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Vor dem Hintergrund der europäischen Klimaschutzziele bis 2050 und der damit erforderlichen Dekarbonisierung der Wirtschaft werden in dem Vorhaben die Weiterentwicklungsoptionen der europäischen Energieeffizienzpolitiken untersucht. Es werden die Sektoren private Haushalte, Verkehr und Industrie betrachtet sowie der förderliche Rahmen, d. h. auch sektorübergreifende Instrumente. In den vorgeschlagenen Politikpaketen soll sich die Vielfalt der Instrumententypen abbilden. Neben Best-Practice-Beispielen liegen Länderstudien für drei große Volkswirtschaften der EU vor (Deutschland, Frankreich, Italien) und mit Polen auch eine Länderstudie für einen Mitgliedstaat aus dem mittelosteuropäischen Raum.
Decoupling energy and resource use from growth in the Indian construction sector : a baseline study
(2017)
India is currently at a crucial juncture where it is aiming for economic growth to meet the basic needs of its 1.2 billion people. However, so far this growth has resulted in energy shortages and the increasing use of limited resources. This policy brief series is about decoupling, i.e. improving efficiency to reduce the resources and energy needed for this growth and meet the country's increasing development needs.
The construction sector is highly resource and energy intensive; it is therefore imperative that it moves towards a path of environmental sustainability. This transition is likely to be achieved by decoupling both resource and energy use from the sector's growth. Decision-makers in the sector will play a crucial role in achieving this. The aim of this policy brief series is to inform decision-makers in India at central government and state level about the current status of research, policy and institutions in the Indian construction sector and to identify key drivers and barriers. Finally, practical recommendations will be made for decision-makers about how to promote decoupling of resource and energy use from growth in the construction sector.
Policy brief 1 focuses on the baseline for decoupling in the Indian construction sector. The study draws attention to the existing scenario in terms of key policies, research and institutions linked to resources and energy in the sector.
India is currently at a crucial juncture where it is aiming for economic growth to meet the basic needs of its 1.2 billion people. However, so far this growth has resulted in energy shortages and the increasing use of limited resources. This policy brief series is about decoupling, i.e. improving efficiency to reduce the resources and energy needed for this growth and meet the country's increasing development needs.
The construction sector is highly resource and energy intensive; it is therefore imperative that it moves towards a path of environmental sustainability. This transition is likely to be achieved by decoupling both resource and energy use from the sector's growth. Decision-makers in the sector will play a crucial role in achieving this. The aim of this policy brief series is to inform decision-makers in India at central government and state level about the current status of research, policy and institutions in the Indian construction sector and to identify key drivers and barriers. Finally, practical recommendations will be made for decision-makers about how to promote decoupling of resource and energy use from growth in the construction sector.
Policy brief 2 focuses on analysing the potential for decoupling in the Indian buildings and construction sector. Primary and secondary research was conducted to identify the factors that influence decoupling. Subsequently, a framework was established to make it possible to measure the nature and extent of decoupling that is possible within the existing policy environment. Furthermore, gaps, drivers and barriers have been identified which could enable a potential analysis study on decoupling to be carried out. In addition, examples of good practice from Germany and other European countries have been studied with a view to learning lessons that can help to bridge the current gaps in India.
India is currently at a crucial juncture where it is aiming for economic growth to meet the basic needs of its 1.2 billion people. However, so far this growth has resulted in energy shortages and the increasing use of limited resources. This policy brief series is about decoupling, i.e. improving efficiency to reduce the resources and energy needed for this growth and meet the country's increasing development needs.
The construction sector is highly resource and energy intensive; it is therefore imperative that it moves towards a path of environmental sustainability. This transition is likely to be achieved by decoupling both resource and energy use from the sector's growth. Decision-makers in the sector will play a crucial role in achieving this. The aim of this policy brief series is to inform decision-makers in India at central government and state level about the current status of research, policy and institutions in the Indian construction sector and to identify key drivers and barriers. Finally, practical recommendations will be made for decision-makers about how to promote decoupling of resource and energy use from growth in the construction sector.
Policy brief 3 focuses on recommendations both at national and state level on the possible interventions that could result in resource and energy use being decoupled from growth in the Indian construction sector. Lack of a comprehensive policy on resource efficiency and the possibility of using secondary raw materials to obtain resource and impact decoupling continue to be the key issues that India will have to grapple with in the years to come.
A case study in the rural area of South Westphalia, Germany, showed the importance of independent intermediaries to support the development and implementation of sustainable energy and efficiency projects. The idea behind the project "Dorf ist Energie(klug)" (Village is Energy(smart)) was to foster, accompany, and support energy and efficiency projects in villages from the first idea to final implementation. Therefore, the South Westphalia Agency as independent intermediary initiated an application process in which villages could apply with their innovative energy and efficiency project ideas. During the following process the chosen "coaching villages" benefitted from the consultation of teams of thematic experts. Villages with less developed projects were supported through idea workshops with experts and study visits.
