Guidebook "How to Develop a Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP)"

The purpose of the present guidebook is to help the Covenant of Mayors signatories to reach the commitments they have taken by signing the Covenant, and in particular to prepare within the year following their official adhesion a Baseline Emission Inventory (BEI) and a Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP). BEI is a prerequisite to SEAP elaboration, as it will provide knowledge of the nature of the entities emitting CO2 on the municipality's territory, and will thus help select the appropriate actions. Inventories conducted in later years will allow determining if the actions provide sufficient CO2 reductions and if further actions are necessary. The current guidebook provides detailed step-by-step recommendations for the entire process of elaborating a local energy and climate strategy, from initial political commitment to implementation. It is divided into 3 parts: · Part I relates to the description of the overall SEAP process and covers the strategic issues; · Part II gives guidance on how to elaborate the Baseline Emission Inventory; · Part III is dedicated to the description of technical measures that can be implemented at local level by the local authority in the different sectors of activity; The guidebook provides a flexible but coherent set of principles and recommendations. The flexibility will allow local authorities to develop a SEAP in a way that suits their own circumstances, permitting those already engaged in energy and climate action to come on board of the Covenant of Mayors, while continuing to follow the approaches they have used before with as little adjustments as possible. This document is intended to help beginner towns/cities/regions to initiate the process and guide them through it. It should also provide experienced local authorities with answers to specific questions they are faced with in the context of the Covenant of Mayors, and if possible, with some fresh and new ideas on how to proceed.JRC.DDG.F.8-Renewable Energy (Ispra

Existing Methodologies and Tools for the Development and Implementation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAP)

The Joint Research Centre (Institute for Energy and Institute for Environment and Sustainability) is providing technical and scientific support to the Covenant of Mayors project managed by DG TREN. This is a European initiative by which towns and cities voluntarily commit to reduce their CO2 emissions beyond the EU target of 20%, through the implementation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs). The Local Authorities have to submit a Baseline Emissions Inventory (BEI) and a SEAP within one year after the formal adhesion to the Covenant of Mayors. In order to help Local Authorities to fulfil these commitments, a set of technical documents are being prepared. As a first step, a research on existing methodologies and tools for SEAP elaboration and CO2 emissions inventories at local level has been carried out. The present report summarises the results of this research and is divided in two parts: existing methodologies and tools for SEAP elaboration (part I) and CO2 emissions inventories at local level (part II). All these tools and methodologies have been collected from entities/cities with a proven experience in these fields. In addition, in both parts of the document, a signposting table that allows to compare the various existing methodologies and helps the Covenant signatories to choose the methodology most adapted to their requirements has been elaborated. One of this report's most relevant conclusions is the identification of the critical steps that have to be followed in order to secure a successful SEAP elaboration and implementation. These outcomes are the base of the next document, a guidebook called "How to develop a Sustainable Energy Action Plan" that intends to offer practical guidance to local authorities through the entire SEAP process.JRC.DDG.F.8-Renewable Energy (Ispra

Use of the ETV logo and post-verification requirements when marketing a technology verified through the ETV scheme

Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) is a new tool enabling the verification of the performance claims put forward by developers of innovative environmental technologies. The Programme is set up foreseeing the existence of Technical Working Groups (TWGs), one for each technology area active under the Pilot Programme. These are chaired by the JRC and composed by Commission Invited Experts and by Experts representing the Verification Bodies with the overall aim to harmonise and exchange good practices among member states. ETV has a logo inherited from previous ETV FP7 projects, but it is not an official logo of the European Commission. ETV is not a certification nor a labialisation scheme. Therefore the logo should be used in well-defined conditions, specifying clearly what has been verified. This document defines and clarifies all elements relative to the logo and its use: design specifications, uses of the logo under different marketing circumstances and communication purposes. This document, adopted on the date by the TWGs on 08/04/2015, is a guidance document, with the meaning given in the General Verification Protocol of the EU ETV pilot programme (version 1.1), Section A.II.4.3. It has been produced by the EU ETV Technical Working Groups, chaired by the JRC, under the auspices of DG Environment. This document is also deliverable 2.1.6.4 under the Administrative Arrangement 070307/2011/630755/F4 between DG ENV and JRC (ref JRC No. 32937), “Scientific and technical support for the implementation of the EU Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) pilot programme” as modified by amendment 1 signed 16/06/2014.JRC.F.6-Energy Technology Policy Outloo

Guidelines for addressing the interfaces between Technology Areas in the context of the EU-ETV Pilot Program

Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) is a new tool enabling the verification of the performance claims put forward by developers of innovative environmental technologies. As specified in the ETV General Verification Protocol (GVP), the EU-ETV programme, launched in 2011 by DG-ENV is covering three Technology Areas (TAs): Water treatment and monitoring, Materials, waste and resources, Energy Technologies. The verification bodies in charge of performing the verifications have to be accredited for one or more of these 3 TAs or part thereof. Three dedicated Technical Working Groups (TWGs) have been set up in order to provide technical guidance for the technologies falling under these TAs. Although the GVP is providing examples of technologies for each of the TA, the precise frontier between them is not always clear, in particular for technologies that relate to more than one distinct technology areas (e.g. energy efficiency in the domain of water treatment). This document provides guidance on this issue, in order to help decision making and ensure a harmonised approach thought the ETV scheme. This document, adopted on the on the 04/08/2015 by the TWGs, is a guidance document, with the meaning given in the General Verification Protocol of the EU ETV pilot programme (version 1.1), Section A.II.4.3. It has been produced by the EU ETV Technical Working Groups, chaired by the JRC, under the auspices of DG Environment. This document is also deliverable 2.1.6.4 under the Administrative Arrangement 070307/2011/630755/F4 between DG ENV and JRC (ref JRC No. 32937), “Scientific and technical support for the implementation of the EU Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) pilot programme” as modified by amendment 1 signed 16/06/2014.JRC.F.6-Energy Technology Policy Outloo

EU Environmental Technology Verification pilot programme - Guidance documents: Guidelines for the eligibility assessment of technologies proposed to the EU-ETV scheme

Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) is a new tool to enable the verification of the claims provided by environmental technologies. The Programme is set up foreseeing the existence of Technical Working Groups (TWGs), one for each technology area active under the Pilot programme. These are chaired by the JRC and composed by Commission Invited Experts and by Experts representing the Verification Bodies with the overall aim to harmonise and exchange good practices among member states. This document summarises the outcome of the discussion of the Technical Working Groups concerning the assessment of eligibility criteria by Verification Bodies. It clarifies and provides guidance to help Verification Bodies evaluate whether a technology proposed for ETV meets the minimum requirements imposed by the programme such as fitting the scope of the programme, presenting innovative features and an environmental added value, being “ready-to-market” and meeting user’s needs and legal requirements. This document, adopted on the on the 23rd April 2014 by the TWGs, is a specific guidance document, with the meaning given in the General Verification Protocol of the EU ETV pilot programme (version 1.0), Section A.II.4.3. It has been produced by the EU ETV Technical Working Groups, chaired by the JRC, under the auspices of DG Environment.JRC.F.6-Energy Technology Policy Outloo

EU Environmental Technology Verification pilot programme - Guidance documents: Guidelines for the workflow of documents and information between Verification Bodies, Technical Working Groups and Commission Services

Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) is a new tool to enable the verification of the claims provided by environmental technologies. The Programme is set up foreseeing the existence of Technical Working Groups (TWGs), one for each technology area active under the Pilot programme. These are chaired by the JRC and composed by Commission Invited Experts and by Experts representing the Verification Bodies with the overall aim to harmonise and exchange good practices among member states. This document summarises the outcome of the discussion of the Technical Working Groups concerning the the streamline of information and agrees on a workflow for the communication of documents between Verification Bodies, Technical Working Groups and Commission Services. This document, adopted on the on the 15th October 2013 by the TWGs, is a specific guidance document, with the meaning given in the General Verification Protocol of the EU ETV pilot programme (version 1.0), Section A.II.4.3. It has been produced by the EU ETV Technical Working Groups, chaired by the JRC, under the auspices of DG Environment.JRC.F.6-Energy Technology Policy Outloo

Best practices and informal guidance on how to implement the Comprehensive Assessment at Member State level

This report details a methodology for performing a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) identifying the most resource and cost-efficient solutions to meet heating and cooling demands for a given country or region in accordance with Article 14(3) and taking in account Part 1 of Annex IX of the of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) (EC, 2012). The methodology includes guidelines how to: (1) collect data about energy consumption and supply points needed to construct heat maps, (2) how to identify system boundaries, (3) assess the technical potential that can be satisfied by efficient technical solutions, including high efficiency cogeneration, micro-cogeneration and efficient district-heating and cooling. (4) define baseline and alternative scenarios, including quantifying the cost and benefits of both scenarios. This comprises for example the economic value of other effects is estimated, mainly, the changes in socio-economic and environmental factors. Cost-Benefit Analyses integrate all costs and benefits over a long period are integrated in a unique estimate, the Net Present Value, which provides information about the net change of welfare derived from the implementation of the different heating and cooling scenarios. In the end, the cost-benefit analyses shall provide information about which are the most cost-efficient solutions to meet the heating and cooling needs of a country or a region.JRC.F.6-Energy Technology Policy Outloo

