MUNICIPALITY OF KOSTINBROD
Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2006-2020 г. Summary
Kostinbrod, 2013
Sustainable Energy Action Plan of Kostinbrod Municipality 2006-2020
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Introduction Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) is e program strategy defining the energy policy which the Municipality of Kostinbrod intends to adopt in order to reach the Covenant of Mayors goals. These goals are based on reports of the emissions and the baseline emissions, which represent the picture of the energy situation in the municipality of Kostinbrod in 2006. The main objective lying in the Plan is the reduction of CO2 emissions and identifying the most appropriate actions for meeting these specific goals. The Plan is focused mainly on the reduction of both - emissions and the final energy consumption in the public and private sectors. The achievement of these results determines the leading role of the public administration in the implementation of an energy policy, based on more effective energy actions. The main sectors taken into account by the Sustainable Energy Action Plan are Buildings, Heating and Cooling Systems, Public Transport and Energy Production from Renewable Sources.
General Strategy within the initiative “Covenant of Mayors” The Covenant of Mayors is an initiative of the European Commission, aimed at guiding the local authorities into taking actions for reaching the sustainable energy development goals. In March 2007 with the document “Energy for a Changing World”, the European Union has committed to a set of goals to be met by 2020: to reduce the EU greenhouse gas emissions with at least 20% compared to 1990 levels ; to increase the use of renewable energy sources by 20%; to increase the level of energy efficiency by 20%; By the Action Plan of the European Union “Releasing the Potential”, the European Community has decided to establish the Covenant of Mayors in order to provide co-ordination of the actions needed for reaching the objectives. The signing of the Covenant is completely voluntary since the municipalities can exceed the goals of the so called European Union Climate and Energy Package 20-20-20. Regarding the 20% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by preparing and approval within one year after the official adhesion, each local government have to submit their Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) and an implementation and enforcement report for two year period in order for its implementation to be properly evaluated, monitored and verified.
The risk, arising from global climate change is a global problem, for which are necessary solutions on local level, therefore it is necessary the principle of local accountability to be applied. The real achievement of the common goals on community level can be done by active participation and
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/Summary/ engagement on the part of the local authorities and especially of the Municipalities. Exactly this planning and implementation process of the objectives, Kostinbrod municipality wants to follow as a structure, supporting the Community program and providing technical and administrative support to the municipalities and also which reveals the guidelines and the work principles for creating homogeneous researches and which focuses on the same basis.
Joining the Covenant of Mayors will enable the Municipality Council to develop and implement overall policy, which addresses the energy and environmental issues in the municipality. This will have positive impact on buildings, infrastructure, industry and services. The main steps outlined by the municipality in order to fulfill the commitments made by signing the Covenant of Mayors include: to prepare a Baseline Emission Inventory (BEI),
to develop a Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) of the Municipality of Kostinbrod within the year following their adhesion and on every two years report on the implementation of the Baseline Emission Inventory.
Municipality of Kostinbrod Kostinbrod municipality is located north-east of Sofia, close to the capital. In the Southeast it borders with Sofia Municipality, in the South – with Bozhurishte Municipality, in the West – with Slivnitsa and Dragoman Municipalities, in the Northwest – with Godech Municipality and in the Northeast – with Svoge The geographical and transportation position of the municipality is extremely favourable, because of the European Transport Corridor № 10 (Kalotina-Sofia) which crosses its territory, and the connection with TC № 8 (Giueshevo-Sofia-Plovdiv-Burgas-Varna), presented by road and rail infrastructure as well as the TC № 4 (Vidin-Sofia- Kulata and Sofia- Svilengrad). The transport infrastructure is a beneficial premise for promoting relationships of the municipality with neighboring municipalities. According to the climate map of Bulgaria, the area of the municipality is situated in the European continental climate zone, temperate continental climate subzone. A large part of the territory belongs to the area of high air fields in West Central Bulgaria and the mountainous part - to the mountainous and low climatic region in West Central Bulgaria. The municipality of Kostinbrod has 17 846 residents. It consists of 12 villages, one town – Kostinbrod and one village without administrative status – Beledie Han. Within the Municipality there are 6 town halls: Peturch, Dragovishtitsa, Golianovtsi, Gradets, Chibaovtsi and Olitsvet.
