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	District heating: biomass (wood chip)	Photovoltaics, solar thermal, RES	Electricity distribution	Gas
How is the data organized? (aggregated, detailed, etc)	Detailed, point of delivery	individual records	Detailed, as spatial data, grid map for main grids. Related data: power, transformer station (> 200 kW)	Detailed, as spatial data (maps)
Who is the data provider?	District heating Weiz: Fernwärme Weiz GmbH	Municipality of Weiz, department environment and transport	Energie Netze Steiermark AG	Energie Netze Steiermark AG
How frequently is new data made available?	On request	On request	Regularly (usually once a year)	On request
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Detailed data can be used only for institutional purposes. Aggregated data are available for public use	Free of charge, individual data (e.g. per building) are not allowed, aggregated data are available for public use	Detailed data can be used only for institutional purposes. Aggregated data are available for public use	Detailed data can be used only for institutional purposes. Aggregated data are available for public use
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	www.fwgweiz.at ; gerhard.hierz@weiz.at	barbara.kulmer@weiz.at	www.e-steiermark.com	www.e-netze.at

Energy consumption of municipal buildings

Energy source/s	Biofuel, Natural Gas, Geothermal	Electricity
How is the data organized? (aggregated, detailed, etc)	Individual records (for each building)	Individual records
Who is the data provider?	Municipality of Weiz, department “public buildings”	Municipality of Weiz, department “public buildings”
How frequently is new data made available?	On request	One a year based on annual account provided by energy distributer (Energie Steiermark)
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Individual records are not public. Overall buildings energy consumption just on request available.	Available from bills
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	City of Weiz, department “public buildings” (gerhard.hierz@weiz.at)	City of Weiz, department “public buildings” (gerhard.hierz@weiz.at)

Energy performance of municipal buildings

How is the data organized? (aggregated, detailed, etc)	Detailed for building
Who is the data provider?	Municipality of Weiz, department “public buildings”
How frequently is new data made available?	As provided for sectoral legislation
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Free of charge
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	City of Weiz, department “public buildings”

Energy consumption of non-municipal buildings

Energy source/s	Electricity, natural gas, district heating, fuel oil, biomass
How is the data organized? (aggregated, detailed, etc)	Regular Household and Business survey
Who is the data provider?	Single households and business buildings
How frequently is new data made available?	Every 5 years
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Data available only to Public Authorities
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	Energy Agency Weiz - Innovation Centre Weiz (franz.kern@w-e-i-z.com)

Energy performance of non-municipal buildings

How is the data organized? (aggregated, detailed, etc)	Single unit building
Who is the data provider?	Municipality of Weiz, GWR (Building and residence database)
How frequently is new data made available?	Monthly
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Data available only to Public Authorities
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	ingrid.tröster@weiz.at

Energy consumption for transport

Municipal fleet
How is the data organized? (aggregated, detailed, etc)	a) Number of vehicles, b) Fuel type of vehicles, c) km per year of each vehicle, d) Fuel consumption [kg / litre] for each municipal vehicle
Who is the data provider?	Municipality of Weiz, department “Bauhof”
How frequently is new data made available?	Once a year
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	On request
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	gerald.egger@weiz.at

Public transport

Data on public transport in Weiz is not available.

Private and commercial transport
How is the data organized? (aggregated, detailed, etc)	Aggregated at district level
Who is the data provider?	Government of Styria
How frequently is new data made available?	On request
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Free of charge
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	www.verkehr.steiermark.at/weiz

Transport network data

Utility network type/s	Cadastre of transport networks (roads, railways, waterways)
How is the data organized?(aggregated, detailed, etc)	Spatial data (maps), GIS
Who is the data provider?	Government of Styria
How frequently is new data made available?	Every 5 years
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Free, on request
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	www.gis2.stmk.gv.at

Utility network type/s	Bike lanes
How is the data organized?(aggregated, detailed, etc)	Spatial data (maps)
Who is the data provider?	Government of Styria
How frequently is new data made available?	Every 5 years
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Free, on request
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	www.gis2.stmk.gv.at

Utility network type/s	Public Transport (Bus lines)
How is the data organized?(aggregated, detailed, etc)	Detailed per bus line
Who is the data provider?	Regional transport association (“Verbundlinie”)
How frequently is new data made available?	Once a year
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Free of charge
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	www.verbundlinie.at

Energy consumption for public lighting

Energy source/s	Electricity
How is the data organized?(aggregated, detailed, etc)	Detailed, with spatial data (location of each light)
Who is the data provider?	Municipality of Weiz, department of public building and lightening
How frequently is new data made available?	Once per year
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	On request
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	www.weiz.at - erich.schwarz@weiz.at

Utility network type/s	cadastre of street lighting
How is the data organized?(aggregated, detailed, etc)	Recorded street lightening systems per street
Who is the data provider?	Municipality
How frequently is new data made available?	Once per year
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Free, but restricted to municipality
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	www.gis2.stmk.gv.at

CO2 emission factors

CO2 emission factors
How is the data organized? (aggregated, detailed, etc)	a) Data available at municipal level for different sectors: municipal buildings, other buildings, transport, public lighting
Who is the data provider?	Municipality Weiz, department environment and transport
How frequently is new data made available?	Periodically every 5 years
Access restrictions (are there licenses for use? Is the dataset free, open and available to the public?)	Free, open and available to the public
Data access point (URL or contact person to have access to the resource)	www.weiz.at - gottfried.derler@weiz.at

Missing data

Data for Urban Planning

For the city planning, the city of Weiz has its own GIS data management system which records and updates the local infrastructure (gas, electricity, water, waste water, district heating). Within the scope of spatial planning, the land, buildings, technical infrastructure and traffic situation for the strategic future planning of the city of Weiz are re-evaluated and documented every five years. The buildings (residential, commercial and public buildings) are recorded in the local GWR (building housing register) and kept as up-to-date as possible by the building authorities of the city of Weiz. Each building is a data set and contains, among other things, Address, type of building, gross floor area, energy rating, type of energy source, heating system)