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.
Summary: | 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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