http://www.escolimburg2020.be

1. Limburg
CLIMATE
NEUTRAL
ESCOLimburg2020

2. Overview
 Context - ‘Limburg climate neutral in 2020’
 Covenant of Mayors
 ESCOLimburg2020

3. Context
 Province of Limburg,
Flanders, Belgium
 838 050 inhabitants
 44 cities and towns
 Province is partner for the municipalities
 Limburg has a long experience on energy
saving, sustainable building…

4. Once upon a time, in
2008…
“Limburg
CLIMATE
NEUTRAL
in 2020”
Steve Stevaert, governor of the Province of Limburg

5. Climate neutral in 2020?
 Study TACO2: how to become climate neutral?
 Transition management: long way to go
 Citizens: communication and involvement
(> Climate Fund)
 Working groups for themes and target groups
 Own good example!
 Cities and towns! (> Covenant of Mayors)

6. Covenant of Mayors
 Province became ‘covenant coordinator’
 Involving our 44 cities and towns:
all signed the Covenant of Mayors
 Province & partners provide for 44 BEI and 44
SEAPs (36 approved by JRC)
 Intensive support
 Implementation via concrete pilotprojects and
ESCO (> ESCOLimburg2020)

7. 30 november 2011…

8. ESCOLimburg2020
www.escolimburg2020.be
Project funded by IEE-MLEI
Partners: province, Infrax, Dubolimburg
What preceded
Project objectives and approach

9. ESCO: what preceded…
 Monitoring energy consumption in municipal
buildings
 Thematic Energy Audits and relightings
 Grants for municipalities when investing in
their public building stock
 Provincial energy campaigns
 Sustainable Building Advice

10. ESCO: first experiences
 Launched by Infrax in 2010
 Formal engagement:
41/44 municipalities + the province
 List with > 600 public buildings (capacity?)
 Need of an integrated approach
 How to convince municipalities to aim high,
make the right choices and decisions?

11. ESCOLimburg2020: goals
 Convince locale authorities
…to renovate their building stock faster, with a high ambition
 Helping them investing
…in the right order, the right measures
 Optimising the ESCO-model
…and implementing this optimised model
 Support the building sector
skills & knowledge / capable to perform building renovations

12. ESCOLimburg2020:
approach in the climate ambition
 ESCO framed
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From SEAP to ESCO: customized ‘Retrofit and Renewables
Action Plans’ for municipal building stock, policy dialogues
High level of energy savings: >30%, average 40%
 Explore innovative financial models
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EPC possible? Off-balance investment possible?
Funding through the "Limburgs Klimaatfonds“?
Exploring European investment funds (Jessica, Elena, ...)
 Capacity building
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Building sector and local authorities

13. ESCOLimburg2020:
general investment scheme

14. ESCOLimburg2020: impact
 Investments: +/- 20 Meuro
 CO2 reduction: +/- 20 kton/year
 Job creation: +/- 100
2013-2015

15. Contact:
Patrick Boucneau (patrick.boucneau@limburg.be)
Nele Vandenreyt (nele.vandenreyt@limburg.be)
Department of environment and nature
Province of Limburg
Universiteitslaan 1
3500 Hasselt (Belgium)
www.limburg.be
www.limburgklimaatneutraal.be