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SPANISH NATIONAL / REGIONAL / LOCAL CAMPAIGNS FOR ADDRESSING THE ENERGY CRUNCH

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Table of contents: NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS BY IDAE (Instituto de la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía", del Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio). SPANISH GOVERNMENT.

1. Campaña de sensabilización ciudadana: "Ahorra Energia": Public awareness-raising campaign: "Save Energy” 2. Proyecto MOVELE (Proyecto Piloto de MOVilidad ELEctrica): Electrical mobility project. 3. Plan RENOVE: the household electric appliances renewable programme. 4. Energy efficient labelling: 5. ENERMANOS - new animated TV serial 6. PANER(Plan de Acción Nacional de Energías Renovables): National Action Plan for Renewable Energies.

BY ICAEN (Institut Català de l’Energia). CATALAN AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT.

7.“Pla Renova’t d’electrodomèstics, calderes i aparells d’aire condicionat”. 8. “Ecoemprendedor XXI”: programa per empreses en l’àmbit de les tecnologies netes (programme for companies) 9. El vehicle elèctric (IVECAT); (The electrical vehicle) 10. “Il.luminem amb qualitat”: campanya d’ús eficient en l’enllumenat al sector hoteler ( efficient use of lightning in hotels and restaurants) 3

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11. PAE: Programa d’assessorament energètic al sector dels serveis i el comerç (energetic consulting for services and stores) 12. Conducció eficient. (Efficient driving)

REGIONAL CAMPAIGNS: AGÈNCIA LOCAL DE L’ENERGIA D’OSONA (CONSELL COMARCAL D’OSONA)

13. Mesures d’estalvi als comerços. (Saving measures for stores) 14. Diferents accions empreses per l’agència.(Different actions carried out by this agency)

LOCAL CAMPAIGNS: AJUNTAMENT DE VIC. REGIDORIA DE MEDI AMBIENT (VIC CITY COUNCIL)

15. Compartir cotxe (car sharing) 16. Bicicleta pública urbana: la VICKI: (the public urban bicycle) 17. Programa Educatiu als centres (Educational Programme for schools) 18. Residus: (Waste) 19. Alternative Energies

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1. To: Members of the Comenius project: "Addressing the Energy Crunch" From: Anna Toribio, Meritxell Vila and Claudia Oms Subject: National Campaign "Save Energy" Date: 3/2/11 1.INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this report is to inform on how we can save energy following the action plan from the Government of Spain. 2. SAVE ENERGY: This campaign uses a logo/brand to identify actions, projects and programmes being carried out as a part of the 2008-2011 Activation Plan for Energy Efficiency and Savings. ” The "key ideas" the campaign transmited are: "Small gestures save energy" "The smart thing is to save energy, not to use it." (the commercials with the help of footballers from the Spanish National Team) There is a web page were you can find all the information about the project: http://www.idae.es/index.php/mod.pags/mem.detalle/relcategoria.1161/id. 354 3.OBJECTIVES: The overall aim of the awareness-raising campaign is to bring about a situation in which consumers contribute to Spain's strategic objectives for saving energy. 4.FIGURES: It should be borne in mind that as citizens (either at home or in our cars) we are responsible for 30% of the country's total energy consumption. By changing our individual habits and making sensible use of household appliances and lighting, or changing the way we buy equipment and use our vehicles, this percentage could be reduced considerably, with a significant cumulative effect. A number of figures stand out which are worth mentioning. For example, if we reduced the number of times we take the car to work by just 1%, using public transport instead, we would achieve an annual savings of up to 20 million litres of fuel, 49,000 tonnes of CO2 and 17 million euros in energy costs. In the case of lighting, if just one low consumption light bulb were fitted in each of Spain's 13.5 million homes, the savings in energy costs would come to 200 million euros a year, and 2 million tonnes of CO2 emissions would be avoided. For each degree centigrade you lower the temperature of the central heating or raise the temperature of the air-conditioning, you can save up to 7% on the 5

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energy bill. Efficient driving, which is to say, driving smoothly without sudden acceleration and with the tyres at the right pressure, can also reduce consumption by as much as 15%. Another example is that each passenger travelling by public transport uses three times less energy than when travelling by car. 5. CONCLUSIONS: This campaign is very interesting and surely will have good results.

