A1P001: Name of the PED case study / PED Lab
A1P001: Name of the PED case study / PED Lab
  Alba Iulia, Social blocks, str. Marcus Aurelius
A1P002: Map / aerial view / photos / graphic details / leaflet
A1P002: Map / aerial view / photos / graphic details / leaflet
 

A1P003: Categorisation of the PED site
PED Lab.
 

  • PED Lab.

A1P004: Targets of the PED case study / PED Lab
Climate neutrality
 

  • Climate neutrality

Energy community
 

  • Energy community

Air quality and urban comfort
 

  • Air quality and urban comfort

Maximise self-sufficiency
 

  • Maximise self-sufficiency

A1P005: Phase of the PED case study / PED Lab
A1P005: Project Phase of your case study/PED Lab
  Planning Phase
A1P006: Start Date
A1P006: Start date
  12/24
A1P007: End Date
A1P007: End date
  11/26
A1P008: Reference Project
A1P008: Reference Project
 

  • 3179

A1P010: Sources
Any publication, link to website, deliverable referring to the PED/PED Lab
 

  • https://projects2014-2020.interregeurope.eu/socialgreen/library/

A1P011: Geographic coordinates
X Coordinate (longitude):
  46.07896
Y Coordinate (latitude):
  23.56968
A1P012: Country
A1P012: Country
  Romania
A1P013: City
A1P013: City
  Alba Iulia
A1P014: Climate Zone (Köppen Geiger classification)
A1P014: Climate Zone (Köppen Geiger classification).
  Dfb
A1P015: District boundary
A1P015: District boundary
  Geographic
A1P016: Ownership of the case study/PED Lab
A1P016: Ownership of the case study/PED Lab:
  Public
A1P017: Ownership of the land / physical infrastructure
A1P017: Ownership of the land / physical infrastructure:
  Single Owner
A1P021: Floor area ratio: Conditioned space / total ground area
A1P021: Floor area ratio: Conditioned space / total ground area
  0
A1P022: Financial schemes
A1P022d: Financing – PUBLIC – EU structural funding
 

  • Financing – PUBLIC – EU structural funding

A1P022f: Financing – PUBLIC – Regional funding
 

  • Financing – PUBLIC – Regional funding

A1P022g: Financing – PUBLIC – Municipal funding
 

  • Financing – PUBLIC – Municipal funding

A1P024: More comments:
A1P024: More comments:
  Social blocks complex from Alba Iulia, includes 3 identical blocks (ground floor + 4 floors) constructed in 2013. Blocks have a reinforced concrete structure, autoclaved aerated concrete bricks for walls, 10 cm insulation and double blazed windows/ doors. Each block has 25 apartments and is hosting about 70 tenants.
Blocks are connected to electricity (3 x 400 Vac, 50 Hz), water and gas networks. Heating is ensured by one 100 kW boiler (one is also back-up) for each block, and DHW by boiler and a 24-panel solar thermal system (tube/ heat – pipe model). Each apartment has analogue (manual readings) meters (electricity, gas, cold/ hot water, heating). Tenants are paying directly gas and electricity to distribution companies, and through association and meters, water, hot water and heating. As tenants are in many cases social cases, energy costs are of high importance and impact. As solar thermal systems were not working anymore, based on an Interreg project pilot (Social Green, 2022) the thermal solar system for hot water was refurbished, together with main components and storage/ exchange tank, but just for the first block, which was also a case for testing smart home system in few apartments and subject to a monitoring system (Innovation Norway Doitsmarter project; meters for gas consumption, energy production by boilers and solar system and electricity consumed at power plant level). Refurbished solar system demonstrated an important contribution for providing hot water (> 30%/ year) and monitoring revealed possible further optimisation.
Currently, is important to refurbish the thermal solar systems in the rest of 2 blocks and to include monitoring systems at least at power plants level. Other solutions, including PV systems (about 10 kW/ block, considering the available roof surface), or heat pumps can be analysed. Energy community can be considered directly for each block and for the complex, but considering the technical restrains, possible supplementary production of energy especially during summer, can be considered just for electricity, in case of installing PV systems.
Contact person for general enquiries
A1P026: Name
  Maria Seemann
A1P027: Organization
  Alba Iulia Municipality
A1P028: Affiliation
  Municipality / Public Bodies
A1P029: Email
  maria.seemann@apulum.ro
Contact person for other special topics
Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation
  Yes
A2P001: Fields of application
A2P001: Fields of application
 

  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy production
  • Urban comfort (pollution, heat island, noise level etc.)

