Promoting renewable energies - RETS Project

Implementation
The objectives should be underpinned by concrete
and binding guidelines with specific decisioncriteria.
For example, the selection of suitable
performance audit methods which calculate for the
long term, as opposed to only considering the initial
purchase costs. Overall life-cycle costs should be
more effectively reviewed and compared - see
Chapter 'Toolboxes for decision-makers'.
Measures and instruments:
Concrete measures should be taken:
- Construction measures (modernisation of
buildings);
- Public relations activities;
- Financial instruments (setting up of a
support fund);
Monitoring and evaluation
The success of the measures should be continuously
monitored and evaluated.
Networking the players – bundling of forces
To make optimum use of the local and regional
resources in the energy area, the most important
energy players should be networked and meet
regularly. An expert committee with representatives
from municipal building management, environment
agency, town planning, energy suppliers, but also from
the network players such as energy agency and
economic development agencies and citizen
initiatives, can efficiently promote the implementation
of innovative ideas and targets.
Integration of energy suppliers and housing
corporations
Great success is often achieved there where local
politics and administration in close cooperation
with power supply companies and housing
corporations jointly promote municipal energy projects.
Local authority planning
In local authority planning, there are opportunities for
laying down specifications for private building and
setting, for example, clear minimum standards. In
addition, incentives can be created for building owners
and independent advice offered.
Figure 1: Elements of a strategic local authority energy policy 7
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acc. to Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT) gGmbH, Erneuerbare Energien in Kommunen optimal nutzen – Denkanstöße für die
Praxis, October 2007, p. 23
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