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 ====== Passive House for municipalities ====== ====== Passive House for municipalities ======
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-|//**Welcome to the Passive House for municipalities section! \\ \\  + 
-This section will present information to provide support to municipal decision-makers \\  +//**Welcome to the Passive House for municipalities section! \\  \\ This section will present information to provide support to municipal decision-makers \\ who are looking for solutions to improve climate protection at the municipal level, \\ from the building sector perspective. ** // 
-who are looking for solutions to improve climate protection at the municipal level, \\ +
-from the building sector perspective. ** \\  //|+
  
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 ===== Climate protection at municipal level ===== ===== Climate protection at municipal level =====
  
-{{:picopen:newco-funded-iee-horiz.jpg?250}} [[http://www.passreg.eu/|{{:picopen:logo_passreg.png?200}}]] \\ \\ +Climate change affects us allIn order to effectively tackle climate change, we must reduce our energy consumption significantly in the long termThis means efficient use of available energy and placing maximum priority on saving energyCities and local authorities are important actors when it comes to climate protection – at the local level, with every individual, every community, in every region.
  
-Climate change affects us all. In order to effectively tackle climate changewe must reduce our energy consumption significantly in the long termThis means efficient use of available energy and placing maximum priority on saving energy. Cities and local authorities are important actors when it comes to climate protection – at the local level, with every individual, every community, in every region\\+On averageabout 40 % of the total energy consumption in industrialized countries is used for buildingsThat is why significant improvement of the energy efficiency of buildings has considerable impact on the overall assessment of a town, municipality or urban district in terms of energy. Due to the long service life of buildingsa consistent approach is especially important in this respect.
  
-On averageabout 40 % of the total energy consumption in industrialized countries is used for buildings. That is why significant improvement of the energy efficiency of buildings has considerable impact on the overall assessment of a townmunicipality or urban district in terms of energy. Due to the long service life of buildings, a consistent approach is especially important in this respect\\+For more than 20 yearsthe Passive House Institute has committed itself to the advancement of the Passive House Standard, with which an improvement of 40 to 75 % in the energy consumption for heating and cooling of new builds can be achieved; in the case of refurbishmentsreductions of 75 to 95 % are commonplace.
  
-For more than 20 years, the Passive House Institute has committed itself to the advancement of the Passive House Standard, with which an improvement of 40 to 75 % in the energy consumption for heating and cooling of new builds can be achieved; in the case of refurbishments, reductions of 75 to 95 % are commonplace\\+[{{ :picopen:bahnstadt_hd_ph_kommunen.png?450|Picture: A whole city district in Passive House standard: the new "Bahnstadt“ in Heidelberg.}}]
  
  
-\\ +==== 10-point plan ====
-The Passive House Institute has compiled the following __10 points__ to support and to trigger effective climate protection measures in the building sector at the local level: \\+
  
-1) [[municipalities:1PH_legislation_new_builds]] +The Passive House Institute has compiled the following __10 points__ to support and to trigger effective climate protection measures in the building sector at the local level:
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-2) [[municipalities:2_local_land]] +  - [[:municipalities:1ph_legislation_new_builds|]] 
- \\+  - [[:municipalities:2_local_land|]] 
 +  - [[:municipalities:3_municipal_urban_planning|]] 
 +  - [[:municipalities:4_municipal_housing_companies|]] 
 +  - [[:municipalities:5_financial_incentives|]] 
 +  - [[:municipalities:6_municipal_quality_assurance|]] 
 +  - [[:municipalities:7_climate_neutral_urban_districts|]] 
 +  - [[:municipalities:8_information_and_dissemination|]] 
 +  - [[:municipalities:9_energy_saving_technologies|]] 
 +  - [[:municipalities:10_communication_ph_and_renewables|]]\\
  
-3) [[municipalities:3_municipal_urban_planning]] +The points above are based on the [[http://www.passivehouse-international.org/download.php?cms=1&file=2014_02_13_Municipal_Climate_Protection_Press_Release.pdf/|position paper]] of the Passive House Institute regarding the use of Passive House technology as a contribution to climate protection in the building sector for cities and communities by Wolfgang Feist, March 2014. Originally published as part of the EU funded [[http://www.passreg.eu/|PassREg]] project.\\
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-4) [[municipalities:4_municipal_housing_companies]] +
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-5) [[municipalities:5_financial_incentives]] +
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-6) [[municipalities:6_municipal_quality_assurance]] +{{:picopen:newco-funded-iee-horiz.jpg?250|newco-funded-iee-horiz.jpg}}[[http://www.passreg.eu/|{{:picopen:logo_passreg.png?nolink&200}}]]\\
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-7) [[municipalities:7_climate_neutral_urban_districts]] +|//The sole responsibility for the content lies with the authors. \\ While certain marked articles have been created with the support of the EU, they do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union; \\ Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.// |
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-8) [[municipalities:8_information_and_dissemination]] 
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 +==== Financial incentives policy ====
  
-9) [[municipalities:9_energy_saving_technologies]] +Some guiding principles for effective approaches for financial incentives:
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-10) [[municipalities:10_communication_PH_and_renewables]] +  * Use given opportunities"If you do it, do it right“. 
-\\ +  * Quality is decisive, less important is when this quality is implemented! 
-\\+  * Focus on grants for individual measures (based on an overall concept for the building). 
 +  * Achieve improvement of the comfort and quality of existing buildings step by step via individual measures / via grants for individual measures 
 +  * Support the clients via Passive House Designers and Passive House Tradespersons. 
 +  * Give grants for a third-party (neutral!) quality assurance.
  
-|{{:picopen:bahnstadt_hd_ph_kommunen.png?300}}| 
-|//Picture: A whole city district in Passive House standard: \\ 
-the new "Bahnstadt“ in Heidelberg.//| 
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-//(Based on the [[http://www.passivehouse-international.org/download.php?cms=1&file=2014_02_13_Municipal_Climate_Protection_Press_Release.pdf/|position paper]] of the Passive House Institute regarding the use of Passive House technology as a contribution to climate protection in the building sector for cities and communities by Wolfgang Feist, March 2014).// \\ +----
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-|//The sole responsibility for the content of Passipedia lies with the authors. \\ While certain marked articles have been created with the support of the EU, they do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union; \\ Neither the EACI nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.//| \\ +
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-**Suggestion for future grant policy**+
  
-  * - Use given opportunities: "If you do it, do it right“. 
-  * - Quality is decisive, less important is when this quality is implemented! 
-  * - Focus on grants for individual measures (based on an overall concept for the building). 
-  * - Achieve improvement of the comfort and quality of existing buildings step by step via individual measures / via grants for individual measures 
-  * - Support the clients via Passive House Designers and Passive House Tradespersons. 
-  * - Give grants for a third-party (neutral!) quality assurance. 
  
 ====== See also ====== ====== See also ======
  
 [[:eu_projects_publications|Overview ]]of all articles that have been written within the framework of the [[http://www.passreg.eu/|PassREg]] project [[:eu_projects_publications|Overview ]]of all articles that have been written within the framework of the [[http://www.passreg.eu/|PassREg]] project
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