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The guide is part of the Strategic Plan Ecopuerto 2008 - 2012, and made available to employees of the Municipality of Puerto Lumbreras "environmental information and new patterns of sustainable behavior for the development of their work, to increase energy savings in municipal buildings. "
Friday February 17, 2012.
The Municipality of Puerto Lumbreras, through the council's Sustainable Development and European Programmes, has published a 'Guide to Good Practice Sustainable Energy,' "which aims to raise awareness among workers of the City Council to promote energy conservation in all buildings and municipal facilities. "
This morning, the local mayor, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, accompanied by the Councillor for Sustainable Development and European Programmes, Salvadora Martínez, who presented this Guide "provides advice and actions to be taken by workers of the session to promote energy efficiency" .
In this regard, Sanchez, explained that "this is a new tool that the City Council intend to sensitize and educate our employees in conduct that promotes savings and energy efficiency. The guide will also serve to all citizens and companies which wish to establish in their homes or businesses with new standards to increase energy savings ":
In this sense, the Sustainable Guide includes several blocks to reduce energy consumption on lighting, air conditioning, office equipment and consumption of paper and office supplies.
Thus, among the guidelines and reflecting the Guide to promote energy savings is the reduction of artificial lighting during times when you can take advantage of natural lighting, sets maximum and minimum temperatures in air conditioning systems not exceeding 21 degrees in winter and not being less than 26 degrees in summer.
It also incorporates energy saving settings on all computers as well as energy saving programs when it is expected the absence of activity of the equipment exceeding 10 minutes.
The guide also includes tips to increase the digitization of documents, use of recycled paper, or use of electronic media through the new municipal intranet.
Thus, the session will distribute the Guide to Good Practice Sustainable Energy in each of the departments and municipal facilities, and in turn distributed on digital media and make it available to citizens on the municipal website www.puertolumbreras.es .
Thus, the guide "offers over 30 tips and new practices to achieve greater efficiency in energy consumption, reducing energy costs and carbon dioxide emissions," said Sanchez.
Ecopuerto Strategic Plan 2008 - 2012
The new Guide to Good Practice Sustainable Energy is part of the Strategic Plan Ecopuerto 2008 - 2012 which includes more than 150 specific measures to increase sustainable development and environmental care.
Among the measures that the City is taking place, highlights "the renewal of existing equipment exterior lighting, applying criteria of energy conservation and efficiency, and the establishment of programs and methods to audit the level of energy efficiency of existing facilities street lighting in the municipality. "
Also, among the actions that includes the strategic plan already developed, include the installation of photovoltaic panels for electricity supply in all public buildings, or the future operation of a biogas plant that will power and heat through organic matter.
In addition, it launched a Sustainable Mobility Plan includes service free bike for providing citizens with more transportation friendly environment.
Specifically, the energy sector and industry, the plan includes several measures that are being promoted as the introduction of systems that use renewable and clean energy in municipal facilities and equipment, rationalization of the use of machinery and equipment, municipal as optimizing energy consumption in street lighting, and installation of LED technology.
Also in the field of energy efficiency training programs have been directed at various groups like students, housewives, elderly, or entrepreneurs, among others.
Finally, Sanchez explained that from the hall "continue to work to fulfill the commitments made by the European Union to reduce emissions by 20% of greenhouse gases, saving 20% ​​energy consumption through increased energy efficiency, and cover 10% of transportation needs through biofuels and promote renewable energy up to 20%. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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