EIGHT YEARS OF ENERGY EFFICENCY IN CROATIA MINISTRY OF ECONOMY MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION AND PHYSICAL PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY FUND “Energy Efficiency Project” 2006 – 2013 Croatia Energy savings through Systematic Energy Management in Croatia! Goran Čačić mag.ing.eng September 2013

Developed methodology of Systematic Energy Management SEM

Energy Efficiency master plan Energy strategy First National Energy Efficiency action plan ( ) Second National Energy Efficiency action plan (up to 2013) Law on Efficient end use of Energy Several others sub laws and technical documents Technical assistance to Ministry of Economy in development of existing and new strategic documents and legal framework Policy development and changes

Energy Charter Signed by all Cities (127) and all Counties (20) In Croatia Implementation: Motivation

CitiesCountiesTotal Letter of intent 102 (127) 20 (20) 122 (147) EE office EE policy EE team Independent EE Office 538 Implementation Cities and counties

ActivitiesSystematic Energy Management Letter of intent All 20 Ministries (more than 125 institutions) 15 Other national institutions Building registerMore than 3750 buildings EducationMore than persons Implementation National institutions

TOOL: Energy Management Information System - EMIS Easy access from any computer with Internet connection. Web based application – main tool for continuous gathering of energy usage data in buildings Enables easy analysis and interpretation of energy and water usage data on local, regional or national level from one central place.

September 2013.: Almost out of (estimated) public sector buildings (in total more than Energy Performance Centers) In total more than user names (1498 active). EMIS Results: Building and user registers 114 cities (out of 127) 20 counties (20 w/o ZG) 20 Ministries (20) 24 municipalities 25 other institutions

More than buildings (in total almost Energy Performance Centers) EMIS Results: November 2015

energy bills and water bills (around per week) meter consumption points for 18 energy sources 506 automatic meter points readings, of which: automatic SCADA readings manual readings * - different agencies, government institutions, President of Republic’s Office, Croatia Government and Parlament, etc. 112 cities (of127) 20 counites (20 w/o ZG) 20 Ministries (20) 28 community 31 other institutions* EMIS Statistic

Capacity: Development of human resources (knowledge and experience) needed for SEM and implementation of EE improvement projects Process: Established operational organisational structure for SEM on national, regional and local level Tool: Developed and established national Energy Management informational system – EMIS Result: Established base for continuous and systematic energy management in Croatia Key achievements

Project resources: Experts:  At the project peek (2011) more than 200 experts (53 full time employees and 167 part time (on call basis)) Financing…  Total budget for 8 years of project implementation (2006. to 2013.) more than 121 million kuna (≈16 million EUR) Knowledge, Procedures, Organizational structure…  All procedures and activities were developed as a part of project and can be applied in other countries if adjusted to local conditions Estimated achieved cumulative savings until 2013 are around 20 million EUR

Estimated savings for all objects in EMIS (absolute values) YearEnergy usage (kWh)Savings (EUR)Emissions CO2 (t) Estimatipon with HDD correction (w/o correction of electical energy) ,40% Model: 1540 analysed objects, cca. 1.6 million m²; „Locked” bills for 5 years ( ) Baseline year 2010.g., savings in 2011.g. i 2012.g. Energy usage normalizes according to heat degree days – HDD Calculated savings kWh; more than 2.6 million EUR Model extrapolated on all objects in EMIS (cca. 8.2 mil. m²) Analysis of achieved savings

Total estimated saving from till end of is cca. 15 million EUR – cca. 6,40% yearly Assuming same trends as in 2012., saving until September is cca. 20 million EUR Savings are achieved with very little implemented projects of complete building reconstruction! Potential of savings after project implementation is huge, up to 30 – 50%! To tackle this potential, ministries are starting national investments programmes for buildings retrofits. Analysis of achieved savings

Lessons learned Highest level institutions must be actively engaged Project implementation unit has to be motivated and proactive despite slow reactions of other counterparts, and has to apply adaptive management in order to efficiently reply to changes in project environment Engagement of other interested institutions – potential additional co financing, source of experience, knowledge ideas Engagement of local experts – application of local knowledge and insight; easier acceptance by local end users

Lessons learned Persistence - Change of mentality requires long lasting projects with a firm grip on activities and constant direction throughout the duration Open book principle and willingness to allow the end users to participate in presentation of results and share of the credits. Accuracy and accessibility of different sets of data and information. Without knowledge where and how energy is used we can not affect it

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