5th licea newsletter

The project is implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed by the ERDF

Life Cycle based Energy Audit

th5 issue of newsletter

October 2014

Dear readers,

we are glad to provide you with our autumn version of LiCEA newsletter

where you can find information traditionally about the last development of LiCEA tool.

We are finishing with the final version that will be ready for scalable use. Released date

has been provisionally set and you can find it inside of this issue.

For the first time, we prepared an overview of the very first audits in each of 5

involved countries as well as organization of LiCEA seminars/webinars for

regional/national energy agencies to teach them how to use LiCEA tools at maximum.

LiCEA partners met personally for the fifth time in Bratislava with purpose to

discuss further steps leading to successful realization of LiCEA audits. More

information and photos expressing the atmosphere are available in this newsletter as

well. The photo showing Bratislava´s main square evokes a present success of

performed audits.

Last but not least you can get familiar with Austrian partner (Energy Agency

of Regions) who is presented at a glance.

We hope you will enjoy this penultimate newsletter. The last 6th issue will be

released in December and we can already disclose last issue will be a kind of special.

LiCEA Project Partners

14The project is implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE Programme co-financed by the ERDF

Content

LiCEA smart tool - state of the art 4

Overview of the first 5 audits in CE countries 6

Foreseen LiCEA training webinar 12

th5 Project meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia 13

Energy Agency of Regions at a glance 15

Contacts 17


LiCEA Smart Tools

last optimization

he drafts of LiCEA tools ovens is a good and typical improvement presented in April 2014 action, as the use of combined heat and Twere tested through power for Spas in the tourism district.

performing 5 testing energy audits in each of five regions in six clusters During the summer a lot of tests considered by the project.

and reviews of the tools have been done,

and all the partners took part in the The test aimed to verify the real

optimization identifying problems, new effectiveness and applicability of the tools

materials and improvement actions to and to find out any errors, problems, lacks

add, errors in formulas and content. Many and weaknesses and, in particular, to

new versions of the tools have been increase the database of each tool with

released each time when errors have been raw materials, semi-finished products,

found in the tool or new materials outsourced processes, transports, boilers

identified in analyzed SMEs.and waste found in

each specific district.P a r t n e r s

introduced all the T h e f i r s t

modifications and application to 25

changes in the LiCEA S M E s a l s o

tools at the fifth u n d e r l i n e d t h e

t r a n s n a t i o n a l i m p o r t a n c e t o

partners meeting in i n t r o d u c e n e w

Bratislava (Slovakia) i m p r o v e m e n t

h e l d i n t h e actions, in particular

b e g i n n i n g o f for some cluster: in

October.food district, for

example, the heat

recovery from the


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LiCEA Smart Tools

last optimization

A new tools optimized and finalized by the middle of October (version 1.2.3) include the following modifications:

ü updated database of materials, processes, transports, boilers, energy vectors and

waste for each district (specific for each tool);

ü new end of life calculation that consider also new materials (organic waste, copper,

steel);

ü calculation correction;

ü modification in lighting improvement actions;

ü modification in electric motors improvement actions (introduction of inverters and

IE4 label);

ü modification in air compressors;

ü new improvement actions: heat recovery, CHP, refrigeration (heat pumps), custom,

combination of measures;

ü new report for the SMEs.

The current version of the tools is optimized both for office 2007 and 2011.

The last optimization will be a full reverse engineering to transform the tools to open

office versions, by the end of October.


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The first 5 testing audits

overview from Hungary

a n n o n B u s i n e s s store, kitchen appliances, ventilation units Network Association and in wellness hotels the equipment of P(PBN) performed wellness system.

successfully the LiCEA audits in the We were pleased to hear that in first five tourist locations. The main some of the hotels heat pumps are used to purpose was to adapt the basic LiCEA meet needs of heating and cooling. These tool to the specific features of hotels

heat pumps can use not only electricity but and pensions.

also natural gas for their operation.Hoteliers were absolutely

Our first suggestion is the following: open to the completion of the energetic

with the modernization of the “big audit and they were doing their best to

consumer” refrigeration, air conditioning and provide as many accurate data as

other equipment and with installation of possible. We have taken into account

solar panel system significant energy savings different specific waste types as mixed

could be achieved. As most of these hotels municipal waste and organic kitchen

are occupied in the summer season, the waste.

