Webinar for Austrian stakeholders on 10 June 2024
It was not open to the public, but was organised specifically
for people from the federal states with whom discussions had
already been held about the project and its objectives. The
focus of the event was the live presentation of the software
prototype as the key result of the project.
The webinar was not only used to present the software
prototype, but also to collect feedback for the further
development of the prototype. For this reason, the webinar was
not recorded in order to allow as free a discussion as
possible. The feedback is briefly summarised below.
Comments and suggestions:
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General: the Austria-wide view is
interesting, but also difficult in practice due to
different terminology and legal bases; therefore:
concentrate on basic content that can also be communicated
to the public.
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Usability: very good.
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Data quality: the Energiemosaik
(energy database) as a basis should be scrutinised, e.g.
the electricity demand is underestimated; however, there is
currently nothing better.
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Presentation: the presentation of progress
in municipal buildings is particularly important as there
are or will be mandatory targets for public buildings (e.g.
in accordance with the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023).
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Further development: due to the need to
revise the municipal development concept every 10 - 15
years, it makes sense to keep the tool agile.
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Target group: small municipalities must be
able to use the tool themselves (cost pressure); larger
municipalities consult technical experts in planning
offices.
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Application: it is important to be able to
put together your own region (select municipalities and
work together as a region), e.g. for KEM managers.
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Dissemination: cooperate with voluntary
initiatives (Climate Alliance, etc.).
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Q: Sector allocation of renewable energy
produced in practice: municipalities cannot usually say how
this is used.
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A: It is not so much a question of precise
allocation, but of the possibility for municipalities to
visualise the quantity ratios.
- Q: Renovation/redevelopment target area: What is stored in
this layer? How do you get the amount of energy saved, where
does data on building age and condition come from?
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A: No data is currently stored; this was
not part of the project and would have to be dealt with in
a follow-up project. The cooperation with the Retabit
project (https://retabit.es/project/) has shown how
databases can be merged and how the building stock can be
depicted as a map. See also transFORMAT-LINK International
Webinar. The reference in Austria is the SEP
Data Hub (https://waermeplanung.at/).
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Q: Infrastructure: Are the municipalities'
grid access points recorded in the tool?
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A: No, but planned photovoltaic projects
make the grid expansion problem transparent and can be an
important source of information for grid operators and
politicians.
Conclusion for the further development of the
prototype:
- Support municipalities in being able to fulfil their legal
obligations in as little time as possible.
- Be able to map the regional level (i.e. also be able to
display several municipalities and make entries), regardless of
district boundaries
- Focus on the topic of renovation/redevelopment target areas
- Clarification of terminology (e.g. forest - wood
chips/logs)
- Consider storage facilities and networks
- Organise document downloads according to federal states
- Compose info texts on renewable energies (e.g. forest
woodchips: assumptions, framework conditions, etc.) and embed
them in the tool
Presentation for download: