Sustainable Energy Action Plans Covenant of Mayors

This section sets out examples of measures implemented within municipal energy and climate plans as well as case study examples of local authorities having established and implemented such as plan, which demonstrate some of the methodologies outlined above and represent best practice.

Table 1: A selection of best practice actions extracted from Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) established by municipalities signatories of the Covenant of Mayors. Further information on the individual measures can be found in the respective SEAPs available at: http://www.eumayors.eu/actions/sustainable-energy-action-plans_en.html

Aachen	DE	Residential	Micro CHP in social housing
Abbiategrasso	IT	Awareness raising	Thermographic survey of existing buildings
Abbiategrasso	IT	Transport	Shopping bus
All the municipalities in Province of Milan	IT	Awareness raising	Advisory services to citizens on energy saving potential at the household level.
Cardiff	GB	Residential	Producing a building standard to achieve a minimum SAP (STANDARD ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE) rating of 62 in private rental housing where possible - expected in 1,400 properties by 2016
Carugate	IT	Land use planning	Buildings regulation – Solar thermal and PV compulsory in new buildings
Carugate	IT	Transport/ Awareness raising	Walking bus (Piedibus) for children going to school
Copenhagen	DK	Land use planning	All new neighbourhoods in the city must be built close to metro or suburban train stations.
Dublin	IE	Local district heating	CHP using methane from sewerage works at Ringsend.
Dublin	IE	Residential	Social Housing Action Plan. Energy retrofit of void social housing.
Glasgow	GB	Residential/Tertiary	Conduct a building by building survey of properties that will benefit most from energy efficiency and energy management measures
Helsingør	DK	Municipal buildings	ESCO project: 165.000 m2 building area for energy renovation, including electrical installations and climate envelope.
Helsingør	DK	Transport	Electric bikes and cars for transport of employees between local administrative addresses.
Lodi	IT	Public lighting	MB 4 LED: Deployment of LED technology for traffic lighting and votive lighting.
Manchester	GB	Land use planning	Carrying out a co-ordinated Land Audit of the city region to assess current and potential future land use.
Manchester	GB	Land use planning	Ensure all new homes funded by Government or built by RSLs are in compliance with the escalating Code for Sustainable Homes requirements.
Manchester	GB	Land use planning	Creating a Business Travel Policy for all types of business and personal travel undertaken by the city council employees, including aviation.
Maranello	IT	Municipal buildings	Public building energy renovation through ESCO intervention, public building energy certification and monitoring of energy performance contracting results
Modena	IT	Public lighting	Street lighting (high pressure sodium - HPS lamps) and LED traffic lights
Modena	IT	Transport	Optimization of the waste transport logistics
Næstved	DK	Transport	Mobility management. Park and ride
North Tyneside	GB	Residential	Insulation of about 4000 cavity walls and 5928 loft spaces through partnership with a dedicated company.
Nynäshamn	SE	Land use planning	New residential areas should be within 900m to a bus or train station
Reggio Emilia	IT	Residential	Energy Performance Contracting in social housing
South Tyneside	GB	Public procurement of products and services	Driving higher energy efficiency standards amongst subcontractors by including environmental criteria as part of the process for selecting suppliers.
South Tyneside	GB	Transport	Smart Ticketing Initiative for public transport.
Stockton	GB	Transport	Pedestrian and cycle safety training to 2000 school children per year to encourage walking and cycling to school.
Stockton	GB	Transport	Encourage take-up of cycle to work scheme.
Stockton	GB	Transport	All significant new business developments to provide sustainable travel plans.
Worms	DE	Working with stakeholders	Screening of a business tax remission for small and medium enterprises when employing renewable energies and combined heat and power locally. Strengthening of local handcraft in the field of renewable energies and combined heat and power.