AIVC 10853 E.C. NEWS Six New Building Targeted Projects starting with Support

In the previous issue of this Newsletter, the THERMIE More than 80% of the European Citizens nowadays live in urban areas: such a concen­ Programme was presented through an interview with tration of people and activities imposes severe constraints over the use of finite natural Mr Sampaio Nunes, Director of Energy Technology at resources and the associated challenges to the economic, social and environmental the EC's DG XVII. In order to illustrate the Programme, sustainability of cities. Our future European this issue's subject is focused on the presentation of cities will have to adapt the existing urban situation and the associated complex problems actual projects: six new so-called Targeted Projects have that previous unplanned urbanisation have created over many aspects of people's life. indeed been approved for THERM IE support in the This can only be done within a new concept of sustainable development, defined as the Building sector after the 1995 and 1996 calls, and are type of development which does allow the satisfaction of the present generation without now getting up to speed. threatening the capabilities of future generations to meet their own needs.

The European Commission could of course not ignore these important aspects: believing that energy is a key element regulating such a sustainable development, the Directorate­ General for Energy, DG XVII, through its THERMIE's targets are: THERMIE Programme has launched a special programme of THERMIE Targeted Projects * * * * • To improve energy that seek to develop construction and trans­ * * efficiency, in both port energy solutions to build the future of TH!"E''YI. ~ :. * * demand and supply our cities. * * sectors. * * THERMIE Targeted Projects are large scale *** • To promote a wider (real size) collaborative demonstration utilisation of renewable projects of Rational Use of the Energy (RUE), energy sources. spanning several sites throughout the Euro­ pean Union, most often implemented in urban • To encourage a cleaner environments. and more efficient use The aim is to demonstrate high levels of RUE of coal and other solid and energy efficiency through innovative tech­ fuels. nologies and their implementation. Reduced environmental impact levels will be achieved • To optimise the by the best practices for the implementation explotation of the EU's of innovative energy technologies at national, oil and gas resources. regional and/or local level. Such projects should provide valuable, cost-effective examples of efficient integration of innovative

16 REHVA newsletter E.C. NEWS energy technologies on a large scale in the 3. MEDUCA - Model Educational Buildings Urban Environment. They should provide for Integrated Energy Efficient decision makers with key solutions to the Design energy related environmental problems which 4. RE-Start - Renewable Energy i cities are facintroday. Strategies and Technologies The urban dimension of these projects is an · for Regenerating Towns essential element, considering that some 85% 5. SHINE - Solar Housing of European Citizens live and work in Urban through Innovation for I Areas and that the Building Sector accounts a Natural Environment (~ for 40% of the total final energy consumption 6. SUN H - Solar Urban -~-• D within the Union. New Housing . o\ .,...,._-Of rr,J ritJ A special type of Targeted Projects, called The total consolidated cost 'Integrated Quality Targeted Projects', aims of the six projects is more at further improving current best practices at than 200 MECU, with the energy and environment related levels, that eligible innovative part is to improve present quality references and amounting to 49.5 MECU. standards. Of this sum, the THERMIE support will cover 14.9 In order to have a definite impact on the MECU. energy and environmental situation while improving the industrial competitiveness, These Integrated Quality Targeted Projects these projects should be able to combine the have all started by end of 1996, and are efforts of organisations in different Member currently running up, most of them being in States in cooperation and exchang~ of 5!_)(pe­ the design phase. A short description of each riences, in both the phases of implementation is given on the next pages. and exploitation of the projects. Therefore, the dissemination of project information and results is given the utmost importance. As said before, all these Integrated Quality have made their start by end of last year or In the field of Buildings, the current early this year, and are currently in the first THERMIE Programme supports very many phases of their execution: the story just demonstration projects for innovative RUE begins! and REB (Renewable Energy in Buildings) within the Fourth Framework Programme. A World Wide Web site has been prepared on the EC's server to present information about Four larger, more ambitious 'Targeted all THERMIE Targeted Projects: you can find Projects' have received THERMIE support more information there, both on the new after the 1993 and following calls: projects shortly presented above and on the l. EC2000 - Energy Comfort 2000 previous projects now nearing completion.

