Class1 - Results and Experiences Page 104

each savings is calculated a before and after situation and explained the investment and savings potential.
The spread sheet is used as an on-going list of potential savings and is the basis responsible for prioritizing
these.

12.3.11. What can we learn?

Developing innovative practices is about finding solutions for how energy savings can be realized here and
now. Solutions need to be able to promote energy savings in the current framework and conditions. They
will build on - but also challenge - the rules that already exist.

The analysis of the work of Egedal indicate that there are several platforms in the municipal organization
that need to be connected. Solutions need to span completely from the political level over plans to project
scrutiny, design, operation and daily use. This span means that political ambitions are associated with the
way of working with the challenges of the organization, and vice versa.

A key challenge is to launch some short-term initiatives in the organization. Within the whole span. And
that together they act as a lever for the energy measures.

Close dialogue between the administration and politicians create greater recognition for the administrative
/ political conditions. It may help to work through some realistic ambitions, so there will be pulled in the
same direction.

Political collaboration across interests create greater consensus in the short term and stability in the long
run.

Systematic recording and analysis of the buildings and energy consumption makes it possible to identify,
where there may be worked. It also creates reasoning for why it is necessary for others.

Focused attention towards the focal points of the organization allows to challenge the essential work. This
provides insight into who is doing what, and what it means for the integration of energy saving.

Making use of the building and system technical expertise allows for more holistic and comprehensive
financial solutions.

Making use of local knowledge of the buildings creates opportunities for practical and efficient solutions.

Involvement of the daily users of the building opens up for including behavioural considerations.

Local ownership allows for bringing other core values besides energy in the municipal organization into
play.

The short-term initiatives in the organization are important to launch. But it is also important to maintain
the long-term perspective. To recognize that it is a learning process in which initiatives should be regularly
evaluated and developed. The interaction between the short and the long run should over time help to
strengthen the energy considerations throughout the span of the municipal organization.

The analysis has also identified a number of specific tools that municipalities have available to support the
development process. The key is to utilize the tools that already exist and bring them constructively into
play.

One danger of developing innovative practices is that it can be so-so with the new. Consequently, it is
essential to keep in mind that it has to be innovative. The ambition should be new thinking - to challenge
and change the organization's way of working. However, it should be done in a thoughtful and respectful
manner.

One can always argue whether the ambitions of Egedal were high enough - whether there could
conceivably have been more new thinking than what was. One of the things that the municipality at least