MUNICIPALITY OF VILKAVIŠKIS DISTRICT

Member of the EU Covenant of Mayors

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

ACTION PLAN

Vilkaviškis 2010

CONTENT

1. HISTORY...... 2. THE MAIN FIELDS OF ACTIVITY…...... 3. GENERAL OVERVIEW…...... 3.1. Water supply and treatment …………………………………………………...... 3.2. Waste management …………………………………………………………...... 3.3. Heat supply ………...………………………………………………………...... 3.4. Electrical energy supply……...... 3.5. Transport...... 3.6. Industry…...... 3.7. Forestry………...... 3.8. Agriculture…...... 4. THE MAIN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN MEASURES...... 4.1. Decrease of energy consumption in the buildings...... 4.2. Popularization and encouragement of alternative and renewable energy resources.. 4.3. Spread of saving energy resources in domestic environment, public activity and production…...... 4.4. Decrease of regional transport pollution...... 4.5. Modernisation of heat system of the district...... 5. DECREASE OF CO2 EMISSIONS IN VILKAVIŠKIS DISTRICT DUE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEASURES ENVISAGED IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN...... 6. CONCLUSIONS...... 7. ANNEXES...... 7.1. Annex I – CO2 inventory and decrease measures…………...... 7.2. Additional information…...... 7.3. Annex II – explanations...... 8. LIST OF THE LITERATURE USED…………......

1. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

Vilkaviškis district is located in the South-West of Lithuania. The size of the district is 1259 sq. km. On the south the district borders Poland, on the west – Kaliningrad District of Russian Federation. Suvalkija is called to be the land of plains, however Vilkaviškis district is characterised with diversity of the relief: plains in the northern part, hills in the south-western part. The biggest part of the region is occupied by agricultural land, which is among the most fertile in the country. That influenced forest coverage, which is only eight percent. This wonderful nook of Suvalkija is abundant in cultural monuments, sightseeing places, related to the history of the region and literature heritage. There are 62 lakes and 3 water reservoirs in the territory. River Šešupė crosses the district as well as two of its tributaries: Rausvė and Širvinta, also other rivulets. Water reservoirs occupy 51.6 ha of the municipality territory area. Vištytis Regional Park is exceptional due to its wonderful hilly landscape. There are three old public parks within the territory of the Regional Park. Kylininkai Hills are exceptional due to their expressive and spectacular view, and on the southern part of it the highest hills are located: Dunojaus, Pavištyčio, Statkūnų, and Janaukos. Širvinta hydrographical reserve has been established near by. The most valuable here are mature forests of large-leaved trees, especially oaks with hornbeams and lindens. There are 300 years old oaks and 200 years old pines and firs in the forests. The grand foot-marked Vištytis stone looms on the outskirts of the park. Treasures of the nature are also protected in Vilbargiris botanical-zoological reserve. Vilkaviškis district municipality was established in 1991, after Lithuania regained its independence. Centre of the municipality (Vilkaviškis) in mentioned in the historical annuals from the beginning of the 16th century. The coat of arms of the town is a double red lily on blue background. Vilkaviškis is one of the oldest towns in Sūduva, and grew from a village, established in the second half of the 16th century on the western side of Birštonas woods, on the confluence of the Rivers Vilkauja and Šeimena. The road from Kaunas to Prussia went past this town. The title of the town originated from the title of the Vilkauja River. Historians tend to believe that Vilkaviškis received municipal rights in 1660, when the elder of Vilkaviškis was the chancellor of Lithuania Kristupas Zigmantas Pacas. The oldest date, when name of Vilkaviškis was mentioned, is indicated by pre-war head of the town A. Sajeta. In his book “Vilkaviškio savivaldybė 1918–1938 m.” he mentions that in the middle of the 16th century (circa 1561), when marking the boundaries of Alvitas (Paširvintis), Queen Bona Sforca had also mentioned Vilkaviškis. Nevertheless, most often in various literature the year 1620 is mentioned, when the elder of Prienai Steponas Pacas built the first church in Vilkaviškis. In 1738 Vilkaviškis subdistrict was managed by the head of Vilnius province. In 1795 Vilkaviškis was annexed to Prussia. In 1806 after Napoleon Bonaparte defeated Prussia, the Germans retreated from Uţnemunė. Napoleon’s constitution came into force. On 22 June 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte visited Vilkaviškis. During the 1st World War Vilkaviškis was occupied by the Germans twice. The second occupation, which started in February 1915, lasted longer than for three years. On 15 June 1940 the Russians occupied Lithuania. On 13-15 June 1941 569 people were exiled from Vilkaviškis County to Siberia in cattle-trucks, in 1948 – 1205 people, in 1949 – 613 people, in 1951 – 463 people. Today the population of Vilkaviškis district is 47 206. Half of them are living in rural territories, others in Vilkaviškis, Kybartai, Virbalis towns. There are twelve subdistricts in Vilkaviškis district municipality, 3 towns (Vilkaviškis, Kybartai and Virbalis), 5 small towns and 384 villages. Density of the population in the municipality reaches 37.5 people/km2. One can state that Vilkaviškis district municipality is more rural type of a district. Vilkaviškis district is crossed by an important European highway E28 Moscow– Vilnius–Marijampolė–Kaliningrad and railroad line Kaliningrad–Vilkaviškis–Kaunas–Vilnius– Maskva. Highway “Via Baltica” gives more opportunities for communication with Poland and Kaliningrad district, natural-geographical situation is beneficial for the investments. On the northern, western and eastern part of Vilkaviškis district the conditions are suitable for the development of agriculture, since the agricultural land here is productive, while the southern hilly part of Vilkaviškis district can be used for the development of the tourism. There is border crossing point of the border of the Republic of Lithuania and Russian Federation – Kybartai border control post. The centre of the district is Vilkaviškis town.

2. THE MAIN FIELDS OF ACTIVITY Liabilities of the member of the pact of assembly of the mayors, seeking to decrease the emissions of CO2 by not less than 20% until 2020

2.1. Improvement of the financing system. 2.2. Creation of the promotional system. 2.3. Promotion of the development of green areas and parks. 2.4. Installing rain water collection and treatment systems. 2.5. Advocating of healthy life style. 2.6. Launching centralised control system of small boiler-houses. 2.7. Regular renewal of centralised heat supply and boiler-house pipes, installation of new progressive technologies. 2.8. Creation of modern legal basis for implementation of the liabilities. 2.9. Implementation of educational activity, promoting clean environment, and by applying preventive and administrative impact measures. 2.10. Improvement of the activities of waste management sector. 2.11. Experience exchange, participation in international programmes. 2.12. Improvement of the quality and maintenance of the roads. 2.13. Encouragement of the usage of local and renewal sources of the energy. 2.14. Recultivation of the landfills. 2.15. Development of the construction of paths for pedestrians and bicycles. 2.16. Encouragement of the renovation of multi-apartment buildings.

Actions of the nearest future, planned for the period of 2010–2015

2.17. Identification of sources of financing. 2.18. Recultivation of illegal landfills. 2.19. Management and development of the green areas and parks of the town. 2.20. Decrease of transport pollution. 2.21. Modernisation of heating economy, application of new technologies. 2.22. Installation of modern lightening devices. 2.23. Participation in international programmes and projects. 2.24. Development of paths for pedestrians and bicycles. 2.25. Promotion of the construction of wind power plants. 2.26. Implementation of “green purchases”.

Regular and long-term actions, planned for the period 2010–2020

2.27. Construction of geothermal power plants. 2.28. Maintenance of rainwater collection and management systems. 2.29. Consistent public education activities. 2.30. Promotion of the development of “clean production” technologies. 2.31. Reconstruction of the residential multi-apartment buildings, ensuring effective usage of energy resources. 2.32. Improvement of the quality of the roads. 2.33. Maximal decrease of usage of the natural gases in heat energy production. 2.34. Implementing educational activities, encouraging citizens to use only environmentaly sound vehicles. Promotion of the activities of car service stations. 2.35. Participation in international programmes and exchange of experiences. 2.36. Improvement of infrastructure and service quality of public transport, renewing motor transport fleet with new more environment-friendly vehicles. 2.37. Introduction of environment management systems (ISO, SAAVS).