The accompanying scientific study evaluated the overall process focussing on the transferability, the sustainability and the quality of the process. Furthermore, a self evaluation tool for (energy) projects in villages was developed and tested in two of the participating coaching villages.
The paper gives a short insight into the project "Dorf ist Energie(klug)". It presents the methodology of the accompanying study and the results with a special focus on the role of the South Westphalia Agency as independent intermediary. Finally, it discusses the transferability and sustainability of the project.
The transformation processes towards a sustainable development are complex. How can science contribute towards new solutions and ideas leading to change in practice? The authors of this book discuss these questions along the energy transition in the building sector.
A transformative research that leaves the neutral observer position needs appropriate concepts and methods: how can knowledge from different disciplines and from practice be integrated in order to be able to explain and understand complex circumstances and interrelations? What role do complex (agent-based) models and experiments play in this respect? Which mix of methods is required in transformative science in order to actively support the actors in transformation processes?
Theses questions are illustrated by the example of the BMBF funded project "EnerTransRuhr".
After two decades of privatization and outsourcing being the dominant trends across public services, an inclination towards founding new municipal power utilities can be observed. In this article, the authors examine the preservation strategies of the German energy regime following the transition approach developed by Geels. From the multi-level perspective, it can be stated that innovations take place in niches and have to overcome the obstacles and persistence of the conventional fossil-nuclear energy regime. Through an empirical analysis, it can be concluded that the established regime significantly delays the decentralization process required for a transformation of energy structures on local electricity grids. Furthermore, it is shown that municipal utilities (Stadtwerke) are important key actors for the German Energiewende (energy transition) as they function as local energy distributors and they meet a variety of requirements to promote fundamental structural change. The trend towards re-municipalization and the re-establishment of municipal utilities reveal the desire to further strengthen the scope of local politics.
Stadtwerke sind im Ruhrgebiet strukturprägend und haben eine lange Tradition. Sie sind fester Bestandteil der Akteurskonstellation im Energiebereich der Emscher-Lippe-Zone. Schon heute zeichnen sich die Stadtwerke des Ruhrgebiets vielfach dadurch aus, dass sie die mit der Energiewende verbundenen Chancen nutzen. Ihre technische und gesellschaftliche Struktur entspricht weitgehend den mit der Energiewende verbundenen Transformationsprozessen hin zu einer stärkeren Dezentralität der Erzeugung und der Demokratisierung der Energieversorgung. Die meisten Stadtwerke des Ruhrgebiets sind auf mehreren Wertschöpfungsstufen im Energiebereich tätig. In der Stromerzeugung haben sie einen Schwerpunkt im Bereich der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung und bei erneuerbaren Energien. Zudem sind sie vielerorts Partner und teilweise sogar Mitinitiator bürgerschaftlichen Engagements zum Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien. Als Verteilnetzbetreiber für Strom, Gas und Wärme sorgen sie vielerorts für die Integration und Verteilung erneuerbarer Energien. Die Energiewende findet weitgehend in den örtlichen Verteilnetzen statt und bedeutet für die Stadtwerke des Ruhrgebiets eine Zunahme an komplexen Koordinierungsfunktionen und teilweise auch die Herausbildung völlig neuer Aufgaben.
Kern des Projektes war es zu untersuchen, wie der Untersuchungsraum in Bezug auf die Energiewende aufgestellt ist und welche Entwicklungspotenziale künftig im Zuge einer gesellschaftlich und politisch gewollten Energiewende genutzt werden können. Zur Qualifizierung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs wurde im Rahmen der hier bearbeiteten Forschungsfragen Studierende darin angeleitet, im Bereich der energiebezogenen Transformationsforschung eigenständig Teilaspekte zu untersuchen.
Dementsprechend wurden vom Wuppertal Institut insgesamt vier Studienarbeiten mit verschiedenen Themenschwerpunkten ausgeschrieben. Diese sollten am konkreten Beispiel der zu untersuchenden Region aufzeigen, welche Stärken und Schwächen, aber auch Chancen und Risiken in Bezug auf die pro-aktive Gestaltung der Energiewende bestehen. Zusätzlich sollte untersucht werden, wie stark kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU) in der Region Unna davon betroffen sind beziehungsweise inwieweit sie als Akteure der Energiewende die Nachhaltigkeit ihrer unternehmerischen Tätigkeit stärken und sichern können. Auch die regionalwirtschaftlichen Effekte wie Wertschöpfungs- und Arbeitsplatzeffekte, die erzielbar wären, wenn die mittelständischen Unternehmen der Region pro aktiv die Herausforderungen der Energiewende in den Bereichen Energieeffizienz, erneuerbare Energien und dezentrale KWK aufgreifen, waren Bestandteil der Studienarbeiten. Der Schwerpunkt lag hier insbesondere im Bereich Energieeffizienz.