Sustainable and almost zero-emission communities and the role of public buildings (nZECom)
The main objectives of the project are:
To protect the environment and its resources,
Promote the conformity with the European Union and the national energy targets for 2020 and
Contribute to the global effort to confront the climate change.
The aforementioned objectives are analyzed to the following:
1. Identify the energy efficiency improvement potential of public buildings, not based on theoretical methods but on actual on-site measurements.
2. Then, propose the most suitable and cost-effective improvements that require minimum costs for maintenance, in accordance also to the next objective, which is:
3. To identify in detail the geothermal availability – quality and cost- supply chain in the area and highlight the benefits of establishing geothermal heatng networks. These networks will first serve the public building needs, but they will also be the backbone or lighthouse where the whole community can be based upon for addressing its thermal needs in the future.
4. The adoption of green e-procurement procedures for the implementation of the energy efficiency improvements and installations will secure the environment protection care of the project.
5. Raise public awareness about how realistic it is to exploit local energy sources and combine it with energy efficiency.
6. Establish interegional cooperation between partners during the design and operation phases.
All the objectives of the project directly address the specific objective of the call, which is Increase energy efficiency and the use of RES. Moreover, it is evident that the project serves the three aims of the specific objective:
(a) reduce energy consumption in the public sector,
(b) increase share of energy by RES in the public sector,
(c) increase population awareness on energy efficiency.
The actions that are adopted by the project are identical with the indicative actions of the call.