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Energy Networks and Systems The Municipality of Kostinbrod gets powered from the common power system of the country through regional substation "Kostinbrod" with transformation of strain 110/20 KV. There are two electric power transformers in substation “Kostinbrod” – both with capacity 25+20 MW, which through power lines with a voltage 20KV, supply transformer stations for individual settlements. All settlements in the municipality are supplied with electricity. The medium voltage network is in good condition. The transformer power of substation “Kostinbrod” is enough. It is necessary the settlements in the northern part of the municipality to receive power from substation “Kostinbrod”, because at the moment they are powered by the neighboring municipalities /Svoge and Dragoman/, which disrupts the operation of facilities and deteriorates the security of supply. Future development will require completion of the medium voltage network, especially for the town, where the greatest increase in the load is expected.
Energy Potential of the Renewable Energy Sources (RES) in the Municipality of Kostinbrod
Wind energy According to previously conducted researches, the territory of Kostinbrod Municipality is located in an area of little wind energy potential. On the high peaks and plateaus in the municipality it is possible to install wind turbines with capacities up to several tens of KW. An eventual inclusion of independent multiblade wind power generators to transform wind into energy is also possible. The location of these facilities is most appropriate in areas with little wind potential where power density is above 100 W/m2. Little wind turbines are a good investment for the medium and small business. The municipality will leave the construction of wind facilities to the investment interest it will contribute to work in this direction by providing information to the interested investors and taking care of all the procedures, which are in its reach, to run as quickly and smoothly as possible.
Solar energy There are a lot of sunny days during the year, which is typical for the Kostinbrod Municipality this also provides an excellent opportunity for the utilization of solar energy in the form of solar thermal systems for hot water and heating as well as photovoltaic roof, facade, and other types of economically efficient systems with different capacity. The conducted researches indicate that one square meter of solar panels can produce 630 kWh heat for the period 1 April to 30 September. Due to the serious potential for solar energy production, one of the foreseen measures is the
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/Summary/ construction of solar systems up to 100 kW to meet electricity demand of the public buildings.
Hydroelectric energy Kostinbrod Municipality is widely known for its thermal karst water, accumulated in the Upper Jurassic carbonate karst rocks. The water flows at a temperature of 25 to 31 ° C which is the reason it is to be classified as a mineral. These deposits can be utilized as a heat source for buildings, greenhouses or ponds for fish farming.
Biomass energy The municipality’s approach is to include in the potential only agricultural and forestry waste, household waste, wood that does not have another use and it is eliminated by natural causes, energy crops grown on deserted lands, etc. Single electric generating capacity which could be deployed is assessed at 1 MW to 2 MW. Lifespan: 9-10 years. In a pessimistic assessment including: 1 MW installed capacity, load factor of 90% and a period of eight year service, technical potential is estimated to be 110,240 MWh / year electricity. This is the approximate amount of the technical potential for heat. Agricultural and animal waste can be used for biogas production, but the agricultural waste is considered more efficiently used when directly incinerated. Kostinbrod Municipality is keen to develop its biomass potential and to build biogas installations, which is directly dependent on agriculture, livestock, forestry and other industries. The Municipality of Kostinbrod has undertaken the following measures, which aim to gain maximal utilization of the biomass potential: The municipal company for agriculture and farming “Niva Comers ”Ltd. was founded . Nearly 1480 acres of municipal lands were processed, where the revenues expected are 50 000lv and the company is involved manufacturing and sales of biomass, used for biogas and wood chips production. Creating a bioenergy industry entirely based on local raw materials for an energy independent municipality. Actions which will be undertaken, in order to develop biomass potential:
Evaluation of the potential for animal waste utilization as an energy raw material on the municipality’s territory; The municipality experts will seek to establish contact with wood processing companies and farmers, in order to develop and
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/Summary/ implement projects for energy potential utilization of the agricultural and wood processing biomass waste.
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General strategy and future prospects of Kostinbrod Municipality
One of the strategic objectives of the municipality’s energy program is to create premise in order for Kostinbrod Municipality to become an energy independent municipality.