3. GENERAL OVERVIEW

3.1. Water supply and treatment Water supply and wastewater treatment services and functions in Vilkaviškis district are provided by UAB “Vilkaviškio vandenys”. The company’s activities include water supply, liquidation of breakdowns in water supply pipes, liquidation of wastewater, wastewater treatment, and maintenance of biological treatment plants and supply of underground drinking water. UAB “Vilkaviškio vandenys” has three branches in Vilkaviškis district: “Kybartų cechas”, “Vilkaviškio cechas” and “Vilkaviškio valymo įrenginiai”. In total UAB “Vilkaviškio vandenys” operates 139 km of water supply pipes (water management infrastructure of Vilkaviškis, Kybartai, Virbalis town and 37 villages of Vilkaviškis district. It serves 25 623 citizens, i.e. 53.5 percent of the citizens of Vilkaviškis district are connected to water supply pipes. UAB “Vilkaviškio vandenys” serves 8 481 cold water consumers (flats, individual houses, companies and institutions), out of which 4 894 or 57.7 percent are multi-apartment buildings, 3 337 or 39.3 percent – individual houses, 250 or 2.9 percent – companies and organizations. Currently UAB “Vilkaviškio vandenys” pumps 977.655 thousand m3 of water, and provides to consumers 662.562 thousands m3 of water (i.e. 67.8 percent of all pumped water) in Vilkaviškis district. The amount of the pumped water currently increased by 6.0 percent, provided to consumers – 19.4 percent (i.e. provision to consumers increased by 7.6 percents). For solving drinking water quality problems the main water supply pipes are renovated and expanded, armature is replaced; strategic main pipelines are enforced with special rings. In 2008 Nemunas Middle Basin investment program I package supported from the EU Structural Funds was implemented. During it 14.18 km of new water pipes were laid, 536 water supply inputs and 17.328 km of wastewater pipes were constructed. Maintenance of the pipes was performed on time and with sufficient quality; placement of enforcement rings allowed achieving that from 2001 up to now the losses of drinking water decreased from 50 percent to 23 percent. Now UAB “Vilkaviškio vandenys” exploits 11 wastewater treatment plants, 123 km of wastewater pipes, serves 18 213 citizens, i.e. 38.3 percent of citizens. Only in 2009 UAB “Vilkaviškio vandenys” received 6 071 new consumers that were connected to the water supply pipes, out of them 4 894 or 80.6 percent were multi-apartment buildings, 1 027 or 16.9 percent – individual houses, 150 or 2.5 percent – companies and organisations. Consumers not connected to the centralised wastewater pipes (61.7 percent) collect the wastewater in the reservoirs or catching pits. All that determines increased environment pollution with not cleaned or insufficiently cleaned wastewater causes threat to biological balance as well as the health of the people. 929 thousand m3 of wastewater was collected and emitted into surface waters in Vilkaviškis district. All the wastewater emitted in district municipality was treated up to the allowable concentrations. Currently the implementation of Nemunas Middle Basin investment program II package project supported from the EU structural funds was started. It is planned to lay 24 km of new water supply pipelines, 704 water supply inputs and 36 km of wastewater pipes. The problems of water supply and sewerage (wastewater) pipes are quite important in rural settlements, where the residents have no connection to water supply and wastewater pipes.

3.2. Waste management

The flow of municipal waste comes from two main sources: household waste, i.e. waste, accumulated in private households, and commercial waste, i.e. waste, the composition of which is similar to that of the household waste, but is accumulated in companies, institutions and organisations. The subdistricts of Vilkaviškis district municipality are served by waste collection system operator UAB “Ecoservice”. Container waste collection system is applied in the subdistricts. In bigger settlements residents of multi-apartment buildings jointly use larger containers, which are placed closer to houses. People residing in individual territories are provided with small containers; while waste is not collected in remote settlements and villages. Recyclable waste containers are built in all towns, small towns and villages located closer to the district center (in total 95 locations). Green (garden and the like) waste is composted independently by most of the residents. Container waste collection sites are mounted in Vilkaviškis, Kybartai, Pilviškiai, Virbalis subdistrict and bigger settlements. Vilkaviškis district municipality exploits the containers of residents of 312 multi-apartment buildings, residents of 6 637 individual houses and 418 companies, institutions and organisations. UAB “Marijampolės švara” serves residents of 8 296 multi-apartment buildings and 18 484 individual houses (in total 26 780 citizens or 56.3 percent), also serving 418 companies, institutions and organisations. There were 5 landfills and 52 illegal landfills in Vilkaviškis district. They all did not comply with EU Directive on Landfills and the Rules on Landfills of the Republic of Lithuania: Vilkaviškis landfill, located in Pavembriai village (the waste is not accepted since 2009), and Virbalis landfill, located in Laukai village (the waste is not accepted since 2008, others are not exploited more than for 4 years). Due to lack of money recultivation of all these landfills takes place slowly. Currently the waste from Vilkaviškis district is taken to Marijampolė district, Panasupis village, to the regional Marijampolė landfill that is newly constructed and meets all requirements of the European Union. On 17 December 2002 for the implementation of the project “Creation of waste management system in Marijampolė county” and for implementation of Governmental and European Commission’s (ISPA measure No. 2002LT/16/P/PE/011). According to the financial memorandum a total sum of planned investments is 44 918 580 Litas or 13 009 000 Euros. It is planned to open a landfill of biodegradable waste on the territory of the former Pavembliai landfill in the future. The construction of large size waste collection station in Vilkaviškis is completed. The residents and companies will be able to bring their large size waste (metal, glass, construction waste, plastic, furniture, some of the hazardous waste and so on) there for free. It is planned that it will be completed and launched in July 2010. In total 14801.165 t of waste is collected in Vilkaviškis district municipality, 13486.1 t out of them are collected in containers. If to evaluate the total amount of accumulated household, commercial and construction waste according to the fractions the biggest part is food waste (28.4 percent), other combustible waste (16.6 percent), paper (9.8 percent), plastic (7.3 percent), concrete, bricks, rubble waste (6.7 percent), and cardboard, green waste (6.6 percent each). Therefore, the main problems, related to waste management in Vilkaviškis district municipality, are the following ones: in smaller villages and farmsteads the waste is not collected at all, there are no possibilities to legally remove sorted large size and recyclable waste, the containers and their environment are not tidy, the waste is taken away not frequent enough in summer, large waste collection norms are accumulated, residents receiving low income, especially the ones living in rural areas have difficulties to pay for the services.

3.3. Heat supply

Centralised heat supply in Vilkaviškis district was started in approximately 1985, after the construction of the boiler-houses, supplying technological steam to industrial production companies. Then steam boilers were mounted for much bigger heat demand. The water of heating pipes was heated in heat exchangers of type “steam-water”. The projected capacity of the boilers was 65 t of steam per hour in Vilkaviškis town boiler-house, and 31 t per hour in Kybartai boiler- house after reconstruction. The amount of the produced heat energy reached 636000 MWh. When it became possible to supply heat energy in centralised way, construction of multi-apartment buildings was started and separate sections of multi-apartment buildings were formed in Vilkaviškis, Kybartai, Virbalis, Paeţeriai and Pilviškės. The main type of fuel was coal and fuel oil. As the price of the heat energy increased, it became necessary to seek efficiency of heat energy production, to search for new, modern production technologies, also alternative types of fuel. This required significant financial resources, which the municipality did not have. After a public tender Vilkaviškis district municipality had signed a fifteen years lease contract with “Vilkaviškio šiluma”, a branch company of UAB “Litesko” in 2001. “Vilkaviškio šiluma” undertook a liability to invest into the leased heating sector 25 millions of Litas. The first step was made towards waiving steam technology and the exploitation of the first water heating boiler DEV 25-115GM was started in Vilkaviškis boiler-house no. 4 in first quarter of 2003. This change significantly decreased the amount of the needed heat energy. Today “Vilkaviškio šiluma” branch of UAB “Litesko” is responsible for centralised heat supply in Vilkaviškis district municipality, producing approximately 39 715.04 MWh of heat energy, which is provided to premises of various purposes of 263584.47 m2 area and to 4.5 thousands of residential buildings. Even though educational activity in heat energy saving sector was insufficient, due to the increase of the price of the heat energy, the municipality initiated additional insulation of roofs of the buildings, replacement of windows, in some cases, under the request of the citizens the internal temperature of the buildings was decreased. Therefore, during the last five years a decrease of heat energy demand of 5 percent every year was ensured. “Vilkaviškio šiluma” branch of UAB “Litesko” operates five boiler-houses in Vilkaviškis district: Vilkaviškis district boiler-house, Kybartai boiler-house, Virbalis boiler-house, Pilviškės boiler-house and Paeţeriai boiler-house. The total installed capacity of the boiler-houses is 57 MW. The following fuel is used there: gas, biofuel, slate oil, fuel oil. Biofuel composes 45.3 percent of all fuel input, natural gas – 42.4 percent, slate oil – 12.3 percent of all fuel input. Vilkaviškis boiler- house and Kybartai boiler-house is exploited and their work is constantly supervised by especially prepared and qualified personnel. Boiler-houses in Pilviškės, Paeţeriai and Virbalis work without interruptions. Technicians of technical group of Vilkaviškis boiler-house supervise boiler houses in Pilviškės and Paeţeriai, also boiler-house of Kybartai – Virbalis. During the last four years number of the residents, who are provided by heat energy, increased by 2.3 percent, number of the consumers – by 4.5 percent. In the future it is planned to replace natural gas as type of fuel by biofuel. Natural gas would become the reserve type of fuel.

