STACCATO

Sustainable Technologies and Combined Community Approaches Take Off

Staccato is part of the broader CONCERTO initiative with the aim of accelerating innovation in renewable energy (RE) solutions, advance energy efficiency (EE) and systems for poly-generation linked together with concepts for eco-buildings.

Participating communities: Amsterdam (NL), Budapest (HU) and Sofia (BG).

In this project three European capital cities emphasise the importance of the implementation of energy efficiency and sustainable energy measures in renovation projects. The main objective of the project is to accelerate the implementation of renewable energy and efficiency measures in the redevelopment of large areas. Three ambitious demonstration sites (2,500 apartments) will be realised and monitored.

In Amsterdam, the activities concentrate in the district Amsterdam-Noord, which has been developed rapidly in the post war period. For most of these buildings renovation is required, both from a technical, as well as from a social point of view. This is the perfect opportunity to integrate energy measures in both the building blocks and the energy supply.

The City Council of Obuda, a district of Budapest with 127,000 inhabitants approved a development plan of the district in which one of the main duties is the energy efficiency reconstruction of blockhouses. The proposed renovation project, named Obuda “Forte” contains a complete insulation package for 5 buildings (900 flats) including the renovation of the heat system infrastructure leading to energy efficiency levels exceeding the national requirements for new buildings.

Oborishte district is one of the older parts of the city of Sofia, and is the third CONCERTO community in this project. The activities envisage the renovation of five apartment blocks with very poor thermal characteristics. The domestic hot water system will be separated from the district heating system and solar energy systems of in total 600 m2 will be installed on the roof of the building supplying them with a significant amount of renewable energy.

The project will be supported by researchers and technical specialists to ensure the quality of the measures, while city networks will ensure that the results are made available to other cities and industry through wide dissemination.

As associated partners, the cities of Nieuwegein (NL), Pulawy (PL) and network of Hungarian municipalities (EHOSZ) will be the first to study the results and work-methods and make local energy analysis in order to develop their own projects at a later stage.

Objectives

The objective of the project is to accelerate the implementation of renewable energy and efficiency measures in the redevelopment of large areas. In the STACCATO project, three demonstration sites (2500 apartments) will be realised and monitored. Research will be carried out on the technical and socio-economic aspects of these sustainable renovation projects. Previous projects have learned that both technical implementation as well as the non-technical aspects are much more complicated in renovation projects, compared to new developments. However, in the participating countries of the project some promising concepts, tools and approaches are emerging. These approaches will be further developed, integrated and exchanged.