1. Sustanble energy action plan SEAP Round table Covenant of Mayors Todor Tonev Varna, 12 Septmeber 2014 Union of Bulgarian Black Sea local authorities

2. The planning perspective Time scale Continuous energy- and climate improvements History Implement planned measures, and identify new ones Political adoption as municipal plan Objectives Develop energy- and climate plan

3. A SEAP must be based on facts We need to know where we are today in order to find the best way into the future!  Establish the emission baseline (BAU)  Collect and analyse historic energy consumption and production figures  Identify unexploited, local energy production potential (solar, biomass, excess heat…)  Identify available energy technologies, their costs and implementation potential  Establish realistic targets  Benchmark with the best municipalities to get an idea of the achievable level  Analyse the gap between the identified potential and the BAU  Establish a strategy with concrete actions to reduce this gap as much as possible

4. A SEAP must lead to change! Closing the gap, the SEAP must lead to change and be of multiple characters. Actions should always start where the municipality is in control !  Leadership and organisational capacity  Show dedication through strong internal leadership and motivating actions (define new responsibilities, separate energy unit, extra training of staff..)  Involve external stakeholders  Establish/strengthen collaboration structures between the municipality, the citizens and the local businesses (events, regular workshops, competitions)  Simple actions first!!  Establish routines/systems to monitor progress (EMS, benchmarking)  Do all no-cost and low-cost measures in municipal buildings (operation and maintenance, light bulbs, window-stripping, tuning of boilers and heating systems)  Profitable investments second!  Energy efficiency measures in municipal buildings (insulation, new windows, radiator regulation valves, new boilers  Renewable energy sources, waste incineration, district heating…

5. Map and describe all possible changes

6. Change 1: Leadership and organisational capacity

8. Change 2: Involve local stakeholders

9. Change 3: Simple actions first

10. Change 4: Profitable investments second

11. Calculating the impact  Not all measures and activities can be quantified in terms of CO 2 -reduction, however, they can still be critical steps to make other activities successful  It is difficult to calculate future CO 2 -reductions for single actions. Best Practice, benchmarking and good pilot/demonstration projects for mass replication is a good start.  The most important thing is still to understand how and why an activity will make a difference, and therefore lead to change.

12. Monitoring by ad-hoc Years -25% -20% -15% -10% -5% 0 +5% Costs High energy costs = Audit Energy efficiency, Some investments Under control High energy costs - again: Where is the last audit? Here we go again!

13. Monitoring by Energy Management Commitment from top managers Years -20% -25% -15% -10% -5% 0 +5% Kostnad Investment First no-cost energy savings, and change of behaviour Profitable investments Energy efficiency becomes culture

14. Monitoring by Benchmarking

15. From plan to action – check list  Establish a program structure  Identify local key actors, and involve local industry and commerce (critical success factor!)  Establish main goals and measures  Identify a detailed activity plan containing time-frames and emission reductions according to calculated potential in REAM  Review main goals and measures  Make sure that proper budget allocations are made in order to carry out the identified activities  → Adopt and implement the local energy plan!