The commercials with the help of the Spanish National Football team

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2. To: Members of the Comenius Project “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Mireia Palou, Marta Pérez, Laura Pérez Subject: MOVELE Date: 1/2/11 1. INTRODUCCIÓN This report is to inform about the implementation of electrical vehicles in the campaign MOVELE of the Government of Spain: 2. MOVELEproyectomovele@idae.es MOVELE is a campain about save energy, with this, the Spanish Government think that we can transform the vehicles in electrical vehicles and that it is a good form for save energy. 3. OBJECTIVES OF THE CAMPAIGN - To demostrate that the use of electrical vehicles is possible in Spain. - To implement this kind of vehicles in the admistrations. - To implement the use of electrical vehicles by the companies. - To promote this tecnology. 4.FUNDING Ten million euros are destinated for: 15% in infraestructures, 5% in studies and 80% for get the vehicles.

5.CONCLUSION We think that it is good for the world but it is a bad idea because at the moment, buying an electrical car is very expensive. But in some years time, it is possible that the cars will be cheaper. Thanks for reading it!

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3. To: Members of the Comenius Project “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Ariadna Nogué, Manjinder Kaur and Aina Márquez Subject: Plan Renove Date: January 2011 1.INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this report is to inform aboutan energetic plan in Spain. This plan is called in Spanish “Plan Renove”, “Renewal Plan”. We want to learn and explain what exactly it is and how it works. The few things we know before investigating are this plan wants to get efficient home appliances for each Spanish house. 2. PLA RENOVE: The “Pla Renove d'Electrodomèstics” (Renew Plan of House Appliances) is one of the measures of the “Pla d’Acció d’Estalvi i Eficiència Energètica 20082012” (Plan of action of saving and energetic efficiency), and it comes from the same plan in the years 2005-2007. 3. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the “Plan Renove” are really simple.They give you money to help you buy an efficient home appliance. 4. WHAT IS AN EFFICIENT HOME APPLIANCE? An efficient home appliance is one which works with a very little part of energy. We know that it is efficient because it has an energetic label. This kind of label is the same for all over Europe. There are seven efficiency levels, identified with a colour code and letters. It goes from the dark green and the letter “A” for the most efficient ones, to the hard red and letter “G” for the less efficient ones. We consider one appliance as efficient when it has the code A, A+, or A++. 5. FUNDINGS: The fundings for the Plan Renove come totally from the government taxes, and it affects directly the owner of the shop where you buy the appliance. The usual discount goes from a 20% to a 5% in the original price. Plan Renove only helps you with efficient appliances. When you go to the shop, the price is already discounted, but the owners of the shop have to send some forms to the IDAE and the government. 6. CONCLUSIONS: Does the Plan Renove really work? We do not know it yet, because there are not statistics on the net, and, nowadays in Spain we are living a crisis situation

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so the people only change their home appliances when it is strictly necessary. But the efficient appliances save a lot more of energy than the old ones, and that means you save a lot more of your money. And, in our opinion, it works. We think Plan Renove is a really good idea. With efficient appliances at least half of the energetic waste of a house is solved. It’s true the money comes from the taxes and that is a very expensive plan, but you get a lot in discount. And as we say, every little (or big) action counts.

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4. To: Members of the Comenius project “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Ricard Casacuberta, Pitus Carbonés, Bryan Gallego. Subject: Energy efficient labelling Date:31-1-11 1.INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this report is to inform about the campaign carried out by the Government of Spain, Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade. 2. ENERGY EFFICIENT LABELLING: The Energy efficient labelling is used in Europe. It is for the people who buy appliances. With this labelling you can know how green your appliance is. The types of appliances that have labeled energy requirement are: -Fridges and freezers. -Dishwashers -Dryers. -Washing machines - dryers. -Domestic sources of light. -Ovens. -Air conditioning For more information: http://www.idae.es/index.php/mod.pags/mem.detalle/idpag.57/relcategoria.116 1 3. OBJECTIVES: This campaign serves in order that the people in Europe could know what his domestic appliances spend, and save more energy. The labels are a common part that refers to the brand name of the device and energy efficiency class and another part that will vary from appliance to others and referring to other facilities, according to their functionality (For example, the ability to freeze or spend of water for washing). There are 7 classes of efficiency, identified by a code of letters and colors ranging from green and the letter A for more efficient equipment, to the red and the letter G for the least efficient equipment. 4.RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION:

