On June 2014 an online survey has been launched* to collect information about the need for automatic large-scale assessment of building energy behaviour, based on “location” information (geodata) available from public registers (e.g. cadastre, urban planning data etc.). * http://snipurl.com/energy-mapping-survey

1. www.smespire.eu www.sunshineproject.eu www.geosmartcity.eu
Energy Mapping survey
On June 2014 an online survey has been launched* to collect information about
the need for automatic large-scale assessment of building energy behaviour,
based on “location” information (geodata) available from public registers (e.g.
cadastre, urban planning data etc.).
The following slides show the results of the survey.
* http://snipurl.com/energy-mapping-survey

2. About Respondents
The first part of the survey focuses on some general
characteristics of the respondent organisations.

3. 118 respondents from May 31st and July 16th 2014
Total
118

4. 95% from Europe

5. 120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Pattern of responses
31-May 7-Jun 14-Jun 21-Jun 28-Jun 5-Jul 12-Jul

6. Is your organisation a private company or a public body?
37% Private company
63%
Public body

7. How many employees are working in your organisation?
25%
28%
29%
6%
13%
Less than 10
Between 10 and 49
Between 50 and 99
Between 100 and 250
More than 250

8. About Energy
and Energy Mapping
The goal of this part is to analyse the knowledge about the main topics related to energy
demand and consumption at urban level, with information about energy at building or
building block level.
Buildings are responsible for 40% of total EU energy consumption and are often the largest
energy consumer and CO2 emitter in urban areas.
(source:http://www.eumayors.eu/IMG/pdf/seap_guidelines_en.pdf)

9. "Energy Density Mapping"
In 2012 the Canadian Horizon Utilities Corporation gave a very interesting presentation on using
energy density mapping to help take the guesswork out of identifying customers on whom to
target conservation and demand management (CDM) programs.
The part of the smart growth initiative that Horizon saw as relevant was energy usage
reduction. In Calgary, the city where the smart growth approach was initiated, energy density
was mapped using data provided by the gas and electric utilities. The data was aggregated at a
relatively course level of granularity and expressed in terms of gigajoules/hectare. In Ontario
the Ontario Power Authority supported several municipal pilots that that took a similar
approach and mapped energy usage at a fairly course level of aggregation.
Horizon decided that to identify the high energy usage customers on which to target their CDM
programs they needed higher granularity, specifically at the building and property level,
expressed in units of kWh/m2.
(source: http://geospatial.blogs.com/geospatial/2012/01/edist-mapping-energy-density-for-conservation-and-demand-management.html)
(sources: http://geospatial.blogs.com/; http://www.comune.anzoladellemilia.bo.it; http://asmarterplanet.com/)

10. Is your organisation familiar with Energy Density Mapping?
64%
36%
NO YES

11. Do you think that an Energy Density Map could facilitate the
understanding of energy usage and help to better define
actions for the energy usage reduction?
98%
YES

12. Could you please describe how do you think “energy density
maps” could help your organisation or your city?
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Urban planning and regulations
Energy performance regulations
Information and training
Coordinate policies with other levels of authority
Promote energy audits
Financial incentives and loans
Increase the rate of refurbishment
Demonstration buildings
Energy taxes
Promote successes
Other

13. Is your organisation aware of the following Directives?
0% 20% 40% 60%
Directive 2010/31/EU Energy Performance
of Buildings
Directive 2012/27/EU Energy Efficiency
Directive
Directive 2009/28/EC energy from
renewable sources
Directive 2009/125/EC Ecodesign
Construction Products Regulation (EU) No
305/2011
Directive 1989/106/CE. Construction
Product Directive

14. Has your organization any instrument to monitor the energy
usage or to evaluate the energy need? (energy facility
manager, energy certification etc.)
32%
NO YES
68%

15. Is your organisation aware of the Covenant of Mayors?
The Covenant of Mayors is the mainstream European movement involving local and regional
authorities, voluntarily committing to increasing energy efficiency and use of renewable energy
sources on their territories. By their commitment, Covenant signatories aim to meet and exceed the
European Union 20% CO2 reduction objective by 2020.
http://www.covenantofmayors.eu/
64%
36%
NO YES

16. Is your organisation one of the signatories of the Covenant
of Mayors? [public bodies only]
Signatories represent cities that vary in size from small villages to major metropolitan areas such as
London or Paris. Within a year following their signature, Covenant signatories commit to implement
Sustainable Energy Action Plans on their territory, with the aim of cutting CO2 emissions by at least
20% by 2020.
http://www.covenantofmayors.eu/
32%
NO YES
68% 37%
Public body

17. Do you think that an "energy density map" could be useful
for the Monitoring of the Emission Inventory?
In order to monitor the energy consumption / CO2 emissions data effectively and adapt the action plan
accordingly if necessary, Covenant signatories are encouraged to compile Monitoring Emission
Inventories on a regular basis. Recommendation is to do this on a yearly basis, and the minimal
requirement in the context of the Covenant of Mayors is to do it at least every 4 years.
http://www.covenantofmayors.eu/
97%
YES

18. About GeoICT and INSPIRE
This part of the survey is related to the knowledge and skills within your
organization related to GeoICT and the INSPIRE directive. GeoICT refers
to the branch of the Information and Communication Technology sector
dealing with geospatial information (geomatics).
INSPIRE is an European Directive to establish an infrastructure for spatial
data information in Europe.

