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The Mayor and the Minister of Universities, Business and Research today signed an agreement with that materialize the necessary tools to continue saving money and CO2 emissions in addition to the measures that the municipality has adopted since 2008
The Cartagena, is the first of the great cities of the Region has joined the protocol for the Autonomous Region, included in the Covenant of Mayors signed by 6,000 mayors of municipalities in the European Union, aimed at monitoring 20,20,20 strategy, which is 20% lower energy consumption, increasing 20% renewable energy use by 20% and reduce CO2 emissions.
This accession has materialized today with the signing of an agreement between the Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, and the Minister of Universities, Business and Research, José Ballesta, consisting in the elaboration of an Action Plan for Renewable Energy from a series of audits, which will be forthcoming recruitment, with which it will conduct a needs assessment of schools and municipal infrastructures.
For the mayor, this protocol is a continuation of savings in lighting measures that the City and has been doing since 2008, as the drop in power for lighting, reducing lighting points or the use of light bulbs, what has saved us 360,000 euros, while reducing CO2 emissions.
The same policy is being followed with concessionaires: cleaning, buses, etc..
In this line of action, Pilar Barreiro remember that you are working in all departments and adopting measures in municipal management, has allowed us in recent years, save 20 million euros in the budget.
José Ballesta, meanwhile, explained the steps in the protocol signed today, that is, first, to conduct an audit, and second, develop an Action Plan for Renewable Energy and, third, tender contracts to achieve the objective 20.20 , 20. In the end, according to the counselor, lie three concepts, sustainability, austerity and employment generation.
The implementation of this initiative will be through the Agency for Energy Management in the Region of Murcia (ARGEM) belonging to the Ministry of Universities, Business and Research,
whose director, Teodoro Garcia, also present in the firm, has clarified how the project will be funded. Once we have the actual consumption of all municipal facilities, funding will be sought twice a sunk, for current expenses, and one for investment through public-private partnerships, so that the company invested in the renovation to achieve energy efficiency and saving the City immediately and without debt.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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