SMAFIN 3 ROMANIA (EN)

3rd SMAFIN National Roundtable in Romania

“Increasing Energy Efficiency by Sustainable Financing Solutions”

4th of April 2023

09.30 – 15.00

Novotel Hotel, Bucharest

Event organized in Romania within the Horizon 2020 project SMAFIN in partnership with the Government of Romania - Department of Sustainable Development, the Ministry of Investments and European Projects, the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Finance.

This Roundtable will be moderated by Mr. Gabriel Avăcăriței, Chief-Editor at Energynomics

The event will be hold in Romanian language with interpretation.

AGENDA

9:00- 09:30	Welcome coffee
9:30	Welcome, Setting the scene, Introductory remarks/keynotes
Moderator	Gabriel Avăcăriței, Chief-Editor, Energynomics
09:35	KEYNOTE ADDRESSES and PRESENTATIONS
	Laszlo Borbely, State Counsellor of the Prime Minister of Romania, Coordinator of the Department of Sustainable Development - Government of Romania Agne Kazlauskaite, Policy Officer CE-DG Regio, on line Oana Ozmen, Member of the Romanian Parliament, on line Pavel-Casian Nițulescu, State Secretary, Ministry of Energy Marin Țole, State Secretary, Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration Andrei Liviu Antipa, Vice-president, Environmental Fund Administration
10:20	Horia Petran, President, Cluster Pro-nZEB (Presentation) SMAFIN proposals for policy recommendations / financing schemes
Moderator	Moderator, Questions & Answers Presentation of Parallel Sessions
11:00	Coffee Break

11:30	Thematic parallel session 1
	INTEGRATED ENERGY RENOVATION SERVICES OF RESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Moderator	Ion Dogeanu, Executive Director, Agency for Energy Efficiency and Environmental Protection AEEPM
Rapporteur	Alexandru Mureșan, Researcher, Technical University Cluj-Napoca
11:35	Information
	Ella Șipețan, Timișoara municipality, One Stop Shop experience in Timișoara Alexandru Mureșan, Researcher, Technical University Cluj-Napoca, Co-Founder RENERGIA, Energy transition in the residential environment- Intelligent digital tools, the RENERGIA initiative
11:55	Financing
	Pollyanna Hangan, Member of the Romanian Parliament Legislative initiatives in the energy efficiency field – the First Green House
11:55	Technical Services
	Horia Petran, President, Cluster Pro-nZEB The nZEB Roadshow project
12:10	Q&A, DISCUSSIONS – Moderator, all participants
13:00	Light lunch break

11:30	Thematic parallel session 2
	FINANCING MECHANISMS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS
Moderator	Adrian Ghiță, Executive Director, Romanian Fund for Energy Efficiency – FREE
Rapporteur	Manuela Drăghicescu, Executive Director, New Energy Industry Association. SUNE
11:35	Carolin Anders, Senior Manager, Adelphi The Horizon 2020 PROSPECT+ project - innovative mechanisms for financing the renovation wave, on line
11:50	Viktoras Sirvydis, Expert, World Bank, Opportunities for Romania in development of financial instruments in combination with grants for residential energy efficient renovations, on line
12:00	Carmen Pavel, President, Association of Romanian ESCO companies from Romania Energy Performance Services, a must for a sustainable development
12:10	Ana Maria Lupașcu, Senior Economist, European Investment Bank, EIB technical assistance for the preparation energy efficiency projects – ELENA
12:20	Q&A, DISCUSSIONS – Moderator, all participants
13:00	Light lunch break

11:30	Thematic parallel session 3
	INTEGRATED MECHANISMS FOR MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY FINANCING PROGRAMS
Moderator	Corneliu Rotaru, Fund Manager, Romanian Fund for Energy Efficiency – FREE
Rapporteur	Andrei Popescu, Researcher, URBAN-INCERC
11:35	Anca Ginavar, General Director, Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration Indicators to monitor financing mechanisms for the implementation and development of the Buildings Digital Register Matei Dimitriu, Counsellor, Department of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Energy, Centralization of energy efficiency data and indicators Cristian Iordache, Counsellor, Department of Sustainable Development – General Secretariat of the Government Correlation with sustainability indicators
12:10	Q&A, DISCUSSIONS – Moderator, all participants
13:00	Light lunch break

13:30	Closing plenary
Moderator	Gabriel Avăcăriței, Chief Editor Energynomics
13:35	Alexandra-Maria Bocșe, State Adviser - Department of Climate and Sustainability, Presidential Administration
13:40	Mariano Gonzalez, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank on line
13:55	Stefania Racolța, Head of Climate Strategy & Regional Delivery for Central and South Eastern Europe, EBRD
14:10	The Rapporteurs present the parallel sessions summaries
14:20	Q&A, DISCUSSIONS – Moderator, all participants
14:55	Conclusions and closing remarks
15:00	End of the event

1st THEMATIC PARALLEL SESSION

INTEGRATED ENERGY RENOVATION SERVICES OF RESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS

This session will address the issue of increasing renovation rates and the level of performance required for residential and public buildings, in order to achieve the targets assumed by Romania, following mainly deep energy renovation or achieving nZEB level of public buildings, including energy produced from renewable sources.

One of the main topics that will be discussed in this session is the definition and promotion of the One Stop Shop-OSS concept in Romania, a structure that would provide an integrated solution, information-services-resources, for building owners in their renovation efforts. A pilot project at the municipal level has already been started in Romania within a European project financed by the H2020 program. An OSS model in Romania would emerge after discussions on issues such as who manages OSS, access to financing through innovative mechanisms with the participation of private financing, the involvement of the necessary actors on the three relevant levels: information/consultancy, technical services, financing.

2nd THEMATIC PARALLEL SESSION

FINANCING MECHANISMS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

This session will address the development of mechanisms for the effective implementation of strategies and action plans for energy and climate, in the context of recently published national programs and the need to multiply the effect of public funding. Representatives of the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration, responsible for the implementation of the Long-Term Renovation Strategy – LTRS, the Ministry of Energy and financial institutions involved in energy efficiency programs are invited to present their achievements and best practices.

The main topics of discussion expected to be covered in this section are:

Financing instruments for the Renovation Wave and LTRS Implementation,
The support of European financial institutions
The European experience regarding energy efficiency support mechanisms to ensure the increase in the multiplier effect of public financing for energy renovation of buildings and energy efficiency in industry

3rd THEMATIC PARALLEL SESSION

INTEGRATED MECHANISMS FOR MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY FINANCING PROGRAMS

This session will address the mechanisms for monitoring existing and planned financing schemes for energy efficiency projects, aiming to ensure relevant performance indicators and integrating information on the impact of financing, thus supporting the tracking and compliance of national commitments on energy efficiency and the environment.

The main topics of discussion expected to be covered in this section are:

The sufficiency of the performance indicators provided by the existing and planned programs
Coordinated mechanisms for collecting information from the implementation of various programs and financing instruments currently in existence
Integration and processing of information collected regarding both building renovation and energy efficiency in industry and other sectors