3.4. Electricity supply

AB “Rytų skirstomieji tinklai” provides electricity, distributes electricity, sells electricity, implements maintenance of electricity grid, municipal electricity services, supplies alternative energy in the territory of Vilkaviškis district municipality. The company was established on 31 December 2001 after reorganisation of AB “Lietuvos energija”. The company distributes and supplies electricity. Currently RST serves more than 738 thousands of clients in the area of 34.8 thousand sq. km of the Republic of Lithuania: Vilnius, Panevėţys, Alytus and Utena counties also in part of Kaunas and Marijampolė districts. In 2005 three secondary companies of RST were established: UAB “Rytra” providing lease of special transport and mechanism services, UAB “Elektros tinklo paslaugos”, implementing maintenance and repair works of electrical equipment, UAB “Tetas”, implementing exploitation of complicated electrical equipment. All of these companies comprise RST company group, offering various services in energy sector. The group has joint valid principles of reliability, is client oriented, and implements efficient and profitable activities. The fundamental provisions of RST activity, not changing from the establishment of the company, are reliable provision of electricity and orientation towards the clients. The company constantly increases the investments into the electricity grid. The biggest share of the investments is assigned for reconstruction, modernization and development of the grid for connection of new consumers. In 2006 in total 201.1 millions of Litas were assigned for investment projects. Satisfied with their job and motivated employees is the main factors determining company’s efficiency and further development. Treasuring and protecting its qualified specialists the company constantly invests into their safety and development of the qualification. To certain extent AB “Rytų skirstomieji tinklai” is a monopoly organisation, dictating its own conditions and order in all districts. As the price of electricity increases both municipality budgetary institutions and subdistrics, as well as citizens started thinking about effective use of electricity in the most diverse fields of life. Industrial companies use innovative technologies, much more environment friendly technologies and equipment. Budgetary institutions do not lag behind them as well, and not only purchase more environment friendly equipment, but also automate lightening of the territories and so on. The inhabitants replace household appliances consuming a lot of energy into ecological, more efficient and of better quality. Only one hydro power plant successfully operates in Vilkaviškis district municipality. It produces approximately 810 thousands kWh of electricity. Equipment of the power plant is old; the level of automation and control is low as well. Due to unfavourable political and financial policy wind power plants are built quite slowly. Currently only three wind power plants of 250 kW capacity are mounted and operating. The construction was carried out from private capital. One more wind power plant will be constructed this year.

3.5. Transport

The high amount of vehicles in Vilkaviškis district has a lot of influence upon air pollution. In accordance with statistical data, currently Vilkaviškis district has registered 26 434 vehicles, 5 600 tractors, and 272 combine harvesters. Every day European highway E28, which passes the entire Vilkaviškis district, is crossed by 950 motor cars, 360 trucks and 23 passenger busses, willing to cross the border of the Republic of Lithuania and Russian Federation. One can state that environment pollution is increased significantly by pour technical state of these cars, their usage conditions, and conditions of the roads, construction of the engines, fuel used and other factors. Only 0.86 percent of cars in Vilkaviskis district are new cars, i.e. the ones up to two years old, 1.26 percent of the cars are from three to five years old, 6.83 percent of cars from six to ten years old, and even 86.38 percent of cars are older than eleven – twenty years. Usage of old vehicles is a factor, determined by general economic situation in the Republic of Lithuania, standard of living, which, however, can not be sufficiently influenced by the municipality. It is possible to influence decrease of the air pollution caused by cars only in indirect ways: by improving the condition of the covering of the roads, constructing bypasses, strengthening the control of the technical conditions of motor transport, promoting the development of the network of services for the improvement of car’s environmental compliances, increasing the average driving speed (with traffic signs) and psychologically as well as economically encouraging the residents to use environmentally sound cars. The amount of CO2 emitted by the cars depends significantly on technical state of the roads, type of the covering and length of the roads. The total length of local significance roads in Vilkaviškis district reaches 1 084 km, gravel coverings compose 844 km (77.9 percent of the total length of local significance roads). The length of the roads with soil covering composes 54 km (almost 5 percent of the length of local significance roads); the length of local significance roads with improved covering is 186 km (17.2 percent of the length of local significance roads). By analyzing the types of the road coverings of Vilkaviškis district, one can notice, that the local significance roads crossing the territory of the municipality (their length in the territory of the municipality comprises 489 km) with improved covering is 67.3 percent or 329 km.

3.6. Industry Regional distribution of the industry in Lithuania is not beneficial for the sustainable development of the local industry and for the efficient and profitable usage of the local resources. New companies are established in bigger towns, while in peripheral rural settlements, where agriculture or one type of industry dominates, they development is much slower. It is possible to state that industry sector of Vilkaviškis district is developed on an average. The main produce of Vilkaviskis district’s industry was food (meat and meat offal; sausage and smoked meat products; fruit and vegetable juice; preserved products from vegetables and fruit; bread and pies) and textile (mostly - trousers). That demonstrates higher orientation of the industry towards processing of agricultural produce and close interconnections with the existing agricultural sector in the municipality. The following quite successfully developing companies are now operating in the territory of Vilkaviškis district municipality: UAB “Kelio ţenklai”, UAB “Damsa”, UAB “Kybartų srovė”, UAB “Vaiskona”, AB “Ţemkalnija”.

3.7. Forestry Forest coverage of Vilkaviškis district is 10.56 percent. Bigger part of the forests is composed of reserves and special purpose forests – 52 percent, while agricultural forests compose only 48 percent. There are not many protected territories in Vilkaviškis district: Vištytis regional park (area is 10 833 ha), Širvinta hydrographical reserve (area is 184 ha) and Virbalgiris botanical- zoological reserve (area is 364 ha). It is planned to increase forest coverage of the district minimally, at least by 1 695 ha, every year on average by planting 121 ha of forest, increasing the total forest coverage indicator of Vilkaviškis district, which is limited, because the biggest part of the agricultural land is fertile and it is planned to plant forests only on infertile land. That area comprises 11 916 ha and composes 9.5 percent of the total area of the municipality. The sparse forests are supplemented by 19 parks (area of 75.23 ha) and 8 green squares (area of 4.21 ha), which are located in all subdistricts. The nice forest planting initiative was shown in 1989, when Lithuanian decided to plant National Revival Oakwood in Oţkabaliai village, in Vilkaviškis district, which has already grown and occupies 39.4 ha. The development of forestry of Vilkaviškis district is planned taking into consideration the main goals of the forest policy of the Republic of Lithuania, envisaged in the general plans of both the Republic of Lithuania and Marijampolė county.

3.8. Agriculture

According to the general plan of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilkaviškis district is ascribed to the agricultural zones of 2nd and 4th potential of “Baltijos kalvynas” and “Vidurio Lietuva”. The biggest part of the district is characterised by high use of the agricultural land for agriculture. The soil is not very sensitive for intensive agriculture, the agricultural land is fertile, and therefore, there is an opportunity to form large farms of farmers and agricultural companies. Having in mind the present economic situation of the planned territory, the current resources and development potential, a support (strengthening) for the currently most important economic activity – agriculture – is planned. The most important directions, increasing the competitiveness of agriculture of Vilkaviškis district, are development of institutions, which will provide services (consultations, financial, social and others) to farmers and rural citizens, and modernization of the farms. Farming is allowed in all the territory of the agricultural land of Vilkaviškis district: a conserving farming is allowed in natural carcas zone, while intensive farming is possible in all other territories. Agricultural land occupies 83.19 percent of the total area of Vilkaviškis district territory. Development of agriculture is mostly recommended in the territories, which are listed as agricultural developments’ territories on the general special development conception of Vilkaviškis district municipality. These are cover 85 380 ha and make 67.82 percent of total area of Vilkaviškis district. Recommended specialisations of agricultural production: the main fields of crop production: wheat, sugar beet, flax, oil seed rape growing and supplementary branch of crop production – growing of other crops; the main fields of livestock farming: diary farming and pig breeding. According to the real estate register the average soil fertility evaluation of the land plots is quite high and reaches 45.6 scores. Suvalkija is considered to be the land of plains, nevertheless, a variety of reliefs is typical to Vilkaviškis district: there are plains in the northern part, and hills in south-western. The differences of geographical heights in the territory of the district are up to 250 m. Due to fertile soils of the district it is possible to use this territory for arable land (seasonal crops) and due to reaction close to neutral this territory is most suitable for the promotion of the agricultural activities that are close to the traditional specialisation of the farms. This specialisation is growing the cultivated plants for sales (wheat, sugar beet, flax, oil seed rape, barley) and crop growing for fodder grain (mostly for meeting the needs of pig breeding). As it was mentioned, in the territory of the natural carcass the extensive (saving) agriculture is recommended, implemented according to the legal requirements concerning land use and territory management. Aiming to avoid environmental problems in the future, it is proposed not to concentrate livestock farming activities (meat cattle breeding, pig breeding and diary farming) in one or another location of the district. It is planned to develop cattle breeding in the whole territory of the district, except for ecologically sensitive areas, and using the buildings and equipment of former kolkhozy. Cattle breeding complexes and large separate farms, located in the zone of natural carcass, also protected areas, other territories, where the priority is granted to nature protection, recreation, tourism, must mount treatment equipment for making the production waste not hazardous. It is offered to make other livestock farming waste not hazardous by applying treatment equipment or perceiving them as renewing energy resource and looking for opportunities to use it. Taking into consideration protection requirements for fertile soils, it is recommended as to plan balanced fertilization of the district’s agricultural land by using organic and mineral fertilizers, a priority should be given for the return of the abandoned land for the agricultural activity and the necessary reconstruction of melioration system. While changes in the composition of the agricultural land, increase of the natural diversity is planned through applying methods, that would only minimally decrease the areas of agricultural land suitable and drained for mechanised arability. New territories from forest land and land of other purposes are not planned to be assigned for agricultural land. At the beginning of 2010 agricultural land in Vilkaviškis district municipality occupied 77.3 percent of entire area, and forests – 10.6 percent. The biggest part of agricultural land consist of arable land (almost 85 percent) in Vilkaviškis district municipality. The total agricultural production grew by 50.6 percent within last three years in the municipality. In 2008 m about 34 percent of arable land was planed by sugar beet, approximately 34 percent by crop cultures, approximately 30 percent by potatoes, approximately 31 percent by cumin, and approximately 26 percent were planed by seed oil rape. 33.8 percent of sheep of Marijampolė County, 27.3 percent of cattle, 21.4 percent of goats, 21.3 percent of poultry, 3.9 percent of all pigs, 2.4 percent of horses, 18.1 percent of sheep and 12.0 percent of the goats of the whole county were bred in the municipality in 2008. Milk yield from one cow in Vilkaviškis district was the same as average for the county; egg collection indicator was the second in the county. The most perspective field in Vilkaviškis district municipality most probably would be investments related to production and processing of agricultural produce.

