Venice - Italy

The City of Venice pays plenty of attention to the environment and the quality of life of its citizens. The city especially seeks to control energy management related costs for municipal buildings, which represent 40% of its energy consumption.
Via a Consip public-private partnership signed in 2003 for five years, Venice granted Veolia Energy-Dalkia an energy supply contract.

In 2006, and for three years,Veolia Energy-Dalkia also took over the operation and maintenance of 240 energy facilities with a power of less than 35 kW (air-conditioning, cogeneration, electric generator units, photocell systems).
The contract also covers general services like fire protection, elevators and anti-intruder systems.

Providing an integrated and global service for:

• Modernizing equipment while always guaranteeing comfort for the end users;
• Reducing the environmental impact of the facilities;
• Managing costs over a multiyear horizon;
• Optimizing the energy management of the buildings in Mestre, in the historical center and on the islands.

• Energy assessments for buildings to put forward the best and most cost effective technical solutions.
• Guaranteeing a contractually defined temperature level within all buildings.

Deploying teleprocessing management and monitoring systems.

Increasing the share of renewable energies.