19. What are the three main geospatial activities in which your
organization is involved? [Ranked]
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Use of spatial data
General IT consultancy
Data modelling
Education
Development of client applications
Implementation of network services
Transformation of spatial data
Rank 1
Rank 2
Rank 3

20. Is your organisation aware of the INSPIRE (Infrastructure for
Spatial Information in Europe) Directive?
INSPIRE is based on the infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the 28
Member States of the European Union. The Directive addresses 34 spatial data themes needed for
environmental applications, with key components specified through technical implementing rules. This
makes INSPIRE a unique example of a legislative “regional” approach.
http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/
NO YES
32%
68%

21. What is the extent of knowledge and understanding in your
organization about the following aspects of INSPIRE?
The INSPIRE Directive requires that common Implementing Rules (IR) are adopted in a number of
specific areas (Metadata, Data Specifications, Network Services, Data and Service Sharing and
Monitoring and Reporting). These IRs are adopted as Commission Decisions or Regulations, and are
binding in their entirety.
Objectives
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Main principles
Conceptual
framework
Metadata
Regulation
Data and Service
Sharing Regulation
Monitoring and
reporting obligation
Regulation
Interoperability of
spatial datasets and
services Regulation
Network Service
Regulation
Very low
Low
Average
High
Very high

22. Is your organization currently developing one or more
INSPIRE-compliant components?
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Data models
View service
Metadata catalogue
Training, learning material
Download service
Metadata editor
Discovery service
Test suite (data, metadata, services)
Data transformation service
Schema transformation service

23. To which of the following themes do the activities of your
organization relate? [Top 10]
0% 20% 40% 60%
Buildings
Land use
Land cover
Cadastral parcels
Administrative units
Transport networks
Addresses
Geographical names
Utility and governmental services
Energy Resources

24. Conclusions

25. After 46 days, on July 16th 2014, the number of submitted
respondents of the “Energy Density Mapping” survey was 118:
• More than one-third of them are from public bodies, while the
others are from private organisations
• Big organisations (more than 250 Full Time Equivalent employees)
are almost 30%, while more than half are from micro (<10) and
small (10-49) organisations
• Almost two-thirds are already aware of “Energy Maps”
• 98% think that “Energy Density Map could facilitate the
understanding of energy usage and help to better define actions
for the energy usage reduction”, mainly through:
- Urban planning and regulations
- Energy performance regulations
- Information and training
• …

26. • …
• The majority of respondents do not has any instrument to monitor
the energy usages or needs
• More than 60% are aware of the Covenant of Mayors; among the
sole “public bodies” the percentage is higher (and one-third of
public bodies are indeed signatories of Covenant of Mayors)
• Almost everyone (98%) consider “Energy maps” as a useful tool for
the Monitoring of Emission Inventory, mainly in relationship to
“municipal buildings, equipment and facilities” and “residential
buildings” (both 80%)
• Directives on Energy Efficiency (2012/27) and EPBD (2010/31) are
known by less than half of respondents, while other directives and
documents related to energy are almost uknown
• …

27. • …
• Two-thirds of respondents are “users” of geodata (45% said they
are using geospatial) and almost half of them are also involved in
“transformation/processing” or “modelling” of geodata
• The percentage of organisation aware of the INSPIRE Directive is
quite interesting: more than two-thirds of them know its
principles, goals and regulations, but …
• … few of them (less than one-third) are already involved in the
implementation of some INSPIRE-compliant components, mainly
focusing on “data modelling” and “view services”
• Among the 34 INSPIRE Data Themes, “buildings” are the most
used (more than 58% of respondents) together with “land cover”
(46%), “land use” (47%) and “cadastral parcels” (45%)

28. Acknowledgments

29. www.smespire.eu www.sunshineproject.eu www.geosmartcity.eu
The questionnaire has been designed on the basis of the smeSpire project experience
(http://www.smespire.eu/).
The smeSpire project (http://www.smespire.eu/) was an FP7 Support Action focused on the INSPIRE
implementation in relation to business opportunities for the Geo-ICT European SMEs.
In 2013 more than 300 SMEs had been surveyed and results have been published online at the beginning
of 2014.
In January 2014, the smeSpire project defined formal liaisons with Sunshine (http://sunshineproject.eu/)
and GeoSmartCity (http://www.geosmartcity.eu/).
Thanks to these agreements, the smeSpire assets (tools and methodologies) can be applied for studying
and analysing public and private sectors involved on “energy” and “location” topics.
About methodology of the smeSpire study is available at: http://www.smespire.eu/published-by-smespire-
the-first-study-on-the-geo-ict-sector-in-europe/