Tactics and Strategy for the SEAP - Action Plan for Sustainable Energy. The city of Alessandria as a case study

The European Union has included, since 2007, in its Plan for Energy Efficiency, a specific action addressed to the Cities: the Covenant of Mayors. The initiative involves directly the Mayors, who, signing a document of adhesion, will commit to go beyond the EU target of CO2 reduction, implementing a...

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Main Author: Lorenzo Savio
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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2014-10-01
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description The European Union has included, since 2007, in its Plan for Energy Efficiency, a specific action addressed to the Cities: the Covenant of Mayors. The initiative involves directly the Mayors, who, signing a document of adhesion, will commit to go beyond the EU target of CO2 reduction, implementing a SEAP: Strategic Energy Action Plan. The SEAP is an innovative planning tool, which allows the city to build an overall scenario for reducing CO2 emissions, with actions belonging to different sectors. In all the steps following the signing of the Covenant (adoption, monitoring, updating the SEAP) it is crucial, for the city, to adopt an effective coordination, able to put a system not only the social actors with key roles, but also all the past experiences, the best practices, demonstration projects and everything which, in the local context, can be con- sidered strategic for a sustainable urban regeneration. In Italy, the Covenant had a considerable success, with more than 1,800 cities, the 55% of the total in Europe. The city of Alessandria can be considered an interesting case study, because the SEAP development was integrated to the European Demonstrative Project Concerto AL Piano, aimed at the regeneration of a urban district, making it sustainable from the energy consumption point of view. The research group of Politecnico di Torino supported Alessandria in all the process.
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spelling doaj.art-954b7bd6a63143e1b1f139fda209b3792022-12-22T04:10:24ZengFirenze University PressTechne2239-02432014-10-01810.13128/Techne-1506712710Tactics and Strategy for the SEAP - Action Plan for Sustainable Energy. The city of Alessandria as a case studyLorenzo SavioThe European Union has included, since 2007, in its Plan for Energy Efficiency, a specific action addressed to the Cities: the Covenant of Mayors. The initiative involves directly the Mayors, who, signing a document of adhesion, will commit to go beyond the EU target of CO2 reduction, implementing a SEAP: Strategic Energy Action Plan. The SEAP is an innovative planning tool, which allows the city to build an overall scenario for reducing CO2 emissions, with actions belonging to different sectors. In all the steps following the signing of the Covenant (adoption, monitoring, updating the SEAP) it is crucial, for the city, to adopt an effective coordination, able to put a system not only the social actors with key roles, but also all the past experiences, the best practices, demonstration projects and everything which, in the local context, can be con- sidered strategic for a sustainable urban regeneration. In Italy, the Covenant had a considerable success, with more than 1,800 cities, the 55% of the total in Europe. The city of Alessandria can be considered an interesting case study, because the SEAP development was integrated to the European Demonstrative Project Concerto AL Piano, aimed at the regeneration of a urban district, making it sustainable from the energy consumption point of view. The research group of Politecnico di Torino supported Alessandria in all the process.https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/4394SEAPCovenant of Mayorseco-buildingretrofit
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eco-building
retrofit
title Tactics and Strategy for the SEAP - Action Plan for Sustainable Energy. The city of Alessandria as a case study
title_full Tactics and Strategy for the SEAP - Action Plan for Sustainable Energy. The city of Alessandria as a case study
title_fullStr Tactics and Strategy for the SEAP - Action Plan for Sustainable Energy. The city of Alessandria as a case study
title_full_unstemmed Tactics and Strategy for the SEAP - Action Plan for Sustainable Energy. The city of Alessandria as a case study
title_short Tactics and Strategy for the SEAP - Action Plan for Sustainable Energy. The city of Alessandria as a case study
title_sort tactics and strategy for the seap action plan for sustainable energy the city of alessandria as a case study
topic SEAP
Covenant of Mayors
eco-building
retrofit
url https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/4394
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