Measure : Refurbishment of buildings, funded Priority №1: Boosting energy by the municipal budget and national and efficiency in objects which European funding schemes integrating small are supported by the decentralized power generators using municipal budget. renewable energy sources for electricity and heating and cooling energy, cogeneration and trigeneration; work on the behavior of the buildings’ users;
Measure : Refurbishment of buildings, funded Priority №2: Boosting energy by the municipal budget and national and European funding schemes - operational efficiency in residential programs for multifamily buildings and buildings in the municipality. emission trading schemes, integrating small decentralized power generators using renewable energy sources for electricity and heating and cooling energy, cogeneration and trigeneration; work on the behavior of the buildings’ users;
Measure: Refurbishment of industrial and Priority 3: . Boosting energy commercial buildings, implementation of efficiency in local industry energy efficient technologies in production and increasing the RES use processes of enterprises; integrating small in production and services. decentralized power generators using renewable energy sources for electricity and heating and cooling energy, cogeneration and trigeneration;
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Measure : Introduction of energy Priority №4: Training of management systems within the experts. municipality by building municipal institutions and training specialists in the field of energy efficiency and energy management.
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Allocation of responsibilities for implementation of the Action Plan Participation of the society is an essential condition for sustainable urban development, since citizens themselves can take the initiative for adoption of a new development model by changing their behavior. The organizational model, which must be created have to promote internet discussions by introducing the initiative on the municipality’s web page and by cooperation with the technical administration, experts in the field, who share the same views and projects. Strategic plans, developed by the city’s administration would also be announced through the publicity and informational materials, distributed in primary schools for engaging the children and their families in the process of cultural development, which in an informative manner will contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and energy consumption, set in the SEAP.
Planned measures for monitoring and tracking In connection with growing responsibilities concerning the energy development of Kostinbrod Municipality, additional capacity is provided in this department – such as additional staff or extra working hours of the employees. The department will be responsible for promoting the sector and the implementation of the municipality’s policy on EE and RES and reaching economic and environmental benefits. This department will organize the creation and the maintenance of a database on the municipality’s energy consumption and database on EE and RES. The department will analyze, assess and will coordinate the implementation of the planned activities. The implementation of the specific measures under the program can be achieved by attracting foreign professionals through public procurement. There will be included specialists from the municipal administration from the following departments – “Finance”, “Regional Development”, “Education” and “Ecology” and from other organizations - energy experts, representatives of priority objects, NGO, citizens , local initiative group etc. The participants in the group will collect the necessary information for the development of specific projects for implementation of energy saving measures. They will make analysis and assessments and control the implementation of the planned activities. The implementation of the specific measures set in the plan will be accomplished by attracting external specialists. The assignment of the implementation of the planned activities will be under the PPL.
Sustainable Energy Action Plan
The Action Plan is a planning tool which ensures that there will be monitoring for implementation and the success of the process. Achieving the objectives of the plan will be carried out with strong support on the part of the Administration.
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The short term goals of the Kostinbrod Municipality are /in period of one to three years/ – Reduction of emissions in the short and long-term; – Reduction of the energy bills /municipal buildings/; – Participation of stakeholders from the private sector; – Develop tools for participation and attraction of private capital investments which are required for the implementation of the construction works.
Medium to long-term goals /in period of four to nine years/: – Increasing energy efficiency and a 25% reduction of the CO2 emissions by 2020; – To develop qualification activities for promoting new skills, related with the implementation of the planned measures; – Enhancing the local life’s quality regarding the comfort in buildings, safety, air quality and health; Sustainable Energy Action Plan of the municipal administration of Kostinbrod expects the implementation of 25 actions in 9 categories, which are listed in the table below:
INVENTARIZAT IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIONS ION CODE № TYPE CATEGORIES
MUNICIPAL SL 01 The measures for energy efficiency street STREET lightning involve complete replacement of traditional lamps with LED, which are more LIGHTNING reliable, compact and highly efficient. Ongoing project – 2013. SL 02 Management of street lightning within Kostinbrod Municipality with clock mechanism MUNICIPAL MB 03 Energy efficiency in public buildings BUILDINGS MB 04 Energy audit of schools and kindergartens MB 05 Optimization of supply energy contracts for public buildings RESIDENTIAL RB 06 Incentives and facilities for energy efficiency BUILDINGS improvement of private buildings RB 07 Energy certification of buildings MOBILITY MOB 08 Public transport – biogas/methane-powered buses MOB 09 Improving transport schemes between the settlements in Kostinbrod Municipality and the capital which will therefore reduce the need of using private vehicles MOB 10 Building of bike lanes, bicycle parkings and pedestrian areas
