1. The case of Cesena (Italy)
Exploring integrated energy action plans for a sustainable transition in the INSMART project
The case of Cesena (Italy)
Alessandro Chiodi
Rocco De Miglio
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no

2. Context Municipality of Cesena
Located in Northern Italy within Emilia-Romagna Region
Population of about (2016)
Cesena leads the Union of Municipalities of the Savio Valley (other 5 municipalities)
The Municipality has started a political process towards sustainability:
in 2009 by signing the Covenant of Mayors and developing a Sustainable Energy Action Plan accordingly.
In 2016 the city joined the Mayors Adapt programme, making a new strong political commitment to climate adaptation through to 2030.
“A small town on a human scale with a valuable historic centre which needs a coherent urban future development”.

3. City ESM – Technical details
Space granularity: Zone/District level (15)
Time granularity: 24 intervals within the year, EOH: 2030-(35)
Key drivers and assumptions
Base Year of the analysis: building typologies in the base year
Demands: constant number of total dwellings over the time horizon (driving energy service demands); transport demands (by transport mode) inherited.
Centralised supply: (exogenous) controlled by quantities/prices
Decentralised supply: potentials (solar)
Retrofit measures: driven by scenario hypotheses
Non-Residential: simplified representation (partially endogenous)
Transport: 60.9 (000cars) in the base year
Time of day
Night
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Year
Season
N. hours
N. days
Start - End S1 7 6 5 31
1 Jan - 31 Jan S2 74
1 Feb - 15 Apr S3 76
16 Apr–30Jun S4 62
1 Jul - 31 Aug S5 44
1 Sept - 14 Oct S6 78
15 Oct - 31 Dec

4. City ESM – Technical details

5. City ESM – Technical details

6. Scenario setup – Identification of Actions
Reference
Urban regeneration
Action 1a – 5% of buildings from class E to class A, and 20% from class E to class C
Action 1b – 30% of buildings from class E to class B
Urban development
Action 2a – Novello district: 100% of dwellings built in class A with district heating (as the original project); Other expansion areas: 100% of dwellings built in class B
Action 2b – Novello district: 100% of dwellings built in class A with district heating; Other expansion areas: 100% of dwellings built in class B
Action 2c – Novello district: 90% of dwellings built in class A and 10% as Passive House; Other expansion areas: 100% of dwellings built in class B
Action 2d – Novello district: 100% of dwellings built in class A with heat pumps + PV; Other expansion areas: 100% of dwellings built in class B
Tramvia:
Realisation of two new tram lines
Transport
Action 3a – Realisation of two new tram lines
Action 3b – Realisation of all planned cycling paths and development of new bike lanes + Reduction of speed limits to 30 km/h
Action 3c – Realisation of 15 EV car-sharing stations (500 EVs) + Explansion of car-restricted areas
Action 3d – Reorganization of road system in the North sectors ( )

7. Behaviour & Organization
Scenario setup – Identification of Actions
Reference
Behaviour & Organization
Action 4a – 10% of work from,home
Action 4b – Creation of an Energy Helpdesk; Reorganization of school schedule
Action 4c – Reduction of energy consumption via information campaings
Renewables
Action 5a – Increase of Renewables by of 30% in 2030
Action 5b – Introduction of electric storages in 10% of PV producer by 2030; installation of 8 MW of Solar thermal by 2039
Action 5b – Replacement of 10% of gas boilers with Heat pumps + PV
Benchmark
System
Major adapt:
- 20% of energy consumption by 2020 (SEAP)
- 20% of CO2 by 2020 (SEAP)
- 40% of CO2 by 2030 (Major Adapt)

8. Scenario setup
Alternative Scenarios are built around a number of “areas of intervention” with the aim of exploring the potential benefits of the combination of specific “competitive” projects, actions, measures and targets.

9. Evaluation criteria Quantitative Criteria C1
Analisi multicriteriale
Quantitative Criteria C1
Energy consumption in the building sector C2
Total CO2 emissions C3
Total particulate emissions C4
Investments (and maintenance) costs C5
Onsite production of energy C6
Indicator of private vehicles dependency
Qualitative criteria C7
Aesthetics/architectonic integration of technologies and infrastructures (green areas, land use,…) C8
Complexity of implementation of the strategy (licencing procedures, consistency with laws and regulation, administrative approvals) C9
Local development (e.g. job creation. A 5-points scale ranging from “long-term & highly skilled job” to “short-term & low skilled job”)

10. Stakeholder engagement
Actors
Municipality (Key actor of energy governance)
Established an Interdisciplinary Working Group composed by:
Environment, Transport, Urban planning, Public and private buildings, GIS municipal departments
Energie per la città Ltd
Local stakeholders
CEAS (Municipal environmental sustainability education center)
University (Architecture, Engineering faculties)
Professional orders (Order of architects, Order of engineers, etc..)
Professional associations (CNA Confesercenti, Confartigianato Confcommercio)
Consumers associations (Federconsumatori, Adoc, Adiconsum)
Regional level
Romagna compost (Waste management)
Start Romagna (Public Mobility Agency)
Adriatica acque (Water management)
Hera (Water services and public lighting)
National level
ANCI - National Association of Italian Municipalities

11. Stakeholder engagement
Engagement process
Technical workshops
March 2016: Presentation of the MCDA method and first draft of the scenarios
June 2016: On-line survey for the evaluation of scenario indicators
July 2016: Presentation of the second draft of the scenarios
November 2016: Final version of the scenarios
Political meetings
January 2016: Presentation to key sector Councilors (Urban Planning, Environment, Mobility)
March 2016: Workshop dedicated to the City Council
May 2016: Presentation to Council Committee for Environment and Energy
Project dissemination
Dedicated website
Newsletters and leftlets
Videoclip
(available from:

12. Mid-term implementation plan to 2030
3 Key
Policies

13. Lesson learnt and Key innovations
InSmart identified municipalities as the key actor of energy governance (regulator, energy consumer, provider of energy etc.) and strengthens its role in the decision processes
Multicriteria and multidisciplinary approach to energy planning
Innovative approach for cities (more often focused only on short-period planning)
A new way of working in an integrated manner
Active and effective participation of the stakeholders: the InSmart solution put together different actors within the City that often don’t collaborate (e.g. the public service managers of waste, water, public illumination etc.)
Energy Planning becomes Urban Planning: InSmart allowed to define performance measures built starting from the specific needs of the urban structure of the city

14. Thank you! Rocco De Miglio rocco.demiglio@e4sma.com Alessandro Chiodi
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