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Practical advice: -Fridge: Do not buy a bigger fridge than you need. Clean, at least once a year the back. -Washing machine: Use sun's heat to dry-up clothes. -Dishwasher: Use the dishwasher when it's full of dishes. -Dryer: With gas or heat pump you will save energy and money when you use your dryer. -Oven: Buy an oven type A. This is a good initiative by the Spanish government, but it does not give any money back to the people that buy these appliances. We think this is a good initiative because you can save money and energy, and you know how green your appliance is.

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5. To: Members of the Comenius project “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Ramon Parareda and Sergi Prat Subject: TV Program (ENERMANOS) Date: 3/Febrary/2011 INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this report is to inform about the new TV program in HD on TVE (Spanish National Television Network), the program is about the energy and the ecological conscience. ENERMANOS: It is a Cartoon, the characters have the shape of a finger. There are the family “manitas”, and they have to dealt problems about energy in their city “Villamanzana”. There are the family Manitas: - Pili Manitas is the wife of Manuel Manitas, and she is a TV presenter. - Manuel Manitas is the husband of Pili Manitas, and he is a scientist and inventor. - Pabla and Anna are the children of Pili and Manuel. Thera is the family Manirrota: they are the neighbours of the family Manitas, Juan is a seller, Marta is his wife, and Ivo and Ivan are twins, and they are hyperactive boys, they are very naughty. Mangonera and Tejemaneje are the bad boys of the cartoon. Finally the secondary characters are Mario Lappa and Alcalde Manosclaras (the City Mayor). OBJECTIVES: The objective of the cartoon is to talk about the climatic change, solar energy, pollution, sharing cars, recycling and use public transport. 4. CONCLUSIONS: The cartoon is very instructive and educational, for all people young and old. It proposes changes for a more ecological behaviour.

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6. TO: Members of the Comenius Project: “Addressing the Energy Crunch” FROM: Mireia Sirera and Berta Pou SUBJECT: PANER (Plan de Acción Nacional de Energias Renovables) DATE: 7-2-11

1.INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this report is to inform about the national campaign called: National Action Plan for Renewable Energy, from 2010 to 2020. 2.PANER (Plan de Acción Nacional de Energias Renovables) The European parliament decided in 2009 that each state member of the European Union would elaborate a plan concerning renewable energy to get the national goals set by the European Parliament. 3.OBJECTIVES: The general goals are: 20% of the total energy used in the EU should be renewable energy and at least 10% of the energy used in each share should be renewable, too. In Spain the goal is to achieve in 2020 their use of 20% of renewable energy in general and concerning transport, 10%. 4. WHY? : The evolution and raise in the price of petroleum and the fact that it exists in sonly attain geographical areas has worried the developed countries for were than 30 years. The environment also suffers from it, the gases and other polluting materials damage it and cause the green-house effect. Spain uses a lot of energy from petroleum, more than the average European country. - 40% of the energy from petroleum necessaries in Spain is used in transport - 30% industry the rest, agricultural services. 5. RESULTS: In the last years the use of biofuel has increased. The biofuel plants produce more and more in Spain In 2020. ¾ of the use of electricity should be based in renewable energies and natural gas.

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Other technologies, like the use of wind-pawner, geothermal, and the energy from the sea, will be used more and more. Regional and local campaigns will be carried out.

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7. To: Members of the Comenius project “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Jordi North and Ernest Martínez Subject: Campaign “Renova't” Date: 3/Febrary/2011 1.Introduction: The purpose of this report is to inform about the Pla Renova't. 2.Pla Renova't: This plan was launched by the Energy Agency of the Catalan government. 3.Objectives: -to encourage the renewal of appliances and air conditioning appliances that are energy class A or higher and the replacement of domestic boilers to condensing boiler. -to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption in Catalan households - to promote the rational use of energy among the citizens through he renewal of appliances, boilers and air conditioning. 4. Funding: The government will give you a certain amount of money to help you buy these type of appliances. They tend to give around 50 to 125 euros to help pay for these appliances. For air conditioning units they will give up to 250 euros to help out and in the case of condensing boilers the government will aid with a maximum of 400 euros. Results: On the first of July 2010, the buget for the Plan was exhausted, with a total of 64,091 applications and a cost of 5,5000,000 € in grants. This proves how successful the plan has been.

