RESILIENT CITY AND NATURAL

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The Athens Integrated Territorial Investment and resilience project includes a number of interventions in the sectors of urban rehabilitation, waste management, economy and tourism, social solidarity and development, information technology and services, energy upgrades, culture and public spaces, and buildings. So far, €20 million has been invested and €170 million more are expected. Yannis Evmolpidis, City of Athens

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2nd BREAKOUT SESSION | 19.02.2019 | 16:15-17:00

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1.2 URBAN LEARNING The cities of Vienna, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Warsaw, Zaanstad and Zagreb joined forces in integrating energy planning into the processes of planning new urban quarters. The cities created cross-departmental local groups, scrutinised their processes, instruments and tools, and developed hands-on action plans to progress towards integrative energy planning. The session will present lessons learnt from the cities. Funded under Horizon 2020. Waltraud Schmid, T.I.N.A Vienna

2.2 BIT SYSTEM The project aims to improve the public transport system integration by developing a coherent, user-friendly and innovative ticketing system at a regional level, designing a guideline for passenger information at a sys-tem level, and implementing solutions merging a large innovative bike-sharing scheme with public transport subsystems for hassle-free mobility. The project aims to trigger €37 million. Funded under EIB-ELENA. Ryszard Swilski, Pomeranian Voivodeship & Sylwia Wymyslowska, InnoBaltica

3.2 PM4PM Golea energy agency is bundling energy efficiency projects from over 30 municipalities and other public bodies. Projects cover renovation of public buildings, district heating, street lighting, transport and public utilities. The investment programme includes 73 projects with a potential volume of €54 million using various sources of funding, including Energy Performance Contracting. So far, €26.2 million of investment has been signed in works of EPC contracts. Funded under EIB-ELENA. Rajko Leban & Irena Pavliha, GOLEA Energy Agency

4.2 HOUSEENVEST HousEEnvest aims to demonstrate the viability of a new financing scheme, defined for the full energy renovation of multifamily houses in the Spanish region of Extremadura, which will count on a combina-tion of innovative tools for standardisation, pooling, bundling and de-risking. This investment scheme focuses on a regional market (condominiums with diesel central heating) with potential investment needs greater than €35 million. Funded under Horizon 2020. Cosme Segador Vegas, AGENEX

5.2 PARIS GREEN FUND Paris Green Fund is a €200 million growth fund initiated by Paris City to finance European SMEs providing sustainable solutions for major cities. The fund is mostly supported by private institutional and industrial investors. Priority sectors are green buildings, smart mobility, renewables, energy efficiency, air quality and the circular economy. Clémentine Baju, City of Paris & Stéphane Villecroze, DEMETER

6.2 GREEN ROOFS HAMBURG

The Hamburg Senate’s Green Roof Strategy has been implemented since 2014. The local Ministry of Environment and Energy has created funding guidelines, for which the Hamburg Investment and Development Bank (IFB) had a budget of €3 million to use to fund applications for voluntary green roof projects on new buildings or for renovations. In 2018, Hamburg Senate increased funding in green roofs on public school buildings by another €7.5 million. Overall, the city of Hamburg has invested €10.5 mil-lion in green roofs.Brigitte Köhnlein, Hamburg Office for Environment and Energy

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3rd BREAKOUT SESSION | 20.02.2019 | 11:30-12:15

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1.3 SIMPLA The project supports cities in designing coordinated energy and urban mobility plans (SECAPs and SUMPs). SIMPLA developed a methodology that helps cities in the definition of a common vision, devise coordinated actions and set up a joint monitoring system across energy and urban mobility sectors. The SIMPLA approach has been tested by a group of cities from 6 European countries that have been trained and supported in their piloting process of coordinating the different policies. Funded under Horizon 2020. Fabio Tomasi, Area Science Park Trieste

2.3 UITP The International Association of Public Transport will provide a detailed overview of existing regulatory framework requirements to finance zero-emission bus systems in the EU, including different funding schemes in EU Member States as well as at EU level. Based on the recently accomplished ZeEUS (Zero Emission Urban Bus System) project, the presentation will provide insight into promotion/funding pro-grammes for the procurement of zero-emission buses, encompassing different national legislations and taxation systems across Europe.Artur Perchel, International Association of Public Transport

