SubsidieMeestersESCALATE local heating and cooling transition plans: Regional multipliers of capacity building and technical support to empower local administrations
ESCALATE aims to support medium-sized EU municipalities in developing heating and cooling plans by training regional energy agencies and creating accessible resources for a clean energy transition.
Projectdetails
Introduction
Buildings consume more energy than any other sector in the EU. Municipalities with over 45,000 inhabitants are now required by the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) Recast to develop heating and cooling (H&C) plans. However, medium-sized administrations typically lack the technical and financial resources of larger municipalities.
Role of Regional Energy Agencies
Regional energy agencies, embedded locally and connected supra-regionally, are the perfect enablers to support the clean energy transition in the over 1,000 medium-sized EU municipalities.
Objectives of ESCALATE
To accelerate the clean energy transition of the building sector, ESCALATE will:
- Create a training programme, template, and guideline to develop H&C plans.
- Train six regional energy agencies to become effective H&C planners (in Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, and Slovenia).
- Develop 12 pilot H&C plans with nearby municipalities, receiving technical assistance from the ESCALATE team and providing feedback on the capacity-building offer.
- Ensure all capacity-building materials will be publicly available.
- Train other energy agencies in their countries.
Stakeholder Engagement
The ESCALATE team will activate a wide network of stakeholders to disseminate results, raise awareness of the capacity-building offer, and scale up adoption all over the EU.
Involvement of Additional Countries
Two more countries (Austria and Germany) will be engaged in local-national policy dialogue and in assessing the role of energy communities and consumer-led initiatives.
Collaborative Efforts
ESCALATE combines the technical expertise of five knowledge partners, the local understanding of eight regional energy agencies, and the dissemination and engagement skills of one communication partner, across ten EU countries. This collaboration aims to mainstream best practices in H&C planning through a comprehensive capacity-building programme.
Financiële details & Tijdlijn
Financiële details
| Subsidiebedrag | € 1.749.231 |
| Totale projectbegroting | € 1.841.296 |
Tijdlijn
| Startdatum | 1-9-2024 |
| Einddatum | 31-8-2027 |
| Subsidiejaar | 2024 |
Partners & Locaties
Projectpartners
- IREES GMBH - INSTITUT FUR RESSOURCENEFFIZIENZ UND ENERGIESTRATEGIENpenvoerder
- ZENTRUM FUR ENERGIEWIRTSCHAFT UND UMWELT (E-THINK)
- INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICY STICHTING
- ENERGY CITIES/ENERGIE-CITES ASSOCIATION
- REVOLVE PLANET
- REGIONALNA ENERGETSKO-KLIMATSKA AGENCIJA SJEVEROZAPADNE HRVATSKE
- DIKTYO POLEON GIA TI VIOSIMI ANAPTYXI KAI KYKLIKI OIKONOMIA
- MAZOWIECKA AGENCJA ENERGETYCZNA SPZOO
- ENERGETSKO PODNEBNA AGENCIJA ZA PODRAVJE
- AGENZIA PER L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPOSOSTENIBILE ASSOCIAZIONE
- AUVERGNE-RHONE-ALPES ENERGIE ENVIRONNEMENT
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