Newsletter informing about first testing industrial energy audits in each of 5 Central European countries.

1. Life Cycle based Energy Audit
5th issue of newsletter
October 2014
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2. Dear readers,
we are glad to provide you with our autumn version of LiCEA newsletter
where you can find information traditionally about the last development of LiCEA tool.
We are finishing with the final version that will be ready for scalable use. Released date
has been provisionally set and you can find it inside of this issue.
For the first time, we prepared an overview of the very first audits in each of 5
involved countries as well as organization of LiCEA seminars/webinars for
regional/national energy agencies to teach them how to use LiCEA tools at maximum.
LiCEA partners met personally for the fifth time in Bratislava with purpose to
discuss further steps leading to successful realization of LiCEA audits. More
information and photos expressing the atmosphere are available in this newsletter as
well. The photo showing Bratislava´s main square evokes a present success of
performed audits.
Last but not least you can get familiar with Austrian partner (Energy Agency
of Regions) who is presented at a glance.
We hope you will enjoy this penultimate newsletter. The last 6th issue will be
released in December and we can already disclose last issue will be a kind of special.
LiCEA Project Partners
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3. Content
LiCEA smart tool - state of the art 4
Overview of the first 5 audits in CE countries 6
Foreseen LiCEA training webinar 12
5th Project meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia 13
Energy Agency of Regions at a glance 15
Contacts 17
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4. LiCEA Smart Tools
last optimization
he drafts of LiCEA tools ovens is a good and typical improvement
Tpresented in April 2014 action, as the use of combined heat and were tested through power for Spas in the tourism district.
performing 5 testing energy audits in
each of five regions in six clusters During the summer a lot of tests
considered by the project. and reviews of the tools have been done,
and all the partners took part in the
The test aimed to verify the real optimization identifying problems, new
effectiveness and applicability of the tools materials and improvement actions to
and to find out any errors, problems, lacks add, errors in formulas and content. Many
and weaknesses and, in particular, to new versions of the tools have been
increase the database of each tool with released each time when errors have been
raw materials, semi-finished products, found in the tool or new materials
outsourced processes, transports, boilers identified in analyzed SMEs.
and waste found in
each specific district. P a r t n e r s
introduced all the
T h e f i r s t modifications and
application to 25 changes in the LiCEA
S M E s a l s o tools at the fifth
u n d e r l i n e d t h e t r a n s n a t i o n a l
i m p o r t a n c e t o partners meeting in
i n t r o d u c e n e w Bratislava (Slovakia)
i m p r o v e m e n t h e l d i n t h e
actions, in particular b e g i n n i n g o f
for some cluster: in October.
food district, for
example, the heat
recovery from the
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5. LiCEA Smart Tools
last optimization
A new tools optimized and finalized by the middle of October (version 1.2.3)
include the following modifications:
ü updated database of materials, processes, transports, boilers, energy vectors and
waste for each district (specific for each tool);
ü new end of life calculation that consider also new materials (organic waste, copper,
steel);
ü calculation correction;
ü modification in lighting improvement actions;
ü modification in electric motors improvement actions (introduction of inverters and
IE4 label);
ü modification in air compressors;
ü new improvement actions: heat recovery, CHP, refrigeration (heat pumps), custom,
combination of measures;
ü new report for the SMEs.
The current version of the tools is optimized both for office 2007 and 2011.
The last optimization will be a full reverse engineering to transform the tools to open
office versions, by the end of October.
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6. The first 5 testing audits
overview from Hungary
a n n o n B u s i n e s s store, kitchen appliances, ventilation units
PNetwork Association and in wellness hotels the equipment of (PBN) performed wellness system.
successfully the LiCEA audits in the We were pleased to hear that in
first five tourist locations. The main some of the hotels heat pumps are used to
purpose was to adapt the basic LiCEA meet needs of heating and cooling. These
tool to the specific features of hotels heat pumps can use not only electricity but and pensions. also natural gas for their operation. Hoteliers were absolutely Our first suggestion is the following: open to the completion of the energetic with the modernization of the “big audit and they were doing their best to consumer” refrigeration, air conditioning and provide as many accurate data as other equipment and with installation of possible. We have taken into account solar panel system significant energy savings different specific waste types as mixed could be achieved. As most of these hotels municipal waste and organic kitchen are occupied in the summer season, the waste. direct utilization of generated solar energy The most significant energy would be resolved. consumers are air conditioning, cold
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7. The first 5 testing audits
overview from Slovakia
irst 5 testing audits were identified in the area of lightning,
performed F by AIEC´s engines and insulation. energy experts in July It´s necessary to say audited
2014. Selected five manufacturing SMEs in SMEs were cooperating smoothly and did
plastics and rubber industry located their best to provide completed and
around Bratislava city were firstly asked to accurate data. Each on-site visit took half a
provide a remote (basic) data. day and SME´s employees responsible for
T h e n A I E C v i s i t e d t h e energy efficiency were willing to assist
manufacturing premises to depply check AIEC when analyzing and collecting all
and analyse the production processes. data from production systems.
Energy auditors completed data The purpose of first 5 LiCEA
collection based on on-spot visit in the audits in Slovakia was to test newly
premises of each SME as well as identified developed version of LiCEA tool for
the areas with potential energy efficiency plastics and rubber industry and validate it.
improvement. Once all data were Given the precise research and close
collected, auditors of AIEC could insert and cooperation of whole partnerhip, we can
analyse gathered data with help of LiCEA state the first 5 LiCEA audits were done
tool. Generally saying, the most common successfully.
opportunities where Slovak SMEs may
reduce energy consumption were
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8. The first 10 testing audits
overview from Italy
n I t a l y , t h e r e w e r e So the CHP installation is a new
Iperformed 10 audits during improvement action included in the final the summer: 5 SMEs have update of the LiCEA tool. The tourism
been analyzed in the mechanical district can also typically use this solution.
district in the lower part of the province
of Mantua, in Suzzara, Gonzaga and The change of old boilers,
Pegognaga municipalities, and another sometimes together with the change of 5 SMEs in the hosiery cluster in the fuel, is another new improvement action upper part of the province, in Castel introduced with the last tool update Goffredo municipality. applicable also to the hosiery district
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The result of this first application companies.
is the final version of the tool, optimized
concerning the calculations and database The main supplied material is
of materials and components, and the nylon coming from various producers
increased knowledge of the districts. around the world.
The hosiery cluster is very The mechanical district generally
interesting about the possibility to used the fuel (mainly natural gas) only for
increase the energy efficiency using CHP heating during winter season. CHP and
since many SMEs use dyeing machines heat recovery are usually not good
that need a lot of steam or hot water, solutions while lighting optimization,
during the whole year. The companies changing of electric motors and air
have high and steady electricity and fuel compressors are the best solutions,
consumptions, so the ideal situation for together with the use of recycled metals
CHP installation. instead of virgin material, to reduce the
upstream impact of the companies´
production.