A2P007: Annual energy demand in buildings / Thermal demand
A2P007: Annual energy demand in buildings / Thermal demand [GWh/annum]
  0.2
A2P008: Annual energy demand in buildings / Electric Demand
A2P008: Annual energy demand in buildings / Electric Demand [GWh/annum]
  0.05
A2P010: Annual energy demand for urban infrastructure
A2P010: Annual energy demand for urban infrastructure [GWh/annum]
  0.002
A2P020: Share of RES on-site / RES outside the boundary
A2P020: Share of RES on-site / RES outside the boundary
  0
A2P022: KPIs related to the PED case study / PED Lab
A2P022: Energy
  RES energy produced
A2P022: Housing and Community
  Operational costs
A2P023: Technological Solutions / Innovations – Energy Generation
A2P023: Photovoltaics
 

  • Photovoltaics

A2P023: Solar thermal collectors
 

  • Solar thermal collectors

A2P024: Technological Solutions / Innovations – Energy Flexibility
A2P024: Energy management system
 

  • Energy management system

A2P024: Thermal Storage
 

  • Thermal Storage

A2P025: Technological Solutions / Innovations – Energy Efficiency
A2P025: Deep Retrofitting
 

  • Deep Retrofitting

A2P025: Urban data platforms
 

  • Urban data platforms

A3P006: Economic strategies
A3P006: Economic strategies
 

  • Innovative business models
  • Life Cycle Cost
  • Demand management Living Lab

A3P007: Social models
A3P007: Social models
 

  • Strategies towards (local) community-building
  • Co-creation / Citizen engagement strategies
  • Behavioural Change / End-users engagement
  • Prevention of energy poverty