4. THE MAIN MEASURES of SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN 4.1. Reduction of energy consumption in buildings

Ite Actions Responsible for Duration Need of funds Financing m implementation (in years) resources no. 1. Reconstruction of the buildings of Investments' and 2011–2013 7.05 million Litas EU funds municipality budgetary institutions, strategic (2.04 million Municipalit aiming to increase energy planning Euros) y’s funding efficiency (total heated area is 10 department 819.00 m2). Expected decrease of CO2 – 146 t/year or 1023 t/7 years.

2. Emergency repairs of the roofs of Local economy 2014–2018 0.6 million Litas residential multi-apartment department (0.174 million Municipali buildings: 20 thousand m2. Euros) ty’s Expected decrease of CO2 – 135 funding t/year or 540 t/4 years. Private resources

Renovation and/ or reconstruction Branch of UAB 2011–2015 2.5 million Litas Building 3. of heating and hot water supply “Litesko” (0.724 million owners’ systems of the buildings (98 Euros) resources systems). Expected decrease of CO2 – 144.8 t/year or 796.2 t/5.5 years. 4. Renovation of Kybartai foster- Investment and 2010 2.0 million Litas EU funds home and gymnasium buildings, strategic (0.579 million aiming to increase energy planning Euros) efficiency. Expected economic department impact of the project is 590 MWh per year. Expected decrease of CO2 – 79.7 t/year or 790 t/10 years.

4.2. Advocacy and promotion of alternative and renewable sources of energy

Ite Actions Responsible for Duration Need of Financing m implementation (in years) funds resources no. 1. Systematic information Investments’ 2010–2020 0,015 Municipality’ dissemination and education and strategic million s resources activities, distribution of planning Litas educational materials, sharing and division (0.0044 dissemination of of good practices, million other activities (once per year). Euros)

2. Modernization – automation of Ecologist 2011–2013 2.2 million Private Pilviškiai hydropower plant system, Litas resources aiming to increase energy (0.637 production from 800 thousand kW million h to 1 800 thousand kWh. Euros)

Expected decrease of CO2 – 185 t/year or 1295 t/7 years.

3. Construction of wind power plants Private sector 2010–2020 13 million EU funds of 250 kW capacity (average Litas Private production of the energy per year – (3.77 resources 310 thousand kWh). 11 units are million planned –. Euros) Expected decrease of CO2 – 630 t/year or 1261.8 t/2 years.

4. Advocacy and promotion of Private sector 2013–2016 0.5 million EU funds construction of small individual Litas Private wind power plants in rural (0.145 resources communities (capacity of 5-15 KW, million amount – 10 units). Euros) Expected decrease of CO2 – 34 t/year or 138 t/4 years.

4.3. Promotion of effective use of energy resources in households, public activities and industry

Ite Actions Responsible for Duration Need of Financing m implementation (in years) funds resources no. 1. Instalment of modern accounting Branch of UAB 2011–2013 1.1 million Company’s devices in all water consumption “Litesko” Litas investments sectors (water loss will be “Vilkaviškio (0.32 decreased by up to 10 %). šiluma” million Expected decrease of CO2 – 132 Euros) t/year or 1320 t/10 years.

2. To reconstruct Kybartai wastewater EU funds treatment plant with maximal yield Investments’ 2010 of the day – 1260 m3/d (average and strategic 11.746 yield – 35 m3/h) by installing planning million modern sludge processing department/ Litas technology. UAB (3.402 Expected decrease of CO2 – 185 “Vilkaviškio million t/year or 1850 t/10 years. vandenys” Euros)

3. Construction of new water supply Investments’ 2010–2013 28 million EU funds and wastewater pipes. Water supply and strategic Litas (8.11 Municipality’[s pipes – 24 km, connecting 704 new planning million resources consumers and 36 km wastewater department Euros) pipes with 994 wastewater outlets.

4. Use of energy-saving and 2011–2014 EU funds environment friendly lamps (LED) Investment’s 2.55 for streets lightening (1213 units. and strategic million Municipality’s Average power of: currently planning Litas resources present – 230 W, new – 120 W). department (0.738 Expected decrease of CO2 – 102.3 Local economy million t/year or 716.1/6 years. department Euros)

5. Automation of territories’ and Subdistricts 2010–2013 0.28 Municipality’ streets’ lightening control under the million s resources conditions of economic recession, Litas by applying more efficient (0.081 measures of lightening and million shortening of lightening hours will Euros) allow decreasing electricity consumption from 1.776 million KWh per year to 1.223 million KWh per year (duration 4 years). Expected decrease of CO2 – 11.2 t/year or 78.5 t/7 years.

4.4. Decrease of transport pollution in the district

Ite Actions Responsible for Duration Need of Financing m implementation (in years) funds resources no. 1. Renewal of bus fleet, replacing old UAB “Kautra” 2010–2014 6.3 million Private buses (more than 20 years old) by branch Litas resources new ones. “Vilkaviškio (1.82 Amount – 18 units. autobusų million Expected decrease of CO2 – 64.8 parkas” Euros) t/year or 389 t/6 years.

2. Strengthening of road covering in State enterprise 2010–2016 2.97 EU funds. Vilkaviškis district municipality “Marijampolės million National (59.41 km). Expected decrease of regiono keliai” Litas budget CO2 – 1188 t/year or 7128 t/6 (0.86 years. million Euros)

3. Road reconstruction in Vilkaviškis State enterprise 2011–2016 9.14 EU funds. municipality (13.5 km). “Marijampolės million National Expected decrease of CO2 – 270 regiono keliai” Litas (5.55 budget t/year or 1080 t/4 years. million Euros)

4. Improvement of black covering of Investments’ 2011–2014 8 million EU funds. regional roads in Vilkaviškis and strategic Litas National subdistricts (148.15 km). planning (2.32 budget Expected decrease of CO2 – 2962 department/ million t/year or 22215 t/7.5 years. Local economy Euros) department 5. Construction of 9.5 km length State enterprise 2015–2018 20 million EU funds. circuit in Vilkaviškis district. “Marijampolės Litas National Expected decrease of CO2 – 500 regiono keliai” (5.79 budget t/year or 1000 t/2 years. million Euros)

6. Construction of new streets (4 km). Investment’s 2010–2020 1.6 million Support from Expected decrease of CO2 – 20 and strategic Litas the EU funds t/year or 120 t/6 years. planning (0.463 National department/ million budget Local economy Euros) department 7. Education activities, encouraging Ecologist 2011–2020 0.03 Municipality’s citizens to use only environment million resources friendly cars. Constant preventive Litas and administrative measures. (0.0088 million Euros) 8. Construction of paths for State enterprise 2011–2016 0.49 EU funds pedestrians and bicycles along “Marijampolės million National district roads (length – 4.89 km). regiono keliai Litas(0.14 budget Expected decrease of CO2 – 98 2 million t/year or 392 t/4 years. Euros)

4.5. Modernization of the heating system in the municipality

Item Actions Responsible for Duration Need of Financing no. implementation (in years) funds resources 1. Construction of 5MW capacity UAB 2011–2013 6.5 million EU funds biofuel boiler in Vilkaviškis “Litesko” Litas Company boiler-house (alternative for (1.883 investments natural gas). million Expected decrease of CO2 – 937 Euros) t/year or 7026 t/7.5 years.

2. Construction of 1.5 MW capacity UAB 2013–2015 2.0 million EU funds biofuel boiler in Kybartai boiler- “Litesko” Litas Company house, as alternative for slate oil. (0.579 investments Expected decrease of CO2 – 433 million t/year or 2383 t/5.5 years. Euros)

3. Reconstruction of heat supply UAB 2012–2014 1.9 million EU funds pipes, constructed in 1966–1989 “Litesko” Litas Company (D200-283 m, D150-98 m, D125- (0.550 investments 169 m, D100-130 m). million Expected decrease of CO2 – 31.5 Euros) t/year or 173.3 t/5.5 years.

4. Automation of Vilkaviškis town UAB 2012–2014 0.5 million EU funds heating stations and instalment of “Litesko” Litas Company the data supervision control (0.145 investments systems will decrease pipeline’s million heat loss by 2 percent. Euros) Expected decrease of CO2 – 19.3 t/year or 106 t/5.5 year.