9. The first 5 testing audits
overview from Austria
he Energy Agency of the at the startup of the furnace these water
Regions has T already tanks have to be heated up to the visited and collected the operating temperature, through that even
data of about 15 bakeries. more energy is required. In sum, we should
not speak about waste heat recovery. This
The range of bakeries in size goes water tank system has unfortunately led to
from one-person operation to medium a bad reputation concerning the waste
size company. Despite these differences, heat utilization under bakers, because
general conclusions can be found. The these water tanks cause great damage to
biggest demand for energy has the the ovens in leaks, and the opposite
process heat, this means the ovens, while construction of the tanks has an
space heating, electricity demand and fuel unfavorable temperature storage
consumption stand for the rest of the behavior. A waste heat recovery in the
energy demand. exhaust stream can be regarded as
genuine use of waste heat utilization.
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Although neither efficient nor
cost effective, oil stoves were found in In the electricity demand of
bakeries visited most frequently. While bakeries, bakery equipment and cooling
large natural gas-fired furnaces and systems are the largest consumers. Some
smaller electric furnaces are used, biomass of the equipment has been found very old,
stoves can hardly be found. The use of some more than 50 years. Old motors have
waste heat from the exhaust gas takes lower efficiencies than new ones, so that a
place at a few bakeries, while the waste potential of a 2-20 % improvement in
heat from the steam was not available. In efficiency are possible. However, since the
many cases, lying water tanks are installed equipment, especially the older plants
in the ovens, which are understood as have only short periods of operation, it is
"waste heat recovery". While this can be hardly possible – from an economic point
seen this way in the cooling of the furnace, of view - to replace them.

