Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan of Tirana-Durres Area

TP7.2- Energy infrastructure
To achieve the national and regional goals to
reduce emissions affecting climate change,
the new development should be defined
and designed so as to improve its carbon
performance. In this context, municipalities
should:
• Encourage provision of energy from
decentralized, renewable and low carbon
sources and set ambitious standards,
yet feasible, in meeting this goal through
the general local plans. These standards
should be part of the regulations and
must also designate portions of renewable
energies, which should be applied by the
new developments. It is suggested that the
minimum value for any new development to
be 10% of the portion of the energy and for it
to be provided by renewable and decentralized
sources.
• Promote key development areas for the
application of renewable energy sources
through the General Local Plans, the Local
Sectorial Plans and Local Detailed Plans.
Beyond the requirements for renewable
energy, municipalities should include high
standards for energy efficiency in their
own regulations. All new buildings must
meet high standards of energy efficiency.
Moreover, structures and policies encouraging
and promoting energy efficiency, reducing
maintenance costs in structures with public or
private functions should be established in the
planning documents.
• The municipalities, in cooperation with the
Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of
Energy and Industry, should set up platforms
to increase energy efficiency in the existing
stock of buildings in the region. This can
be achieved by establishing public-private
partnerships, creating special regional budgets
on energy efficiency and/or announcing
special areas for improving efficiency in energy
consumption. The areas may be determined
based on their historical, cultural, institutional
characteristics, etc.
regional development based on energy
distribution grids, growth of the population
by 6% and increased energy demand from
regional businesses.
• The line ministries and regional
municipalities should establish industrial
areas in the general local plans, along with
alternative energy options based on the
system of the gasification network (TAP)
-IAP. Clustering of functions will increase the
efficiency of investments and will affect in
reducing costs of the regional industry during
their lifespan.
TP7.3- Electronic communication
infrastructure / ICT
• Telecommunication network services
must support economic areas and urban
centres with quick access to the internet to
develop the possibilities for a digital economy.
Urban centres should be covered with rapid
connecting telecommunication infrastructure,
while the integration of networks in mutual
corridors must be coordinated between the
regional municipalities and line ministries.
• Integration and connection of secondary and
tertiary urban centres to the national network
of optical fibers should be at the attention of
central and local authorities.
• Regional municipalities should cover
with ICT infrastructure and services all the
subordinate institutions with public functions,
to enable the establishment of integrated
services in electronic networks.
• The line ministry and regional municipalities
should prioritize potential areas of future
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