MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

1. DLAEM & DOBRICH MUNICIPALITY Second Partners Meeting Breda, Netherlands 13-14 September, 2007 SUPPORTED BY MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

2. Overview of WP 2 Energy Baseline Assessment • Bilateral agreement of the two Bulgarian project partners on common report on energy baseline assessment • The Energy Efficiency Program of Dobrich was the background for the assessment • Basic principles for the energy baseline assessment were: partnership, volunteer participation of all parties, involvement of the civil society, collaboration, mutual enhancement, measurability and particularity. MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

3. WP 2: Energy Baseline Assessment • Key actors involved in the energy baseline assessment: • - specialists from DLAEM • - experts from the municipality • - representatives of private eneterprises • (business, energy companies, etc.) • - civil organizations • Major data sources (at local level): • - energy providers (E-on – electricity, CHTK – natural gas, “Toplivo”, coal and firewood • - Dobrich municipality (Local Tax Department – information about motor vehicles, buildings, energy costs • - Natoonal, regional and local statistics MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

4. WP 2: Energy Baseline Assessment Legislative background Municipal Plans for Development /mid –term documents developed by the municipalities where an energy baseline is performed to a certain extend/ Regional Plans for Development /mid-term documents encompassing the municipal plans/ Energy efficiency programs of the municipalities /short term and mid-term documents/ Energy efficiency programs of district governments /short-term documents based on municipal statistics/ MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

5. WP 2: Energy Baseline Assessment • Tools used for the implementation of the energy baseline assessment: • - survey (desk research, interviews, personal contacts, telephone, e-mail correspondence, interactive communication) • - contacts with municipal administrators with the relative departments and business companies • - meetings of the national SEC group and the local stakeholders, meetings of the project team • - public launch of the project (media publications, presentation, dissemination activities) • - evaluation (calculations) MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

6. WP 2: Energy Baseline Assessment Base years set for the analysis: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005 and 2006 MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

7. WP 2: Energy Baseline Assessment The evaluation of the energy consumption was performed according to the consumed energy sources in Dobrich i.e.: electric energy, natural gas, firewood, coal, gasoline, diesel. The figures are presented in Terajoule. MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

8. WP 2: Energy Baseline Assessment • Steps of implementation • The energy consumption was disaggregated by the sectors of: residential sector, transport, services, industry. • In-depth evaluation of the energy consumption was performed for: buildings, gasification & heating, electricity supply, transport. • Energy balance was evaluated for each year by sectors and by energy sources. • Basic overview of the energy consumption in Dobrich MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

9. WP 2: Energy Baseline Assessment • Constraints • Not a common practice in the municipal governments to implement energy baseline assessments • Incomplete databases in regards with energy performance at disposal in the municipalities • Variety of measuring units for calculating energy characteristics • Lack of specialists in the municipal administrations to observe the evaluation MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

10. WP 2: Energy Baseline Assessment • Advantages of the assessment • Gives an opportunity to trace the energy consumption in depth, settign the objectives and targets for the achievement of sustainable energy efficiency municipality • Sound basis for development of long-term program for energy efficiency in dobrich municipality • Helpful for decision making process as it involved the key actors and the local stakeholders of interest and expertise in Dobrich • Keeps significance regardless the inevitable policital changes in Dobrich MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

11. WP 3 Identification and Analysis of Best practices Establishment of National SEC Advisory Group • Inauguration meeting on June 5th 2007 in Dobrich • Nationally and Regionally represented organizations attended the meeting • Topics: presentation of the project concept, objectives and targets for achievement, results MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

12. WP 3 Identification and Analysis of Best practices • Establishment of National SEC Advisory Group • 12 people signed Declaration of participation as a committment, collaboration and application of practical approach to activities realization • Members of the National SECA Group: • - 1 Municipal official from Dobrich • - 3 energy specialists from the energy agencies in the Bulgarian Black Sea region • - 4 experts of sustainable development and environment protection from regionally presented organizations • - 1 person of national organization • - 1 engineer of a state institution (Varna Technical University) • - 1 employee of a energy ESCO company MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

13. WP 3 Identification and Analysis of Best practices • Establishment of National SEC Advisory Group • Second meeting in July to review the energy baseline assessment, potential setting and identification of best practices • Topic for discussion: - energy baseline assessment; - potential and target setting - identification of best practices - elaboration of mechanism for practical application of the practices and their standartisation MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

14. WP 3 Identification and Analysis of Best practices Identification of “best practices” Mechanism for enhancing the employment among the unemployed technically qualified people in small municipalities Public–private scheme for integrated energy retrofitting of municipal buildings Sun-collector installation in a kindergarden Energy efficient heating of sport complexes in Dobrich through combined utilization of natural gas and solar installation Energy performance indicators of residential buildings MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

15. WP 3 Identification and Analysis of Best practices Identification of “best practices” 6. Wind potential assessment in the North Eastern Region of Bulgaria 7. Survey on the ornitological important sites in the South Eastern Region with regards to RES utilization 8. Energy prformance of school buildings in Dobrich 9. Energy Efficiency performance in a public building in Dobrich MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716

16. MUSEC PROJECT TEAM DOBRICH AGENCY FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT 3 Bulgaria Blvd. Dobrich Tel.: +359 58 603 305 dlaem@abv.bg energy@ubbsla.org DOBRICH MUNICIPALITY 12 Bulgaria Blvd. Dobrich Tel.Fax: +359 58 600 162 d_milkova@dobrich.bg MUSEC-EIE/06/024/SI2.445716