10. The first 5 testing audits
overview from Austria
he issue of stand-by and Large differences were also
Tidle is hardly given at observed in the composition of bread, b a k e r i e s . B a k e r y especially the water requirement per kg of
m a c h i n e s a r e , u n d e r n o r m a l flour may be from minimum to maximum
circumstances, powered off, when they value twice as high. Although dependent
are not needed, so no significant idle on the type of flour, the "juiciness" of the
arises. Stand-by losses can offer energy bread with higher amounts of water is savings at the proofer or the connected increasing. Swelling agent choice and cafe at the coffee machine. duration of the swelling can be seen here
In terms of greenhouse gas in connection with the bread quality.
emissions, the part "go to Gei" has the
biggest impact that means supplying Another aspect of an LCA
customers with light commercial vehicles analysis (Life Cycle Assessment, as part of
(less than 3.5 ton total weight) with bread, LiCEA tool) is the disposal of stale bread.
pastry and confectionery. This is Response rates of 10-25% are common on
determining factor of the greenhouse gas old bread. A wide-used approach is to use
emissions of a bakery. A significant this bread in animal feeding. Some
improvement could be represented by bakeries use the old bread also as a
electric vehicles. To change to electric cars valuable material, and thus produce other
is economically very interesting, if the daily products (chips, bread soup) or they
distances are 60-100 km per vehicle, produce raw materials for their own
furthermore current subsidies for electric operation (from the usual breadcrumbs to
vehicles are provided. extruded source materials for bread
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mixes).

11. During September and November 2014, the LiCEA tool was applied for the first
time in Poland, to perform five audits in SMEs and gather feedback for further
improvements and adaptations in the tool.
The audited SMEs were:
· 1 bakery from the Silesia region
· 2 large retail stores in Wielkopolska
· 2 tourist resorts of northern Poland
The energy audits provided a lot of information concerning energy efficiency to
the SMEs and gave the project team a large amount of input for the tool evaluation. The
life cycle analysis did not go as well as it was expected, especially in the holiday resorts, but
the overall results were positive. The audit recommendations are going to be
implemented soon and the SME owners are looking forward to the future energy savings.
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The first 5 testing audits
overview from Poland

12. emonstration and (Eurochambers) and by a presentation of
d D i s s e m i n a t i o n the Role of regional and local Energy activities of LiCEA also Agencies in the Clusters development
consist of International online (Fedarene).
"Training Webinar" that will be Then the core part of the
organized at the beginning of Seminar will explain the LiCEA Tools:
December 2014. from the structure of the software, divided
into 2 main parts covering the traditional
AGIRE Energy Agency, with the Energy Auditing and the Life Cycle
support of the LiCEA project partners and Assessment (LCA), to the innovative
Fedarene (the European Federation of possibilities offered to industrial SMEs
Agencies and Regions for Energy and the audited thanks to the new Tools.
Environment) will organize the online At the end, there will be presented
technical Seminar on the utilization of the the Application of the LiCEA Tool in a few
LiCEA Tools. industrial Clusters in Europe.
The aim is to train from 70 to 80 Participants will be offered the
Energy Agencies technicians from various opportunity to download (free of charge)
European Countries, interested in all six LiCEA Tools as well as manuals and
innovative, simplified energy auditing in guidance on how to perform LiCEA audits
the industrial sectors. and how to use LiCEA Tools through the
The Seminar will be structured in official project website.
the way to firstly provide a general
introduction on the Actions foreseen in For more information on the next
the "Horizon 2020" Programme for Webinar, please look on the LiCEA or
funding energy efficiency in SMEs Fedarene website:
(presented by EASME, European
www.licea.eu
Commission), followed by an overview on
www.fedarene.org
Energy Efficiency in the SMEs sector
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LiCEA training webinar
for Energy Agencies Experts
December 2014

