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Climate Active Neighbourhoods New approaches for energy retrofits in residential areas Davide Cassanmagnago 30/09/2019

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Climate Active Neighbourhoods Climate Active Neighbourhoods Partners Partners Project partners from 5 Project partners from 5 NWE countries: countries • Lead partner Climate • LP: Climate Alliance, city Alliance, city network network Optivo • Municipalities • Local authorities (Energise Sussex Coast, • Local a. regional energy • Social housing provider Hastings Borough Council) Municipality of • Local and regional energy agencies Arnhem • Housing companies agencies • Local NGOs • Regional refurbishment City of Essen association working with Associated partner residents • Klima-Bündnis Luxemburg • Community group • University College Dublin, Climate • Associated partners: Ireland Plymouth City Alliance Climate Alliance Council Luxemburg, University College Dublin, Ireland Brest métropole Energieagentur (Energence Brest) Rheinland-Pfalz Lead Partner EPAM Seine-Aval Liège-Energie Municipality of (City of Mantes-la-Jolie) (City of Liège) Worms

Starting point • Residential buildings have a huge potential for energy-savings and CO 2 reduction • Energy renovation rate is too low to meet EU targets to reduce GHG emissions by 2030 and 2050 4

Starting point • Local authorities face similar major difficulties in implementing low carbon strategies in the residential sector • New methods are needed to reach stakeholders and stimulate action 5

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Project approach • Implementation of new models for sharing responsibilities between local authorities and neighbourhoods  Go beyond current practice  Trigger the necessary bottom-up actions  Greater emphasis on the needs of residents • Target : urban districts in NWE with high potential to reduce GHG emissions. Priority is given to deprived city areas. • Partnership builds on transnational synergies from different governing approaches

Project approach 3 main approaches used to empower neighbourhoods 1. Grassroots approach focused on supporting local initiatives whether financially, strategically or administratively in order to help them deepen their activities or increase their outreach 2. Face-to-face approach consisted in personalised interviews with residents of the neighbourhood, whether through home visits or centralised energy advice 3. Multiplicator approach involved training local residents with potential to further spread their knowledge or skills, hence increasing the outreach

The Grassroots Approach Our Our We should We should energy energy replace the replace the bills are bills are windows of windows of too high! too high! our houses! our houses! Offer facilitation Offer facilitation Request Request To-Do List To-Do List facilitation facilitation - Support meetings, - Support meetings, e.g. provide rooms e.g. provide rooms - Finance requested - Finance requested expert support, e.g. expert support, e.g. energy action plan energy action plan Existing and Existing and - Provide requested - Provide requested evolving evolving information information neighbourhood neighbourhood initiatives/ individual initiatives/ individual home owners and home owners and residents residents

The Multiplicator Approach I want to I want to refurbish / refurbish / energy-retrofit energy-retrofit Provide Provide my house my house information information and and financial financial support support Offer support to Offer support to individuals individuals Work with Work with multiplicators multiplicators Request Request support support Multiplicator List, e.g. Multiplicator List, e.g. Provide Provide - Community - Community organisations organisations framework for/ framework for/ - Housing - Housing offer support to offer support to associations associations multiplicators multiplicators - Grid company - Grid company Individual Individual home owners home owners Independent Independent and residents and residents multiplicator work multiplicator work

The Face-to-Face Approach My energy bill My energy bill I want to I want to is too high! is too high! Provide Provide replace my replace my information information windows! windows! and financial and financial support support Offer support to Offer support to individuals individuals Request Request support support Municipal and Municipal and adjoint departments, adjoint departments, e.g. e.g. - Energy advisors - Energy advisors Individual Individual - Social workers - Social workers home owners home owners - City quarter office - City quarter office and residents and residents

Project activities Strengthening and support of local process for energy retrofitting by • New financing schemes and activation tools tailored for residents and local actors • Optimised legal (e.g. for house owners) and design (e.g. how to solve technical problems) advice for enhanced bottom-up driven actions • Pilot investment in energy efficiency 12

Project activities 3 categories of activities resulted 1. New ways of cooperation: showcases the importance of rethinking the municipalities’ role towards facilitation and bottom-up cooperation on the local level in direct contact with the residents & neighbourhood initiatives 2. Engaging residents for change: displays methods of engagement and of fostering intrinsic motivation by positive communication 3. Support & Financial Tools: focusses on offering residents and neighbourhood initiatives the support they need, starting from personalised advice services up to the creation of new financial tools on the neighbourhood level.

Main results • Innovative financing schemes and behaviour change methods developed and evaluated in selected districts • Optimised governance arrangements put in place and bottom-up initiatives empowered to overcome barriers • Set up practical transnational groups to roll-out and evaluate the solutions found • Successful approaches are collected in a “ coaching framework ” for European cities and can be implemented in other municipalities

Main results ~1.500t GHG savings ~1200 Models of households Cooperation ~14 M EUR Practice funding Financing Cube Schemes

The Practice Cube http://www.climatealliance.org/a ctivities/tools-and- methods/practice-cube.html 16

New Ways of Cooperation Plymouth Energy Community Setting Up Independent Companies with Local Groups Community Benefit Company Plymouth Energy Community (PEC) was set up to install and manage a community owned solar array. • Local ownership - citizens able to purchase community shares. • Municipal initial support Brest - Towards more Bottom-Up Climate Action Changing the Role of the Municipality From traditional top-down policy development to a bottom-up grassroots approach • Allows more tailored policy • Inclusion of local/neighbourhoods stakeholders • Identification of local needs • Identification of local priority groups 17

Encouraging Residents for Change Thermography Walks Using Thermography to Trigger Retrofit Measures Brest, Liège, Worms • Promote energy efficiency • Raise awareness on the benefits of thermal insulation • Transfer results across countries • Efficiency of visual and impactful results greenApes Sustainable Behaviour Community Social Media Community to Reward Sustainable Behaviour - Essen A cross-media platform to communicate with and reward sustainable citizens . • Sharing ideas and best behaviours • Receiving rewards from local company • Build community and groups 18

Support and Financial Tools Crowd Funding for Local Climate Action, Essen Enhancing Residents’ Participation in Community Energy Projects, Essen A donor-based platform run by Sparkasse which doubles the donations at certain thresholds. • Minimum investment of 100€ • Online and local events funding • Different local projects Local Community Energy Tariff, Hastings Supporting Residents at Risk of Energy Poverty A community energy tariff set by energy agency with local non- profit partners. • Residents can purchase local green energy • An household consuming 3000kWh/y saves 300KgCO 2 • Residents save money • Positive effect on local economy and employment 19 19

Thank you for your attention c.silk@climatealliance.org d.cassanmagnago@climatealliance .org 20

Application Form and Work Plan 1st PSG meeting, 28 April 2016 21