direct utilization of generated solar energy The most significant energy

would be resolved.consumers are air conditioning, cold


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overview from Slovakia

irst 5 testing audits were identified in the area of lightning, performed by AIEC´s engines and insulation.Fenergy experts in July It´s necessary to say audited

2014. Selected five manufacturing SMEs in SMEs were cooperating smoothly and did plastics and rubber industry located their best to provide completed and around Bratislava city were firstly asked to accurate data. Each on-site visit took half a provide a remote (basic) data. day and SME´s employees responsible for

T h e n A I E C v i s i t e d t h e energy efficiency were willing to assist manufacturing premises to depply check AIEC when analyzing and collecting all and analyse the production processes. data from production systems.

Energy auditors completed data The purpose of first 5 LiCEA collection based on on-spot visit in the audits in Slovakia was to test newly premises of each SME as well as identified developed version of LiCEA tool for the areas with potential energy efficiency plastics and rubber industry and validate it. improvement. Once all data were Given the precise research and close collected, auditors of AIEC could insert and cooperation of whole partnerhip, we can analyse gathered data with help of LiCEA state the first 5 LiCEA audits were done tool. Generally saying, the most common successfully.opportunities where Slovak SMEs may

reduce energy consumption were


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n I t a l y , t h e r e w e r e So the CHP installation is a new performed 10 audits during improvement action included in the final Ithe summer: 5 SMEs have update of the LiCEA tool. The tourism

been analyzed in the mechanical district can also typically use this solution.district in the lower part of the province of Mantua, in Suzzara, Gonzaga and The change of old boilers, Pegognaga municipalities, and another

sometimes together with the change of 5 SMEs in the hosiery cluster in the

fuel, is another new improvement action upper part of the province, in Castel

introduced with the last tool update Goffredo municipality.

applicable also to the hosiery district

companies.The result of this first application

is the final version of the tool, optimized The main supplied material is concerning the calculations and database

nylon coming from various producers of materials and components, and the around the world. increased knowledge of the districts.

The mechanical district generally The hosiery cluster is very used the fuel (mainly natural gas) only for interesting about the possibility to heating during winter season. CHP and increase the energy efficiency using CHP heat recovery are usually not good since many SMEs use dyeing machines solutions while lighting optimization, that need a lot of steam or hot water, changing of electric motors and air during the whole year. The companies compressors are the best solutions, have high and steady electricity and fuel together with the use of recycled metals consumptions, so the ideal situation for instead of virgin material, to reduce the CHP installation.upstream impact of the companies´

production.


overview from Italy


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he Energy Agency of the at the startup of the furnace these water Regions has already tanks have to be heated up to the Tvisited and collected the operating temperature, through that even

data of about 15 bakeries. more energy is required. In sum, we should

not speak about waste heat recovery. This The range of bakeries in size goes water tank system has unfortunately led to

from one-person operation to medium a bad reputation concerning the waste size company. Despite these differences, heat utilization under bakers, because general conclusions can be found. The these water tanks cause great damage to biggest demand for energy has the the ovens in leaks, and the opposite process heat, this means the ovens, while construction of the tanks has an space heating, electricity demand and fuel unfavorable temperature storage consumption stand for the rest of the behavior. A waste heat recovery in the energy demand. exhaust stream can be regarded as

genuine use of waste heat utilization. Although neither efficient nor

cost effective, oil stoves were found in In the electricity demand of bakeries visited most frequently. While bakeries, bakery equipment and cooling large natural gas-fired furnaces and systems are the largest consumers. Some smaller electric furnaces are used, biomass of the equipment has been found very old, stoves can hardly be found. The use of some more than 50 years. Old motors have waste heat from the exhaust gas takes lower efficiencies than new ones, so that a place at a few bakeries, while the waste potential of a 2-20 % improvement in heat from the steam was not available. In efficiency are possible. However, since the many cases, lying water tanks are installed equipment, especially the older plants in the ovens, which are understood as have only short periods of operation, it is "waste heat recovery". While this can be hardly possible – from an economic point seen this way in the cooling of the furnace, of view - to replace them.


