focus on strengthening innovation. A concrete measure includes developing a vision of 'Stronger Culture',
which aims to make engaged employees and managers who are better at controlling development in
relation to changes in the environment. The organizational change means that there is internal work to
create a better environment for employees to work innovatively.
The municipality is also working with other forms of organizational changes that are designed to
streamline, organize and improve internal workflows. It should also help to break down the silos in the
organization and to strengthen the interdisciplinary work.
coordinator. The coordinator is now anchored in the Department of Project Engineering in the Centre for
Municipal Properties and Internal Services, but working largely transverse. The coordinator records and
documents the energy consumption of approx. 220,000 m
800,000 euros has been allocated which the energy coordinator can prioritize to implement various specific
energy-saving initiatives.
One initiative has been to integrate energy savings in maintenance projects. With a maintenance backlog
on the municipal properties of 21,700,000 euros, there is always money to implement energy
improvements in maintenance projects. The energy coordinator cooperates with the project managers
from building maintenance to find maintenance projects where there may be a gain in energy
improvement. This means that, for instance, there can be re-insulation of a roof when it requires
replacement or maintenance anyway.
Another initiative has been to train the technical service personnel. Here a number of 'energy fighters' have
been appointed among operators of properties that have a high energy consumption. Schools represent an
important concern in this context, because they account for 70% of all energy consumption. Ongoing
training consists among other things in organizing a 'tour-de-heating station' where the technical service
professionals learn more about their heating plant.
A final example of an initiative has been to implement campaigns at the individual institutions. All
municipal day-care centers were in 2012 certified as Green Institutions. This means that the daily managers
and energy managers are helped to find behavioural savings. At the same time, they can compare the ratios
of their energy consumption with other institutions in Denmark.
to 37,3 million euros. The Planning Committee has decided that the total viable potential should be
realized.
Initially the municipality allocated 10,7 million euros to complete the renovation of 30 properties. The idea
was that there should first be carried out a phase 1 of approx. 2,7 million euros. Here, the buildings' energy