Accelerate SUNShINE has ensured creation and functionality of the local Shared Project Management Unit, i.e. local working groups bringing technical, legal, financial and social advisory. This unit works on developing portfolios of energy efficiency projects in two distinct sectors:
• Public sector – public buildings and eventually infrastructures and
• Residential Sector - multifamily residential buildings.
Accelerate SUNShINE has created specific guidelines for project implementation and for running and the implementation of the activities towards renovation of public buildings with energy efficiency guarantee.
During the whole project, Accelerate SUNShINE has identified and addressed existing barriers in the regulatory framework for public EPC procurement in Latvia and other challenges like:
• regulatory barriers for long term Energy Performance Contracting in Public Buildings and use of Public Private Partnership
• subsidies limiting use of "design and build" approach and project bundling
• persuading and aligning everyone's interest
• lack of functional energy management system in municipalities
In the meantime, Accelerate SUNShINE has created and implemented four targeted Municipal awareness raising campaigns to encourage citizens to refurbish their multifamily buildings with EPC.
The main results of Accelerate SUNShINE are following:
• More than 120 energy audits have been carried out and more than 45 full project development plans (technical design, drawings, permits detailed budges estimates) prepared and eight EPC public procurements announced and contracts signed
• eight signed contracts for building renovation with energy efficiency guarantee worth of €13.6m investments
• two projects in negotiation phase with investments of €0.9m
• 15 projects in procurement stage of total €14m investments
• 19 energy efficiency projects triggered in four municipalities with total investments of €7.6m
• Primary energy savings of more than 10.6 GWh/year
• 9,000 people are already directly influenced by the renovation projects executed in Accelerate SUNShINE
• Accelerate SUNShINE renovation projects deliver in average investments of 2,679 €/person
• 75,356 m2 of multifamily residential buildings engaged