Energy-efficient district in Lviv

Old combined heat and power stations, obsolete district heating networks and inadequately insulated buildings with inefficient heating lead to high energy consumption in many Ukrainian towns and cities – and consequently to high emissions and costs. The pilot project aims at transforming Sychiv, a district in Lviv, into a model district for energy efficiency. Apartment owners receive organizational and technical advice to plan and carry out their renovation projects. In addition to the national support from the Ukrainian Energy Efficiency Fund, apartment owners in Sychiv, and in partcular low-income households, receive financial incentives to renovate their buildings. At the same time, the local heat supplier is supported in adapting its heating networks and heat generation capacities to the reduced heat demand. Thus, for the first time in the Ukraine, an energy-efficient district is being created, which is intended to serve as a model for other cities in the region.

Project data

Countries: Ukraine
IKI funding: 5,000,000.00 €
Duration: 10/2018 till 12/2024
Status: open
Implementing organisation: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Political Partner: Ministry for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine
Implementing Partner: Association "Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine" (EECU)

Lviv City Administration - Ukraine
Online: http://eedlviv.tilda.ws/

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State of implementation/results

In terms of energy-efficiency retrofits, the project has contributed to the following results:
- Support for homeowners' associations (HoAs) with tenders, selection and management of planning offices, application procedures or the preparation of cost estimates for thermal building renovations.
- Exchange of experience with other districts of Lviv and other cities in Ukraine. On-the-job training of six energy auditors and workshop for local planning offices for the preparation of complex thermal modernization projects for apartment buildings as well as on-the-job training for local construction companies.
- Energy audits for apartment buildings in the Sychiw district.
- Six employees of the resource center to support the HoAs of the Lviv city administration took part in workshops. Objective: Optimize advisory services on energy efficiency in the residential sector.
The current status on Building modernizations (08/2024):
- 34 buildings are participating in the "Energy-efficient district of Lviv" project (for eleven of them the EDF has terminated the grant agreements due to the expiry of the deadline),
- 24 of them submitted the first application to the EDF, 18 of them have prepared the planning documents for thermal modernization,
- four others are in the process of modernization (three out of four projects are already being actively implemented, while one of the projects is currently experiencing delays. These delays are due to the war and the age structure of the construction workers carrying out the work, as many of them were called up for military service due to mobilization).
- Six buildings have been completely modernized.
- The average energy saving for fully modernized buildings is 29.3% with a total annual reduction in CO2 emissions of 834.6 tons / year.
In terms of the district heating system, the project has contributed to the following results:
- Support for the modernization of the district heating system in the district of Sychiw and advice to the local district heating network operator on strategic planning of expansion/demolition scenarios.
- International exchange between the municipal district heating company, other city officials and representatives of EU cities on thermal modernization, strategic planning, central heat supply management systems and urban energy planning.
- Procurement of modeling software as required by the municipal district heating company and creation of a Geographic Information System (GIS)-coded model of the heat supply system. This model forms the basis for digital modeling and calculation of the district heating network.
- 531 km of district heating pipelines and corresponding networks of the area for thermal power plant 1, including the district of Sykhiv, were entered into the GIS of the city of Lviv.
- Five employees of the district heating company Lvivteploenergo (LTE) were trained in the use of the modeling software.
- With the support of the project, a digital model of the district heating system of Sykhiv was developed and transferred to the local district heating company LTE. Objective: To improve the efficiency and operation of the district heating system.
- The systematic collection of data relevant to the city's energy spatial planning is being established within the Lviv city administration and other relevant bodies.
- A technically and economically optimized renovation project for the district heating network in Sykhiv was developed with the help of the project. This project was created for the local district heating company LTE and is entitled "Project proposals for the improvement of the district heating system of the Sykhiv district of Lviv". Finally, the project was presented to the Lviv City Council and the LTE district heating company.