Energy data and ICT tools

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Austria: Energy monitoring vision

In Austria energy data and climatic data are regularly collected, stored and published in various databases, reports and documents. Public and private organizations are constantly working on the evaluation and interpretation of these data:

• Statistic Austria, E-Control
• Climate- and Energy- Funds
• Federal Ministry (BML, BMWFW, BMVIT)
• provincial governments (statistical departments, GIS)
• Social partners and chambers (Chamber of Labour, Chamber of Commerce, Association of Industry, ÖGB)
• Universities and Research Organisations
• National and regional Energy Agencies
• National and regional energy utilities (electricity, gas, fuel)
• Cities and municipalities
• “EU-Regional managements”
• Energy- and climate consulting and project companies
• NGOs (e.g. Green Peace, Global 2000)
• City- and regional- planer, technical offices for energy, environment and traffic

With these collected energy and climate data, regular energy and climate monitoring reports (e.g. annual energy and climate reporting) and studies for specific events and topics, as well as for different levels (state, country, district, municipality) can be written.

• Energy and climate strategies
• Spatial and city planning, settlement development
• Mobility development
• Emission and energy balance
• Implementation of renewable energy systems
• Sustainable concepts (Sustainable Energy Action Plans)
• Energy accounting for public buildings

At national and regional level, energy supply companies (energy suppliers) are required to supply energy (natural gas, electricity, oil, fuels) and emission data to public statistics organizations. On local level, energy is used for various purposes (housing, transport, business, etc.). But, data on energy consumption is scarce and is distributed to individual consumer groups by random sampling. This methodology does not allow a local exact assignment. Within the framework of the CitiEnGov project, procedures and procedures are developed and tested which allow a better understanding of energy consumption. This results in a better basis for planning.

• Urban planning
• Sustainable Energy Action Plan -SEAP und Sustainable Energy Climate Action Plan –SECAP
• Energy consulting

The data sources should contain the following parameters:

• Local GIS pre-location per object and energy user:
• Use of the object (type of use, year of construction, persons, mobility)
• Energy efficiency and renewable energy (energy rating, solar / PV, building retrofit)

On the basis of these data energy saving planning, urban development, traffic and climate planning as well as consulting per objects can be supported. The collected data are not publicly available, they are only available to authorized planners and consultants of the region and municipalities. This data quality is intended to enable local decision-makers to set realistic goals, strategies and measures and to verify their successful compliance. Through the local energy agencies and public advisory offices, companies and the population can benefit from this common knowledge.

Available data

Energy sources (production)

Energy source/s	Biomass, Photovoltaics, Solar thermal, Wind, Fossil fuel – combined heat and power	District heating	Hydroelectric	Electricity distribution
How is the data organized? (aggregated, detailed, etc)	Data not organized	Individual records	Individual records	Aggregated as spatial data
Who is the data provider?	Energy agency	Energy distributor	Energy distributor	Energy distributor HEP
How frequently is new data made available?	Once a year	Once a year or per request	Once in a month	Per request
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Marginal cost for data availability	Marginal cost for data availability	Available	Open and available to the public
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	http://www.eihp.hr/	(none)	http://www.hep.hr/	http://www.hep.hr/

Energy consumption of municipal buildings

Energy source/s	Electricity	Diesel, heating oil, liquid gas
How is the data organized? (aggregated, detailed, etc)	Individual records	Individual records
Who is the data provider?	Energy distributor	Energy distributor
How frequently is new data made available?	Once in a month	Once a year
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Open data	Marginal cost for data availability
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	http://www.hep.hr/	http://www.ina.hr/; http://www.petrol.hr/; http://www.lukoil.hr/hr/