2. EHEN - Ecology Housing European Point your browser to: http://europa.eu.int/en/ COMBINED HEAT A Network comrn/dg 17 /thermie/ttp-home.htm POWER GENERATI 3. LEINH - Low Energy in New Housing 4. REMMA - Renewable Energy Manage­ More information about THERMIE and ment for the Mediterranean Area projects can also be obtained by contacting the EC's DG XVII THERMIE Programme These Targeted Projects are mostly well Manager at the following address: advanced, and early results are already available. Mr Angel Landabaso THERMIE Targeted Projects Now, six new 'Integrated Quality Targeted Avenue de Tervueren, 226-236 Projects' have received THERMIE support B-1150 Bruxelles (Belgium) Heal exchanger Bui after the 1995 and 1996 calls: Tel.: +32-2-295.74.85 I. EXPO Cities - Extensive Energy Planning Fax: +32-2-296.60.16 of Cities E-mail: [email protected] 2. GREEN Cities - European Global Renewable Energy and Ecological Neighbourhoods

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EXPO cities local green action plans. newly developed design tool, Extensive Energy Planning of Cities They will construct 919 based on "present value" solar low-energy dwellings optimisation. Here different EXPO Cities is an Integrated such as water savings and in Denmark, France, Spain, energy saving interventions Quality Targeted Project appropriate waste manage­ Italy, United Kingdom, Bel­ are listed and selected that will realize four new ment, integration of gium and Austria together according to their economy. urban developments serving renewables and polluting with public buildings in In this way it is foreseen to the growing needs of Lisbon, emissions reduction. Other Finland and Greece as local have a serious financial Hanover, Palma de Mallorca technologies to be included demonstration projects in optimisation as the basis for and Utrecht under similar in the construction are: the connection to the Targeted the energy investments. This sustainable approaches and use of recycled materials, Project.All these projects should help to create a rea­ with the willingness to solar assisted DHW, passive are part of large develop­ listic market in the future identify similar solutions to solar design and day lighting. ment plans for new-built or in the area of Rational and sustainable development As an important spin-off, retrofit in the housing area, Renewable Energy Use in problems. the Project will validate the with a total number of up Buildings. Guidelines will The objective of the EXPO first energy planning tool to 30.000 dwellings.A co­ be developed and an early Cities Project is the imple­ developed as a result of the operation with East and education process will be mentation of advanced multi geographic experien­ Central European cities is established towards city energy saving and energy ces, which will permit future also foreseen in the project, authorities, builders and efficient measures within city developers to create in an attempt to transfer consultants, focusing at the framework of sustain­ sustainable settlements project results to these selected target action areas. able strategies in new built with tested solutions. Countries. urban developments, in Beyond the urban planning For all projects, a total Project Coordinator: both building design and activities, the EXPO Cities energy optimisation will be Green City Denmark A/S, urban planning. Project is a commitment carried out with help of a Denmark The four areas will accom­ to construct the required modate more than I 00.000 infrastructure demanded by new inhabitants and within the new concepts involved MEDUCA the Project time-frame, (comprehensive energy Model Educational Buidings for Integrated living and working space supply, efficient energy dis­ Energy- Efficient Design will be created for almost tribution networks, demand­ I 0.000 people, whose side energy-water-waste The MEDUCA Project materials, heat recovery, comfort standards will at management, emission aims at demonstrating that advanced energy manage­ least remain at present control, roads, traffic links, energy-efficient educational ment systems, advanced levels, but with global ener­ etc.) and finally the imple­ buildings, where the require­ control systems, natural gy savings of up to 40%. mentation of a first phase ments for an attractive and cooling, optimised day This will be achieved via a housing programme which healthy indoor environment lighting, energy-efficient set of comprehensive actions will secure more than 4.000 are fulfilled, can be designed lighting appliances, photo­ in the urban energy planning, residential units and a and built. This is to be voltaics, natural and mecha­ efficient envelope materials, minimum of two relevant achieved in new construc­ nical ventilation, passive optimised electricity sys­ non-residential buildings. tion and refurbishment solar concepts, biomass, tems and HVAC, centralised combining conventional and geothermal and heat pumps. energy management, Project Coordinator: innovative technologies in It is expected that this upgraded energy standards Landeshauptstdat Hanover, nine different places of collaborative project will and important side-benefits Germany. seven European countries: have a significant impact on Denmark, Germany, Greece, the general perception of Italy, Spain, Sweden, and energy efficient buildings GREEN cities Norway. and in particular will serve Global Renewable Energy and Environmentally The aim is to create edu­ as the basis for improved responsible Neighbourhoods and Cities cational buildings where energy standards for edu­ some of the following con­ cational buildings in the The European GREEN aim at introducing energy cepts are incorporated with participating countries and Cities is a cooperation and environmental a clear diffusion and dissemi­ in Europe. The expected network between European standards criteria in their nation approach: super low energy savings are in the Cities and Regions, who future planning as part of energy windows, healthy range of 50-60 % for heat