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8. To: The members of the Comenius Project “Addressing the energy Crunch” From: Ramon Casals, Gerard Llobet, Dídac Barrionuevo. Subject: "Ecoentrepreneurs XXI": program for companies regarding clean technologies" Date: 17/1/2011 1.INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this report is to inform about this program called "Ecoentempreneurs XXI": program for companies concerning clean technologies" 2. THE CAMPAIGN: Ecoemprendedor XXI is a program for the companies and people in the field of clean technologies. It is intended for university students and the people that want to have a company. 3. OBJECTIVES: The main goal is to provide participants a set of tools and resources to help them with the creation and consolidation of their business. 4. FUNDING: The course costs nothing to the people who take it but you have to pay 200 euros and they will give you the money back when you finish the course successfully, but if you don't finish it you don't have the money back. 5. RECOMMENDATIONS: We recommend this course to the students of university and the people that work or want to have a company, and people who want to study management of companies.

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9. To: Members of the Comenius project: “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Guillem Casacuberta, Daniel de Jose, Joan Manel López, Youssef Oulad Subject: IV CAT, The electric car in Catalonia Date:1-2-11 1.Introduction This report is to inform about electrical vehicles in the campaign IVECAT of the autonomous Catalan Government. 2.Name of the campaign IVeCat The electric vehicle is one of the most important options to substitution the fuel propelled cars. You must recharge this cars, there are 250 recharged points in Barcelona. 3.Objectives of the campaign - to substitute the present vehicles for the electric vehicles. - to reduce the emissions produced by the present vehicles. - to build an electric vehicles park with 76.000 places in 2015. - to develop a recharge points net for the people. 1520 points in the street, and 6080 underground in 60 towns in Catalonia. - to ensure that the introduction of the electric vehicle have electric, environmental and economic benefits. - to consolidate a productive and competitive base with leadership in the market. - to promote the electric vehicles demand. - to create a public and private recharge infrastructure. - to plan the city electric mobility. - to pilot the plan of the city electric mobility. 4.Funding Beneficiaries and budget: _Private companies 225,000€ . _corporations. 25,000 € _Funding 50000€ . 5.Recommendations and conclusion This is a good initiative by the Catalan government, but we do not know if it will prove successful, as electric cars are still very expensive.

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Former President of the Generalitat, Mr. José Montilla, for the electric vehicle.

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10. To: Members of the Comenius project: “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Judith Ferrés, Estel Barniol, Neila Adillon and Maria Muntal Subject: “Illuminate with quality” Date: 01/02/2011

1.INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this report is to inform about the campaign carried out by the Catalan government called “Illuminate with quality”. 2. ILLUMINATE WITH QUALITY: This campaign is is aimed to promote actions that allow sustainable in the hotel and restaurant sector. This campaign is in Catalonia and has the support of the European Union. 3. OBJECTIVES: - To contribute that Catalonia will be a tourist destination for optimal energy and environmental quality, - To promote actions to enable sustainable development of the sector - To reduce the annual spending light in the Catalan hotel sector. 4. FUNDING: The collaborators are the Catalan Institute of Energy of the Working, Industry, Commerce and Tourist Department, with Philips Lighting Iberica. This campaign has the support of the EU with the project SAVE “HOTEST: Technical Support Scheme for Energy Efficient Technologies in the Tourism Industry”. 5. RESULTS: There are many hotels and restaurants that are starting reducing their energy consume a 5%, helped by this project. In Barcelona, the hotel sector cost 300.000 €. 6. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION: - A good night illumination, give a better sensation of security to the people. - You should use lights of low consume.

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- A good illuminate delete the reflexes, excess and defects of the light and increase the wellness of people. We think that is a good project, because we can save energy and money with it.

