CTO Assessment - European Commission

can be shortly seen in the following
cases:
EEKLO project is a replication of
many others of its kind in Germany
and Denmark.
Many municipalities, including
Copenhagen, have taken up the
Ålborg model.
The responsible hotels network (BH)
considerably enlarged its field of
action in only two years, also relying
on the support of the campaign
“A New Sun for Tourist Destinations”
carried out by ICAEN.
Extension of the experience of
Varese Ligure to seven more municipalities.
Heinerscheid initiative generated a
large process of consultations by
other municipalities, and a similar
project is being carried out near
Kehmen.
Delft’s 100 Blue Roofs experience
had quick and important repercussions
on cities such as Rotterdam
and The Hague.
After the Växjö Fossil Fuel Free
declaration, the initiative was followed
by several cities, in Sweden
and in the rest of Europe, and the
experience is now being implemented
by the Iwate Prefecture (Japan).
Inspired by the example of the PV
stadium of Lausanne, another PV
stadium was inaugurated in 2002
in Basel.
In the case of Trhove Sviny, the
model project helped to start similar
projects in Czech republic and
was replicated in many towns and
villages.
The experience of Kronsberg is not
only a basic reference for Germany
and other countries, but it is at
present an actual standard in the
innovation of building areas.
The case of Austria (cf. Gleisdorf
case study) shows that it is equally
important to set up networks inside
of a region by motivating key political
actors of communities to set
up a discussion group and bring
local population together to commonly
find solutions to install RE
systems in their municipality.
The function of replication of successful
CTO initiatives is strengthened
through the activities of specialised
centres and the work of networks.
ITER is an excellent examples of the
first case, as well as the Soltherm
initiative that has also developed reference
databases on replicable
projects.
European networks such as enabled
through the CTO Renewable Energy
Partners network, or also other networks
specialised in one type of community
or technology for instance (ex:
Energie-Cités, a European network
of sustainable cities; or FEDARENE,
a European network of regional energy
and environment agencies; or
also INSULA, the International Scientific
Council for Island Development)
has proven to play a crucial
role in accelerating the demonstration
of successful RES community
examples. It is more and more crucial
to create bridges with the newly
acceded countries that look for advice
and patronage in the implementation
of their own projects.
Regional and national energy agencies
represent another vector of replication.
They offer consultancy advise
to the local population to ensure local
results. They can also play a coordinator
role to implement RES in
all regions of a country. ADEME has
been able to use the contractual
framework offered by the 26 regions
of France annexed to the State-Region
contracts (CPER) to implement
its actions at local levels, while
spreading the successful experiences
to the rest of the regions of France
more efficiently and at a lower cost.
With the ManagEnergy program the
European Commission created a European
wide network and thus, exchange
of information. ManagEnergy
promotes co-operation between local
and regional energy agencies through
workshops, study tours and online
events on energy saving and renewable
energy. The website features details
of over 400 energy agencies and
another 500 organisations, who can
provide valuable expertise and advice
on established energy projects
and technologies.
Achievements and lessons
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