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MOB 11 Other forms for sustainable mobility promotion MOB 12 Limited traffic zone –restriction of access only to effective low-carbon vehicles ENERGY RES 13 Promoting the use and installation of PRODUCTION photovoltaic and solar thermal systems for hot water and heating in the existing private FROM buildings and new buildings RENEWABLE RES 14 Energy production from biomass. ENERGY SOURCES RES 15 Installation of photovoltaic systems and solar installations on the roofs of public buildings: municipality, schools and kindergartens RES 16 Construction of biogas installation with capacity of 1MW COOGENERATI CH 17 Developing combined energy production ON AND systems - trigeneration and district heating networks HEATINGS CH 18 Construction of cogeneration biomass plant PUBLIC GS 19 Establishment of procedures for green public PROCUREMENT procurement OF GOODS AND GS 20 Buying green power SERVICES P 21 Restoration of wetlands and forests. Willow PLANING plantations for biomass in wetland. Terracing of the bare mountain slopes for growing crops for biomass. P 22 Pilot actions regarding buildings “with nearly zero levels of energy consumption” INFORMATION IC 23 Computer desk "Energetics" on the portal of AND the city COMMUNICATIO IC 24 Campaign – active citizenship / promotional events / N IC 25 Conducting Informational seminars at schools regarding activities for boosting energy efficiency and environmental protection
Street Lightning
Kostinbrod Municipality will undertake a series of actions, aimed at functionality improvement of this specific public service: reducing the maintenance expenditures; reducing the light pollution; saving energy; There are two main actions which should be performed: replacement of existing lightning with new, more reliable, saving energy, small sized, brighter and with longer life;
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installation of time switch of the lights, and thus schedules for lighting seasons and price zones can be very accurately observed;
Public buildings
In regard with public buildings the Plan foresees three main actions: Energy efficiency in public buildings; Energy audits at schools and kindergartens; Optimization of supply energy contracts for public buildings The buildings within Kostinbrod Municipality will be adapted to the requirements of the Energy Efficiency Act and the Energy Efficiency Ordinances and along with refurbishment and the conduction of detailed energy efficiency audits of the public buildings and later on control audits also for issuing energy performance certificates of buildings in order to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the legislation in Bulgaria. This may work as well for optimization of energy supply contracts with "CEZ: Distribution" JSC.
Mobility
After a joint study with Sofia Municipality and the government, to the management of Kostinbrod Municipality was promised design and construction of an overground metro or speed train from Obelia - Voluyak - Kostinbrod - Petarch using existing train line from Sofia - Kalotina, diverted to Voluyak for Bozhurishte and Bankia. Thus road traffic on the segment: Sofia - Kostinbrod will be relieved, and hence CO2 emissions will be reduced. The main actions which Kostinbrod Municipality is planning to implement in order to reduce the CO2 emissions are as follows: building of bike lanes, bicycle parkings, pedestrian areas, introduction of taxes and fees on vehicles in the central part.
Energy Production from RES Kostinbrod Municipality has embarked upon project for sustainable management and improvement of the environmental status of the rivers in the municipality. Another ambitious project of the municipality is the construction of biogas installation with capacity of 1MW, 100% private investment on the principle of public-private partnership. Also the municipal government will take measures to promote the use of photovoltaic systems and solar thermal systems for hot water and heating in residential buildings and new buildings. Photovoltaic system will be installed on the roof of a public building.
Cogeneration & Heating In this sector Kostinbrod Municipality has set the following objectives:
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introduction of energy management within the municipality; organization and management of the energy efficiency in public buildings and conducting training for energy efficiency experts; shaping civic awareness in regards with saving energy and the use of sustainable energy sources; The Actions which the Municipality will undertake in order to implement the Plan and to achieve the goals set in it are: conducting an informational campaign, aimed at gaining higher awareness of the local population regarding energy efficiency and the use of RES. The first steps are aimed at informing the society and they have already been made:
– At school “Doctor Petar Beron” – Kostinbrod – specialists in the field of energy efficiency have conducted an information day for the children from first to eight grade;
– on 12th of December, 2012 at “Ivan Vazov”, Kostinbrod an Energy day was conducted with representatives of civil society and business.
Implementation of policy, aimed at raising standards and motivation of the end user;
Conclusion The current Sustainable Energy Action Plan 2006-2020 was developed in accordance with the European energy policies and the commitments made by signing the Covenant of Mayors. The implementation of the Plan goals will contribute to reaching and exceeding the goals of the so-called European Energy and Climate Package 20-20-20.
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