Energy renovation of buildings and use of renewable energy sources in public institutions providing education

Opening date of the competition: 22.11.2016.
Deadline for applications: 20.02.2016
Applicants: Local and regional self-government units, Faculties, Primary schools, Secondary schools

Subject: Energy renovation and use of renewable energy sources in public sector buildings where public institutions carry out education activities. This Call will support the implementation of energy renovation measures and the use of renewable energy sources, in particular through an integrated approach.

Purpose It calls for the implementation of energy renovation measures and the use of renewable energy sources in public sector buildings where public institutions carry out education activities that will result in a reduction in energy consumption for heating/cooling through an integrated approach.

Eligible applicants are:

  • local or regional self-government units which are:
  • owners of buildings which are the subject of a project in which public institutions, established by a local or regional self-government unit or the Republic of Croatia, carry out educational activities, or
  • founders of public institutions providing education in buildings that are the subject of the project, where the buildings that are the subject of the project are owned by that public institution or local or regional self-government unit or the Republic of Croatia;
  • public institutions are engaged in educational activities if they fulfil cumulatively the following two conditions:
  • they are established by a local or regional self-government unit or the Republic of Croatia, and
    that the buildings in which they carry out this activity are owned by them or by a local or regional self-government unit or the Republic of Croatia.

Mandatory partner is the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund, Energy Efficiency Sector.

Eligible activities:

  1. Project documentation
  • Preparation of project documentation
  1. Energy renovation
  • Renovation of the building envelope – increasing the thermal protection of the envelope that adds, renovates or replaces parts of the building
  • installation of a new high-efficiency heating system
  • replacing the existing domestic hot water preparation system with a system using RES
  • Replacement or introduction of a cooling system with a high-efficiency system
  • Replacement or introduction of a ventilation system with a high-efficiency system
  • Replacement of interior lighting with more efficient
  • installation of photovoltaic modules for the production of electricity from RES for the purposes of ETC
  • promoting the use of renewable energy sources by installing solar heating systems;
  • implementation of building automation and management systems
  • introduction of a system for remote reading of energy and water consumption and a system of energy and water control meters (obligation for project proposals providing for the formation of new ETCs)
  • horizontal measures relating to the implementation of new accessibility elements to overcome height differences in accordance with the Rules on ensuring accessibility of buildings for persons with disabilities and reduced mobility;
  • professional construction supervision
  • Design supervision, if applicable
  • the service of the occupational health and safety coordinator during construction, if applicable;
  • energy audit of the building, preparation of the report on energy audit of the building and energy performance certificate after energy renovation
  • Promotion and visibility of the project
  • Project management and administration
  • Professional support activities for the Applicant/User by the Partner.

The maximum or minimum grant amount that can be awarded to finance the eligible costs of an individual project proposal is as follows:

  • minimum amount of HRK 80,000.00
  • maximum amount of 10,000,000,00 HRK.

Grants will be awarded through an open grant award procedure in the form of multiple interim calls with a deadline for submission of project proposals for the first interim call of 90 (ninety) calendar days from the date of publication, at the end of which the award procedure begins, i.e. at the earliest from 22 November 2016 until at the latest 20 February 2017.

 

If you need a consultation regarding the competition, send an e-mail ivan.kermeci@porin.hr or call on 051/634-333

Other current affairs