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"We have not complied with the regulations for six years, most of our municipal buildings do not have the energy rating, neither PP nor MC wanted to move a finger, now it's time to start working with clear guidelines", said Manuel Padín

Citizens today called on the Government of the PSOE to share with all political groups the necessary documentation for the energy certification of municipal buildings.

In addition, the liberal party has asked for the report with the solutions to improve the properties, prioritizing the actions that can bring the most benefit at a lower economic cost.

Cs recalled that the Government of Cartagena began to implement in November 2018 an 'orange' plenary agreement of March 2017 to evaluate the municipal buildings of Cartagena, improve the energy efficiency of public buildings and start work to obtain the qualification, an official label that must be located in a prominent and visible place, following the precepts of the current regulations.

The contract, subdivided into two lots, was awarded for an amount of 27,800 euros to the companies CETENMA, Technological Center for Energy and Environment, and ACO3, Projects and Works;

the execution period ended on December 28, "more than two months after completion we know nothing, and we want to know the results, and therefore what we have to do to reverse the waste of energy, comply with the legislation and calculate the necessary projects to make that possible. "

The successful bidder must have already offered the local government all the documentation, "the objective we set ourselves in Cs is to identify the level of efficiency of each of our buildings and clearly define the lines of action for energy improvement and reduction of CO2 emissions ", explained the spokesman for Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín.

Six years in breach of regulations

Orange training wants to remember that Royal Decree 235/2013 of April 5, which approves the basic procedure for the certification of energy efficiency of buildings, requires, since 2013, those public buildings of more than 500m2 , and from 2015 to those of more than 250m2, to the writing of this certificate and to the display of the corresponding label in a visible place.

"We have not complied with the regulations for six years, most of our municipal buildings do not have the energy rating, neither PP nor MC wanted to move a finger, now it's time to start working with clear guidelines," said Manuel Padín.

"In Ciudadanos we are fully aware of the workload of our municipal technicians, but it was already too many years since this norm came into force, that is why we asked the Government to value dealing with this issue through a specialized company, in any case, the qualification of the state of the municipal buildings with respect to its energy efficiency is only the first phase of the plan we have planned: the establishment of a package of measures to reduce the costs related to energy consumption to favor a more respectful interaction with the environment ", Manuel Padín has explained.

The Cs initiative is framed in the new Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, by which the signatory municipalities committed to reduce CO2 emissions, increase energy efficiency savings, increase energy consumption from sources renewable, develop a Reference Emissions Inventory (IER), submit an Action Plan for Sustainable Energy and Climate (PACES) within two years of signing the agreement, and publish a follow-up report every two years.

Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena