Planning, Climate Change and Energy in Ireland Irish Planning Institute Guide Over the past 3 years, the IPI have In addition to delivering an energy pilot been working closely with training programme, the IPI has also SPECIAL: Building the capacity other European town planning associ- produced this essential guide on of Town Planning Associations ations to deliver a unique and much Planning, Climate Change and needed energy upskilling project to Energy in Ireland which assembles to plan and deliver sustainable planners and related professions alike. some key aspects of the project that Considering the approaching highlight the delivery of the training energy solutions climate change targets, it is a timely programme, important developments and worthwhile project to ensure envi- within energy planning and also ronmental considerations for highlight best practice European Spatial planning has a key role to play through individual pilot training sustainable development are inte- case studies. in creating urban environments that programmes devised with experts grated within the planning system at support less energy-intense lifestyles in the field. the earliest opportunity and also to The IPI is proud to have been and communities. Spatial planning and bridge the gap between sustainable involved in such an important project urban planners have a pivotal role in Key Objectives energy planning and spatial planning and we will endeavour to continue to developing energy strategies and as separate processes. work with and seek opportunities for actions plans and the Spatial Planning To build the capacity of partner collaboration with our European and Energy in All Landscapes Town Planning Associations Throughout the course of the project, partner associations in the future. (SPECIAL) project was set up to help (TPAs), or their equivalent, to the IPI and project partners experi- bridge the gap between climate integrate sustainable energy enced great success in the delivery of Deirdre Fallon MIPI change/energy action planning and solutions into spatial planning their pilot training, the learning from President, Irish Planning Institute spatial and urban planning and most training, practice and delivery. which I’m sure will be carried on for importantly, help partner countries many years to come. meet the EU’s challenging energy and To foster the exchange of climate change target for 2020. experience and compe- tence-building among SPECIAL, funded by Intelligent Energy national and regional TPAs, Europe, focused on spatial planning to demonstrate the integration for the deployment of local energy effi- of sustainable energy into ciency and renewable energy solu- spatial planning strategies tions, led by the Town and Country at local and regional levels. Planning Association (TCPA) with part- ner planning associations in Ireland, To stimulate the improved Sweden, Hungary, Italy, Greece, energy related competence Germany and Austria. of town planners working within local authorities, At the heart of the SPECIAL project leading to good practice was a focus on training and capacity examples of integrated spatial building and the cascading of that planning strategies for knowledge through the professional low-carbon towns and regions. networks of each partner to reach practising planners at the local level 1 | Planning, Climate Change and Energy in Ireland - Irish Planning Institute Guide Planning, Climate Change and Energy in Ireland - Irish Planning Institute Guide | 2 This guide is part of the competence building programme of the project SPECIAL Special Project Partners to consolidate the skills and knowledge of planners in local authorities, private consultancies or other institutions. It also captures the experiences and best practices models from SPECIAL partners through case study examples. CONTENTS Planning and Energy: The SPECIAL Project 5 Planning for Sustainable Energy 14 Advancing Evidence Based Energy Policy in Ireland A Spatial Energy Demand Analysis 22 of South Dublin County The Modular Approach to Up-Skilling in the SPECIAL Project 39 United Kingdom Multipliers Spatial Planning and Energy at the 11th Biennial of European Towns 47 Town and Country Planning SPECIAL Partners work through and Town Planners Association (Project Lead) multipliers in their respective coun- The Sustainable Municipality Planning Approach 54 tries. The IPI multipliers are South Ireland Dublin County Council, Electricity INDICATE - Indicator-based Interactive Decision Support and Information Exchange 66 Irish Planning Institute Supply Board International, Platform for Smart Cities Sustainable Energy Authority of Heat Planning at a Local Level in Ireland Using GIS Energy Mapping 77 Germany Ireland and City of Dublin Energy German Institute of Urban Affairs Management Agency. CASE STUDIES: he SPECIAL (Spatial Planning for Solar Atlas of Berlin, Germany 13 Sweden Swedish Society for Town and Energy Masterplan for Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity Area, London, UK 20 Country Planning The Territorial Energy Concept, Geneva, Switzerland 37 District Heating Manual for London, UK 45 Hungary Hungary Urban Knowledge Centre The Stockholm Royal Seaport - Eco City District, Stockholm, Sweden 52 Renewable Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, Germany 64 Greece Organisation for Master Plan EU Covenant of Mayors Programme and Sustainable Energy Action Plans 73 and Environmental Protection Community Engagement and Energy Retrofit Programmes, Southampton, UK 85 of Thessaloniki Planning and Energy at ‘zero:e park am Hirtenbach’, Hannover, Germany 87 Italy Grangegorman Urban Regeneration the Development of an Education and Health 89 National Centre for Town Planning Campus, Dublin, Ireland Studies Editor: Hendrik van der Kamp Austria Disclaimer: The sole responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the Provincial Government of Styria, authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EASME nor the European Commission are responsible for any use Department of Spatial Planning Law that may be made of the information contained therein. 3 | Planning, Climate Change and Energy in Ireland - Irish Planning Institute Guide Planning, Climate Change and Energy in Ireland - Irish Planning Institute Guide | 4 together with the European Council of Second, and towards the end of the Planning and Energy: Spatial Planners (ECTP-CEU) was also project, a pan-European guide was The SPECIAL Project an important feature of the project. developed to assist planners and interested parties to adopt the lessons Hendrik W van der Kamp, Editor This enabled the project to have even learned into practice. more widespread engagement across Europe than would otherwise be the A second important principle is the case. ECTP-CEU was founded in 1985 idea to ‘multiply’ the benefits of and forms an umbrella group of learning by adopting a wide network Energy in Communities of All ners, it should seek to multiply the professional associations of planners. of collaborating parties within the Landscapes) project, funded by benefits of knowledge through a It currently brings together 30 profes- respective partner countries. This also Intelligent Energy Europe, is a three network of partners, and it should sional town planning associations and was a core element in the project pro- year project on integrating spatial celebrate best practice across Europe. institutes from 27 European countries posal. The embedding of a large num- planning and energy. With the Town as well as corresponding members. ber of participants into the project was and Country Planning Association as The first principle requires that the to deliver on the aim of the project to the initiator and lead partner, eight project partners should be associa- The collaboration with ECTP-CEU took promote integrated renewable energy partners in the project, all Town tions of practicing town planners. This two specific forms. First, the 2014 strategies and building the capacity of Planning Institutes worked together provided the scope to put spatial plan- edition of the bi-annual European the partner planning associations in during three years to improve the ning central. By understanding planning awards invited submissions the planning and delivery of renewable competencies of planners in delivering the potential contribution that spatial of planning projects that are based energy solutions. renewable energy at the local level. planning can make, all participants on the specific topic of energy and were able to engage effectively from spatial planning. By first obtaining the knowledge but The SPECIAL project started in 2013 the start. then sharing that learning through and will come to a close at the final The four winners (See Box 2) are all their professional networks and maxi- conference in London in February TCPA was ideally placed as a lead examples where this is the case. mise the dissemination of their train- 2016. During this period the project partner for the project not only will have delivered on the key because of its experience with objective to get more planners European projects incl. in the energy throughout Europe aware of the field, but also because it embraces potential of spatial planning to reduce spatial planning and the common good the energy demands in particular fossil principles as its core principles. TCPA fuel based energy. found effective and enthusiastic proj- ect partners in seven other European The aim of the project was to demon- countries (Austria, Germany, Greece, strate