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SECURE = Smarter Energy Communities in Northern & Arctic Regions
Transferring & implementing innovative energy solutions for housing & public infrastructure across NPA regions

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Project Status:

Live Project

Project Leader:

Caitriona Strain

Funding Programme:

Northern Periphery and Artic Programme 2014-2020

Project Budget:

€1,842,591

Start Date:

May, 2016

Finish Date:

Apr, 2019

Project Website:

http://secure.interreg-npa.eu

The aim of the project is to:

Transfer and implement innovative energy solutions for housing and public infrastructure across NPA regions with different maturity-levels.

Specific objectives are to:

Use transnational cooperation between higher and lower maturity regions to increase awareness of the technologies (including ICTs) and solutions for energy efficiency and renewables.

Region	Organisation / Role
Derry & Strabane United Kingdom	Derry City and Strabane District Council Responsible for implementing energy services in Derry & Strabane district
Donegal Ireland	Donegal County Council Responsible for implementing energy services in County Donegal
Donegal Ireland	ERNACT Lead Partner providing project management and communication support
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands	Umhvørvisstovan (Environment Agency) Responsible for implementing energy services in Faroe Islands
North Karelia Finland	Karelia University of Applied Sciences Providing energy efficiency and renewables expertise to project partners
Nova Scotia Canada	Ecology Action Centre Providing energy efficiency and renewables expertise to project partners
Västernorrlands Sweden	Association of Local Authorities in Västernorrland Responsible for implementing energy services in Västernorrland

Create 5 Smarter Energy Communities
15 energy solutions applied which retrofit 24 houses
Increase efficiency by 5% in 3 buildings
Install alternative energy sources in 3 public infrastructures

The common territorial challenges tackled are the high cost and lack of competition in supplying power due to peripherality, low population densities, cold climate, high relative proportion of income spent on fuel and need to realise potential of renewable resources.

SECURE spans 7 regions - with a mix of maturity levels, climatic backgrounds and solutions - distributed across the 3 NPA zones including Faroe and Atlantic Canada. The partnership comprises 8 organisations, with complementary expertise and competence in housing and public infrastructure.

The main objective is to use transnational cooperation between higher and lower maturity regions to increase awareness of the technologies (including ICTs) and solutions for energy efficiency and renewables. The main change (result) will be increased energy awareness in communities and local authorities, evidenced by the following outputs: 5 Smarter Energy Communities, 15 energy solutions applied which retrofit 24 houses, increase efficiency by 5% in 3 buildings and install alternative energy sources in 3 public infrastructures.

The approach is novel because it packages solutions from energy higher maturity regions as services for delivery to other parts of the NPA, promotes sustainability by building up local authority expertise, concentrates initial effort in small communities to increase impact, and brings all stakeholder together using a quadruple-helix approach.