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11. To: Members of the Comenius project. “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Alexandra Vilar, Eneritz Zoyo, Xènia Romeu. Subject: PAE ( Energy Assessment Program ) Date: 1/2/2011 1.Introduction The purpose of this report is to inform about the campaign of the Spanish government called PAE. 2.PAE PAE relates to he energy services and trade sector. The xost of electriciy in the trade and services sector is the same as the total in the energy sector. The predominant technologies are basically in the electric sector: lighting, boilers for heating, heat pumps, electric engines... Moreove, there are other uses in respect to energy consumption: computer equipment and office technology in offices, kitchen in the catering industry and so on. 3.Objectives - To promote the incorporation of energy criteria for an efficient energy consumption at both existing schools (public offices,pictures of public lighting, water pumps, etc..) projects as in the design phase; -to carry out studies and audits from the Catalan Institute of Energy : - a) examine the energy sources, the consumption costs... and b) to propose a set of measures to facilitate energy saving and efficient management of energy resources and facilities. The audits examine lighting, energy and economically, the following measures applied in each panel 4.Conclusion: It is good that our government helps the industry in electrical matters.

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12. To: Members of the Comenius project “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Anna Gonzalvez, Bruna Naudó and Cristina Falgueras. Subject: Carsharing. Date: 10th February 2011, 1.INTRODUCION: The purpose of this report is to present the campaign of the Government of Catalonia, Barcelona City Council and the Association for the Advancement of Public Transport. 2. CARSHARING: Comenius multilateral school partnership project “Addressing the Energy Crunch: Every Little Action Counts ' participants 3 ESO A students carried out a research about Carsharing. It is a system that was born in Switzerland in 1948 and spread to Europe and the USA. There are basic plans and plans for professional businesses. There is a company that is associated with the Government and is called “Progress”, which you can join. 3. OBJECTIVES OF THE CAMPAIGN: - to save energy with the use of means of transport, offering the possibility of using a vehicle when needed without having to be its owner. 4. PRICES: Sporadic use: 30 € / year Use of car: € 3.75 per hour € 40.60 / day Regular Use: 80 € / year Use of car: 3.15 € / h € 34.60 / day RESULTS: An example of the result is in Sabadell, a town near Barcelona. More than 4.200 people have used this service since 2007. It is also said to grow by a 40% during 2011,

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13. To: Members of the Comenius Project: “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Joan Dorca, Cristian Blanco and Adrià Peso Subject: Efficient Driving Date: 31/January/2011 1. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this report is to inform drivers about how to: • • • •

Reduce fuel consumption Reduce pollution Increase the road safety. Improve the comfort of the occupants of the vehicle

The report is from the regional government (Catalan Institute of Energy) together with the national government (Ministerio de Industria, Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía) www.gencat.cat/icaen and www.idae.es 2. EFFICIENT DRIVING, Diversification and Saving (IDEA): Collaboration agreements ICAEN-IDEA want to implement the Energy Efficiency Strategy in Spain and the Energy Plan for Catalonia 2015. 3. OBJECTIVES OF THE CAMPAIGN: Main objectives: • To reduce the 20% of the fuel comsumption. • To reduce the average speed of 10%. 4. INSTRUCTIONS: • • • • • •

Choose a smart buy of your car Increase the number of occupants of your vehicle Don't open the windows Avoid the lack of pressure in the tyres Don't load too much the vehicle Correct change of gears: 2: to 2 seconds or 6 meters. 3: from approximately 30 km/h. 4: from approximately 40 km/h. 5: from approximately 50 km/h

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5. GAME about Efficient Driving: This is a simulator to show you how you can save energy when you drive. It tells you the quantity of petrol you use and how much you can save depending on what you do and the way you drive.

http://www.gencat.cat/icaen/aplicacions/simulador_conduccio/ 6. CONCLUSION That is an interesting topic, because you can save energy and money at the same time! We think the most of drivers need to know the instructions because they use the car a lot.

Thanks for reading it!!!

