Climate Alliance From vision to action

Indra Van SandeService of Environment

City of Ghent

Positioning

GHENT

Ghent

Partner of

Why do we work on climate?

Ghent Climate neutral in 2050 means:100.000 dwellings => 2.560 a year21.000 businesses => 540 a year600 own buildings => 15 a year

Focus on end of cheap fossile fuels

Economic :“to prevent is cheaper than to cure” (Stern)

Social:Rising energy prizes disturb livability in a city

City should “arm” citizens and companies by helping them to become more independent of energy

Delay only makes it more difficult

Climate neutral in …2030, 2040, 2050, 2070, 2100?

Every ambition has to take into accountthe specific context of every city

Important to start moving“Ghent strives for… “

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How to act?

While knowledge is being build creating support and enthusiasm for actions

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Parallel tracks: study, action and being a model

• Building strategic and policy supporting instruments• Participation project ‘Ghent Climate Alliance’• Being an example as City

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Transition management

CO2-monitoring

Energy maps

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Website + E-zine + social mediaClimate stage

Thermal photo

Group purchases

Pilot electricvehicles

Duurzaamheidsmeter

RE-scan

Abatement Cost Curve

Education and climate transition

Business casesKnowledge centers

Subsidies climate projects

STUDY

To objectify policy by strategic instruments

• First Flemish city with CO2 baseline and two yearly update • Renewable energy scan• Energy maps (GIS – MUSIC project)• Climate maps for adaptation (urban heat islands)• Modelling transition paths based on abatement cost curve

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Why 2050 scope?• Important to know what’s ahead to be prepared • 2050 seems far away but it’s only 1 or 2 investment

cycles away• Is the EU ambition -80% in 2050 feasible?• Limits of local policy levers: defining the roles• The temptation of low hanging fruit vs. measures on mid and

long term: aligning is essential• Spotting opportunities for innovation

Energy loop in The LoopFocus on strengths and business cases for tomorrow

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How to act on short, mid and long term

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From CO2 baseline toward transition …

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• 4 P’s• Mix of low and high hanging fruit per legislation

= MODELLING

Transition path X for e.g. existing dwellings could be ...

micro Energy use

roof windows HP Solar thermal

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Transition path X for e.g. dwellingscould be ...

Remaining demand

mesoDistrict heating

Transition path X for e.g. dwellingscould be ...

Remaining demand

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Transition path X for e.g. dwellingscould be ...

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To do: 3.000 CO2N houses/y – WHERE?

• Energy maps = tools to prioritize geographically• Defining objective criteria to tackle a specific district first

Example: existing building stock for dwellings

ACTION

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Transition has always been there… but should be getting a push

1960s and 70s 2011 Future

Momentum

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Transition process

Prof. Rotmans (DRIFT)

Economy and consumption Mobility, space &well being Energy and waste Involvement and activation

2050 : as many citizens as many images of the future

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Knowlegde without borders

Consumer pushes demandProduct services

Quality at close range

From prosperity to well being

AuthenticityEE at the top

Smart energy systemsWaste is history

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From vision to action

Communiction tool: magazine + website

http://issuu.com/transitiemagazines/docs

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GREEN TRACK

Energy efficiency business < 0,5 PJ

City farming

Consumer pushes demand

Transition UGent

Transition arena on mobility

Business case district heating

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Climate working groupsNetworks

23 cultural Organisations> 100.000 visitors

38.000 students7.100 staff

Political support of 3 parties

Expertiments

6th of October 2012

Target Climate Working Groups– Activating stakeholders for a concrete targets and business

cases– Head hunting – Finding new levers for concrete “actions of tomorrow”– Creating a dynamic towards real transition with a broadening

group of stakeholders– Stimulating co-ownership and co-implementation

Result contains 4Ps (people, planet, profit, participation/policy) but also:

5th P of PROOF It’s working

A new beginning

COMBINING STUDY AND ACTION

Stakeholders GIS energy mapsACC...Politicians

Subjective priorities

Result: transition paths based on feelings and experience, containing integrated sustainability

Objective priorities

Result: measures towards CO2N sorted by €/reduced ton CO2= facts and figures containing 1P of sustainability

• Possible to qualify• Not always possible to quantify• GIS helps visualizing

• Possible to qualify and quantify

• Offers handles to prioritize

Economic factorsTaking in to account that not all positive

measures are feasible right now

Social factorse.g. Fuel poverty first!

Ecological factorsTrias ecologica

next trias energetica next CO2

Priorities layered out in time based on all P’s

ParticipationTransitie arena

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measures

FILTERING

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PRIORITISING POLICY• High and low hanging fruit for every council period• Aligning short, mid long and long term research and investments• ...

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Ghent as rolemodel and partnersome examples ...

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For public buildingsOffice building Port of Ghent

Total use of electricity: +15 % in spite of the double surface

Total use of fuel is 17% lower than before Share of passive wing: 50% of share renovated wing

return on extra investment : 4 years

For city development projectsDuurzaamheidsmeteror a measuring system for sustainable city development

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Measuring sustainability

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Implementation

The Gas Site (7 ha)from brownfield to demonstration site

Oude Dokken : reconverted harbour area

Gent St-Pieters (at the main railway station)

For public lightingLichtplan II • Targets for existing lighting: min. -20% in 2020

c.t. 2008 (estimated -24%)• Targets for new developments: -20% c.t.

standards 2008Examples • LED light for all trafic lights (investment

660.000€, EE 413.770 kWh/y, return 13 years)• accelerated remediation: 3,6 M€, return 5,9

years, 3.685.279 kWh/y, targets 2020 in 2013

Part of one Alliance

www.gentsklimaatverbond.be

Keep up the spirit!