JemsPromoting Energy Efficiency in Housing and Public Buildings through Renewables (PRO-EFFICIENT)
Priority Axis 2: Cooperating for greener and climate change resilient programme area
Operation start date: 15 June 2024
Operation completion date: 14 June 2026
Budget: EUR 676.152,80
Number of partners: 4
Operation purpose and expected achievements:
The PRO-EFFICIENT project aims to achieve outcomes leading to long-term goals of reduced energy consumption, cost savings, improved environmental impact, and sustainability for current and future generations, by implementing energy efficiency in buildings of cross-border areas, engaging citizens and stakeholders, demonstrating the feasibility of solar panels, fostering collaboration, and by educational measures to raise awareness and ensure the necessary expertise for green transformation. The PRO-EFFICIENT project focuses on two activities:
– Solar mapping analyzing all the roof surfaces of public buildings in terms of their solar potential and ranking them based on potential capacity and specific annual production and
– Establishing the baseline for the energy community setup, an innovative approach to energy management.
Partners will jointly conduct solar potential analysis of rooftops in their local municipalities and conduct analysis for setting up energy communities Partners in Serbia will “shadow” the process to enable the transfer of knowledge on energy communities from Croatian to Serbian partners. This activity presents joint pilot action, while the data obtained in this process will be used for the Online Platform “Solar Atlas”. An online platform „Solar Atlas“ will be available on partners’ websites. Through this platform citizens, public institutions, investors etc., will have the insight into the benefits and energy savings RES provide. It will gather all accumulated data and present it in an interactive manner. It will enhance the usage of RES in partners’ communities and encourage others to do so as well.
Partners will also perform testing effectiveness of solar panel installations in enhancing renewable energy usage. This output refers to the demonstration of the positive impact the installation of solar panels in four municipalities has on the promotion of the more extensive usage of RES. Partners will jointly use and compare data on the usage of RES in public buildings and incorporate it in the online platform “Solar Atlas”. The aim of this output is to test the effectiveness of solar panels in energy efficiency in collaborative and comprehensive manner thus benefiting all partners.
Beneficiaries:
Municipality of Mali Zvornik (RS) as Lead Partner will be responsible to lead the joint and participatory operational implementation of foreseen activities, by establishing a project steering committee group (SG). Municipality of Mali Zvornik will be directly involved and responsible for implementation of all Work packages, and will actively include and encourage local stakeholders to participate in joint activities, mapping and scaling-up energy efficiency resources of the cross-border area by committing to implement activities relating to mapping solar potential of buildings in Kutjevo area, and engaging decision makers from the local institutions to undergo a study trip in selected European region in order to visit at least 5 examples of successful local communities practicing the usage of renewables, as well as for implementation of a solar power plant on a municipal administration building. By establishing a solar power plant for self-consumption, the project will ensure significant savings in utility costs for the municipal administration. Municipality of Mali Zvornik will promote awareness of renewable energy sources and demonstrate the benefits to local stakeholders (SMEs, NGOs, general public, schools and training centers etc.)
City of Kutjevo (HR) as Project Partner will be directly involved and responsible for actively including and encouraging local stakeholders to participate in joint activities, mapping and scaling-up energy efficiency resources of the cross-border area by committing to implement activities relating to mapping solar potential of buildings in Kutjevo area, and engaging decision makers from the local institutions to undergo a study trip in selected European region in order to visit at least 5 examples of successful local communities practicing the usage of renewables. City of Kutjevo will be responsible for implementation of a solar power plant on a public building – Grozdić Kindergarten. By establishing a solar power plant for self-consumption, the project will ensure significant savings in utility costs for the Grozdić Kindergarten, an institution established and financially supported by the town of Kutjevo.
City of Požega (HR) as Project Partner will be directly involved and responsible for carrying out works on the installation of solar panels for the production of electricity for the sports hall “Tomislav Pirc”. City of Požega is the owner of the sports hall and its costs are covered from the city budget, therefore this project would contribute to saved costs for the City of Požega. City of Požega will promote awareness of renewable energy sources and demonstrate the benefits to local stakeholders (SMEs, NGOs, general public, schools and training centers etc.).
Municipality of Krupanj (RS) as Project Partner will be directly involved and responsible for carrying out works on the installation of solar panels for the production of electricity for the “Laza” water source, which would achieve a reduction of costs in the production of drinking water and provide an alternative source of power for the pumps. This project would contribute to significantly saved costs for the budget of the Municipality of Krupanj, which is responsible for the payment of electricity consumption for the source of “Laze”. Municipality of Krupanj will promote awareness of renewable energy sources and demonstrate the benefits to local stakeholders (SMEs, NGOs, general public, schools and training centers etc.).