18 REHVA newsletter E.C. NEWS THERMIE SPONSORED PROJECTS and 30-50 % savjngs for Project Coordinator: release to the environment energy use (air systems, electricity, while C02 Cenergia Energy of large quantities of CO, water systems, PV), fresh emissions will be reduced Consultants, Denmark. C02 and NOx, while water savings, etc. by an average of 50 %. annually saving important Besides, for each site where amounts of energy: the the proposers are Local expected average annual Authorities or Housing RE-Start energy consumption for all Associations directly linked Renewable Energy Strategies and Technologies sub-projects is I 05 kWh/m2. to their city or urban area, for RegeneratingTowns To achieve this objective, a there will be a real effort wide spectrum of innova­ to integrate unemployed The RE-Start Integrated of the city and a high tive retrofitting and energy young people and to base QualityTargeted Project visibility for the inhabitants. technologies will be intro­ the advanced retrofitting on aims at providing the public The mix of functions, typical duced, including: use of new innovative small to medium authorities, the institutions of the complexity of urban and clean building materials, sized regional enterprises. and the professionals of situations, is comprised in cogeneration, photovoltaic large industrial European RE-Start. (PV) systems lighting, Project coordinator: Cities with some "Exemplary The RE-Start project advanced, optimized and GEIE- GEST - ArchiMEDES, Urban Projects", concerning involves eight European controlled ventilation, solar France innovative energy-environ­ Cities and it is foreseen mental integration on the to be acting on over 2500 city scale. dwellings, and several SUN H Each RESET City has defined commercial, and cultural Solar Urban New Housing a district where the Targeted buildings. Large energy and Project would take place. environmental savings are The Integrated Quality duce innovative building These sites are generally expected. The cooperation Targeted Project SUN H is and energy technologies, located in a downtown area of the RESET Cities within focusing on new housing in like the use of new and where a regeneration pro­ this project should maxi­ Europe, and includes ten clean building materials, ject is starting (areas to be mise the global results, in organizations from eight advanced envelope mate­ re-converted, former indus­ terms of available knowledge countries ( France, United rials, energy management trial sites, etc.). The area of resulting from a compre­ Kingdom, The Netherlands, systems, low electricity influence of each City­ hensive demonstration. Denmark, Norway, Finland, consumption HVAC, active Project is large enough to Spain and Portugal). Ten and passive solar energy, allow a strong impact on Project Coordinator: demonstration projects will natural lighting and fresh the decisional mechanisms SOFTECH, Italy be built, exhibiting an ave­ water saving. rage energy-saving of 50% Moreover, the involved and an average reduction local authorities will make a SHINE of emissions of 50%. compared. evaluation of the Solar Housing through Innovations for The global project consists integration of passive and a Natural Environment of building 81 new houses active systems, using the and 793 new flats in the ten experience of experienced The SHINE Project is knowledge. different cities participating expert architects, and of concerned with housing During the course of the in the project. the costs of different inno­ retrofit in Europe on nine project, the consortium will The aim is to demonstrate vative solutions: this will sites involving France, retrofit 920 dwellings, all of the relevance of a series lead to suggestions for United Kingdom, Germany, them using RUE alterna­ of technical measures to partners in the design phase,

The Netherlands, Sweden tives and RES. reduce C02 emissions and it is expected that the and Italy. The nine develop­ The commitment is to through the implementation municipalities will then take ments will demonstrate demonstrate the relevance of different RUE and Re­ the projects' results into average energy savings of a series of technical newable Energy Systems account for current and values of close to 60% as measures to reduce C02 (RES) techniques. The further legal development compared to standard emissions through the expected average annual in the housing sector. values and will emphasise implementation of different energy consumption for all the use of friendly, low RUE and Renewable Energy sub-projects is I 0 I kWh/m2. Project coordinator: embodied energy materials Sources (RES) techniques. To achieve this objective, GEIE- GEST -ArchiMEDES, using the most advanced It is expected to avoid the the consortium will intro- France

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