1. SOLUTION is a project of the CONCERTO initiative co-funded by the European Commission under the 7 th Framework Programme

2. The project SOLUTION Start :November 2009 End :October 2014 Four participating communities Cernier - Switzerland Hartberg - Austria Hvar - Croatia Lapua - Finland One associated community Preddvor - Slovenia

3. Main goals 1)To demonstrate that communities can achieve energy independence through: –Energy efficiency –Local production of renewable energy 2) To implement effective and replicable demonstration projects 3) To mobilise private and public resources and to disseminate the lessons of the project

4. Results at the end of year 3 (budget: end year 2)

5. Overall progress at the end of year 3

6. Development during year 3 in Cernier Test about efficiency of energy savings measures: deployment of smartmeters for power School is refurbished and will be equipped with monitoring system Biogas cogeneration (hog manure and green waste) plant is running Big district heating network construction will start Drinking water network: renewal of defective pipes strarted in main street

7. Development during year 3 in Hartberg Energy efficiency in new and refurbished buildings: some projects achieved, economic crisis hard for building sectors 2 building integrated PV applications installed Biogas application connected to DH network realised Selection of small scale CHP/CCHP projects

8. Development during year 3 in Hvar Two schools refurbished, other ones planned for summer holiday 2013 Large scale PV installation: selection of location. Introduction into spatial plan Biogas from olive oil waste : testing with a mobile biogas demo-plant SOLUTION accepted in practice but progress slowed due to economical crisis

9. Development during year 3 in Lapua Construction of a new residential area and a new school, equipped with small scale portable heat- container (wood chips or wood pellets) Refurbishment achieved or undertaken Development and demonstration of monitoring and remote management system for Solution communities: one site from each community connected to the energy management system

10. Development in Preddvor Dissemination workshop held in Preddvor in April Optimisation and enlargement of biomass district heating Building of the new low energy kindergarten and PV plant Local Energy Concept presentation and approval by the authorities