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Local sustainable energy policies: Working in synergy with the private sector?

WORKING IN SYNERGY WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR?

Energie-Cités Annual Conference in Martigny (CH) More than 200 participants from 22 European countries attended the Energie-Cités 9th Annual Conference. Specialists from various European towns and cities and from partner organisations of local authorities shared their experience and know-how over the two-day period.

The issue of partnerships between public and private sectors is being debated in local authorities across Europe in all fields, including energy. It is clear that responses differ according to history, the traditional role of the public sector, the competences of local authority staff, the degree of local autonomy, the level of financial resources, and whether there is an energy services market. The differences are already marked within Western Europe alone; they are even more pronounced with the entry of ten new countries into the European Union, and Europe-wide mutual aid is vital.

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THURSDAY 22 APRIL 2004

Energie-Cités staff in Martigny (CH) 9.00 - 10.00 Opening Session Pierre Crittin, President of Martigny Hans-Luzius Schmid, Deputy Director, Office Fédéral de l’Energie Suisse-OFEN Thomas Burgener, State Councillor of the Canton of Valais Gonzalo Molina-Igartua, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG TREN Søren Møller, Deputy Mayor of Odense (DK), President of Energie-Cités

10.00 - 10.30 Overview: What can municipalities expect from their relations with the private sector?

PDF - 260.6 kb  Overview of Gérard Magnin, Executive Director of Energie-Cités (en) - 260.6 kb

11.00 - 12.30 Working group 1: Performance contracting Moderator: Jürgen Lottermoser, Saarbrücken (DE)

PDF - 109 kb  Bulgarian Municipalities Use Private Capital for Energy Efficiency Improvement - Kiril Vidolov, Varna (BG) (en) - 109 kb
PDF - 694 kb  Le réseau "Cités de l’énergie" - Brigitte Dufour-Fallot, SuisseEnergie (CH) (fr) - 694 kb
PDF - 205.3 kb  Experience of contracting in the domestic sector, Tony Rose, Helpco (GB) (en) - 205.3 kb

11.00 - 12.30 Working group 2: Public procurement Moderator: Martin Fodor, Environment Agency (GB)

PDF - 8.5 Mb  Multi-coloured electricity, Anne Favatier, SIG (CH) (fr) - 8.5 Mb
PDF - 987.7 kb  The Barcelona Solar Thermal Ordinance, Toni Pujol, Barcelona Energy Agency (ES) (en) - 987.7 kb

11.00 - 12.30 Working group 3: Urban planning & concessions Moderator: Trevor Graham, Malmö (SE)
Influencing energy issues through urban planning, Dieter Wörner, Freiburg (DE)

PDF - 2.4 Mb  Tendering for the supply of energy infrastructure - Edwin van der Wel, Almere (NL) (en) - 2.4 Mb
PDF - 11.1 Mb  Concessions et garanties du Service Public - Jean-Marc Revaz, Groupe Synergy (CH) (fr) - 11.1 Mb

11.00 - 12.30 Working group 4: Certificate schemes Moderator: Sophie Attali, ICE (FR)

PDF - 201 kb  Le marché des certificats verts en région wallone - Grégoire Clerfayt, Région wallone (BE) (fr) - 201 kb

Towards white certificates in France, François Moisan, ADEME (FR)

Don Lack, City of Leicester (UK) 14.00 - 15.30 Working group 5: Towards practical guidelines: performance contracting - Moderator: Gerry Wardell, Dublin (IE)

PDF - 7.3 Mb  Contracting: towards practical guidelines - Michael Geissler, Berliner Energy Agency (DE) (en) - 7.3 Mb

Voice from the floor: Don Lack, Leicester (GB)

14.00 - 15.30 Working group 6: Towards practical guidelines: public procurement - Moderator: Vasco Ferreira, Vila Nova de Gaia (PT)

PDF - 6.9 Mb  Guidelines for Renewable Electricity - Paul Isbell, Bristol (GB) (en) - 6.9 Mb

General advice on influencing sustainable construction, Dr Hauer, Wien (AT)

14.00 - 15.30 Working group 7: Out-sourcing awareness raising Moderator: Jaroslav Marousek, Seven (CZ)

PDF - 660.9 kb  Bringing together the local players, Michele Macaluso & Bartolomeo Sciannimanica, Napoli (IT) (en) - 660.9 kb
PDF - 3.3 Mb  The municipal utility as a channel for energy advice, Vera Litzka, ASEW (DE) (en) - 3.3 Mb
PDF - 11.1 Mb  Warm zones limited - William Gillis, NEA (en) - 11.1 Mb

14.00 - 15.30 Working group 8: Promotion funds & schemes Moderator: Martin Bella, Slovakian Energy Agency (SK)

PDF - 3.9 Mb  Energy performance contracting to update a whole town - Ian Jarvis, Greater Toronto Area (CA) (en) - 3.9 Mb

The Partnership contract "proKlima" as a model for successful cooperative climate protection, Manfred Görg, Hannover (DE)

PDF - 247.8 kb  Solar stock exchange - Bruno Bébié, Zürich (CH) (en) - 247.8 kb

16.00 - 17.00 A closer look at the activities of Energie-Cités Christiane Maurer, Energie-Cités and project partners

FRIDAY 23 APRIL 2004

Gonzalo Molina-Iguarta, European Commission, DG TREN 9.00 - 10.00 Exchange Forum on the principal themes of the conference
This session will be organised in the form of discussion tables led by one or several specialists on each of the following topics:

  • Performance contracting
  • Public procurement
  • Urban planning & concessions
  • Certificate schemes
  • Out-sourcing awareness raising
  • Promotion funds & schemes

Chair: Eckart Würzner, Deputy Mayor of Heidelberg (DE), Vice-President of Energie-Cités

11.30 - 12.30 Municipal buildings: Working together towards class “A”
Public launch of DISPLAY, the Energie-Cités’ European Municipal Buildings Climate Campaign. Project supported by the European Commission (DG ENV).
Chair: Jean-Luc Daubaire, Deputy Mayor of Rennes (FR)

  • The DISPLAY-Label, Jeremy Draper, Milton Keynes (GB)
  • Expectations and comments of the European Commission:
    Gonzalo Molina-Igartua, DG TREN
    Mark Bacon, DG ENV
  • Getting into practice, Pedro Machado, Almada (PT)
  • Call to join the Campaign, Inge Van de Klundert, Utrecht (NL)
  • Don Lack, Leicester (GB)

14.00 - 14.45 European Directive Proposal on energy end-use efficiency and energy services
Chair: Danielle Auroi, MEP, Councillor of Clermont-Ferrand (FR), Vice-President of Energie-Cités

PDF - 40.9 kb  Gonzalo Molina-Igartua, Head of Unit, European Commission , DG TREN - 40.9 kb

DG TREN
Questions-Answers

14.45 - 16.15 Round table : How to achieve a successful win-win partnership with the private sector in the field of sustainable energy to the benefit of citizens and local authorities?
Chair: Andy Vincent, Councillor of Leicester (GB), Vice-President of Energie-Cités

  • Rik Grashof, Delft (NL)
  • Andrew Warren, The European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings-EuroACE (EUR)
  • Georges Ohana, Lausanne (CH)
  • Zdravko Genchev, EcoEnergy Network (BG)
  • Gianluca Sambucini, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe-UNECE
    Voice from the floor: Martin Cahn, Energie-Cités

Board of Directors of Energie-Cités in Martigny (CH)

16.15 - 16.30 Conclusion by the President of Energie-Cités
Announcement of the 10th Annual Conference of Energie-Cités in Clermont-Ferrand



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