Improving Energy Efficiency in Timisoara, Romania

The Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy (TRACE) is used for conducting rapid assessments of energy use in cities. It helps prioritize sectors with significant energy savings potential, and identifies appropriate energy efficiency interventions across six sectors-transport, municipal buildings, water and waste water, public lighting, solid waste, and power and heat. It is a simple, low-cost, user-friendly, and practical tool that can be applied in any socioeconomic setting. This report is based on the implementation of the TRACE tool in Timisoara in April 2013 and outlines ideas on what the city could further do to improve its energy efficiency performance. It details the analysis carried out and the recommendations derived as a result, for district heating maintenance and upgrade, non-motorized transport, public transport development, parking restraint measures, municipal buildings audit and retrofit, street lighting timing program, and active leakage of water and pressure management.

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Main Authors: Mot, Manuela, Bose, Ranjan, Burduja, Sebastian, Ionescu-Heroiu, Marcel
Format: Report biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-12-20
Subjects:ACCESSIBILITY, AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES, AIR, AIR CONDITIONING, AIR TRAFFIC, AIRPORT, AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR, AVAILABILITY, BATTERIES, BIKE LANES, BIO-FUELS, BIO-GAS, BIOFUELS, BIOGAS, BIOMASS, BIOMASS SOURCE, BUS, BUS FLEET, BUS LANES, CALCULATION, CAR, CAR USE, CARS, CITIES, CITY AUTHORITIES, CITY BUS, CITY STREETS, CLEAN ENERGY, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CO2, COAL, COLD WINTERS, COLLECTION SYSTEM, COMMUTERS, CORN COBS, CROSSING, CRUDE OIL, DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, DISTRICT HEATING, DISTRICT HEATING NETWORKS, DISTRICT HEATING SECTOR, DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM, DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEMS, DRIVERS, DRIVING, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT, ELDERLY PEOPLE, ELECTRICAL POWER, ELECTRICAL POWER SECTOR, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY COSTS, ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION, ELECTRICITY PRICES, ELECTRICITY SECTOR, ELECTROCHEMISTRY, EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSES, ENERGY AUDITS, ENERGY BALANCE, ENERGY BILLS, ENERGY CONSERVATION, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY COST SAVINGS, ENERGY COSTS, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY INTERVENTIONS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES, ENERGY EXPENDITURE, ENERGY EXPENDITURES, ENERGY INTENSITY, ENERGY MARKET, ENERGY POLICIES, ENERGY PRICE, ENERGY PRODUCTION, ENERGY REQUIREMENTS, ENERGY RESEARCH, ENERGY SAVINGS, ENERGY SECTOR, ENERGY SECTOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY TRANSMISSION, ENERGY USE, FLOOR AREA, FOREST, FUEL, FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUEL COSTS, FUELS, GARBAGE COLLECTION, GAS CONSUMPTION, GASES, GENERATION, GEOTHERMAL ENERGY, GHG, GREEN ENERGY, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HEAT, HEAT PRODUCTION, HEAVY TRAFFIC, HIGH ENERGY, HOT WATER, HOT WATER BOILERS, HOUSING, HYDROPOWER, ILLUMINATION, IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY, INCOME, INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS, LANDFILL, MEMBER STATES, MERCURY, MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES, NATIONAL GRID, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION, OIL, OIL EQUIVALENT, PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN AREAS, PEDESTRIAN NETWORK, PEDESTRIAN PATHS, PEOPLE WALKING, PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS, PIPELINE, POLICE, POLLUTION, POWER, POWER PRODUCTION, POWER SECTOR, POWER SECTORS, POWER SOURCES, POWER SUPPLY, PRICE OF ELECTRICITY, PRIMARY ELECTRICITY, PRIMARY ENERGY, PRIMARY ENERGY SAVINGS, PRIMARY SOURCES, PRIVATE VEHICLES, PRODUCTION OF ENERGY, PROPERTY OWNERS, PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT USERS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC VEHICLES, RAILWAY, RAILWAY NETWORK, RATIONAL USE OF ENERGY, REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION, RENEWABLE ENERGIES, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL, RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCERS, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, RENEWABLE FUELS, RENEWABLE SOURCES, RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, RETROFITTING, RING ROAD, ROAD, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, ROLLING STOCK, ROUTE, ROUTES, SEWAGE TREATMENT, SODIUM, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES, SOLAR PANELS, SOLAR SOURCES, SOLID WASTE, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, STEAM BOILERS, STREET LIGHTING, STREETS, SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, TAX, TAX EXEMPTIONS, THERMAL ENERGY, THERMAL POWER, THERMAL POWER PLANTS, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC FLOW, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC RESTRAINT, TRAM, TRANSIT, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORTATION, TRIP, TROLLEYBUSES, TRUCKS, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN EXPANSION, URBAN SPRAWL, URBAN TRANSPORT, UTILITIES, VOLTAGE, WIND, WIND ENERGY, WIND FACILITIES,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/18893089/romania-improving-energy-efficiency-timisoara
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24362
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