Greening Public Buildings: ESCO-Contracting in Danish Municipalities
This paper presents current research on Danish municipalities’ use of Energy Service Companies (ESCO) as a way to improve the standard of public buildings and to increase energy efficiency. In recent years more and more municipalities have used ESCO-contracts to retrofit existing public buildings, a...
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| author | Jesper Rohr Hansen Susanne Balslev Nielsen Jesper Ole Jensen |
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| description | This paper presents current research on Danish municipalities’ use of Energy Service Companies (ESCO) as a way to improve the standard of public buildings and to increase energy efficiency. In recent years more and more municipalities have used ESCO-contracts to retrofit existing public buildings, and to make them more energy efficient. At the moment 30 municipalities (of the 98 municipalities in Denmark) are involved in, or preparing, ESCO contracts. Nevertheless, ESCO-contracting still faces many challenges on the Danish market, as there is a widespread skepticism towards the concept amongst many stakeholders. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the various experience gained so far by municipalities use of ESCO-contracting, the different approached to ESCO-contracting being used in practice, as well as the different viewpoints drivers and barriers behind the development. The strong growth in ESCO-contracts reflects that the ESCO-concept fits well with a number of present problems that municipalities are facing, as well as a flexible adaptation to the local context in different municipalities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a593d23dacf4974b590af7247f0aadc2022-12-22T02:53:22ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732013-05-01652407242710.3390/en6052407Greening Public Buildings: ESCO-Contracting in Danish MunicipalitiesJesper Rohr HansenSusanne Balslev NielsenJesper Ole JensenThis paper presents current research on Danish municipalities’ use of Energy Service Companies (ESCO) as a way to improve the standard of public buildings and to increase energy efficiency. In recent years more and more municipalities have used ESCO-contracts to retrofit existing public buildings, and to make them more energy efficient. At the moment 30 municipalities (of the 98 municipalities in Denmark) are involved in, or preparing, ESCO contracts. Nevertheless, ESCO-contracting still faces many challenges on the Danish market, as there is a widespread skepticism towards the concept amongst many stakeholders. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the various experience gained so far by municipalities use of ESCO-contracting, the different approached to ESCO-contracting being used in practice, as well as the different viewpoints drivers and barriers behind the development. The strong growth in ESCO-contracts reflects that the ESCO-concept fits well with a number of present problems that municipalities are facing, as well as a flexible adaptation to the local context in different municipalities.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/6/5/2407Energy Service Companies (ESCO)municipalitiespublic buildingsenergy savings |
| spellingShingle | Jesper Rohr Hansen Susanne Balslev Nielsen Jesper Ole Jensen Greening Public Buildings: ESCO-Contracting in Danish Municipalities Energies Energy Service Companies (ESCO) municipalities public buildings energy savings |
| title | Greening Public Buildings: ESCO-Contracting in Danish Municipalities |
| title_full | Greening Public Buildings: ESCO-Contracting in Danish Municipalities |
| title_fullStr | Greening Public Buildings: ESCO-Contracting in Danish Municipalities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Greening Public Buildings: ESCO-Contracting in Danish Municipalities |
| title_short | Greening Public Buildings: ESCO-Contracting in Danish Municipalities |
| title_sort | greening public buildings esco contracting in danish municipalities |
| topic | Energy Service Companies (ESCO) municipalities public buildings energy savings |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/6/5/2407 |
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