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5th LiCEA project meeting
Bratislava, Slovakia
he capital of Slovakia -
TBratislava was next venue for LiCEA 2-day
project meeting which held 2nd and 3rd
October 2014 and which was hosted by
Slovak partner - AIEC.
how to train regional/national energy
agencies or energy experts how to use
LiCEA tool in their practice.
Second day (3. 10.) were
discussed other, important topics
regarding the promotion of LiCEA project
Partners devoted the first day and its demonstration in all partners of the meeting fully to all versions of regions. LiCEA tool (for six industrial fields). Their
last development stages, errors found Promot ion ac t i v i t ies and during performing first 5 audits in each evidence that LiCEA tool is a very useful country and done modifications and tool for a big number of Central European improvements of tools were mainly SMEs will be realized at the final closing discussed among LiCEA and LCA experts. conference in Mantova, Italy. Partners
set a date of Closing event on 16th of Based on discussion and December 2014. identified other areas of potential
improvements, experts have been In the end of this penultimate further working on the development meeting, Lead Partner presented potential and optimization. follower of currently running LiCEA project
Moreover, partners have agreed called simply and accurately LiCEA+.
on the way how to disseminate and What we can disclose here is that LiCEA+
promote LiCEA initiative and its will deal with further software upgrading
researched and developed tool as well as and extension of tool´s usability.

14. Tina Igličar Kubalík from hosting AIEC
having an introduction speech.
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Project partners discussing the last
development of all versions of LiCEA tool.
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Fifth project meeting in Bratislava,
Slovakia
some photos:
Nicola Galli (AGIRE) and Horst Lunzer (EAR)
discussing the conversion factors
of LiCEA tool.

15. he Energy Agency of The general aim is the
Tt h e R e g i o n s intensification and effective anchoring (hereinafter EAR) is a of an economic and ecological sense
non-profit organisation, founded in of responsibility resulting in a different
March 1998, located in the energy handling concerning aspects
Waldviertel. The Waldviertel is in of economy, logical reasoning, cost
the North-West of Lower Austria – e f f e c t i v e n e s s , e n v i r o n m e n t next to the Czech border. protection, renewable sources and
The members of the energy social compatibility.
agency are mainly municipalities. The target groups: EAR is a regional partner and service ü c o m m u n i t i e s a n d p r i v a t e
provider for ecological, integrated and companies
sustainable energy solutions. It offers ü n a t i o n a l a n d f e d e r a l
information and consulting as well as administration
p r o j e c t d e v e l o p m e n t . ü private organisations and co-
EAR employs a professional team with operatives
experts from different faculties. ü operators of a project
The internal resources contain
classic technical faculties as well as
e n v i r o n m e n t a l m a n a g e m e n t ,
c o a c h i n g a n d m e d i a t i o n .
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16. EAR offers
ü energy accounting system
ü analysis of buildings and plants
ü preparation of certificates of energy efficiency in buildings
ü contracting advisory for communities and regions
ü energy and mobility concepts for communities and regions
ü energy consulting for companies and institutions
ü emission simulation and -balances for communities and regions
ü trainings for energy saving for private and public consumers
ü development and support of energy regions
ü ecological energy providing - consulting and tendering
ü studies and concepts for individual special topics:
ü local energy supply – main focus on biogas/local heat/district heat
ü biogas plants – project development – agricultural and industrial
ü guidelines and basic work for energy efficiency in buildings
ü potential analysis for bio energy
ü lectures and workshops
ü networking – regional/national/international
ü platform for information and contacts in the area of energy and mobility
ü international projects
Cooperations
EAR has been cooperating with regional managements, regional consulting,
planning offices, special interest groups, consulting institutions, economy and
agriculture as well as with institutions of the public and half public sector in
Austria and with the network of more than 300 other energy agencies in Europe.
More information about our current activities:
http://www.energieagentur.co.at/
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Energy Agency of Regions,
Austria

17. Prague
Bratislava
Contact us
www.licea.eu
LiCEA
Province of Mantova - LEAD PARTNER
Via Principe Amedeo 30, 46100 Mantova, Italy
Contact person: Roberto Grassi, roberto.grassi@provincia.mantova.it
AGIRE
Piazza Sordello, 43, 46100 Mantova, Italy
Contact person: Massimiliano Musci, musci@agirenet.it
EAR
Hans-Kudlich-Straße 2, 3830 Waidhofen an der Thaya, Austria
Contact person: Markus Hödl, energieagentur@wvnet.at
PBN
32-36 Zanati Rd., H-9700 Szombathely, Hungary
Contact person: Adrienn Németh, adrienn.nemeth@pbn.hu
NAPE
Swietokrzyska 20, 00-002 Warsaw, Poland
Contact person: Andrzej Rajkiewicz, arajkiewicz@nape.pl
AIEC
Jelačičova 8, 821 08 Bratislava, Slovakia
Contact person: Jan Šašek, jan.sasek@aiec-ngo.eu