Smart Swiss Cities and Communities -

Results and on-going activities

DSM Management Task 24 Workshop

Closing the Loop - Behaviour Change in DSM:

From Theory to Policies and PracticeFrom Theory to Policies and Practice

15.10.2013, Luzern

Benjamin Szemkus, ENCO AG, mandated by SFOE

15.10.2013

Content

• The European Energy Award (eea)

• Smart City Activities in Switzerland

• D-A-CH - cooperation

• Lessons learned, so far• Lessons learned, so far

• next steps

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European Energy Award (eea) Cities in CH

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• 596 member Cities

• 334 awarded “Energy Cities”

• 25 in eea Gold Standard

• Representing 52 % of the Swiss population

Smart City related Implementation:

“Swiss Energy for Municipalities”

• Public Private Partnership Program for Implementation of the eea in Switzerland

• Mandate by SFOE, 2.5 Mio € /a, 90 private consultants

• Training, exchange of experiences, products, quality control, communication, disseminationcontrol, communication, dissemination

• The aim is, by 2020, 800 Swiss municipalities and cities are participating in this program - most of them awarded with the eea / Energy City label

• Co-financed by- SFOE, Swiss Federal Office of Energy- States (Cantons) - Municipalities

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Sustainable Implementation: “Plan-Do-Check-Act”

Communal Management System:

Plan• Political, mayoral commitment

• Current status assessment, Initial

review

• Goals and strategies, Policy, planning

Do

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Do• Activity program

• Implementing measures and operation

• Awareness and training

Check• Evaluating and controlling

• Reporting procedure

• Checking and management review

Act• Corrective actions

• Continual improvements

The European Energy Award (eea) process:

P-D-C-A

every 4 years

Initial Review• Appoint Team

• Evaluate actual state

• Consensus

Initial Review• Appoint Team

• Evaluate actual state

• Consensus

Targets and Goals• Principles

• Targets

• Horizon 4 years

Targets and Goals• Principles

• Targets

• Horizon 4 years

Energy / Climate

policy program• Activities projects

• Schedules, Budget

• Persons

Energy / Climate

policy program• Activities projects

• Schedules, Budget

• Persons

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every 4 years

Optimization of

Processes• Project organization

• Performance

indicators

Optimization of

Processes• Project organization

• Performance

indicators

Energy City Award• Mayoral decision

Evaluation

• 50 / 75 % realized

• Awarding

Implementation• Decided measures

• PR, Communication

• Implementing Tools

Implementation• Decided measures

• PR, Communication

• Implementing Tools

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Key areas of the European Energy AwardStructure according to activities and stakeholders in administration

5. Internal OrganizationCapacity building, policies,

strategies, controlling

4. MobilityPublic transport, Zones low speed,

parking management, pedestrian

zones, bicycle routes

1. Communal development,

planningEnergy policy, action plan, regula-

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strategies, controlling

6. External communicationInformation, promotion, subsidies

3. Supply,waste disposalElectricity, distant heating, Water

supply, waste treatment

2. Communal buildings,

Facilities Energy management, building

efficiency

Energy policy, action plan, regula-

tions and increasing enforcement

European Energy Award (eea)

� Based on Swiss “Energy City”

Label

� Since 2002: European Energy

Award, programme activities in 6

countries, pilot activities in 11

countries

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� ≈ 1’000 active municipalities

� ≈ 500 awarded municipalities, 25

Mio Inhabitants

� Identical catalogue of measures,

country specific indicators and

values

�Same system, country specific characteristics:

�Germany = European Energy Award

European Energy Award (eea

�Germany = European Energy Award

�Austria = e5

�France = Cit’ergie

�Switzerland = Energiestadt / Cité de l’énergie / Città

dell’energie

European Energy Award: Results

• Common view of all the stakeholder on the issue

• Accepted strategies and targets

• Multi-stakeholder process of developing action plan

• Decided action plan by authorities

• Decided structure of the energy issue in the municipality

• Broad communication

�internal review every year

�external review and renewed application every 4 year

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Smart Citys?

• &is still quite a fuzzy concept and is

used in ways that are not always

consistent.

Often discussed as:Often discussed as:

–Stage development of infrastructure

–strategy for creating a competitive

environment

–an approach to inclusive and sustainable

cities

Swiss definition of Smart City

A smart city offers its inhabitants a maximum of life

quality by a minimum use of resources thanks to

intelligent combination of different infrastructure

systems (Transport, Energy Communication, Grids

etc.) on different levels like buildings, areas, quarters etc.) on different levels like buildings, areas, quarters

and cities.

«Intelligent» in this context does not automatically

means «IT». By similar performance, passive or self-

regulating mechanism are preferable to active

regulated systems.

Smart City related Implementation:

“Project Smart Cities Switzerland”

• Motivation of eea-Cities to perform projects

• Project evaluation within the program of “Pilot – and

Demonstration-Projects” and «Lighthouse»-Projects

by the SFOEby the SFOE

• Implementation of a active Stakeholder-forum

• International Cooperations (D-A-CH Kooperation)

• Positioning „Smart Cities“ in context with Label

«Energiestadt» in Switzerland

• Data-base of «Smart City»-projects

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Energy City (eea) and Smart Citys

• Optimal basis

6 areas of Energy City Fields of activity of a «Smart City»

Master

Planning

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Smart City

Samrt

buildings

Smart Grids,

Mobility

Good

Governance

Stakeholder /

= «Smarte» projects,

« inter agency»!

Smart City related Implementation:

“Project Smart Cities Switzerland”

Actually not foreseen:

• No new label «Smart City»

• No «Ranking» or «Benchmark», who is the «smartest • No «Ranking» or «Benchmark», who is the «smartest

City»?

• No projects from areas of security, health or social

politics

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Smart City related Implementation:

“Project Smart Cities Switzerland”

• Energy Cities are well positioned here

• Energy cities (especially in the expression "gold")

provide good prerequisiteprovide good prerequisite

• Participate city must have binding, multidisciplinary

collaborations with different partners

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Smart City related Implementation:

“Project Smart Cities Switzerland”

• en. 213 projects

• Ranking of issues

• Definition of gaps

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• Definition of new research

issues

• Download of reports

Smart City related Implementation:

“D-A-CH”

• Memorandum of Understanding between D (Germany), A (Austria) and CH (Switzerland)

–Collaboration, Exchange of Experiences–Collaboration, Exchange of Experiences

–Common call for tender

–Common dissemination activities

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Smart City related Implementation:

“D-A-CH - Cooperation”

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Smart City related Implementation:

“D-A-CH - Initiative”

Karlsruhe, Salzburg und Winterthur

each city project(s) financed by each country

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2013-2014 define concrete activities, establish exchange

of experiences

2014 ff: Prepare common project , 3 years, multiple

stakeholders

Lessons learned, so far

• Smart City is an ongoing initiative all over Europe, and

something en vogue

• Switzerland is a partner in Europe for Cooperation and

researchresearch

• The planning process is time consuming and exhausting

(different partner, different timetables and different

financing models and one project manager)

• Promotions is needed all over and takes time (i.p. in City

and Communities with small budgets)

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Lessons learned, so far in CH

• Attractive incentives needs to be found

• Stakeholder Platform

• Attracting investors

The concept needs time and patience!• The concept needs time and patience!

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Next steps

• Share experiences in this field

• Find further partner cities in CH

• Information• Information

• Research

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Next steps

Welcome to the conference on November

11/29 in Lausanne

Next steps

Thank you for your interest! Thank you for your interest!