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Lower Austrian State Government Responsibilities of the Office and the department of environmental and energy economics. Peter Obricht. Lower Austria- facts & figures. http://www.noe.gv.at/English/Topics-in-English.html. Lower Austria- the political system.
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Lower Austrian State GovernmentResponsibilitiesofthe Office andthedepartmentofenvironmental andenergyeconomics Peter Obricht
Lower Austria- facts & figures http://www.noe.gv.at/English/Topics-in-English.html
Lower Austria- the political system • The political head of Niederösterreich is the Landeshauptmann (governor). Appointed by the Landtag; Head of the State government, executive body • The legislative body is the Landtag (provincial parliament), 56 Members, elected every 5 Years • The Office of state Government (Amt der NÖ Landesregierung) supports the State government in fulfilling its tasks. • Office is currently devided into groups and departments: • General directorate, finance, culture, science& education,agriculture&forestry, economic, water, • healthandsocial, infrastructure, • spatialplanning, environment & traffic
Department of environmental and energy economics Head of Department QUALITY MANAGEMENT CONTROLLING SECRETARIAT ECONOMIC & LEGAL AFFAIRS EU-AGENDA IT-COORDINATION LOWER AUSTRIAN SUSTAINABLE COORDINATION WASTE MANAGEMENT 6 RESSOURCE PROTECTION FUNDING ADMINISTRATION, REAL ESTATE AND ACCOUNTING ENERGY AND CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS ENVIRONMENT COORDINATION FUNDING, ADMINISTRATION, ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RESSOURCE PROTECTION ECO-MANAGEMENT ecolog. GARDEN WASTE DISPOSAL REAL ESTATE / BUILDING LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENT-ÖA,-MagazInE
Profile & tasks • Energy economics & climateprotection • Wastemanagement & protectionofressources • Strategyofenvironment • Ecologicalawarenessraising • Fundingprogrammes on energy, environmentandspatialstructure • Political consulting
Energy- and environment Agency Ltd. www.enu.at • LA waste management association www.noe.awv.at • Climate alliance LA www.klimabuendnis.at • Environment protection association citizen & environment www.umweltberatung.at • Lower Austrian Garden Show Ltd www.diegartentulln.at • Subsidiary manufacturing company Marchfeldkanal Other organisationswithcloseconnectiontothe State Govt. ofLower Austria
For a goodclimateand a lotofrenewableenergy Tomeetourtargets in climateprotection, energyefficiency, renewableenergy • 2004 1st LA climateprotectionprogramme • 2007 climateprotectionpartof LA constitution • 2009 2nd LA climateprotectionprogramme • 2011 Energyroadmap 2030 • 2013+ comingsoon: New climate- andenergy programme 2013-2020
Energy/climate – activities I Activities: Energy consulting in LA: • Free ofcharge • professional consultantsandexperts • Main area: reconstructioningofoldbuildings, buildingnewhousesorextendingrenewableenergymeasures
Energy/climate – activities II • Photovoltaics-Offensive:LA fundingfor PV-construction • Fundingforavoiding power emission:usingenergyeffientequipment • Power-Save-Family:Projects with 230 Pionier-families, who save about 13% oftheir electricityamount/ 1 year
Services: consultancy & fundingforcommunitiesandbusinesses eco-community-hotline: +43 (0) 2742-221444 umweltgemeinde.at energiefoerderkompass.at (=online ecofundingguidelines) Ökomanagement NÖ oekomanagement.at Förderratgeber Klima (fundingguidelinesclimate)……… Awarenessraising in communities
LA programmeforenergyeffientcommunities Energy andclimatecommunitypackage Programme for 345 climatealliance-communities Services for all 573 LA communities The frameworkforclimateandenergypoliticalactions in LA
9„e5“ecommunities26 „climateenergymodel“-regions345 „climatealliance “ municipalities
LA Waste Management • LA Plan of Waste management for period 2010 – 2015 • Long- & short version of report (+ short version in English available ) • 40 measures • including indicators for analysing achievment of objectives Waste management: Targets devided into 3 categories Waste avoidance and protection of ressources • minimizing adverse consequences • achieving the LA targets of climate protection Efficient and effective wastemanagement on local level
Organisation Waste management in LA 5 regions for waste management - 22 waste associations - 18 communities without membership - 18 „external“ communities Elektrogeräte Altstoffe Biogene Abfälle Grünschnitt Sperrmüll Restmüll Problemstoffe Image above left: structure waste management accociation Image above right: structure waste management Image mid: MVA + power station Dürnrohr Image. below left: development of waste amount 1999 – 2010 (716.296 t total waste)
Reporting Acc. to LA environment protection information about regional projects with main focus sustainability and environmental protection ÖSTRAT working programme – cross-national regional projects & programmes, coordination of sustainable issues on national level How LA fosterssustainableactions
Raisingawareness on environmental topics in education • Coordinationof all activities in LA • Network consistingof 70 partnerorganisations • newsletter • catalogue: 150 provider + 560 offers
- Nature in garden -how to plan & cultivate garden in an ecological way criteria:no artificial fertilizer, no pestizids, no turf • 10.000 assignedhomegardens • 44.000 requestbyphone / year „Garden hotline“ • 120.000 subscribersformagazine • Restructuringgardensofpublicbuildings
ENVIRONMENT & energy– The LA magazine Environment since 20 years • Target groups: interested people, communities, training institutes, etc.. • 5 editions/year • 30.000 pieces / edition
Thankyouforyourattention! Peter Obricht MBA Lower Austrian State Government department of environmental and energy economics A-3109 St. Pölten, Landhausplatz 1 Tel. +43 2742 9005 14360, Fax +43 2742 9005 14350 www.noe.gv.at, post.ru3@noel.gv.at