Unlimited energy competence

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Municipalities are at the center of the debate on climate protection: within this process many of them in Italy and Austria have decided to use an energy accounting system in order to monitor their consumption. However the used systems are not uniform and the comparison is neither immediate nor easy. The project TUNE aims to be a valuable support for local governments that already work in this fields. The objectives of the project are twofold: on the one hand to provide employees with new skills, on the other to allow cities to compare their energy performance across borders. This will lead to a more efficient and harmonized energy management and it will allow a better planning on investments. If municipalities are more aware of their consumption and work with more competent staff, they will be able to communicate in a more efficient way within the European market and through the use of innovative energy trading tools, such as energy performance contracts and guaranteed partnership between public and private sectors. Language and cultural barriers, which are usually a problem for the harmonization and comparison, will be overcome through training and public events that will allow to share resources and to forge cooperative relations within a cross-border network.

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