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4.2.4. Tertiary buildings
4.2.4.1 Current situation
Tertiary buildings are considered in two different categories: buildings owned and managed by the Governorate and
other buildings (shops, offices, public administration buildings - different from the Governorate ones, educational
facilities, hotels, restaurants, banks and other service industries, health centres and hospitals, sport or cultural facilities,
leisure equipment’s, religious buildings, etc.). Governorate buildings and street lighting have already been addressed in
previous sections dedicated to the direct scope of responsibility of the Governorate. We are here looking “nongovernorate”
tertiary buildings.
The tertiary buildings’ sector is the fourth sector in terms of energy consumption with 303 GWh/year (8%) and 157 k
tCO2eq/ year GHG emissions (an equivalent to 11%) in 2015.
4.2.4.2 Possible actions
Addressing the tertiary sector is always complex. The action plan should make a distinction between tertiary buildings
owned by entrepreneurs who can see a direct benefit in energy savings, as this will increase their profitability, and
tertiary buildings owned or managed by groups that don’t have a direct interest in cutting costs. Entrepreneurs will be
sensitive to an awareness campaign highlighting the financial benefit of any effort to improve building efficiency. Instead,
other groups will be more interested in the symbolic value of contributing to the energy transition in the City of
Hurghada.
It is necessary as a first step to properly assess the need through a detailed mapping of tertiary buildings, registering
average energy consumption per square meter, date of construction, location. This will help targeting buildings offering
the best potential for saving.
It is important to note the importance of tourism infrastructures in the city of Hurghada and the efforts dedicated
towards greening the tourism sector will seemingly pave the ground for a dynamic change in the tertiary sector. Hence
the action plan could be structured with two components:
Private entrepreneurs and services
- Unroll a vast awareness raising campaign among entrepreneurs to invite them to invest in energy efficiency in
their building (air conditioning system, efficient lighting, etc.). The awareness could be built on the same model
developed for the residential buildings,
- Offer them technical support (using the Green tourism plan mentioned earlier) to speed up change in their
tertiary building, and
- Reward the more effective efforts offering official support and media coverage.
Non-commercial services’ providers
- The Governorate should develop partnerships with some of these “services’ providers” to develop showcases of
efficient buildings also using renewable energy, and
- Promote energy efficiency in hospitals and health centres, offering the possibility for these institutions to use
savings for re-investing in improving their capacity to deliver services.
4.2.4.3 Expected results
Assumptions:
- Awareness raising and specific training of premises’ managers results in 30% cut in 50% of the buildings.
- Specific actions on commercial buildings can lead to 50% reduction in 50% of these buildings, which are
considered to represent 20% of the overall sector.
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