overview from Austria


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he issue of stand-by and Large differences were also idle is hardly given at observed in the composition of bread, Tb a k e r i e s . B a k e r y especially the water requirement per kg of

m a c h i n e s a r e , u n d e r n o r m a l flour may be from minimum to maximum circumstances, powered off, when they value twice as high. Although dependent are not needed, so no significant idle on the type of flour, the "juiciness" of the arises. Stand-by losses can offer energy

bread with higher amounts of water is savings at the proofer or the connected

increasing. Swelling agent choice and cafe at the coffee machine.

duration of the swelling can be seen here

in connection with the bread quality.In terms of greenhouse gas

emissions, the part "go to Gei" has the Another aspect of an LCA

biggest impact that means supplying analysis (Life Cycle Assessment, as part of

customers with light commercial vehicles LiCEA tool) is the disposal of stale bread.

(less than 3.5 ton total weight) with bread, Response rates of 10-25% are common on

pastry and confectionery. This is old bread. A wide-used approach is to use

determining factor of the greenhouse gas this bread in animal feeding. Some

emissions of a bakery. A significant bakeries use the old bread also as a

improvement could be represented by valuable material, and thus produce other

electric vehicles. To change to electric cars products (chips, bread soup) or they

is economically very interesting, if the daily produce raw materials for their own

distances are 60-100 km per vehicle, operation (from the usual breadcrumbs to

furthermore current subsidies for electric extruded source materials for bread

vehicles are provided. mixes).


overview from Austria

During September and November 2014, the LiCEA tool was applied for the first

time in Poland, to perform five audits in SMEs and gather feedback for further

improvements and adaptations in the tool.

The audited SMEs were:

· 1 bakery from the Silesia region

· 2 large retail stores in Wielkopolska· 2 tourist resorts of northern Poland

The energy audits provided a lot of information concerning energy efficiency to

the SMEs and gave the project team a large amount of input for the tool evaluation. The

life cycle analysis did not go as well as it was expected, especially in the holiday resorts, but

the overall results were positive. The audit recommendations are going to be

implemented soon and the SME owners are looking forward to the future energy savings.


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overview from Poland

emonstration and (Eurochambers) and by a presentation of d i s s e m i n a t i o n the Role of regional and local Energy Dactivities of LiCEA also Agencies in the Clusters development

consist of International online (Fedarene)."Training Webinar" that will be Then the core part of the organized at the beginning of Seminar will explain the LiCEA Tools: December 2014.

from the structure of the software, divided

into 2 main parts covering the traditional AGIRE Energy Agency, with the

Energy Auditing and the Life Cycle support of the LiCEA project partners and

Assessment (LCA), to the innovative Fedarene (the European Federation of

possibilities offered to industrial SMEs Agencies and Regions for Energy and the

audited thanks to the new Tools. Environment) will organize the online

At the end, there will be presented technical Seminar on the utilization of the

the Application of the LiCEA Tool in a few LiCEA Tools.

industrial Clusters in Europe. The aim is to train from 70 to 80

Participants will be offered the Energy Agencies technicians from various

opportunity to download (free of charge) European Countries, interested in

all six LiCEA Tools as well as manuals and innovative, simplified energy auditing in

guidance on how to perform LiCEA audits the industrial sectors.

and how to use LiCEA Tools through the The Seminar will be structured in

official project website.the way to firstly provide a general

introduction on the Actions foreseen in For more information on the next

the "Horizon 2020" Programme for Webinar, please look on the LiCEA or

funding energy efficiency in SMEs Fedarene website:

(presented by EASME, European

Commission), followed by an overview on

Energy Efficiency in the SMEs sector

www.licea.eu

www.fedarene.org


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LiCEA training webinar

for Energy Agencies Experts

December 2014


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th5 LiCEA project meeting

Bratislava, Slovakia

he capital of Slovakia - Bratislava was next Tvenue for LiCEA 2-day

nd rdproject meeting which held 2 and 3 October 2014 and which was hosted by Slovak partner - AIEC.

how to train regional/national energy

agencies or energy experts how to use

LiCEA tool in their practice.

