Ministry of Nature Protection of RA Green Urban Lighting UNDP-GEF/00074869 Project PROGRESS REPORT ON ACTIVITIES PERFORMED FROM JANUARY 2014 TO MAY 2016 YEREVAN – 2016 The present report is developed in the frames of “Green Urban Lighting” UNDP-GEF/00074869 Project Implementing agencies Ministry of Nature Protection of the RA Executing agency UN Development Programme UNDP CC Program Coordinator D. Harutyunyan Expert Team A.Kharazyan Project Task Leader / Senior Local Expert on Energy Efficiency A.Gulkanyan Local Expert on Energy Efficient Lighting Market and Technologies K.Sargsyan Local Expert on Lighting System Audit (technical and supervision) H.Nunyan Local Expert on Economic Assessment and Financial Mechanisms V.Harutyunyan Local Expert on Municipal Energy Efficient Lighting Pilot Projects A.Hambaryan Expert on Development of Teaching Modules on Light and Energy Efficient Lighting Technologies A.Tsughunyan Expert on Energy Auditing and Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency Potential T.Sekoyan Local Expert on Lighting System Audit (methodology and assessment) A.Karapetyan Expert on Building Codes and Standards M. Arzangulyan Expert Team Assistant V.Mardirossian Driver / Monitor Main partner and contractor - Yerevan Municipality organizations - National Polytechnic University of Armenia - “Shinsertificate” LCC - Center for Light Emitting Diode and Optic-Electronic Technologies of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Russian Lighting Research Institute named after S.I. Vavilov - “World Vision Armenia” International Relief and Development Organization - Design for Lighting LTD, UK Address: Government bld. #3, room 549, Republic Square, Yerevan, Armenia, 0010 Tel.: (+374 10) 583 932, 583 920 Fax: (+374 10) 583 933 E-mail: [email protected] Web-site: www.nature-ic.am 2 ABBREVIATIONS CJSC Closed Joint-Stock Company CNCO Community Non-Commercial Organization EE Energy efficiency GEF Global Environmental Facility GHG Greenhouse gases G2iA Armenia-France Inter-Professional Network HPSL High-Pressure Sodium Lamps KM Knowledge management LED Light Emitting Diodes LLC Limited Liability Company MEPS Minimum Energy Performance Standards MoNP Ministry of Nature Protection of RA MoUD Ministry of Urban Development of RA MoENR Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of RA MV Mercury vapor NPUA National Polytechnic University of Armenia PR Public relations RA Republic of Armenia R2E2 Fund Armenia Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund RV Revolving Fund SARM National Institute for Standards of Armenia TA Technical assistance UNDP United Nation Development Program YIC Yerevan Illumination Company CJSC YM Yerevan Municipality UNITS OF MEASURE W Watt kW kilowatt kWh kilowatt per hour MWh megawatt per hour m meter m2 square meter °C degrees centigrade Lx lux 3 Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 6 2. Expert team mobilization ......................................................................................................................... 8 3. Inception workshop and report ..............................................................................................................10 4. Technical Advisory Committee ...............................................................................................................11 5. Activities aimed at building knowledge and capacities for urban green lighting ...................................11 5.1. Audits of public (municipal) lighting systems ...................................................................................... 11 5.2. Methodological guide for audit of municipal lighting systems ........................................................... 14 5.3. Study tour on advanced technologies in urban lighting ...................................................................... 14 5.4. Technical training, capacity building and education for the respective stakeholders ........................ 15 5.4.1. Development of training and capacity building materials .........................................................15 5.4.2. Organization of trainings and capacity building events.............................................................18 5.5. Increased awareness and support among the general public for green urban lighting programs ..... 22 5.5.1. Awareness raising activities, material and publications ............................................................22 5.5.2. Participation in international events .........................................................................................26 5.6. Establishment of a testing laboratory for lighting equipment and educational laboratory in a university ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 5.6.1. Establishment of the first modern photometric laboratory in Armenia ...................................26 5.6.2. Establishment of an educational laboratory .............................................................................27 5.7. Evaluation of results of awareness raising and capacity building efforts ........................................... 27 6. Pilot urban green lighting projects .........................................................................................................29 6.1. Completed pilot projects on energy efficient street lighting .............................................................. 31 6.2. On-going pilot projects on energy efficient street lighting ................................................................. 39 6.3. Ongoing pilot projects on energy efficient roadway tunnel lighting .................................................. 41 6.4. Ongoing pilot projects on energy efficient indoor lighting ................................................................. 42 7. Financial and institutional mechanisms for scaling up municipal EE lighting programs ........................43 7.1. Establishment of municipal energy efficient lighting funds ................................................................ 43 7.1.1. Replication of EE lighting technologies financed by the municipal revolving fund in Yerevan .45 7.1.2. Development and delivery of an application to financial institutions and facilities for funding EE lighting investments in Yerevan .......................................................................46 7.1.3. Development and delivery of an application to financial institutions and facilities for funding EE lighting investments in other municipalities ....................................................46 7.1.4. Organization of a tender for at least one ESCO to provide energy efficient lighting services ..47 7.2. Development and approval of the city-wide program on public lighting in Yerevan ......................... 48 7.3. Facilitation of public lighting modernization programs in other cities in Armenia ............................. 48 8. National policies, codes, and standards on EE lighting ..........................................................................49 8.1. Phase-out of incandescent lighting and/or other major national policies on EE lighting ................... 51 8.1.1. Residential energy consumption survey ....................................................................................51 8.1.2. Development of proposals on safe management and disposal of mercury containing lamps .52 8.2. Development and adoption of new standards for lighting quality, lighting design in buildings and construction, and lighting issues in public health .................................................................. 52 8.2.1. Development of a draft Law of RA “On making an amendment and an addition into the RA law “On energy efficiency and renewable energy“ .........................................53 4 8.2.2. Decision of RA Government “On implementation of energy saving and energy efficiency improvement measures in facilities being constructed under the state funding” ................................53 8.2.3. Update of the existing norms of RA on natural and artificial illumination ................................54 8.3. Development and adoption of new rules for state agencies on procurement of energy-efficient lighting ............................................................................................................................... 54 9. Conclusions .............................................................................................................................................55 Annex I: Recommendations ...........................................................................................................................59 End of project targets at the project objective level and related GHG Accounting ..................................... 59 Indoor lighting .............................................................................................................................................. 60 Revolving funds, municipal programs and project exit strategy .................................................................. 61 Knowledge management ............................................................................................................................. 62 Other recommendations .............................................................................................................................. 63 Annex II: Project Logframe and Performance