This document outlines tools and best practices for implementing Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) in Greece. It discusses how 55 SEAPs have been submitted and approved in Greece so far. It also describes the various support structures in place, including 13 regional coordinators and supporters. Funding opportunities are available through national projects focused on energy efficiency in public and private buildings, alternative financing schemes, and European projects. Best practices are also highlighted, such as nearly zero energy renovations of social housing and school buildings integrating renewable energy sources. Capacity building efforts bring municipalities together to share experiences implementing SEAPs.

1. Tools and Good Practices for SEAP implementation in Greece
Evi Tzanakaki
Architectural Engineer MSc
Department of Buildings
Energy Efficiency Division
Covenant of Mayors Contact Person
MAYORS IN ACTION
1st Centralized training session
Open workshop
Provincia di Genova
Palazzo Doria Spinola, Sala Consiglio
Largo Eros Lanfranco, 1 – Genova
ITALY
Wednesday, 26 March 2014

2. SEAPs Approved _GREECE
55 SEAPs submitted
•325 Municipalities
•88+ Signatories

3. 55 SEAPs submitted
SEAPs under approval_GREECE

4. Tools: Support Supporters and Coordinators
In Greece there are
•13 Regions – 4 Territorial Coordinators
•13 Regional Unions of Municipalities – 2 Supporters
•1 Central Union of Municipalities – 1 Supporter
•1 Union of Regions – Considering…
•Several networks of municipalities – 2+ Supporters
•2 National Covenant Coordinators

5. Tools: SEAP development and actions European projects:

6. Tools:
Material and advice:
Provided by Supporting Structures and others

7. Tools: Funding of actions National Projects for Municipalities:
Integrated Actions for Improving Energy Efficiency in Municipalities
•Save Energy I’ addressed exclusively to Municipalities, for energy efficiency interventions in public buildings, installations and outdoor spaces, municipal lighting, transport and awareness raising.
•‘Save Energy II’ addressed to Municipalities that didn’t receive funding from the previous programme (Save Energy I). This programme does not require an Action Plan.
EXOIKONOMO PROGRAMME: “I CONSERVE”
•Demonstration projects for green rural and island communities

8. Tools: Funding of actions National Projects for public buildings and spaces:
•Demonstration projects for the use of RES and ES measures in existing public school buildings, with a budget of 40 mio €. 10 applications have been submitted; on going.
•Demonstration projects for the use of RES and ES in public buildings, with a budget of 40 mio €. 63 applications have been submitted with a budget of 120 mio €; evaluation phase.
•Demonstration projects for the construction of green roofs in public buildings, with a budget of 20 mio €. 169 applications have been submitted with a budget of 31 mio €; evaluation phase.
•Installation of high-efficiency CHP units in conjunction with natural gas cooling systems in hospitals, with a budget of 15 mio €.
•Bioclimatic upgrading of public open spaces

9. Tools: Funding of actions
Alternative financing schemes
ELENA Facility
European Local Energy Assistance
Το Πρόγραμμα JESSICA
• New fund for Municipal investments,
through Deposits and Loans Fund and EIB,
Jessica and combined

10. Tools: Funding of actions Alternative financing schemes
•Energy Performance Contracting and PPPs under exploration (feasibility studies and pilot applications) but still no full applications
Public Procurement and specifications
i.e. nZEB new and retrofit buildings

11. Tools: Funding of actions National Projects for private buildings and spaces:
•‘Energy Saving in Household Buildings’ addressed to houses/flats owners and provides direct subsidies and interest free bank loans for the renovation-EP improvement of existing buildings. Over 79.000 applications have been submitted and over 13.000 applications have been finally approved with total budget 126 mio €.
• ‘Building the Future’, addressed to private building owners (residential and commercial sector buildings). It was launched in April 2012, and includes a web platform, that – inter alia – records and presents in a database energy efficient building products available in the market and provides relevant specifications, certificates, directions for application, and discount prices, in collaboration with the Greek industries and providers of the products.

12. Tools: Funding of actions National Pilot Projects:
• ‘Green Island – Ai Stratis’. It a research-demonstration project which renewable energy technologies and energy saving technologies to cover most of the island’s energy needs (at least 80%). Ai Stratis is a small Greek island with approximately 260 inhabitants situated on the North-East Aegean Sea.
•Demonstration project "Green Neighbourhood", with a budget of 7 mio €. It concerns the energy upgrade of a building block - four low income multi-family buildings – to ‘nearly zero energy’

13. Tools: EUROPEAN PROJECTS assisting implementation
MAYORS IN ACTION
Empowering Supporting Structures of the Covenant of MAYORS to assist Local Authorities IN implementing and monitoring their Sustainable Energy ACTION Plan
DATA4ACTION
Facilitating public authorities access to energy data for better implementation and monitoring of SEAP actions through effective and structured collaboration with energy data providers

14. Tools: ENERGY RECORDING AND MANAGEMENT
CoM Baseline Emissions Inventory
Understanding consumption and saving potential
ISO 500001
Prioritizing, target-setting, monitoring

15. Best practice:
Green Neighborhood, Agia Varvara Nearly Zero Energy Retroffitng of 4 Social Housing Blocks

16. Municipal Library, Loutraki Renovation and addition, integration of passive solar systems Best practice:

17. School Complex, Thessaloniki
Renovation to nearly zero and RES integration
Best practice:

18. Public lighting, Vrilissia Energy efficient lighting, with management and tele-monitoring
Best practice:

19. Transport, Nea Smyrni Municipal bike renting systesm Best practice:

20. Alexandroupolis Municipal bike renting systesm Best practice:
Elecric municpal vehicles
PV integreted onto schools
District heating with geothermal energy

21. Kozani
Building with integrated hybrid RES/H2 sysem
Best practice:
Bike ride at eco mobility week

22. Tools: Capacity building
Bringing municipalities together at Regional level
Joint events
(Central Macedonia, who is supporting 6 Municipalities)

23. Best practice:
ENERGY DAYS AND PUBLIC EVENTS

24. Energy days, school competitions…

25. Capacity building/exchange of experience
Thessaloniki 13/3/2014 Workshop Energy efficiency in Local Government: An opportunity for economic development today

26. It’s finally about
sustaining a vision…

27. Thank you for your attention!
Evi Tzanakaki
etzanak@cres.gr
www.cres.gr