Energy Refurbishment Project for Housing (RELS) – Sfax

As part of the European Neighbourhood Instrument (IEV-CTF) programme, the city of Sfax obtained funding for the energy refurbishment of local social housing (A two-storey villa at Taieb Mhiri stadium and two apartments in the Cité Zitouna block).

A thorough analysis of the buildings was carried out on the basis of their existing architectural, electrical and plumbing plans and using CLIP software.

 

Tags: CLIP software, energy performance, renewable energy, pilot programme

 

Year: 2014

 

Partnership
  • ANME (Tunisian Agency for Energy Management)
  • STEG (Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company)
  • Municipality of Sfax
  • European Union
Challenges addressed
  • Buildings with mediocre energy performance
  • Buildings that were not environmentally friendly
  • High dependence on energy
  • High costs for energy consumption
Main objectives
  • Assess the thermal and energy performance of municipal buildings.
  • Assess and improve lighting and air conditioning systems.
  • Improve the energy rating of municipal buildings.
  • Use any successful experience in this pilot programme to roll it out to all municipal buildings.
Facts

Project type                                                          Energy efficiency

Promoter                                                               Rev’Acte Project

Collaborators                                                      ANME, MedCities, IDE-E, Municipality of Bizerte

Start date                                                               2019

Funding                                                             Rev’ACTE

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Project description

Since 2009, the municipality of Sfax had been in a contractual partnership with the Tunisian Agency for Energy Management (ANME) in implementing an energy management and renewable energy promotion policy. This policy covered all municipal areas, especially environmentally sustainable construction. Accordingly, the city could benefit from an energy retro-fit programme funded by the European Union through the European Neighbourhood Instrument (IEV) and technical support from the Tunisian Agency for Energy Management. Project costs ran to 200,000 dinars.

 

Expected Results

 

  • Improvement of energy performance
  • Reduction in energy bills
  • Improvements to temperature comfort
  • Contribute to energy transition efforts
  • Improvement in energy classification
  • Enhancement of the eco-building policy in the city of Sfax
  • Use of renewable energy sources
Impact and results
  • Energy performance of buildings were improved
  • Green building confirmed
  • Electricity bills for these buildings reduced in full or in part.
  • The successful pilot programme could be used as a model to improve awareness on energy savings and environmentally sustainable construction
  • Significant return from solar-heated water projects and projects on electricity generation by photovoltaic panel.
Publications & main documents
  • The specifications for (1) the technical/economic feasibility study and (2) the environmental impact study of the MV photovoltaic power plant in Sfax.
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