Presentation on financing retrofitting in public buildings

1. Optimizing energy efficiency in
public buildings
Savvas Vlachos
Acting Director
Cyprus Energy Agency
08/02/2017 - Brussels

2. Buildings account
for 40 % of total energy
consumption in the Union.
The sector is expanding, which is
bound to increase its energy
consumption.
Cyprus Energy Agency

3. Energy efficiency
and RES in buildings
Reduction of energy consumption
by improving energy efficiency and
the use of energy from renewable
sources in the buildings sector are
very important.
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4. Setting minimum energy
efficiency requirements
Member States set minimum
requirements for the energy
performance of buildings and
building elements.
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5. Nearly Zero
Energy Buildings
Nearly zero-energy buildings have
very high energy performance. The
low amount of energy that these
buildings require comes mostly
from renewable sources.
Cyprus Energy Agency

6. Public buildings
The public sector in each Member
State should lead the way in the
field of energy performance of
buildings, and therefore the national
plans should set more ambitious
targets for the buildings occupied
by public authorities.
Cyprus Energy Agency

7. NZEB
public buildings
The Energy Performance of
Buildings Directive requires all new
public buildings must be nearly
zero-energy by the end of 2018.
Cyprus Energy Agency

8. Design principles
for NZEB
• Take into account climatic and
local conditions
• Reduce energy demand for
cooling, heating and lighting
• High energy efficient equipment
• Cover energy demand with RES
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9. Challenges
for public buildings
• How to apply energy efficiency
measures and RES to existing
public buildings
• Preservation of
historical/traditional buildings
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10. Challenges
for public buildings
• Long public procurement
procedures
• High initial capital cost
especially for existing buildings
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11. Challenges
for public buildings
• Energy behavior of employees
• Lack of awareness
• Lack of motivation
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12. Challenges
for public buildings
• Technical limitations
• In many cases with low energy
saving potential
• Not always suitable for Energy
Performance Contracting
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13. Opportunities and
tools for public buildings
• Availability of mature technical
solutions
• Energy Performance
Certificates
• Energy renovations
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14. Opportunities and
tools for public buildings
• Energy audits
• Energy managers
• Inspectors of heating and
cooling equipment
• Smart applications and ICT
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15. Recommendations
for public buildings
• Business plan development
• Public Private Partnerships
• Energy Performance
Contracting (not always)
• Energy education
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16. Business plan
• A BP forces you to think and
plan for future, which at that
particular moment does not
involve any finance.
• It helps you to realize what you
need for implementing the
project.
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17. Business plan
• It also gives you a general idea
of your resource requirements
and means to procure them.
• It shows the feasibility and
probability of achieving benefits.
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18. Business plan
• It gives you an indication of
likely returns and benefits you
will derive from your unit.
• It helps you in visualizing
financial rewards, needs,
commitments and actions.
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19. Conclusions
• By improving the energy
efficiency of buildings, and
especially existing buildings we
could reduce total EU energy
consumption.
• Public buildings should face
existing barriers and lead the
way for NZEB.
Cyprus Energy Agency
2030 Vision

20. THANK YOU ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΩ
www.cea.org.cy
Savvas.vlachos@cea.org.cy
Tel +357 22667716
Fax +357 22667736
Skype address: savvas.vlachos
Lefkonos 10-12 Street,
1011 Lefkosia, Cyprus