RESULTS

Within the framework of the project ten communities in ten different European countries will define a clear and realistic way to achieve more energy efficiency, less GEG-emission and less energy consumption in their leading business: the tourism industry. All participating communities will declare their commitment to this energy action plan.

Main outputs

  • Energy Action Plans
  • Energy Audits about tourism facilities
  • Energy Tourist Tour
  • Sustainable Traffic Concepts
  • Case Studies on energy topics in tourism business
  • Behaviour Campaigns for tourists and employees
  • Educational documentary film about tourism and energy
  • Brochure about the project
  • Seminars about RES and RUE in tourism business
  • Project Website, Project Leaflets
  • Monitoring Report of the Project
  • Benchmarking Report

The SETCOM brochure on project results:

One of the main SETCOM outputs is the high-quality brochure about the project results. The booklet introduces all SETCOM partners, the main but specific results of every partner country in short and presents one tourism facility of every participating community that uses already renewable energies. In this way different energy saving solutions in different European countries will be presented to the target groups and tourism companies get an idea about how to increase energy efficiency and how to reduce energy costs in their facilities. The booklet is available on the webpage or can be sent to interested persons by email. It will be spread at conferences and workshops, at EU meetings and further events also after the project running.

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Main Results

SETCOM in Austria | Region Kleinregion Alpen

  • Implementation of various energy audits in local tourism companies
  • Developing an energy action plan for the region „Land um Laa“
  • Developing energy-saving behavioral rules for employees in tourism and guests alike
  • Creating a training program for tour guides in the field of sustainable energy
  • Informative events for owners of tourism businesses such as hotels,
    restaurants, spas and campgrounds

SETCOM in France | Region Rhone-Alps

  • Launch pilot operations in specific areas
  • Develop web tool to follow-up on energy consumption for sites
  • Develop energy tours integrated into the offerings at the local tourism office
  • Provide leaflets offering information on new and rarely seen topics, most often relating to restaurants and kitchen appliances
  • Give support to best practice projects
  • Perform energy audits on applicable facilities

SETCOM in Germany | Region Oberhavel

  • More than 250 participants from target groups, mainly tourism companies
    and energy experts, have taken part in seminars on energy efficiency topics for tourism companies
  • Energy audits in ten touristic facilities have started which focus on implementing energy saving measures
  • “Energy Tourist Tour Map” in the region Oberhavel has been printed
  • Completion of a case study for “Brickyard Park Mildenberg”
  • Implementing behaviour campaigns for tourists and employees – Several thousand tourists have been exposed
  • Interest has been widely sparked for energy saving and renewable energy in tourism companies
  • Completion of energy action plan for the region Oberhavel focusing on tourism facilities

SETCOM in Latvia | Region Liepaja

  • Energy action plan for the Embute Nature Park in Liepaja
  • Tourism route: Energy tour in Liepaja district focusing on knowledge and experience exchange about best practice in sustainable energy management and solutions in the tourism sector in the district
  • Informative campaign for tourists and employees regarding energy saving
  • Brochure: Sustainable energy use in tourism sector giving practical advice on how to improve energy efficiency in different types of tourism facilities
  • Educational film: Alternative energy management solutions in tourism facilities
  • Specific seminars: For owners of hotels, campgrounds, restaurants, spas and baths and for sustainable transport planners

SETCOM in Finland | Region North Karelia

  • Development of energy tours to describe the wood energy chain from
  • procurement to final use of wood energy
  • Five small seminars and one large seminar were implemented to inform the regional tourism businesses of energy saving practices
  • Provide easily accessible information for tourism businesses on energy saving practices

SETCOM in Portugal | Region Portimão

  • Identification of energy efficiency opportunities in the tourism sector
  • Promotion of energy efficiency among tourists and employees
  • Drafting of an Action Plan for the Portimão Region, covering efficient energy measures for public lighting, solar power systems, sustainable transport and more
  • Planning and promotion of a national conference on “Tourism and Sustainable Energy”

SETCOM in Italy | Region Marche

  • Awareness raising of energy themes of the municipalities involved in the pilot area
  • Increasing interest and knowledge of the pilot area within the tourism industry on energy saving measures and renewable energy production
  • Increasing the interest of local policy makers in the implementation of measures to reduce traffic through the sustainable traffic concept
  • Implementing energy audits, feasibility studies and case studies for tourism facilities
  • Increasing renewable energy production in the tourism sector within the region
  • Raising awareness of tourists through the implementation of the behavior campaign

SETCOM in Spain | Province of Àvila

  • Energy Action Plan aimed at Rural Tourism
  • Identification of main focus areas of energy profitability in the tourist facilities
  • Increased awareness in energy saving for all stakeholders involved: Employees, entrepreneurs and tourists.
  • Specific solutions to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the tourism facilities

SETCOM in Slovenia | Region Pomurje

  • Implementing awareness raising campaigns for tourists: Energy workshop for children in Moravske Spa & Wellness Resort
  • Successful workshops with representatives from tourism businessess, professionals in the field of energetics and public fund (providing co-funding information), training and promotional activities for energy efficiency and renewable energy
  • Designing 3 energy tours in Grenjska, Savinjska and Pomurje region creation of innovative products as a supplement to spa tourism and as an offer for „educational tours“ for high schools and universities

SETCOM in Greece | Region Crete

  • Implementation of various energy audits in local hotels
  • Implementation of awareness raising campaigns and various seminars for staff and owners of tourist enterprises
  • Implementation of an energy action plan in the municipality of New Kydonia in the prefecture of Chania
  • Implementation of a case study in a 5 star summer hotel in Chania and in an agritourism facility
  • Implementation of a sustainable traffic plan in the local municipality
  • Creation of various energy tours in the prefecture of Chania
  • Publication of various leaflets and articles in local newspapers