3.3 NEWLIGHT Recent activities in Croatia in financing the energy retrofitting of public buildings and street lighting ren-ovation show the necessity to combine private capital and EU/public funding. The presentation builds on REGEA’s experiences from the recently completed NEWLIGHT project, supported by EIB-ELENA with over €20 million triggered, and the energy retrofitting of public buildings through ESIF with over €30 mil-lion investments achieved. Julije Domac, North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency

4.3 INNOVATE INNOVATE aims at motivating homeowners in 11 target regions to carry out deep energy retrofits of pri-vate residential buildings – single-family houses and condominiums. In order to facilitate the process, the consortium developed and rolled out attractive energy retrofit packages, ideally offered in one location as a one-stop-shop. The cumulative investments expected to be mobilised amount to some €37 million. Funded under Horizon 2020. Jana Cicmanova, EnergyCities

5.3 QualitEE The QualitEE project’s overall objective is to scale up responsible investment in energy efficiency services in the European building sector. The project develops national quality assurance schemes for energy effi-ciency services, which are built on technical and financial quality criteria. It is expected that a widespread application of the quality assurance schemes will ease the financing and re-financing of EES projects. Funded under Horizon 2020. Daniela Bachner, E7

6.3 SEC ADAPT & EMPOWERING

SEC ADAPT & EMPOWERING projects contribute to a multi-level governance and targeted capacity-building programme (mitigation and adaptation) for local authorities. The 2 projects designed peer-learning activities and a strategic innovative planning model, which enable more than 300 regional and municipal policy makers to deliver 78 SECAPs and to shape 6 regional energy strategies for 2050 in 6 EU countries (Marche in Italy, Andalusia in Spain, North-East Region in Romania, Istria in Croatia, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen in Hungary, and Central Macedonia in Greece). Funded under LIFE and Horizon 2020. Lucia Catalani & Barbara Di Pietro, Sviluppo Marche S.r.l

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4th BREAKOUT SESSION | 20.02.2019 | 12:30-13:15

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1.4 EDI-Net EDI-Net (Energy Data Innovation Network) designed 3 inter-related ICT tools to help municipalities improve their energy management and communication with building-users. The tool is a simple and effective ICT platform that includes an energy dashboard, league table, discussion forum and benchmark-ing tool. Case studies will be presented, illustrating the success of the tool in terms of energy planning and efficiency savings. Funded under Horizon 2020. Richard Bull, De Montfort University

2.4 TEBB Transition to Electric Buses and Boats (TEBB) aims to procure 100 % zero emission bus and ferry operation for the City of Copenhagen. So far the project has developed an ownership model and framework procure-ment for urban charging equipment in close partnership with municipalities, public transport authorities and industry organisations. The first procurement of zero emission operation has been awarded for buses and ferries. 4 urban chargers, 41 electric buses and 5 electric ferries will be in operation by winter 2019/2020.Mikkel Krogsgaard Niss, City of Copenhagen

3.4 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT

Ore Valley Housing Association in Scotland commissioned a community project in August 2017, marking the operation phase of a £4.6 million renewable energy (small-scale onshore wind) and energy efficiency (boiler upgrades in social houses) investment programme financed alongside Cardenden Heat and Power (CHAP), a subsidiary of OVHA, and the Scottish Investment Bank. The profits of the wind project will be used to support a community fund and other endeavours in the area. Nick Clark, Ore Valley Housing Association

4.4 BE REEL The BE REEL project is supporting the regional renovation strategies 2050 for Flanders and Wallonia, tar-geting 4.1 million deep renovations of residential buildings. The aim is a long lasting, strong increase in the renovation rate from 1 to 3 % per year and an improvement of the energy performance of existing properties by at least 75 %. BE REEL started in 2018 and, so far, €300 million have been planned to be invested into 8,500 deep renovation projects. Funded under LIFE.Roel Vermeiren, Vlaams Energieagentschap

