Abstract
The municipalities and local authorities in the CEEC countries have been given back ownership of the majority of public buildings formerly owned by the state: schools, sports and cultural buildings and administrative buildings. Even the management of public lighting and the collection and treatment of sewage are in most cases the responsibility of municipalities. Municipalities pay the energy bills of all these buildings and they find it difficult because of the difference between their income and the energy prices that they are forced to pay, the latter being already set, or soon to be set, by the price on the European market. The experience of towns in the EU has shown that it was mainly under the impact of a similar situation (the oil crisis during the years 1970) that local energy management policies were put in place. These included energy audits, monitoring of consumption, setting up local energy management teams, action plans, investment programmes, etc. The know-how acquired during that phase of energy management of the municipal stock has very often served as a basis for the development of sustainable local energy policies encompassing all fields of urban activity. This void in our knowledge and basic experience is often
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Sustainable energy management in municipal buildings and equipment; Gestion durable de l'energie dans les batiments et les equipements municipaux.
France: N. p.,
2003.
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Sustainable energy management in municipal buildings and equipment; Gestion durable de l'energie dans les batiments et les equipements municipaux.
France.
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2003.
"Sustainable energy management in municipal buildings and equipment; Gestion durable de l'energie dans les batiments et les equipements municipaux."
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title = {Sustainable energy management in municipal buildings and equipment; Gestion durable de l'energie dans les batiments et les equipements municipaux}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {The municipalities and local authorities in the CEEC countries have been given back ownership of the majority of public buildings formerly owned by the state: schools, sports and cultural buildings and administrative buildings. Even the management of public lighting and the collection and treatment of sewage are in most cases the responsibility of municipalities. Municipalities pay the energy bills of all these buildings and they find it difficult because of the difference between their income and the energy prices that they are forced to pay, the latter being already set, or soon to be set, by the price on the European market. The experience of towns in the EU has shown that it was mainly under the impact of a similar situation (the oil crisis during the years 1970) that local energy management policies were put in place. These included energy audits, monitoring of consumption, setting up local energy management teams, action plans, investment programmes, etc. The know-how acquired during that phase of energy management of the municipal stock has very often served as a basis for the development of sustainable local energy policies encompassing all fields of urban activity. This void in our knowledge and basic experience is often a complete obstacle to the practical implementation of sustainable local energy policies, integrated within a local Agenda 21, despite declarations of goodwill and sometimes praiseworthy political intentions. All these questions are approached principally with the objective of stimulating a movement in the CEEC, but building on the experience of municipalities of the EU. One should not forget however that in a large number of them, no process approaching the scale of the challenge to be faced has yet been set in train. Both CEEC and EU experiences are presented. (author)}
place = {France}
year = {2003}
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title = {Sustainable energy management in municipal buildings and equipment; Gestion durable de l'energie dans les batiments et les equipements municipaux}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {The municipalities and local authorities in the CEEC countries have been given back ownership of the majority of public buildings formerly owned by the state: schools, sports and cultural buildings and administrative buildings. Even the management of public lighting and the collection and treatment of sewage are in most cases the responsibility of municipalities. Municipalities pay the energy bills of all these buildings and they find it difficult because of the difference between their income and the energy prices that they are forced to pay, the latter being already set, or soon to be set, by the price on the European market. The experience of towns in the EU has shown that it was mainly under the impact of a similar situation (the oil crisis during the years 1970) that local energy management policies were put in place. These included energy audits, monitoring of consumption, setting up local energy management teams, action plans, investment programmes, etc. The know-how acquired during that phase of energy management of the municipal stock has very often served as a basis for the development of sustainable local energy policies encompassing all fields of urban activity. This void in our knowledge and basic experience is often a complete obstacle to the practical implementation of sustainable local energy policies, integrated within a local Agenda 21, despite declarations of goodwill and sometimes praiseworthy political intentions. All these questions are approached principally with the objective of stimulating a movement in the CEEC, but building on the experience of municipalities of the EU. One should not forget however that in a large number of them, no process approaching the scale of the challenge to be faced has yet been set in train. Both CEEC and EU experiences are presented. (author)}
place = {France}
year = {2003}
month = {Jul}
}