Italy

Organisation Figures

In , the Forum European Energy Award e.V. cooperates with the private com- Number of municipalities pany SPES Consulting, situated in Genoa. SPES currently holds the licence for the - participating in total 49 regions of Aosta Valley, , Trentino-Alto Adige and Tuscany. - certified eea 17 - certified eea Gold 1 In the province of Alto Adige, the company cooperates with another two partners (the regional energy agency Casaclima and the non-profit organisation Ökoinstitut Population involved 645,000 Bozen), while in the Piedmont and Aosta Valley regions there is a fruitful coopera- 1st eea certification 2005 tion with Legambiente Onlus. 1st eea Gold certification 2014

Status beginning of 2015

Status of the eea in Italy

Currently, 49 Italian municipalities participate in the eea programme: 42 in the Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige and Tuscany regions and 7 in Liguria (these municipalities are still certified because of a former cooperation with a Participating municipalities by number Ligurian partner). 645,000 people benefit from the eea system in their municipa- of inhabitants: lities. In early 2015, there were 17 eea-certified municipalities – 10 in the Aosta 2 Valley, Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige and Tuscany regions and 7 in Liguria. In 9 < 5'000

2014, Brunico was the first Italian municipality to be awarded the eea Gold, and a 5'000 - 50'000 number of other municipalities have requested Gold audits for 2015. 38 > 50'000 Thanks to several EU projects, SPES has been able to demonstrate the usefulness of the eea methodology within the framework of the Covenant of Mayors (sup- port for the SEAP development and monitoring) and the Smart Cities initiative.

Regional office

Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige, Tuscany: SPES Consulting Srl Mr Adriano Pessina [email protected] Phone: +39 010 868 25 70 www.nuke.spesconsulting.com

Brunico‘s energy team and Walter Steinmann (President of the Forum eea) at the eea Gold awarding ceremony © Manuel Vitali / Centre de Presse 2014 in Monaco. European Energy Award The European Energy Award (eea) is a quality management and certification system for municipalities committed to sustainable municipal energy, climate and transport policies. From spatial planning to energy supply, from mobility to communication and cooperation – the eea comprises the full range of proven energy and climate protection measures municipalities can take. The eea is therefore the most comprehensive quality management system for municipalities in the field of energy efficiency. The eea takes particularities of individual countries and regions into account, yet provides for benchmarks to be established bet- ween municipalities at a European level. At the European level, the eea is interlinked with other programmes such as the Smart Cities initiative and the Covenant of Mayors and corresponds to the 20-20-20 objectives of the European Union for 2020. Today, Ordinary member countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechten- more than 1,300 municipalities are participating. stein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Further information: www.european-energy-award.org Pilot countries: Morocco, Romania, Ukraine

Participating municipalities in Italy

Certified eea Gold Ne La madeleine Neirone Lesa Brunico Noli Livorno Ferraris Mendatica Varese Ligure Certified eea Moncrivello Montemarzino Participating Naturno Cigliano Crosa Bée Saluggia Montaione Bianzé Borgo D‘Ale Ronsecco Trino S. Martino in Passiria Valdaora Saint Denis Chambave In Liguria Chamois Vignone Celle Firenze Dolceacqua Licensed regions: Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige, Tuscany Liguria (status to be clarified)

Wind farm in Saint Denis Audit in Brunico District heating power plant in Brunico