5.4 RAMCC’s Trust Fund The Argentine Network of Municipalities against Climate Change (RAMCC) established the first Argentinian trust fund by local governments and exclusively dedicated to manage collectively funds to implement local climate action plans. Through this new tool, local administrations aggregate relatively similar investment projects into a ‘bundle’ which can be considered as a single investment project, improving the possibility of accessing larger-scale funding and cost savings. The first project developed under this con-cept is one for the replacement of conventional street lighting by LED lighting in 42 municipalities.Florencia Mitchell & Ricardo Bertolino, Red Argentina de Municipios frente al Cambio Climático

6.4 DICCA & URBAN LAKE

LIFE DICCA will demonstrate a suitable strategy for adaptation to climate change in a large city that will be replicable in cities with similar geographical settings, undertaken on the Vienna Danube Island. The main aim is to increase the climate change resilience of ecosystems on the Danube Island. Project actions will protect and conserve biodiversity, as well as the ecological stepping stone functions in areas that are intensively used by providing guidance to users and carrying out measures to revitalise ecosys-tems. Funded under LIFE. Dominik Webel & Hannes Uhl, City of Vienna

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5th BREAKOUT SESSION | 20.02.2019 | 14:15-15:00

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1.5 R4E & PANEL2050 R4E aimed at developing a new type of energy strategy through visions and roadmaps for cities. These roadmaps were co-created with local stakeholders and they were focused on smart buildings, smart mobility, and smart urban spaces. PANEL2050 developed energy roadmaps for communities in Central and Eastern Europe in overcoming the local challenges of energy transition. The roadmaps were tested at different governance levels (municipal, regional, county, national). Funded under Horizon 2020. Jamie Ruiz Huescar, City of Eindhoven & Muiste Marek, Tartu Regional Energy Agency

2.5 REMOURBAN,TRIANGULUM & GROW SMARTER

The SCC1 Lighthouse Consortia are implementing more than 125 mobility projects in 84 European cities. The session will put a focus on the pains & gains from piloting and up-scaling urban mobility within the European Smart City Lighthouse Projects. The cities of Nottingham, Valledoid and Cologne will share their lessons learnt. Funded under Horizon 2020. Rosa Huertas, Municipality of Valladolid; Peter Saunders, Nottingham City Council & Julia Egenolf, City of Cologne & Damian Wagner, Fraunhofer Institute

3.5 BUNDLE-UP BundleUP will develop a ‘Ponto Energia’, which will bundle projects according to specific characteristics (investment size, technology, geography) using the currently available framework and consolidated procure-ment procedures to provide projects with scale, improve bankability, investor-trust and result in a faster time-to-market. The action aims at developing at least 58 Portuguese sustainable energy projects, with total estimated investments of €49.9 million. Funded under Horizon 2020. Nuno Brito Jorge, GOPARITY

4.5 REFURB The REFURB project focused on renovations in the private housing sector and tapped on the one-stop-shop concept. REFURB tackled the complex interplay of barriers through coordinated processes, organi-sation, innovation and optimisation, while offering concrete solutions or renovation packages that appeal to potential customers in the private residential sector. Funded under Horizon 2020. Virginia Gomez Onate, VITO

5.5 RESFARM RESFARM was aimed at developing Capital Market financial instruments suitable to attract funds for on-farm renewable energy systems, such as green bonds. As a result, a framework for on-farm renewable energy sys-tems securitisation has been produced and a pool of projects is being developed to serve as a flagship of the financial instrument. RESFARM’s technical and contractual standards allow for the transformation of illiquid on-farm RES assets into tradable securities. By early 2019, over €40 million in investments in new installations are already under way in Spain under RESFARM. Funded under Horizon 2020. Jacobo Feijoo Lamas, UNIONS AGRARIAS

6.5 URBAN ROOFS & URBAN-ADAPT

The main objective of URBAN-ADAPT is to demonstrate an innovative, participative approach to imple-menting urban climate adaptation strategies on a large scale. The Rotterdam city district Zomerhof (ZoHo) and the river Nieuwe Maas are used as show cases. These representative settings make the results widely applicable and reproducible. URBAN ROOFS will encourage real estate developers and building owners to invest in climate change adaptation. This new approach will see the local government acting as a stimulator and facilitator. The project will trial the use of multifunctional roofs that have greater benefits for property owners than traditional green roofs. Both projects are funded under LIFE.Johan Verlinde, City of Rotterdam

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