5. Partial reconstruction of boiler- UAB 2011–2014 1.4 million EU funds houses (total capacity of 16.02 “Litesko” Litas Company MW) will improve work, (0.406 investments efficiency, and their effectiveness million will be improved from 85% to Euros) 92%. Expected decrease of CO2 – 17 t/year or 102 t/6 years. 6. Construction of geothermal energy Vilkaviškis 2014–2017 21.72 EU funds plant of 7.5 MW capacity in municipality million Company Vilkaviškis. UAB Litas (6.3 investments Expected decrease of CO2 – 2025 “Litesko” million t/year or 6075 t/3 years. Euros)

7. Reconstruction-modernization of Vilkaviškis 2012–2013 3.5 million Municipality small boiler-houses of budgetary municipality Litas resources institutions (8 units) for the Local economy (1.014 conversion from the use of fossil department million solid fuel to biofuel Total area Euros) heated by the boiler-houses is 37 422 m2. Expected decrease of CO2 – 506 t/year or 3542 t/7 year.

8. Reconstruction of heat supply UAB “Litesko” 2010 0.2 million EU funds pipes (210 m) (72 MWh is saved Litas (0.06 Company per million investments year). Euros) Expected decrease of CO2 – 9.7 t/year or 97 t/10 years. 9. Expansion of district heating UAB 2010 0.25 Company system and connection of new “Litesko” million investments consumers. Closing of one boiler- Litas house using coal, with annual (0.073 capacity of 170 MWh. million Expected decrease of CO2 – 63.2 Euros) t/year or 632 t/10 years.

10. Connection of kindergarten (504 Vilkaviškis 2011–2012 0.80 Company m2 area currently heated by municipality million investments electricity) to district heating Local economy Litas system. department (0.232 Expected decrease of CO2 – 0.58 million t/year or 4.6 t/8 years. Euros)

Decrease of CO2 emissions in Vilkaviškis district due to implementation of the measures included in Sustainable Energy Action Plan is provided at the bottom of the table. CO2 emission factors used for the calculations are provided in Annex II of the plan. Annex I of the plan provides inventory of CO2 emissions due to combustion of fuel as well as evaluation of the impact of the measures.

5. CO2 EMISSIONS’ REDUCTION IN VILKAVIŠKIS DISTRICT DUE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN MEASURES

Item Actions Decrease of CO2 per Decrease of CO2 no. year (t) until 2020 (t) Reduction of energy consumption in buildings 1 Reconstruction of municipality’s 146 1023 budgetary institutions’ buildings, aiming to increase their energy efficiency. 2 Additional insulation of the roofs of 135 540 residential multi-apartment buildings. 3 Renovation and/ or reconstruction of 144.8 796.2 heating and hot water supply systems. 4. Renovation of Kybartai foster-home’s and 79.7 790 gymnasium’s buildings, aiming to increase energy efficiency. Advocacy and promotion of alternative and renewable sources of energy 1 Systematic information dissemination and education activities, distribution of educational materials, sharing and dissemination of good practices, other activities (once per year) 2 Modernization – automation of Pilviškiai 185 1295 hydropower plant system, aiming to increase energy production from 800 thousand kW h to 1 800 thousand kWh. 3 Construction of wind power plants of 250 630.9 1261.8 kW capacity (average production of the energy per year – 310 thousand kWh). 11 units are planned – 4. Construction of small individual wind 34 138 power plants.

Promotion of effective use of energy resources in households, public activities and industry 1 Instalment of modern accounting devices 132 1320 in all water consumption sectors (water loss will be decreased by up to 10 %). 2 Reconstruction of Kybartai wastewater 185 1850 treatment plant. 3 Construction of new water supply and wastewater pipes. 4 Automation of territory’s and streets’ 102.3 716 lightening control under the conditions of economic recession, by applying more efficient measures of lightening. 5 Use of energy-saving and environment 11.2 67.2 friendly lamps for lightning of streets and budgetary institutions (on the basis of light-emitting diodes). Decrease of transport pollution in the district 1 Renewal of bus fleet, replacing old buses 64.8 398 (more than 20 years old) by new ones. Amount – 18 units. 2 Strengthening of road covering in 1188 7128 Vilkaviškis municipality (59.41 km). Decrease of CO2 is expected. 3 Road reconstruction in Vilkaviškis 270 1080 municipality (13.5 km). 4 Improvement of black covering of 2962 22215 regional roads in Vilkaviškis subdistricts (148.15 km). 5 Construction of 9.5 km length circuit in 500 1000 Vilkaviškis district. 6 Construction of new streets (4 km). 20 120 7 Education activities, encouraging citizens to use only environment friendly cars. Constant preventive and administrative measures. 8 Construction of paths for pedestrians and 98 392 bicycles along district roads (length – 4.89 km). Modernization of the heating system in the municipality 1 Construction of 5MW capacity biofuel 937 7026 boiler in Vilkaviškis boiler-house (alternative for natural gas). 2 Construction of 1.5 MW capacity biofuel 433 2383 boiler in Kybartai boiler-house, as alternative for slate oil. 3 Reconstruction of heat supply pipes, 31.5 173,3 constructed in 1966–1989 (D200-283 m, D150-98 m, D125-169 m, D100-130 m). 4 Automation of Vilkaviškis town heating 19.3 106 stations and instalment of data supervision control systems will decrease heating loss of the pipes by 2 percent. 5 Partial reconstruction of boiler-houses 17 102 (total capacity of 16.02 MW), will improve their work, efficiency, and their effectiveness will be improved from 85% to 92%. 6 Construction of geothermal energy plant 2025 6075 of 7.5 MW capacity in Vilkaviškis. 7 Reconstruction-modernization of small 506 3542 boiler-houses of budgetary institutions (8 units), for the conversion from the use of fossil solid fuel to biofuel. 8 Expansion of district heating system and 9.7 97 connection of new consumers. Closing of one boiler-house using coal, with annual capacity of 170 MWh. 9 Reconstruction of heat supply pipes (210 63.2 632 m) (72 MWh is saved per year). 10 Connection of kindergarten (504 m2 area 0.58 4.6 currently heated by electricity) to district heating system. In total 62271

6. CONCLUSIONS

The provided material indicates that municipality of Vilkaviškis district had laid the background for the sustainable energy planning and had been working on the environmental issues already for the significant time. Decisions made in energy and other fields some years ago have been giving and give positive results in reduction of CO2 emissions. That is a result of the consistent work of the municipality’s employees and many years of the leadership of the mayor of the municipality. It is assumed, that the implementation of the planned measures will allow achieve goal that has been set: to decrease emissions of CO2 by 20 percent until 2020, in comparison to a basis of 1990, or ensuring that CO2 emissions form the fuel combustion will not exceed 243 thousand tons in 2020. Expected decrease of CO2 emissions from fuel combustion after implementation of the planned measures is 62271 t until 2020. The average annual decrease should be more than 6000 t. CO2 emissions due to combustion of fuel in Vilkaviškis municipality reached 118540 t in 2008. The basic scenario of CO2 emissions was based on the assumption, that final energy demand had increased 2,5 times in comparison to 2008. Thus it was planned, that energy demand in Vilkaviskis in 2020 would also increase and will reach 296350 t. While the implementation of the measures planned in Sustainable Energy Action Plan will allow decreasing CO2 emissions up to 234079 t and achieving the goal set by Vilkaviškis district municipality – not to exceed 243 thousand tons.

Investments of 158.841 million Litas (50.4862 million Euros) are planned for implementation of Sustainable energy action plan of Vilkaviškis municipality. 7. ANNEXES

7.1. ANNEX I: CO2 EMISSIONS INVENTORY AND REDUCTION MEASURES

Sustainable energy action plan

General strategy

20 % 1. Total CO2 emission reduction goal by 2020 is of the level of 1990.

105 % 2. Total CO2 emission reduction goal is to ensure that CO2 emissions in fuel combustion sector in 2020 does not exceed of the level of 2008.

3. Long-term municipality vision (priority actions, the main tendencies and challenges).

To ensure that CO2 emissions due to fuel combustion in Vilkaviškis region municipality by 2020 do not exceed 243 thousand tons. To implement CO2 emission reduction measures in fuel combustion, allowing reduction of CO2 emissions by 62 thousand tons by 2020 or by 6200 tons per year.

4. Organizational and financial aspects

Coordination and organisational structures created Responsible persons Involvement of the public Total estimated budget Planed financial resources Monitoring and planning measures

Inventory of greenhouse gas

1. Year of inventory 2008

2. Emission factors National emission factors

3. Emission units t of CO2 equivalent

4. Inventory of greenhouse gas emissions

A. Final energy consumption, ktne

Category Final energy consumption, ktne Consumption of organic fuel Consumption of renewing Total resources Electricity Heat Natural Furnace Petrol Diesel Coal Liquid oil Biomass Geothermal Biofuel gas fuel, fuel gas oil Industry 0.69 0.01 0.86 0.44 0.5 2.35 Construction 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.06 Agriculture 0.02 0. 01 0.01 0.04 Municipal services 2.27 0.86 2.96 6.09 Households 3.00 2.34 1.6 0.91 10.0 18.0 Total, without transport 6.02 3.21 2.48 3.89 10.5 26.5

Transport 0.1 - 0.33 - 7.26 14.4 2.9 0.86 25.85 Total 6.12 3.21 2.81 3.89 7.26 14.4 0.44 2.9 10.5 0.86 52.4

