The document summarizes Croatia's eight-year energy efficiency program from 2006-2013. It established a systematic energy management process across Croatia to reduce energy consumption and costs in public buildings. A key aspect was developing an Energy Management Information System to monitor energy use in over 8,500 public buildings and identify savings opportunities. Initial analysis found the program achieved estimated savings of 49.4 million kWh and over 2.6 million euros from 2010-2012, representing a 6.4% annual reduction. Further projected savings of 20 million euros were estimated through continued monitoring and potential retrofit projects. The program helped establish a framework for long-term energy management and improved efficiency in Croatia's public sector.

1. 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!

2. Process:
Methodology of Systematic Energy Management - SEM
Energy efficiency office
Building
Target setting
Energy audit
Energy
management
Building condition
Savings potential
Proposed
improvements
City energy
management
programme
Simple measures
for increasing
energy efficiencyExtensive
measures for
increasing
energy efficiency
Large deviations from targets Data
analysis
Small
deviations
from targets
Implementing energy
efficiency projects
Decision to
implement
Improvement
plan
Support from
city officials
Local energy manager
Energy management
team
Citizens
Reporting
(Council, building
occupants)
Measurements
Energy efficiency
corner
Energy efficiency
info center

3. Establish the process of continuous improvement of energy
efficiency and sustainable management of energy resources
through systematic monitoring and analysis of energy
consumption data (monthly, weekly, daily), with the goal to know:
WHERE is energy consumed (office buildings, hospitals,
schools, courts, universities…)
HOW do we consume energy (HVAC systems, domestic hot
water, lighting, …)
WHICH energy sources do we consume (gas, fuel oil, wood,
heat, electricity, water)
HOW MUCH energy is consumed and what are the costs
WHO is responsible for energy management
WHAT we can do to increase energy efficiency
On the local, regional and national level:

4. M
PEOPLE
PROCEDURES AND
KNOWLEDGE
EQUIPMENT
Key components
Capacity development
(trained and motivated personnel)
Organisational structure
(defined responsibilities and goals)
Implementation
(measurement and verification of
results)
Result  Energy efficiency improvement
Knowledge and education is
KEY of success!

5. Goal:
Establishment of organisational structure that will enable effective EE
policy implementation and verification of results!

6. • Energy efficiency (EE) part of legislative only in
words
• Lack of awareness, capacity and knowledge,
(especially in public sector) to identify, prepare and
implement EE projects
• Lack of clear organisational structure and
infrastructure to develop and implement EE projects
and manage energy
• General attitude in public sector that: „Energy
expenses are fixed costs, cannot be influenced and
are paid by „someone else”.”
Barriers?

7. • Energy Efficiency master plan 2008-2016
• Energy strategy
• First National Energy Efficiency action plan (2008-
2010)
• 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

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

9. Cities Counties Total
Letter of intent
102
(127)
20
(20)
122
(147)
EE office 85 16 101
EE policy 87 14 101
EE team 359 43 402
Independent EE Office 5 3 8
Implementation
Cities and counties

10. Activities Systematic Energy Management
Letter of intent
All 20 Ministries (more than 125
institutions)
15 Other national institutions
Building register More than 3750 buildings
Education More than 14000 persons
Implementation
National institutions

11. 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.

13. September 2013.:
Almost 8.500 out of 11.000 (estimated) public sector buildings
(in total more than 10.900 Energy Performance Centers)
In total more than 3.650 user names (1498 active).
EMIS Results: Objects and users
114 cities (out of 127)
20 counties (20 w/o ZG)
20 Ministries (20)
24 municipalities
25 other institutions

14. Energy Carrier Year Calculated quantity [m³] Number of locked bills Quantity [m³] / Number of bills
Water 2007 7443351,919 30463 244,341
Water 2008 8588021,257 34961 245,646
Water 2009 8772991,439 35594 246,474
Water 2010 8755596,769 38348 228,320
Water 2011 8385436,342 41754 200,830
Water 2012 5637104,380 34041 165,597
Energy Carrier Year Calculated quantity [m³] Number of locked bills Quantity [m³] / Number of bills
Električna energija 2007 286739368,645 42170 6799,606
Električna energija 2008 382219074,600 51544 7415,394
Električna energija 2009 403819055,630 69738 5790,517
Električna energija 2010 429613646,351 93957 4572,450
Električna energija 2011 398470429,940 97285 4095,908
Električna energija 2012 309890233,240 75157 4123,238
70%
EMIS change of trends
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Electricity [kWh] / number of
bills

15. 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

16. Estimated savings for all objects in EMIS (absolute values)
Year Energy usage (kWh) Savings (EUR) Emissions CO2 (t)
2011 69.558.000 4.300.000 17.826
2012 69.437.000 4.840.000 19.126
Estimatipon with HDD correction (w/o correction of electical energy)
2011 106.368.000 6.260.000 26.493
2012 141.830.000 8.700.000 19.079 6,40%
Model:
• 1540 analysed objects, cca. 1.6 million m²;
• „Locked” bills for 5 years (2008.-2012.)
• Baseline year 2010.g., savings in 2011.g. i 2012.g.
• Energy usage normalizes according to heat degree days – HDD
• Calculated savings 49.420.000 kWh; more than 2.6 million EUR
Model extrapolated on all objects in EMIS (cca. 8.2 mil. m²)
Analysis of achieved savings

17. • Total estimated saving from 2010. till end of 2012. is cca.
15 million EUR – cca. 6,40% yearly
• Assuming same trends as in 2012., saving until
September 2013. 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

18. Energy import and costs
GDP u CRO 2011.
334 billion kuna
(44 billion €)
Total energy consumption in CRO 2011.* 384 petajoula (PJ)
out of which from import** 74%
Energy expenses in Croatia 2009.
 50 billion kuna
(6,5 billion €)
 15% BDP
What are the potentials?
Data source: Publication: Energy in Croatia 2011, EIHP. 2012
* - eng. Total Primary Energy Supply – Cro. Ukupna potrošnja energije prije transformacija
** - Energy import (Cro. Količina uvezene energije) u 2011. is 283 PJ. Energy export (Cro. Količina izvezene energije) u 2011 is 88 PJ. Difference 195 PJ
Assumption is that all imported energy is used in Croatia, in that case import share is 74%.
if we deduce exported energy that import share is 51%

19. Energy expenses in Croatia  15% BDP
Energy expenses in Croatia 2009.
 50 billion kuna
(6,5 billion €)
Out of which in cities 50%
Or
 25 billion kuna
(3,25 billion €)
Savings potential 30%
or
 7,5 billion kuna
(1 billion €)
= 2,25% BDP
Savings potential

20. Contacts:
E-mail: goran.cacic@undp.org
WEB: www.ee.undp.hr
Tel: + 385 1 6331 881
Fax: + 385 1 6331 880
Address: UNDP Croatia
EE project
Savska cesta 129/I
10 000 Zagreb
Croatia
Thank you!