How to develop a Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) in the Eastern Partnership and Central Asian cities

Since 2010 the Covenant of Mayors (CoM) initiative has come to involve 11 Eastern Partnership and Central Asian countries in the implementation of local sustainable energy policies. The specific situation which characterises these countries compels to adapt the methodology for the preparation of the Sustainable Energy Action Plans which has been developed to address the European context and which has been widely described in the Guidebook "How to develop a Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP)". The present outline aims to complement the above mentioned Guidebook by presenting the main adaptations to the methodology as they are proposed for Eastern Partnership and Central Asian cities. It does this by presenting first an overview of the key principles these signatories should keep in mind when preparing a SEAP, and secondly by indicating the main critical aspects of the methodological adaptation. In this framework Eastern Partnership and Central Asian signatories are given the possibility to commit to an emission reduction target by 2020 based on their projections of emissions for this year following a Business-As-Usual scenario.JRC.F.7-Renewables and Energy Efficienc

Leifaden zur Erstellung eines Aktionsplans für nachhaltige Energie - APNE (Guidebook - How to Develop a Sustainable Energy Action Plan - SEAP)

The purpose of the present guidebook is to help the Covenant of Mayors signatories to reach the commitments they have taken by signing the Covenant, and in particular to prepare within the year following their official adhesion a Baseline Emission Inventory (BEI) and a Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP). BEI is a prerequisite to SEAP elaboration, as it will provide knowledge of the nature of the entities emitting CO2 on the municipality's territory, and will thus help select the appropriate actions. Inventories conducted in later years will allow determining if the actions provide sufficient CO2 reductions and if further actions are necessary. The current guidebook provides detailed step-by-step recommendations for the entire process of elaborating a local energy and climate strategy, from initial political commitment to implementation. It is divided into 3 parts: · Part I relates to the description of the overall SEAP process and covers the strategic issues; · Part II gives guidance on how to elaborate the Baseline Emission Inventory; · Part III is dedicated to the description of technical measures that can be implemented at local level by the local authority in the different sectors of activity; The guidebook provides a flexible but coherent set of principles and recommendations. The flexibility will allow local authorities to develop a SEAP in a way that suits their own circumstances, permitting those already engaged in energy and climate action to come on board of the Covenant of Mayors, while continuing to follow the approaches they have used before with as little adjustments as possible. This document is intended to help beginner towns/cities/regions to initiate the process and guide them through it. It should also provide experienced local authorities with answers to specific questions they are faced with in the context of the Covenant of Mayors, and if possible, with some fresh and new ideas on how to proceed.JRC.DDG.F.8-Renewable Energy (Ispra

Guide - Comment développer un Plan d'Action en faveur de l'Energie Durable - PAED (Guidebook - How to Develop a Sustainable Energy Action Plan - SEAP)

The purpose of the present guidebook is to help the Covenant of Mayors signatories to reach the commitments they have taken by signing the Covenant, and in particular to prepare within the year following their official adhesion a Baseline Emission Inventory (BEI) and a Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP). BEI is a prerequisite to SEAP elaboration, as it will provide knowledge of the nature of the entities emitting CO2 on the municipality's territory, and will thus help select the appropriate actions. Inventories conducted in later years will allow determining if the actions provide sufficient CO2 reductions and if further actions are necessary. The current guidebook provides detailed step-by-step recommendations for the entire process of elaborating a local energy and climate strategy, from initial political commitment to implementation. It is divided into 3 parts: · Part I relates to the description of the overall SEAP process and covers the strategic issues; · Part II gives guidance on how to elaborate the Baseline Emission Inventory; · Part III is dedicated to the description of technical measures that can be implemented at local level by the local authority in the different sectors of activity; The guidebook provides a flexible but coherent set of principles and recommendations. The flexibility will allow local authorities to develop a SEAP in a way that suits their own circumstances, permitting those already engaged in energy and climate action to come on board of the Covenant of Mayors, while continuing to follow the approaches they have used before with as little adjustments as possible. This document is intended to help beginner towns/cities/regions to initiate the process and guide them through it. It should also provide experienced local authorities with answers to specific questions they are faced with in the context of the Covenant of Mayors, and if possible, with some fresh and new ideas on how to proceed.JRC.DDG.F.8-Renewable Energy (Ispra