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14. To: Members of the Comenius project: “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Natàlia Nogué, Bruna Montmany and Fiona Bagaria. Subject: Saving mesures for stores/ shops. Date: 1/february/2011 1.INTRODUTION The purpose of this report is to inform about saving measures for stores by Consell Comarcal d’Osona 2. SAVING MESURES FOR STORES AND SHOPS The campaging is aimed to promote the good use of energy of shops in bars, in toy shops, in flower shops, in pharmacies, in libraries, in SPAs, and other kind of shops. 3. OBJECTIVES - To do an audit in the shops. - To visit the facilities in the shop, the lightning systems, the windows and doors insulations, the heating and air conditioning systems. - To report the customs and habits; - To write a report about the proposals. 4. RESULTS So far, the number of shops audited is 35. The consumption of kwh/any of shops is of 659076Kwh 5. CONCLUSIONS: We think it is a good campaign as they help the shop owners in being more energy efficient.

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Presentation of the campaign

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15. To: Members of the Comenius project: “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Clara Viñas and Queralt Tornafoch Subject: Different actions carried out by the agency AGÈNCIA DE L'ENERGIA D'OSONA Date: 3/February2011 1. INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this report is to inform about the actions plans carried out by the “Agència de l'energia d'Osona”. 2. ACTIONS TAKEN: This campaign aims to: • promote the online management of the energetic uses in the villages in Osona, our region, • elaborate reports of improvement of the energetic consumption, • the application of the technical code of the edification in a new building, • the elaboration of the plans and application of the luminous pollution regulation, • the processing of grants, the application of an eco-efficienent order, • the elaboration of solar ordinances, • the verification of the new climatic projects, new projects of public lightning, urban plans and actions in the promotion and dissemination of the renewable energies. 3. OBJECTIVES: -To promote renewable and efficient energies. -To advice the management of councils about energy. 4. CONCLUSIONS/ RESULTS: This campaign helps councils to control their energetic consumption doing different actions. At present, they have signed a contract with 36 councils of the Osona region. The agency has been granted different awards, such as: in 2006: Prize to the Best Local Initiative in energetic efficiency.

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webpage of the Agency

- In 2002 the Award to the”Best field research in the use and alternatives of fossils fuels”

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16. To: Members of the Comenius project: “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Karolina Dyksik, Paula Codina, Pablo Alava & Núria Graham Subject: The vic's electric bicycle : THE VICKI Date: 10.02.11 1. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this project is to inform about the electric bicycles that we can use in our city, and we are going to explain a bit about it. 2. The VICKI First of all, you must be ''+18'' to be able to use these bicycles, and if you are not, you must have your parents permission. There are five VICKI stations in Vic. You can take the Vicki in one station and you can return it in any station in the city. IMPORTANT: You must bring a helmet, you must drive on the cycling lane, and you must be visible to the other people. 3. OBJECTIVES • • •

To reduce the CO2 emissions, To stop the use of the cars in the city centre. To enjoy riding a bike, and encourage the use of bikes in the city.

4. PRICE For using them you have to pay, first of all, 30 € , and whenever you take the bicycle you do not have to pay if it is only 30 minutes. 5. CONCLUSIONS We think that this is a great idea, and it is going to work, because we have to think that this is going to help to save energy.

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17. To: Members of the Comenius project “Addressing the Enerby Crunch” From: Tània Teixidor, Adai Suriñach, Albert Tapia, Albert Sarrat & Haojie Wang Subject: Car Sharing in Vic Date: 1/February/2011 1. INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this report is to inform drivers about the compaign of “Ajuntament de Vic” “town council” about car sharing. 2. SHARING CARS: This campaign aims to promote the rational use of the private car. The services people can use to: • go to the the university • go to work • go for a trip There is a web page with 3 different applications where you can introduce where do you go and what time you are leaving. http://vic.compartir.org/

3. HOW IT WORKS: Using these web page you can see online the persons who are doing the same trip as you. Using an e-mail you can contact some of them. 4. OBJECTIVES: - To facilitate an alternative to the people in Vic to share the car when they are travelling.

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- To reduce the pollution and energetic consumption produced by private vehicles. - To improve the use of public space. 5. CONCLUSIONS: The car sharing scheme is a good action promoted by the town council in Vic. Surely, it could prove successful, but we all have to change our habits of taking our own car to everywhere we go and adapt a bit to other people's needs.

