In central Europe large parts of the existing building stock were built before 1970 and as a result, performance is not in line with required energy efficiency standards. Renovation of buildings emerges as an urgent issue but while incentives are provided to private investors, public building renovation is more difficult as local authorities face significant limitations of budget. Another barrier is the lack of knowledge of performance/cost characteristics for efficient renovation of buildings.
The FEEDSCHOOLS project aims to provide local authorities with new solutions, both technical and financial, which will help them to implement ‘nearly Zero Energy Building’ (NZEB) renovation activities in schools. The innovative approach consists in developing a transnational and holistic support toolkit and a web database of innovative best practices for NZEB renovation. FEEDSCHOOLS will also provide open lessons focused on behavioural change in schools. At least 48 energy audits will be implemented and preliminary plans for NZEB renovation of existing schools will become a reference models for the region.
News and events
20.03.2020
News
Energy renovation of single family houses in Croatia
- Minister of Construction and Physical Planning Predrag Štromar announced that applications for the long-awaited energy renovation of single-family houses are starting in the spring. The call for proposals will be announced and implemented by the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund, and it is planned for the end of March this year.
- Read more here
13.03.2020
News
Free Covid-19 Guide for Children
- The Italian government has announced a nationwide lock down in an effort to contain the Covid-19 global pandemic. City of Udine shares a comprehensive easy language guide for children and their families created by The Italian Children's Museums. This guide is available in English and Italian here: https://bit.ly/GuidaGalatticaCoronavirus.
Our hopeful message is “Andrà tutto bene!” (Everything will be fine!)
06.03.2020
News
pv panels in esco formula
- Bank Ochrony Środowiska (Environment Protection Bank) and Krajowa Agencja Poszanowania Energii S.A. (Polish National Energy Conservation Agency) have launched a new programme to support investments enabling the installation of renewable energy sources at schools. Application of the ESCO formula will allow local authorities, as school owners, to pay the investment back using financial savings reached thanks to the PV panels generating electricity.
- Read more here: https://www.bosbank.pl/klient-indywidualny/aktualnosci/bos-i-kape-razem-dla-oze-w-szkolach
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PROJECT DURATION
01 september 2017
31 august 2020
WORK PACKAGES AND OUTPUTS
Project Partners
Project FEEDSCHOOLS has 11 partners from 7 Central European countries
PROJECT PARTNERS
LEAD PARTNER
ITALIAN NATIONAL AGENCY FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Italy)
ENEA is one of the largest scientific and technological state-owned Italian institutions with a specific mission in applied research activities, technology transfer and dissemination of innovation.
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE PRO-AKADEMIA (POLand)
Research and Innovation Centre Pro-Akademia is a Polish non-profit private research organisation active in the field of interdisciplinary research, employing over 200 experts in the field of social sciences and engineering. Pro-Akademia's main field of expertise is sustainable energy and energy efficiency.
LOCAL ENERGY AGENCY SPODNJE PODRAVJE (SLovenia)
Local Energy Agency Spodnje Podravje is energy manager for the Spodnje Podravje municipalities. Its aim is to enhance the development of sustainable energy in the Spodnje Podravje region through the realization of projects, studies, documents.
City of Warsaw is the capital and the largest city of Poland. Warsaw has a population of 1.7 million, around 3 million live within the agglomeration. Warsaw has signed the Covenant of Mayors in 2009 and submitted SEAP in 2011, where it has committed to the target of 20% reduction of CO2 emissions and 20% reduction of final energy use by 2020 compared to 2007.
The city of Split is a local government organization responsible for managing economic development, communal, social and transport infrastructure and implement various political, social and development policies. It has 19 departments employing 455 persons with annual budget of approximately 100 million euros.
The essential task of Graz Energy Agency is to promote energy efficiency and renewable energies with a special emphasis on innovative energy service models, like Energy Performance Contracting. GEA is the main institution for implementing municipal energy policies of the City of Graz and cooperates with cities all over Austria.
ENVIROS l.t.d. (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Based in Prague, Czech Republic is one of the leading consultancy companies providing assistance mainly in the field of energy efficiency, renewable energy and environmental issues, including Energy Performance Contracting consultancy (EPC). Enviros is active in the Czech Republic, Central and Eastern Europe, but also in other parts of the world.
ZALA COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR ENTERPRISE PROMOTION (hungary)
Zala County Foundation for Enterprise Promotion (ZMVA), established by the Zala County Government, is a non-profit organization promoting economic development of Zala County, improvement of the national and international economic relations and supporting the establishment and growth of SMEs.
City of Udine, located in the middle of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, with population over 99 thousand, in the last years has been a forerunner on sustainability issues, committed to implementation of retrofit actions on its own buildings and improvement of local regulations with energy efficiency and sustainability aspects.
MUNICIPALITY OF SLOVENSKA BISTRICA (slovenia)
The Community of Slovenska Bistrica is situated in the north-eastern Slovenia and is one of the biggest communities in Slovenia with area 260,1 km2 and over 25.000 inhabitants. Local energy plans aim at decreasing energy consumption in public buildings of 20% till 2020, and acceleration of renewables (RES) at local level.
HEP ESCO is a part of the HEP Group, the biggest national utility, owned by the government, and it is an energy service-providing company implementing ESCO projects. HEP ESCO is also active in development and research and in non-profit based projects developing innovative energy services, energy efficiency measures as well as contracting and financing.
