RES IN RURAL ENVIRONMENTS – BIOVILLA
PORTUGAL, LISBON METROPOLITAN AREA, PALMELA
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Overview
Biovilla, a non-profit cooperative, runs a group of wooden houses for eco-tourism. A “living-lab”, developed in the frame of this pilot, allowed testing and assessment of different small-scale RES equipment aiming to raise energy awareness of the community and to create new opportunities for green entrepreneurship.
The pilot action delivers:
- the installation of solar dehydrators, stoves, pumps and lamps to exploit the local solar potential and
- a digital platform linked to energy monitoring equipment, to present real time the energy consumption and CO2 savings to the end users.
Macro objectives:
- Increase local energy independence
- Behavioural change in citizens and tourists' daily lives
- GHG emissions reduction
Specific objectives:
- Assess different RES technologies
- Reduce the energy consumption costs
- Raise awareness of the community
- Increase local and natural resources’ exploitation
- Create local green energy business
Impacts to be achieved by 2030:
- CO2 emissions saved/y: 31 t
- Energy saved through the adoption of EE & RES: 17,150 kWh/y
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Contacts
Energy and Environment Agency of ArrabidaCristina Daniel
Executive manager
cristina.daniel@ena.com.pt
Orlando Paraíba
Technical manager
orlando.paraiba@ena.com.pt