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18. To: Members of the Comenius project “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Abel Gómez, Alba Omella, Nil Sala Subject: The Environmental Educational Campaign of Ajuntament de Vic. Date:10-2-2011 1, Introduction: The purpose of this report is to inform about the Environmental Educational Campaign carried out by the Vic City Council. 2. Interview: We interviewed Ms. Castell, one of the persons in charge of the programme. a) What is your name? Núria Castells Moreno b) What is your post? Technical of Environmental Education in the firm La Vola. c) How long have you been working in La Vola? Since 2002 until now more or less for almost 9 years d) What is the name of the campaign? Environmental Educational Program for Vic. e) What are the objectives? - to convey students of positive attitudes towards the environment; - to provide resources for teachers of schools in Vic so that they can work with their students; - to assist teachers about environmental themes; - to participate in environmental campaigns promoted by the council. f) Where do you get the funds from? with public money within the budget of the Council of Environment. g) What are the results? High participation of the educational centers in both campaigns and the activities that are subsidized by the City Council always those who participate are more primary schools. h) What about the evaluation of the action plan? The assessment is very positive when teachers are satisfied. We start new campaigns and meetings are held. i) When did all start? These programs began 12 years ago but as the website shows only the last 2 years. j) What kind of schools is your program directed to? 35

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Both public and private.

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19. To: The members of the comenius project “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Katy Castelo and Nàbia Adillón Subject: Greening of festivals and events Date: 17/1/11 1.INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this report is to inform about the campaign carried out by the Vic City Council consisting in reducing the waste in the local festivals and events, reusing and recycling: plastic glasses, dishes, forks, knives, spoons, napkins,... borrowing containers or something else. 2. WASTE IN FESTIVALS: This campaign is addressed to all the people who want to make some parties taking care of the environment. They can ask to the town-hall to give them some plastic glasses or dishes. 3. OBJECTIVES: Make sustainable parties for the environment. When people organize parties they use lots of plastic glasses, dishes, forks, knives, spoons, napkins... and the objective is reduce all of this waste, make a global awareness for a better future. 4. FUNDING: The campaign is funded by the town hall of Vic. 5. RESULTS: For the moment we only know that it has been applied in a few activities, like walks, popular celebrations... we must pay one Euro and they give us a plastic glass to reuse all the times that we want or need. 6. CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS: We think that it is a useful campaign for our city, our environment, our economy and all the world. We hope that this campaign would help to create a sustainable future for everyone and avoid unnecessary waste.

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20. To: the members of the Comenius project “Addressing the Energy Crunch” From: Aina Portell, Marc Masoliver Subject: Alternative Energies Date: January 21st, 2011 1.INTRODUCTION The purpose of this report is to inform that the town hall in Vic has an active policy concerning the climate change. It was signed on the 4 th of August following the instructions of the General Director for Mobility and Transport. The goal is to reduce 20% emissions of GEH, before 2020. 2. ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES The name of this campaign is “Alternative energies”. It is created to increase the use of renewable energies and not to depend on petroleum and they want to reduce the future dependency of it as much as possible. 3. OBJECTIVES OF THE CAMPAIGN The Catalan Institute of Energy have as a goal the realization of some programmes to do some reasearch for the application of technological development. They have included renewable enegy to save energy as much as possible. They want to inform people how to save energy at home. The Town Hall must buy and use green energy as a priority. They must achieve the goals according to the PROGREMIC programme concerning the use of energy. They must make water saving campaigns. They should encourage people to use some saving water mechanisms and change their habits to save water. They must improve how they deal with their garden to reduce the use of water. They need public transport to reach the main working places: big companies, factories. Then the workers of these companies do not need to use private transport. They want to establish some “camins escolars”, that is, they want to create some safe walking routes for children to go to school on foot and help parents

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not to use private transport to do so. 15.145 metres of safe routes have been planned. For the moment 3.280m are already being used. Children walking small groups with an adult being in charge of them. 4. CONCLUSION Carrying out all these ideas from this campaign Vic can be a greener city, if citizens are encouraged to use renewable energy and they are conscious they can do little but important things to help the environment, save water and save energy.

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