A3P008: Integrated urban strategies
A3P008: Integrated urban strategies
 

  • District Energy plans
  • Building / district Certification

A3P009: Environmental strategies
A3P009: Environmental strategies
 

  • Low Emission Zone
  • Greening strategies

C1P001: Unlocking Factors
C1P001: Recent technological improvements for on-site RES production
  5 – Very important
C1P001: Innovative, integrated, prefabricated packages for buildings envelope / Energy efficiency of building stock
  1 – Unimportant
C1P001: Energy Communities, P2P, Prosumers concepts
  4 – Important
C1P001: Storage systems and E-mobility market penetration
  1 – Unimportant
C1P001: Decreasing costs of innovative materials
  1 – Unimportant
C1P001: Financial mechanisms to reduce costs and maximize benefits
  5 – Very important
C1P001: The ability to predict Multiple Benefits
  1 – Unimportant
C1P001: The ability to predict the distribution of benefits and impacts
  4 – Important
C1P001: Citizens improved awareness and engagement on sustainable energy issues (bottom-up)
  5 – Very important
C1P001: Social acceptance (top-down)
  4 – Important
C1P001: Improved local and national policy frameworks (i.e. incentives, laws etc.)
  4 – Important
C1P001: Presence of integrated urban strategies and plans
  4 – Important
C1P001: Multidisciplinary approaches available for systemic integration
  4 – Important
C1P001: Availability of grants (from EC or other donors) to finance the PED Lab projects
  5 – Very important
C1P001: Availability of RES on site (Local RES)
  5 – Very important
C1P001: Ongoing or established collaboration on Public Private Partnership among key stakeholders
  4 – Important
C1P001: Any other UNLOCKING FACTORS
  1 – Unimportant
C1P002: Driving Factors
C1P002: Climate Change adaptation need
  1 – Unimportant
C1P002: Climate Change mitigation need (local RES production and efficiency)
  5 – Very important
C1P002: Rapid urbanization trend and need of urban expansions
  1 – Unimportant
C1P002: Urban re-development of existing built environment
  4 – Important
C1P002: Economic growth need
  1 – Unimportant
C1P002: Improved local environmental quality (air, noise, aesthetics, etc.)
  5 – Very important
C1P002: Territorial and market attractiveness
  1 – Unimportant
C1P002: Energy autonomy/independence
  5 – Very important
C1P002: Any other DRIVING FACTOR
  1 – Unimportant
C1P003: Administrative barriers
C1P003: Difficulty in the coordination of high number of partners and authorities
  4 – Important
C1P003: Lack of good cooperation and acceptance among partners
  4 – Important
C1P003: Lack of public participation
  2 – Slightly important
C1P003: Lack of institutions/mechanisms to disseminate information
  3 – Moderately important
C1P003:Long and complex procedures for authorization of project activities
  2 – Slightly important
C1P003: Time consuming requirements by EC or other donors concerning reporting and accountancy
  3 – Moderately important
C1P003: Complicated and non-comprehensive public procurement
  4 – Important
C1P003: Fragmented and or complex ownership structure
  3 – Moderately important
C1P003: City administration & cross-sectoral attitude/approaches (silos)
  1 – Unimportant
C1P003: Lack of internal capacities to support energy transition
  3 – Moderately important
C1P003: Any other Administrative BARRIER
  1 – Unimportant
C1P004: Policy barriers
C1P004: Lack of long-term and consistent energy plans and policies
  5 – Very important
C1P004: Lacking or fragmented local political commitment and support on the long term
  4 – Important
C1P004: Lack of Cooperation & support between national-regional-local entities
  4 – Important
C1P004: Any other Political BARRIER
  1 – Unimportant
C1P005: Legal and Regulatory barriers
C1P005: Inadequate regulations for new technologies
  5 – Very important
C1P005: Regulatory instability
  4 – Important
C1P005: Non-effective regulations
  4 – Important
C1P005: Unfavorable local regulations for innovative technologies
  2 – Slightly important
C1P005: Building code and land-use planning hindering innovative technologies
  2 – Slightly important
C1P005: Insufficient or insecure financial incentives
  4 – Important
C1P005: Unresolved privacy concerns and limiting nature of privacy protection regulation
  2 – Slightly important
C1P005: Shortage of proven and tested solutions and examples
  3 – Moderately important
C1P005: Any other Legal and Regulatory BARRIER
  1 – Unimportant
C1P007: Technical barriers
C1P007: Lack of skilled and trained personnel
  5 – Very important
C1P007: Deficient planning
  4 – Important
C1P007: Retrofitting work in dwellings in occupied state
  5 – Very important
C1P007: Lack of well-defined process
  4 – Important
C1P007: Inaccuracy in energy modelling and simulation
  3 – Moderately important
C1P007: Lack/cost of computational scalability
  1 – Unimportant
C1P007: Grid congestion, grid instability
  2 – Slightly important
C1P007: Negative effects of project intervention on the natural environment
  2 – Slightly important
C1P007: Energy retrofitting work in dense and/or historical urban environment
  1 – Unimportant
C1P007: Difficult definition of system boundaries
  1 – Unimportant
C1P007: Any other Thecnical BARRIER
  1 – Unimportant
C1P008: Social and Cultural barriers
C1P008: Inertia
  3 – Moderately important
C1P008: Lack of values and interest in energy optimization measurements
  4 – Important
C1P008: Low acceptance of new projects and technologies
  3 – Moderately important
C1P008: Difficulty of finding and engaging relevant actors
  4 – Important
C1P008: Lack of trust beyond social network
  3 – Moderately important
C1P008: Rebound effect
  1 – Unimportant
C1P008: Hostile or passive attitude towards environmentalism
  3 – Moderately important
C1P008: Exclusion of socially disadvantaged groups
  4 – Important
C1P008: Non-energy issues are more important and urgent for actors
  1 – Unimportant
C1P008: Hostile or passive attitude towards energy collaboration
  3 – Moderately important
C1P008: Any other Social BARRIER
  1 – Unimportant
C1P009: Information and Awareness barriers
C1P009: Insufficient information on the part of potential users and consumers
  5 – Very important
C1P009: Perception of interventions as complicated and expensive, with negative socio-economic or environmental impacts
  3 – Moderately important
C1P009: Lack of awareness among authorities
  2 – Slightly important
C1P009: Information asymmetry causing power asymmetry of established actors
  2 – Slightly important
C1P009: High costs of design, material, construction, and installation
  5 – Very important
C1P009: Any other Information and Awareness BARRIER
  1 – Unimportant
C1P010: Financial barriers
C1P010: Hidden costs
  5 – Very important
C1P010: Insufficient external financial support and funding for project activities
  5 – Very important
C1P010: Economic crisis
  4 – Important
C1P010: Risk and uncertainty
  4 – Important
C1P010: Lack of consolidated and tested business models
  4 – Important
C1P010: Limited access to capital and cost disincentives
  4 – Important
C1P010: Any other Financial BARRIER
  1 – Unimportant
C1P011: Market barriers
C1P011: Split incentives
  5 – Very important
C1P011: Energy price distortion
  5 – Very important
C1P011: Energy market concentration, gatekeeper actors (DSOs)
  5 – Very important
C1P011: Any other Market BARRIER
  1 – Unimportant