Energy efficiency in 40 Schools Supports Community (E(40)SCO) is a project supported by NESOI European Islands Facility, managed by our partners from SINLOC, and promoted by the Municipality of Cagliari.

What is E(40)SCO?

The project consists of a diversified intervention plan involving about half of the school

buildings in the city of Cagliari, around which energy communities can be created. The project will include: renewal of technological systems, construction of photovoltaic generators sized to obtain substantial energy autonomy, inclusion of building automation for intelligent management, consumption monitoring and remote control of technological systems.

The project aims to reduce energy consumption in heritage buildings, particularly from fossil sources, and reduce climate-altering emissions. It also aims to promote energy communities in Cagliari. These objectives are strategic for the administration, as reducing energy consumption in heritage buildings is essential for environmental issues and financial resource management. The reduction of fossil energy carriers allows for community service improvement.

Economic, financial and environmental sustainability of the E(40)SCO project relies on a technical document registry comprising previous surveys, graphic and tabular representations of building elements, and annual energy consumption analysis. This allows for a historical series over ten years, reporting and assessments of building efficiency, and proposing targeted interventions to mitigate critical issues.

Additionally, the project is easily scalable and replicable in other territorial areas. Its size has been defined in a pilot project logic, such that it can be extended (expansion of the number of buildings, extension of used technologies) both in foreseen local location and expanded in other administrative areas (union of municipalities, metropolitan areas, etc) that because its characteristics are not influenced by local geomorphological, technical or economic contexts.

E(40)SCO: energy communities and schools

Schools and kindergartens due to their dense population, consume a high amount of fossil fuels to satisfy their energy needs.

Through renewal of technological systems, construction of photovoltaic generators sized to obtain substantial energy autonomy, inclusion of building automation for intelligent management, consumption monitoring and remote control of technological system, a significant reduction in using of fossil fuels in school buildings can be achieved.

Within the E(40)Sco project, the carbon emission reduction potential is estimated at 442 tons, by using renewable energies instead of fossil fuels.

The objectives of the program are:

1. Reduction of fossil fuels in public buildings and mitigation of environmental impact through the reduction of greenhouse gases
2. Test the creation of energy communities around each school building
3. Improve methods of negotiation in public-private partnership
4. Citizens involvement in energy efficiency and transition

How does NESOI support this project?

The European Islands Facility (NESOI) aims to unlock the potential of EU islands to become the locomotives of the European Energy Transition. To do so, NESOI aims to mobilize more than €100 Million of investment in sustainable energy projects to give EU islands the opportunity to implement energy technologies and innovative approaches, in a cost-competitive way.

More specifically, NESOI has provided the following support:

• Assessment of existing technical data and studies
• Assessment on existing studies on economic and financial sustainability
• Regulatory/legal analysis and assessment of existing procurement options (e.g. tender, PPP, etc.), with particular focus on the possibility to combine EPC and energy communities
• Completion of technical and administrative documents for public tender procedure
• Support in contract signing (EPC)
• Guidelines to create of energy communities around each school buildings

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