B. Greenhouse gas emissions due to final energy consumption, t

Category Emissions of greenhouse gases, t of CO2 equivalent Consumption of organic fuel Consumption of renewable Total resources (t) Electricity Heat Natural Furnace Petrol Diesel Coal Liquid oil Biomass Geothermal Biofuel gas fuel, fuel gas oil Industry 1484 15,7 2037 1751 5288 Construction 86 24 31 141 Agriculture 43 24 31 98 Municipal services 4880 1350 9164 15394 Households 6450 3674 3789 2817 16730 Total, without transport 12943 5040 5874 12043 1751 37651

Transport 215 781 22143 44496 7888 75523 Total 13158 5040 6655 12043 22143 44496 1751 7888 113174

Emission factors used t/tne 2.15 0.407 2.368 3.096 3.05 3.09 3.98 2.72

Emission factors used Measurement units Comments t/MWh t/tne Emission factor of the electricity produced in 0.185 2.15 Based on the data of the greenhouse gasses inventory of 2008 and the country production of electricity in Lithuania in 2008 Emission factors of heating provided in 0.135 1.57 Table D centralised way produced locally

C. Electricity and greenhouse gas emissions produced locally

Electricity produced Amount of Energy resources, ktne Greenhouse Emission locally electricity Organic fuel Renewable energy resources gasses factors produced, Natural Fuel oil Coal Slate Peat Other Waste Biomass Other emissions (t/MWh) MWh gas and fuel biomass (t) furnace fuel

Wind 750 Water 810 Composite cycle Other Total

D. Heating energy and greenhouse gasses emissions produced locally

Electricity Amount of Energy resource Greenhou Emission produced locally thermal Organic fuel Renewable energy resources se gasses factors energy Natural Fuel oil Coal Slate Peat Other Waste Biomass Other emissions (t/MWh) produced, gas and fuel biomass (t) MWh furnace fuel Wind Water Geothermal Composite cycle Other 39715 1.64 0.48 1.75 5366 0.135 Total

Emission factors - 2.368 3.096 3.98 3.09 4.27 used

E. Summary of greenhouse gasses emissions inventory

CO2 emissions in fuel combustion sector Scope, t CO2 CO2 emissions CO2 emissions, after implementation Necessary decrease of CO2 according to the basic of the planned actions 2020 (t) emissions, after scenario for 2020 (t) implementation of the planned actions (t) Due to final energy consumption, without transport 37651 Due to final energy consumption 113174 Due to local electricity production - Due to local heat production 5366 Total 118540 296350 234079 62271

Sustainable energy action plan

1. Sustainable energy action plan title Vilkaviškis district municipality sustainable energy and greenhouse gasses reduction action plan

Ratification date September 24, 2010

2. The main elements of sustainable energy action plan

Ite Main actions Responsible Implement Imple Expected Expected Expected Energy Local goal of Decrease of m institution ation mentati energy production reduction of saving renewal energy greenhouse no. period on savings, of renewal greenhouse task for resource gasses until costs, MWh per energy gasses the sector production 2020 (t) million year or fuel resources, emissions, t until 2020 until 2020 Litas per year MWh per per year (MWh) (MWh) year Industry Construction Agriculture 1. Forest planting, 121 ha per year Forest 2008– 1210 16950 enterprise 2010 Municipality services 2. Reconstruction of the buildings of Investment 2011– 7.05 1082 146 1023 budgetary institutions of the municipality, and strategic 2013 aiming to increase energy efficiency. planning Area 10819 m2. department 3. Renovation of Kybartai foster-house and Investment 2010 2 590 79.7 790 higher school. and strategic planning department 4. Installation of progressive accounting Branch of 2010– 1.1 715 132 1320 devices in all water consumption sectors. UAB 2013 “Litesko” 5. Reconstruction of Kybartai wastewater UAB 2010 11.75 100 1850 treatment plant completed. “Vilkaviškio vandenys” 6. Automation of territory and street Investment 2010– 0.28 553 102.3 716.1 lightening control, applying more and strategic 2013 efficient lightening measures. planning department 7. Usage of energy-saving and environment Investment 2011– 2.6 60.7 11.2 78.5 friendly lamps for illumination of streets and strategic 2014 and budgetary institutions (on the basis of planning light-emitting diodes). department Households 1. Overhaul and/ or reconstruction of Branch of 2010– 2.5 1072 144.8 796.2 heating and hot water systems of the UAB 2015 buildings. “Litesko” 2 Overlay of the roofs of residential multi- Municipality 2014- 0.6 1000 135 540 apartment buildings. 2018 Transport 1 Renewal of bus fleet, replacing old buses Municipality 2010– 6.3 43.2 l 64.8 398 (more than 20 years old) by new ones. 2014 Amount – 18 units. 2 Strengthening of road covering in State 2010– 2.97 3960l 1188 7128 Vilkaviškis district municipality (59.41 enterprise 2016 km). “Marijampol ės regiono keliai” 3 Road reconstruction in Vilkaviškis State 2011– 19.2 899 l 270 1080 district municipality (13.5 km). enterprise 2016 “Marijampol ės regiono keliai” 4 Improvement of black covering of State 2011– 8 9874 2962 22215 regional roads in Vilkaviškis district enterprise 2014 subdistricts (148.15 km). “Marijampol ės regiono keliai” 5 Construction of 9.5 km length circuit in State 2015– 20 833 500 1000 Vilkaviškis district. enterprise 2018 “Marijampol ės regiono keliai” 6 Construction of new streets (4 km). Investment 2010– 1.6 267 l 20 120 and strategy 2020 planning department 7 Construction of paths for pedestrians and State 2011– 0.49 326 98 392 bicycles near district roads (length – 4.89 enterprise 2016 km). “Marijampol ės regiono keliai” Local electricity production 1 Pilviškių hydropower plant system Private sector 2011– 2.2 - 1000 185 1295 modernization – automation, aiming to 2013 increase energy production from 800 thousand kW h to 1 800 thousand kWh. 2 Construction of wind power plants of 250 Private sector 2010– 13 - 3410 630 1262 kW power (average production of the 2020 energy per year – 310 thousand kWh). Planned – 11 units. 3. Construction of small scale individual Private sector 2013- 0.5 186 34 138 wind power plants in rural communities 2016 (power 5-15 KW) – 10 units. Local heat production 1 Construction of 5 MW power biofuel Branch of 2011– 6.5 - 5000 937 7026 boiler in Vilkaviškis boiler-house UAB 2013 (alternative for natural gas). “Litesko” 2 Constructing 1.5 MW power biofuel Branch of 2013– 2.0 - 1500 433 2383 boiler in Kybartai boiler-house, as UAB 2015 alternative for slate oil. “Litesko” 3 Reconstruction of heating supply pipes, Branch of 2012– 1.9 233 - 31.5 173 constructed in 1966–1989 (D200-283 m, UAB 2014 D150-98 m, D125-169 m, D100-130 m). “Litesko” 4 Automation of Vilkaviškis town heating Branch of 2012– 0.5 143 - 19.3 106 plants and mounting data supervision UAB 2014 control systems will decrease heating loss “Litesko” of the pipes by 2 percent. 5 Automation of Vilkaviškis town heating Branch of 2011– 1.4 1434 - 17 102 plants and mounting data supervision UAB 2014 control systems will decrease heating loss “Litesko” of the pipes by 2 percent. 6 Construction of geothermal energy plant Branch of 2014– 21.7 - 15000 2025 6075 of 7.5 MW power in Vilkaviškis. UAB 2017 “Litesko” 7 Reconstruction-modernization of small Vilkaviškis 2012– 3.5 - 1360 506 3542 boiler-houses of budgetary institutions (8 municipality 2013 units), replacing any type of solid fuel by biofuel. 8 Reconstruction of heat supply pipes (210 Branch of 2010 0.2 72 9.7 97 m) (72 MWh is saved per year). UAB “Litesko” 9 Expanding heating pipes, connecting new Branch of 2010 0.25 170 63.2 632 consumers to centralised heat supply UAB system eliminating one boiler-house “Litesko” operating combusting coal (demand of 170 MWh per year). 10 Connection of kindergarten of 504 m2 Economy 2011– 0.8 - - 0.58 4.6 area, heated by electricity, to centralised unit 2012 heat supply system. In total 62271

7.2. Additional information

CO2 emission factors National emission factors Emission factors, t/tne of 1997, t/GJ Type of fuel (Jaskelevičius, Liuga, 1997)

Natural gas 56.6 2.368 Sulphurous fuel oil 78 3.263 Little sulphurous fuel oil 78 3.263 Furnace fuel 74 3.096 Liquid oil gas 65 2.72 Not liquefied oil gas 65 2.72 Petrol 73 3.05 Diesel 74 3.09 Aviation petrol 72 3.01 Kerosene 74 3.09 Oil coke 101 (Cornier) 4.23 Other oil products 74 3.09 Orimulsion 81 3.39 Coal 95 3.98 Coal briquettes 95 3.98 Peat 102 4.27 Peat briquettes 102 4.27 Firewood 102 4.27 Slate 74 3.09

1 ha of newly planted forest absorbs approximately 10 t of CO2 per year (Ministry of Environment, 2008). After replacement of the windows losses of heat decrease by 1950 kWh/year for one window (Lithuanian Energy Institute, 2008). After renovation of the building, average expenses for heating decrease from 150 kWh/m2 to 50 kWh/m2 or 100 kWh/m2 (Lithuanian Energy Institute, 2008). Replacing 1 heat lamp by energy saving lamp 50 kWh are saved per year (Lithuanian Energy Institute, 2008). Heating station is reconstructed by restructuring heating and hot water supply pipes, which decreases heat consumption by 15-20 percent (Lithuanian Energy Institute, 2008). After combustion of 1 l petrol or diesel approximately 300 kg of CO2 is emitted (Jaskelevičius, Liuga, 1997).

