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ABOUT EFFECT4BUILDINGS

EFFECT4 buildings is part of the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR), being a flagship project under policy area Energy and the horizontal action Sustainable development. Flagship projects demonstrate the progress of the EUSBSR especially well and serve as pilot examples for desired change.

The goal of EFFECT4buildings is to increase the number of energy efficiency measures implemented in existing public buildings in

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the Baltic Sea Region.

The target group is public building managers who often know what actions are technically possible and sometimes have calculations that show that these investments are profitable, but despite that fails to implement the measures due to financial barriers.

The project has produced a toolbox with financial methods that can improve profitability, facilitate funding and reduce the risk of energy investment in public real estate. Examples of tools are profitability calculations, action packages, contribution optimization, EPC, multifunctional agreements, green leases and economic models for both production and energy use.

EFFECT4buildings connects public property owners with suppliers of solutions to achieve more efficient use of energy in the Baltic Sea Region. Financial tools and methods have been developed through various real cases among partners participating in the project.

Project Financing

EFFECT4buildings is implemented with the support from the EU funding Programme Interreg Baltic Sea Region 2014 -2020 (European Regional Development Fund) and Norwegian national funding.

Project budget

2 637 013 EUR.

Project Duration

October 2017 – December 2020

Project partnership

County Board of Dalarna Environmental office of Lappeenranta region Inland County Council Vidzeme Planning Region Gate 21

Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol State Real Estate Ltd

ABOUT EFFECT4BUILDINGS .................................................2

WHY WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT BUILDINGS?................3

TOOLBOX INTRODUCTION....................................................4

FINANCIAL CALCULATIONS............................................5

BUNDLING.............................................................................8

ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING (EPC)......11 MULTI SERVICE CONTRACTING (MSC).....................17 GREEN LEASE CONTRACT.............................................28

PROSUMERISM..................................................................31

FUNDING..............................................................................37

CONVINCING DECISION MAKERS..............................39

TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS....................................43

EFFECT4BUILDINGS NEWS..................................................51

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