Best Policy Practices
Best Policy Practices
Best Policy Practices
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<strong>Best</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> <strong>Practices</strong><br />
Agència d’energia de Barcelona<br />
Barcelona, Spain<br />
It is a strategic political choice whether<br />
a city decides to invest in a coherent<br />
energy policy or not. Barcelona does.<br />
The Barcelona Local Energy Agency – Towards a New Energy<br />
Culture – is a public consortium created to drive, manage<br />
and monitor Barcelona’s Energy Improvement Plan. The Agency<br />
is an instrument to facilitate collaboration and coordination<br />
among various stakeholders.<br />
The Barcelona Energy Improvement Plan of 2003 addresses<br />
all citizens, companies and administrations to improve<br />
environmental quality and to contribute to a sustainable development<br />
of the city. Setting up the Barcelona Energy Agency<br />
was one of the actions proposed in the plan, which calls for increased<br />
awareness and the promotion of clean, renewable energies,<br />
as well as more efficient systems. It includes projects<br />
for which the City Council has direct responsibility or has to<br />
approve, such as<br />
• in housing: improvement of windows and insulation in<br />
refurbished dwellings, high-performance boilers, energy<br />
saving lighting, and review of energy standards<br />
• in public buildings and facilities: replacing existing street<br />
lighting, LED traffic lights, improving energy management<br />
of lighting, solar power in schools, energy management<br />
programmes in schools and universities, performance<br />
contracting and energy pools, energy use standards,<br />
reduction of energy used for decorative lighting<br />
• in infrastructure networks: district heating and cooling<br />
network as well as a photovoltaic power central for the 2004<br />
Forum site, district heating and cooling network for District<br />
22@, use of cold produced by the LPG re-gassing plant in<br />
the Port of Barcelona for air conditioning purposes<br />
Links<br />
www.barcelonaenergia.cat/ and www.barcelonaenergia.com/homeeng.htm<br />
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