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COMMUNICATION

A decision support tool to
prioritise energy efficiency
measures in public buildings

The PrioritEE project aims to strengthen the policy-making and strategic planning competences
of local and regional public authorities in the energy management of Municipal Public Buildings
(MPBs) in Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece and Croatia developing replicable solutions suited to
various regional contexts.

The project aims to gather the knowledge acquired in combination of EE measures. Users can either fill only
terms of decision support tools, good practices and basic input which will be supplemented with a list of
strategies in one common platform, the PrioritEE toolbox, assumptions from the toolbox’s database, or fill-in also
which can be used by local administrations to manage advanced inputs for more accurate results. The DST is
and monitor energy consumption, assess the cost- available in a spreadsheet version as well as in a user-
effectiveness of a predefined set of Energy Efficiency friendly software application.
(EE) and Renewable Energy Sources (RES) measures,
and prioritize investments. Moreover, it will release a The toolbox is completed by: a set of How-to Briefs
policy document on common strategies in the MED that are easy-to-use guides for the implementation of
area to develop local action plans to reduce the energy selected best practices for EE in MPBs; a Repository of
consumption of MPBs. Good Practices to enhance sustainable energy awareness
and foster behavioural changes; and an Open data &
The PrioritEE toolbox knowledge access infrastructure which gathers all these
The PrioritEE toolbox has been tested on five pilots in components in a central point on the PrioritEE website in
the partner regions, focusing on a varied portfolio of local order to be easily and freely accessed.
priorities and covering different key energy efficiency
issues. The toolbox is composed by five main components Capacity building and knowledge transfer
which will be available in English, Italian, Portuguese, Local Living Labs were carried out in each pilot area to
Spanish, Greek and Croatian: engage target groups in the project’s activities, foster
energy awareness and implement selected good practices
A technologic analytical database which incorporates within the local communities. Moreover, Local Workshops
solutions to improve EE in MPBs split by end-use: were organized to involve key stakeholders and provide
lighting, space heating, space cooling, water heating and an effective transfer of knowledge with the final aim to
cooking. The database also includes measures to reduce develop local plans for improving EE in MPBs. l
the energy needs of the buildings structure as well as
renewable electricity generation technologies providing Contact details:
information on technological characteristics, investment
and operation and maintenance costs, energy savings, Project number: MED15_2.1_M2_205
etc. It can also be used as a benchmark tool and for Website: https://prioritee.interreg-med.eu/
identification of different alternatives for improving EE in Start date: February 2017
MPBs. Duration: 30 months
Project coordinator: Monica Salvia, CNR-IMAA
A Decision Support Tool (DST) to prioritize EE measures Contact email: monica.salvia@imaa.cnr.it
divided among nine areas of focus: external walls, external
windows, roof, ventilation system, heating and cooling
system, lighting system and integration of renewable
energy (solar collectors and PV panels). The DST provides
an overview of results ranked by savings, investment
costs and return of investment for each building and
building typology allowing also the evaluation of different

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