Energy Performance Integrated Contract

In the 1st stage the EPiC (AKA Global Service) to manage the stock of school and institutional buildings of the Province of Treviso consisted in a multi-service procurement, whose main goal was the improvement of maintenance standards; the creation of a register of the buildings; the knowledge of critical points of the building/service system and the set up of a working group focused on innovation.
In the 2nd stage the contract focused on overcoming the critical issues: i.e. technical aspects, innovative types of contract, relationships between different users and stakeholders. The 3rd GS aimed at the reduction of energy costs (measured through smart meters installed in every building) through technological and social interventions like the Greenschools Competition i.e. schools competing by carrying out actions to achieve energy saving goals. The social component of the Green Schools project led to the Green Schools Living Lab (costs included in the EPiC). In addition, the contract entailed a better use of spaces and resources; improving relationships with the users and their involvement in the management process; technological interventions to improve the buildings energy performance; the integration, in the technical register, of information about bills, rents, licenses etc. In the latest EPiC (4th GS) energy reduction will be pursued through technological interventions and users’ engagement via social innovation and energy saving action plans for each school building.