7.3. Annex II: EXPLANATIONS

1. DECREASE OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN BUILDINGS Ite Actions Explanations Calculations m no. 1. Reconstruction of the buildings of Strategic development plan of municipality of CO2 decrease/year= municipality’s budgetary institutions, Vilkaviškis district for 2011–2018 envisaged 10819*100*0.135 aiming to increase energy efficiency. reconstruction of 4 kindergartens, 2 schools and 4 t/MWh=146 t Expected decrease of CO2 - 146 t/year public libraries, aiming to increase energy or 1022 t/7 years. efficiency of the building. The area of these buildings is 10819 m2. After renovation of the building, average expenses for heating decreases 2 by 100 kWh/m . Therefore the decrease of CO2 emissions due to renovation of the buildings per year is calculated by multiplying the energy saved in ten buildings by heat energy emission factor (0.135 t/MWh). 2 Overlay of the roofs of residential Overlay of the roof decreases the losses by 50 CO2 decrease/year= multi-apartment buildings - 20 000 kWh /m2 per year. Multiplying the saved heat 20000*50*0.135 2 m /year. Expected CO2 decrease - 146 energy by centralised heatCO2 emission factor, we t/MWh=146 t/year or 540 t/4 years. receive decreased CO2 emissions due to overlay of the buildings.

3 Overhaul and/ or reconstruction of Overhaul of heat and hot water pipes of the CO2 decrease/year= heating and hot water systems of the buildings allows decreasing heat losses by 15–20 7148.7*0.15*0.135 buildings. percent. Heat losses in Vilkaviškis district t/MWh=144.8 t/year Expected decrease of CO2 – 144.8 comprise 7148.7 MWh. (In accordance with the t/year or 796.2 t/5.5 years. survey of the economic activity of Heat supply companies for 2008-2009 provided by Association of Heat Suppliers, 18 percent from the supplied centralised heat). Decreasing heat losses by 15 percent, it is possible to determine the amounts of the saved heat energy. Multiplying the saved heat energy by CO2 emission factor of heat energy supplied in centralised way, we receive the decrease of CO2 emission per year due to overhaul of heating and hot water supply pipes of the buildings. 4. Renovation of Kybartai foster-home Multiplying the saved heat energy by centralised CO2 decrease/year= and higher school buildings, seeking heat CO2 emission factor, we receive decreased 590*0.135 to increase energy efficiency. CO2 emissions due to renovation of the buildings. t/MWh=79.7 t/year Expected economic impact of the project 590 MWh per year. Expected decrease of CO2 – 79.7 t/year or 790 t/10 years.

2. ADVOCACY AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF ALTERNATIVE, RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY Ite Actions Explanations Calculations m no. 1. Consistent informative- educational activity, distribution of educational material, dissemination of good experience, other measures (once per year). 2. Pilviškiai hydrpower plant Aiming to evaluate the decrease CO2 decrease/year= system modernization – of CO2 per year due to increase 1000 MWh*0.185 automation, aiming to increase of hydropower, increased t/MWh=185 t/year energy production from 800 production of electricity is thousand kW h to 1 800 multiplied by CO2 emission thousand kWh. factor of the electricity produced Expected decrease of CO2 – in the Republic of Lithuania. 185 t/year or 1295 t/7 years. 3. Construction of wind power Aiming to evaluate the decrease CO2 decrease/year= plants of 250 kW power of CO2 per year due to increase 310 MWh*11*0.185 (average production of the of electricity produced by wind t/MWh=630.9 t/year energy per year – 310 power plants, production of thousand kWh). Planned – 11 electricity is multiplied by CO2 units. emission factor of the electricity Expected decrease of CO2 – produced in the Republic of 630 t/year or 1261.8 t/2 years. Lithuania. 4. Construction of small-scale Aiming to evaluate the decrease CO2 decrease/year= individual wind power plants of CO2 per year due to increase 18.6 MWh*10*0,185 (5-15 kW power) - 10 units. of electricity produced by wind t/MWh=34 t/year Expected annual production of power plants, production of electricity of such capacity electricity is multiplied by CO2 power plant would be 18.6 emission factor of the electricity MWh. produced in the Republic of Expected CO2 decrease is 34 Lithuania. t/year or 138 t/4 years.

3. PROMOTION O F EFFECTIV USE OF ENERGY IN HOUSEHOLDS, PUBLIC ACTIVITIES AND PRODUCTION

Ite Actions Explanations Calculations m no. 1. Installation of modern accounting Installation of modern accounting CO2 decrease/year= devices in all water consumption devices will decrease water losses by 7148.7 MWh*0.1*0.185 sectors (water loss will be decreased up to 10 percent; therefore, the heat t/MWh=132 t/year by up to 10 %). supply should decrease by the same Expected decrease of CO2 – 132 amount. Multiplying the saved heat t/year or 1320 t/10 years. energy by CO2 emission factor of the heat energy supplied in centralised way, we receive the avoided CO2 emissions. 2. Reconstruction of Kybartai The amount of the electricity consumed CO2 decrease/year= wastewater treatment plant by the new Kybartai wastewater 100 MWh*0.185 t/MWh=185 completed. treatment plant is smaller than that of t/year Expected decrease of CO2 – 185 the old wastewater treatment plant by 5 t/year or 1850 t/10 years. percent that allows saving 100 MWh electricity energy per year. Multiplying the saved electricity energy by CO2 emission factor of the electricity energy, we receive the avoided CO2 emissions.

3. Construction of new water supply and wastewater pipes.

4. Automation of territory and street Aiming to evaluate the decrease of CO2 CO2 decrease/year= lightening control under the per year, it is necessary to evaluate the 533 MWh**0.185 t/MWh=102.3 conditions of economic crisis, by decrease of electricity and multiply it t/year applying more efficient lightening by CO2 emission factor of the measures and decreasing working electricity produced in the Republic of hours will allow decreasing Lithuania. electricity consumption from 1.776 million KWh per year to 1.223 million KWh per year (duration 4 years). Expected decrease of CO2 – 11.2 t/year or 78.5 t/7 years. 5. Usage of energy-saving and Aiming to evaluate the decrease of CO2 CO2 decrease/year= environment friendly lamps for per year, it is necessary to evaluate the 0.050 MWh*1213*0.185 illumination of streets and decrease of electricity and multiply it t/MWh=11.2 t/year by CO2 emission factor of the budgetary institutions (on the electricity produced in the Republic of basis of light-emitting diodes) Lithuania. Replacing 1 heat lamp by - 1213 units. energy saving lamp, 50 kWh is saved Expected decrease of CO2 - 11.2 per year. Replacing 1213 units of t/year or 78.5 t/7 years. chandeliers, electricity would be saved and CO2 emissions would be avoided.

4. DECREASE OF TRANSPORT POLLUTION IN THE DISTRICT Ite Actions Explanations Calculations m no. 1. Renewal of bus fleet, replacing old New buses consume fuel approximately CO2 decrease/year= buses (more than 20 years old) by 15 percent more efficiently, therefore the 18*16*5*0.15*300 kg/l=64.8 new ones. Amount – 18 units. decrease of CO2 emissions is evaluated t/year Expected decrease of CO2 – 64.8 in accordance with CO2 emission factors t/year or 389 t/6 years. and fuel consumption efficiency, which is calculated by multiplying the duration of driving of the buses per day by average amount of fuel, consumed per hour, driving in town – 5 l diesel per hour. Average bus driving duration per day – 16 hours. 2. Strengthening of road covering in 950 motor cars cross Vilkaviškis district CO2 decrease/year= Vilkaviškis district municipality per day, 360 – trucks and 23 passenger 1333/2*0.1 l/km*59.41 km*300 (59.41 km). cars, in total – 1333 vehicles. On average kg/l= 1188 t/year Expected decrease of CO2 – 1188 a car for 1 km consumes 0.1 l of fuel. t/year or 7128 t/6 year. After improving of the road covering, it is possible to increase the speed of driving of the cars. For example, if the allowable speed is increased by 10 km/h, throughput increases twice, i.e. the number of the cars of the road decreases twice. Therefore, it is possible to evaluate the decreased flow of the cars, decreased numbers of the combusted fuel and the avoided emissions of CO2, when driving along 59.41 km of the improved road.

3. Road reconstruction in Vilkaviškis 1333 vehicles cross Vilkaviškis district CO2 decrease/year= district municipality (13.5 km). per day. On average a car for 1 km 1333/2*0.1 l/km*13.5 km*300 Expected decrease of CO2 – 270 consumes 0.1 l of fuel. After improving kg/l= 270 t/year t/year or 1080 t/4 year. of the road covering, it is possible to increase car driving speed. For example, if the allowable speed increases by 10 km/h, the number of the cars on the road decreases twice almost. Therefore, due to twice as small number of the cars on the road it is possible to evaluate the decreased amounts of the combusted fuel and avoided emissions of CO2, riding along 13.5 km of the reconstructed road. 4. Improvement of black covering of Due to twice decreased flow of the cars it CO2 decrease/year= regional roads in Vilkaviškis district is possible to evaluate the decreased 1333/2*0.1 l/km*148.15 km*300 subdistricts (148.15 km). amounts of the combusted fuel and the kg/l= 2962 t/year Expected decrease of CO2 – 2962 avoided emissions of CO2, riding along t/year or 22215 t/7.5 years. 148.15 km of reconstructed road.