Second day (3. 10.) were

discussed other, important topics

regarding the promotion of LiCEA project Partners devoted the first day

and its demonstration in all partners of the meeting fully to all versions of

regions.LiCEA tool (for six industrial fields). Their

last development stages, errors found Promot ion ac t i v i t ies and

during performing first 5 audits in each evidence that LiCEA tool is a very useful

country and done modifications and tool for a big number of Central European

improvements of tools were mainly SMEs will be realized at the final closing

discussed among LiCEA and LCA experts.conference in Mantova, Italy. Partners

th set a date of Closing event on 16 of Based on discussion and

December 2014.identified other areas of potential

improvements, experts have been In the end of this penultimate

further working on the development meeting, Lead Partner presented potential

and optimization.follower of currently running LiCEA project

called simply and accurately LiCEA+. Moreover, partners have agreed

What we can disclose here is that LiCEA+ on the way how to disseminate and

will deal with further software upgrading promote LiCEA initiative and its

and extension of tool´s usability.researched and developed tool as well as


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Fifth project meeting in Bratislava,Slovakia

some photos:

Nicola Galli (AGIRE) and Horst Lunzer (EAR)

discussing the conversion factors

of LiCEA tool.

Project partners discussing the last

development of all versions of LiCEA tool.

Tina Igličar Kubalík from hosting AIEC

having an introduction speech.

he Energy Agency of The general aim is the t h e R e g i o n s intensification and effective anchoring T(hereinafter EAR) is a of an economic and ecological sense

non-profit organisation, founded in of responsibility resulting in a different March 1998, located in the energy handling concerning aspects Waldviertel. The Waldviertel is in of economy, logical reasoning, cost the North-West of Lower Austria –

e f f e c t i v e n e s s , e n v i r o n m e n t next to the Czech border.

protection, renewable sources and

social compatibility.The members of the energy

agency are mainly municipalities. The target groups:

EAR is a regional partner and service ü communi t i e s and p r i va te

provider for ecological, integrated and companies

sustainable energy solutions. It offers ü n a t i o n a l a n d f e d e r a l

information and consulting as well as administration

p r o j e c t d e v e l o p m e n t . ü private organisations and co-

EAR employs a professional team with operatives

experts from different faculties.ü operators of a project

The internal resources contain

classic technical faculties as well as

e n v i r o n m e n t a l m a n a g e m e n t ,

c o a c h i n g a n d m e d i a t i o n .


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EAR offers

ü energy accounting system

ü analysis of buildings and plants

ü preparation of certificates of energy efficiency in buildings

ü contracting advisory for communities and regions

ü energy and mobility concepts for communities and regions

ü energy consulting for companies and institutions

ü emission simulation and -balances for communities and regions

ü trainings for energy saving for private and public consumers

ü development and support of energy regions

ü ecological energy providing - consulting and tendering

ü studies and concepts for individual special topics:

ü local energy supply – main focus on biogas/local heat/district heat

ü biogas plants – project development – agricultural and industrial

ü guidelines and basic work for energy efficiency in buildings

ü potential analysis for bio energy

ü lectures and workshops

ü networking – regional/national/international

ü platform for information and contacts in the area of energy and mobility

ü international projects

Cooperations

EAR has been cooperating with regional managements, regional consulting,

planning offices, special interest groups, consulting institutions, economy and

agriculture as well as with institutions of the public and half public sector in

Austria and with the network of more than 300 other energy agencies in Europe.

More information about our current activities:

http://www.energieagentur.co.at/


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Energy Agency of Regions,Austria

Prague

Bratislava

Contact us

Province of Mantova - LEAD PARTNER

Via Principe Amedeo 30, 46100 Mantova, Italy

Contact person: Roberto Grassi, [email protected]

AGIRE

Piazza Sordello, 43, 46100 Mantova, Italy

Contact person: Massimiliano Musci, [email protected]

EAR

Hans-Kudlich-Straße 2, 3830 Waidhofen an der Thaya, Austria

Contact person: Markus Hödl, [email protected]

PBN

32-36 Zanati Rd., H-9700 Szombathely, Hungary

Contact person: Adrienn Németh, [email protected]

NAPE

Swietokrzyska 20, 00-002 Warsaw, Poland

Contact person: Andrzej Rajkiewicz, [email protected]

AIEC

Jelačičova 8, 821 08 Bratislava, Slovakia

Contact person: Jan Šašek, [email protected]

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