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Eco- efficiency and EU legislation

Eco- efficiency and EU legislation. Eco- efficiency in cities. What kind of urban sprawl What kind of architecture What kind of transport What kind of waste management What kind of local resources to secure What kind of electricity production and What kind of comfort

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Eco- efficiency and EU legislation

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  1. Eco-efficiencyand EU legislation

  2. Eco-efficiency in cities • Whatkindof urban sprawl • Whatkindofarchitecture • Whatkindoftransport • Whatkindofwastemanagement • Whatkindoflocalresourcestosecure • Whatkindofelectricityproductionand • Whatkindofcomfort • Whatkindofjobs forthecitieswewantto live in?

  3. Whatif in thefuture • 80% ofthepopulation will live in cities • Building stock will becomemoreefficient • Useoffloorspace / capita will increase • Hot tapwaterdemand will increase • Coolingdemands will increase • New comfortdemands will arise • Electricityproduction will belessefficient • Electricityproduction will below-carbon • Transport will bebased on low-efficiencyenergy (biofuelsorelectricity) ?

  4. Whatifenergythattodayiswasted in electricityandindustrialproduction…

  5. …could be recycled to comfort?

  6. Districtheatingandcooling in the EU • Approx. 5000 districtheatingschemes in EU, coveringhottapwater, spaceheatandlow-temperatureindustrialheatdemands • Market sharesbetween 1% and 70%, on EU averagelessthan 10%. Wide-spread in theNordic countries and Eastern Europe. Low marketshares in the 5 biggest EU countries. • Districtcooling (freecooling, residual cooling, wasteheat) isemergingasnewefficienttechnology

  7. Today, districtheatingsaves 113 milliontonsof CO2. Doubling the sales of district heat in Europe would • Reduce primary energy consumption by 2,1 EJ/a (Primary energy consumption of Sweden) • Reduce import dependency by 4,5 EJ/a (Primary energy consumptionof Poland) • Reduce CO2 emissions by 400 mln tons / 9,3% (Emissions of France from fossil fuel combustion)

  8. Localneeds vs. EU policies Localconditions (bottomup) Small tech Localactors Localwelfare Focus on systemoptimization • Overall objectives (top down) • Big tech • Global actors • Cross-bordertrade • Focus on technologies

  9. Energysystemefficiency

  10. Current EU policies • Fail toincentiviseenergyrecyclingandthenecessaryheatingandcoolinginfrastructure • Focus more on infrastructureforenergyimportsthan on infrastructureforavoidingimports • Do not recogniseheatingandcoolingassector in itsownrights

  11. Examples • The CogenerationDirectivehasprovenlittleeffectiveandignoresdistrictheatingandcooling • The BuildingsDirectiveencourages RES but discouragestheuseofsurplusheat. Eco-cities ≠ aggregationofeco-buildings. • RES policies do not encourageefficiency • The ETS does not takecareofenergysavings in theresidentialsector, norofbusinessmodels • The EconomicRecoveryPlan focuses on interconnections, not on energysavinginfrastructure • The EnergyEfficiency Action Plan isstalled…

  12. But do wereallywant… • Coal-firedplantswithcarboncaptureandstorage but withoutheatrecovery • Biomassplantswithoutheatrecovery • Biofuelrefinerieswithoutheatrecovery • Methaneemissionsfromlandfillinsteadofwasteincinerationcombinedwith power andheatrecovery? • Toheatupriversandtheatmosphere?

  13. If not… Interventions in housingneedtobeintegratedwithenergyinfrastructureandsupplypolicieswith a viewtocontributeto urban developmentandimprovingthequalityoflifeofall European citizens.

  14. Conclusion • Securingheatingandcoolingcomfortisneither a problemofenergy availability nor carbon content, but of organization and investment. • DHC is an indispensable backboneforeco-efficientcities, holding the promise of a rapid decarbonisation of the heating and cooling markets while securing comfort at affordable prices. • Europe needs a strategy for • heating and cooling!

  15. Thankyouforyourattention Euroheat & Power Phone +32-2-7402110 www.euroheat.org

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