5. Construction of 9.5 km length circuit After construction of the circuit 1333 CO2 decrease/year= in Vilkaviškis district. vehicles do not cross Vilkaviškis town 1333*5 l/h*0.25 h*300 kg/l= Expected decrease of CO2 – 500 centre and emissions of CO2 will be 500 t/year t/year or 1000 t/2 years. avoided this way. The car consumes 5 l of fuel per hour in town. For example, approximately a quarter of hour is needed to cross Vilkaviškis town. Therefore, the avoided emissions of CO2 due to the constructed circuit are calculated as decrease of fuel consumption, when 1333 vehicles do not cross town centre (duration of riding – 0.25 h). 6. Construction of new streets (4 km). 1333 vehicles cross Vilkaviškis district CO2 decrease/year= Expected decrease of CO2 – 20 t/year per day. On average a car for 1 km 1333/2*0.1 l/km*4 km*300 kg/l= or 120 t/6 years. consumes 0.1 l of fuel. After improving 20 t/year of the road covering, it is possible to increase car driving speed. For example, if the allowable speed increases by 10 km/h, the number of the cars on the road decreases twice almost. Therefore, due to twice as small number of the cars on the road it is possible to evaluate the decreased amounts of the combusted fuel and avoided emissions of CO2, riding along 4 km of new street. 7. Implementing educational activity, encouraging inhabitants to use only environment friendly cars. Consistently to apply preventive and administrative measures. Expected decrease of CO2 within 10 years. 8. Construction of paths for pedestrians It is possible to evaluate that after CO2 decrease/year= and bicycles near district roads construction of the path for bicycles, the 1333/2*0.1 l/km*4.89 km*300 (length – 4.89 km). flow of the cars on this road will kg/l= 98 t/year Expected decrease of CO2 – 98 t/year decrease. Therefore, the emissions of or 392 t/4 years. CO2 avoided due to construction of path for bicycles are calculated as the decrease of fuel consumption, needed for driving 4.89 km by car. As the flow of the cars decreases twice, the avoided emissions of CO2 are calculated.

5. MODERNIZATION OF HEATING ECONOMY OF THE DISTRICT Ite Actions Explanations Calculations m no. 1. Costruction of 5MW power biofuel Average annual biofuel boiler CO2 decrease/year= boiler in Vilkaviškis boiler-house exploitation duration is approximately 5000 MWh*0.92*0.086 tne/MWh* (alternative for natural gas). 1000 h. Efficiency is about 92 percent. 2,368 t/tne=937 t/year Expected decrease of CO2 is 937 CO2 decrease due to replacement of t/year or 7026 t/7.5 years. natural gas with biofuel, the received heat production scope (tne), after evaluation of the conversion losses, multiplyed by natural gas emissions of CO2 (2.368 t/tne). 2. Mounting 1.5 MW power biofuel Average annual biofuel boiler CO2 decrease/year= boiler in Kybartai boiler-house, as exploitation duration approximately 1500 MWh/0.92*0.086 tne/MWh* alternative for slate oil. 1000 h. Efficiency is about 92 percent 3,09 t/tne=433 t/year Expected decrease of CO2 is 433 CO2 decrease due to replacement of t/year or 2383 t/5.5 years. natural gas with biofuel, the received heat production scope (tne), after evaluation of the conversion losses, multiplying by slate oil CO2 emission factor (3.09 t/tne). 3. Reconstruction of heating supply If reconstruction of heat supply pipes CO2 decrease/year= pipes, constructed in 1966–1989 (210 m) allows saving 72 MWh of heat 0,343 MWh/m*680 m*0.135= (D200-283 m, D150-98 m, D125- energy per year, reconstruction of 1 m 31.5 t/year 169 m, D100-130 m). of pipes allows saving 0.343 MWh per Expected decrease of CO2 – 31.5 year. Having evaluated total length of t/year or 173.3 t/5.5 years. the reconstructed pipes (680 m), we can evaluate the saved heat energy and taking into consideration CO2 emission factor of the heat provided in centralised way, evaluate the decrease of CO2 emissions due to reconstruction of heat pipes. 4. Automation of Vilkaviškis town Seeking to evaluate the annual CO2 CO2 decrease/year= heating plants and instalment of data decrease due to automation of heating 7148.7 MWh*0.02* 0.135 supervision control systems will stations and mounting data supervision t/MWh=19.3 t/year decrease heating loss of the pipes by control systems, it is necessary to 2 percent. calculate the saved heat. Heat losses in Expected decrease of CO2 – 19.3 Vilkaviškis district comprise 7148.7 t/year or 106 t/5.5 year. MWh. (In accordance with the survey of the economic activity of Heat supply companies for 2008-2009 provided by Association of Heat Suppliers, 18 percent from the supplied centralised heat). Decreasing heat losses by 2 percent it is possible to determine the amounts of the saved energy and multiplying them by CO2 emission factors of the heat provided in centralized way, to determine the avoided emissions of CO2 due to automation of heat stations. 5. Partial reconstruction of boiler- Aiming to evaluate annual CO2 CO2 decrease/year= houses (total power 16.02 MW), decrease due to partial reconstruction [(16.02MW *1000 h)/0.92]- improving their work, efficiency, of the boiler-houses, fuel combustion [(16.02MW *1000 h)/0.85]* 0.086 aiming to increase their efficiency economy is calculated, after increase of tne/MWh*0.135 t/MWh= 17 t/year from 85 percent to 92 percent. fuel combustion efficiency. The Expected decrease of CO2 – 17 t/year avoided emissions of CO2 are or 102 t/6 years. calculated by having evaluated the energy conversion loss difference after reconstruction and the CO2 emission factor of the heat provided in centralised way. 6. Construction of geothermal energy Annual heat production of geothermal CO2 decrease/year= plant of 7.5 MW power in power plant reaches 15000 MWh. CO2 15000 MWh*0.135 t/MWh=2025 Vilkaviškis. decrease due to usage of geothermal t/year Expected decrease of CO2 – 2025 power plant can be determined by t/year or 6075 t/3 years. multiplying the amount of heat produced within it by the CO2 emission factor of the heat provided in centralised way. 7. Reconstruction-modernization of Annual heat production of one small CO2 decrease/year= small boiler-houses of budgetary boiler-houses of the budgetary (170 MWh* 8)/0.92* 0.086 institutions (8 units), replacing any institutions reaches 170 MWh. Seeking tne/MWh* 3.98 t/tne=506 t/year type of solid fuel by biofuel. Total to evaluate the decrease of CO2 heating area of the boiler-houses – emissions due to conversion of the 37 422 m2. solid fuel into biofuel, annual heat Expected decrease of CO2 – 506 production, the evaluated fuel t/year or 3542 t/7 years. combustion losses (92 percent), must be multiplied by CO2 emission factors of coal. 8. Reconstruction of heat supply pipes Taking into consideration the CO2 CO2 decrease/year= (210 m) (72 MWh is saved per year). emission factor of the energy provided 72 MWh*0.135= 9.7/year Expected decrease of CO2 – 9.7 in centralised way, it is possible to t/year or 97 t/10 years. evaluate the decrease of CO2 emissions, after decrease of heat energy losses due to the reconstruction of heat pipes.

9. Expanding heating pipes, connecting Seeking to evaluate the decrease of CO2 decrease/year= new consumers to centralised heat CO2 emissions due to elimination of (170 MWh)/0.92* 0.086 supply system eliminating one power plant operating on coal tne/MWh* 3.98 t/tne=63.2 t/year boiler-house operating on combustion, its annual heat production, combusting coal with the demand of the evaluated fuel combustion losses 170 MWh per year. (92 percent), must be multiplied by Expected decrease of CO2 – 63.2 CO2 emission factor of coal. t/year or 632 t/10 years.

10. Connection of kindergarten of 504 In accordance with heat consumption CO2 decrease/year= m2 area, heated using electricity, to data of 1 m2 heated area, 22.9 kWh/m2 11.5 MWh * 0.05 t/tne=0.58 t/year centralised heat supply system. it is possible to evaluate the decrease of Expected decrease of CO2 – 0.58 CO2 emissions caused by connection of t/year or 4.6 t/8 years. 504 m2 area building to centralized heat energy supply system. Replacing electricity heating with centralized heating, the decrease of CO2 emissions is calculated by multiplying the heat input (22.9 kWh/m2 *504 m2 =11.5 MWh) by the difference in electricity and centralised heating CO2 emission factors (0.185t/MWh- 0.135t/MWh)=0.05 5 tMWh.

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Action plan prepared by: Algimantas MACKEVIČIUS – assistant of the Mayor of Vilkaviškis district municipality

Consultants: prof. dr. Dalia ŠTREIMIKIENĖ – senior researcher at Lithuanian Institute of Energy

Inga RINGAILAITĖ – Director. PO “Sustainable Development Initiatives DVI”

Approved by the City Council of Vilkaviškis District Municipality on Sepetmber 24, 2010, Desicion No B-TS-1278.