Prague aims to reduce power consumption by one third

The public transport company in the Czech capital DPP has launched a large scale energy transformation that aims to reduce its power consumption and save hundreds of millions from its budget. Thanks to the Energy Performance Contracting project from CEZ ESCO, in co-operation with ENESA and Metrostav CZ, the energy efficiency of selected buildings is being improved by one third. The modernisation involves Kacerov, Pankrác and Stresovice depots and the central dispatch centre. Automatic temperature controls plays a major role, optimising consumption in real time. In addition waste heat from cooling is used to help with water heating. CO2 emissions will be reduced by 2529t every year while water savings will be the equivalent of about 170 households each year. The dominant feature of the project is the installation ar Kacerov depot of the largest facade photovoltaic power plant in the Czech Republic with an output of 75kW. The investment was supported by EU funds through the National Recovery Plan amounting to CZK 423M. 

 

Ladislav Urbánek, Chairman of the Board and CEO of DPP, said, 'Public transport and DPP are the largest consumers of electricity and energy in Prague. Finding cost-saving measures and reducing energy consumption is therefore very important for us. In recent years, we have managed to implement several large projects: insourcing heat management, connecting some large areas to central heating or a system of electricity and gas purchases. Now, in five selected areas, we will test the functioning of EPC projects, which, thanks to building modifications and modernisation of energy management technologies, should bring not only guaranteed energy and emission savings, but also greater comfort to our employees’.