IMPROVING ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR OLDER HOUSING THROUGHT PPP PROJECTS IN LATVIA

1. IMPROVING ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR OLDER HOUSING THROUGHT PPP PROJECTS IN LATVIA Iveta Puķīte V/A Mājokļu aģentūra Mājokļu attīstības departamenta direktora v.i. Iveta.pukite@ma.gov.lv Tālr.7041937

2. What kind of problems prevent housing maintenance? • Considerable wear of housing fund; • Excessive heating consumption for housing; • Differences in income level of residents; • Existing low prices for rent / maintenance payment; • Existence of minimal competition in housing maintenance market; • The low level of responsibility for residents concerning the common property; • Comparably small sector of apartment owners cooperatives; • There is no developed state support programmes in Latvia to promote housing development.

3. Housing quality Construction

4. Housing wear

5. Public - Private Partnership – “Housing energyaudit 2005/2006” Te būs partneru logo

6. Target of the project The preparation of corporative client as an owner of the flat to implement energy efficiency measures in multi – family buildings

7. Collaboration partners Lead partner S/A Housing agency • Energobūvmontāžas Ltd Remus” • Ltd “Pilsētmāju institūts Urban Art” Ltd „Paroc” Ltd „Saint-Gobain Isover” Ltd „Tenax” Ltd „Sakret” UAB “profine Baltic” S/C „Hansabanka” SS/C „Hipotēku banka” S/C „Latvijas Unibanka” S/C “Nord/LB”

8. Addition target of the project “Housing energy audit 2005/2006” • To motivate the development of multi – family housing renovation process, to ensure its technical condition, improvement of energy efficiency. • To promote the motivation of the residents to participate in improvement of the quality and heating conservation in houses. • To stimulate housing assessment, energyaudit and to use its results as elements to reduce credit risk.

9. PPP project structure Partner selected Press conference Tender Contract Energyaudit “Housing days” Monitoring Energy labelling House renovation

10. Project “Energy audits” and its renovation tendency in Latvia for 3 years 2004.g ietvaros auditētas mājas 2004.g. ietvaros auditētas mājas, kur ir tika veikti renovācijas darbi 2005.g ietvaros auditētas mājas 2005.g. ietvaros auditētas mājas, kur ir tika veikti renovācijas darbi 2006.g ietvaros auditētas mājas

11. Renovated houses in 2005

12. ZEMGALES street 32, OLAINE Before After The house outer walls heating insulation The house visually looks very well. The house outer walls lose a lot of thermal energy. Joint of panel crack. The visual appearance is very bad. Thermal energy saving – 36%

13. DĀRZA street 13, VALMIERA The visual appearance often is goodfrom outsaid, but a lot of thermal energy is getting lost through the walls. After Before Heating insulated outer walls of the house. Thermal energy saving – 29%

14. DZINTARU street 2, KULDĪGA Before After The house outer walls are in bad condition, joint of panel crack, the colour is greyish, a lot of thermal energy is getting lost through the walls. Heat insulated outer walls of thehouse. The colour conforms to nowadays tendency. Thermal energy saving– 25%

15. After renovation Before renovation Example of renovationKuldīga. Credit 90 400 LVL Termal energy tariff29,2 /Ls/MWh ??? payment -0.75 tariff29,2 ??? payment -0.46 tariff22,5 100 kW/m2 Heating payment0.60 125kW/m2 Termal energy tariff 22,5 Ls/MWh Heating payment0.58

16. Benefits for residents • Owners of flats are informed about renovation necessity; • Collaboration partner services are offered to residents from houses, where the energy audit has been made; • There is a positive tendency in the project due to the flat owners interest in new energy audits; • Collaboration among residents and managers in positive decisions making; • Recommendations establishment always gives saving of energy and money; • Energy audit helps to avoid chaotic action as well as assists to systematize and plan further jobs.

17. Inurement and benefit for collaboration partners • For banks – gets informed and motivated corporative client. Energy audit is used as an instrument for reducing credit risk; • For producers of heating insulation materials – there are prepared, informed, well-informed and motivated clients. The client understand the necessity and possibility for heating insulation materials, performing energy efficiency measures in housing; • For windows producers – there are informed, motivated and are potential clients, who comprehending the necessity of changing windows and are ready to make professional windows installation; • For builders – there are informed, motivated and potential clients, who are ready to make renovation measures in house.

18. Mg.soc. Iveta Puķīte V/A Mājokļu aģentūra Mājokļu attīstības departamenta Direktora v.i. Iveta.pukite@ma.gov.lv Tālr.7041937 THANK YOU!