The Mediterranean library of knowledge
Explore the ENI CBC Med Programme's library of deliverables: a comprehensive digital repository of diverse resources tailored for the Mediterranean region. Discover in-depth studies, innovative strategies, and practical tools spanning tools addressing key environmental, economic, and social issues. The library is your go-to source to find valuable knowledge to inspire new collaborative projects driving fair, sustainable and inclusive development across the Mediterranean.
Cost & Benefit analysis (A4.3.1)
The incorporation of renewable energy sources (RES) in the building sector has been a growing trend in recent years. This trend is driven by a variety of factors, including rising energy costs, a growing awareness of climate change issues, and the implementation of government policies and incentives. In this way, governments worldwide have implemented various policies and incentives to promote the integration of renewable energy in the building sector. These measures include tax credits, rebates, and financial incentives provided to building owners who choose to install renewable energy systems. Moreover, many countries have established building codes and regulations that mandate specific energy efficiency and renewable energy standards for new constructions.
A Cost-Benefit analysis for various combinations of PV and battery capacity systems is implemented to provide the most profitable system for each examined building and country.
Creating and running the Intelligent Utilization of PV Technology in the MED region (UPVMED) Hub (A4.4.1)
The Intelligent Utilization of Photovoltaic Technology in the Mediterranean (MED) region (IUPVMED) Hub was created under the BERLIN project. The purpose of the Hub is to bring together key stakeholders to exchange knowledge and discuss challenges and opportunities for the wider adoption of cost-effective policies, which are related to the increase of the photovoltaic (PV) energy share, increased local consumption of PV-generated electricity, and the integration of PV, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), and Demand Side Management (DSM), under the concept of a hybrid nanogrid system.
Establishing country-specific procedures/roadmaps (A4.3.3)
This report includes information on the country specific procedures/roadmaps detailing the steps in order to reach higher resilience based on PV+ESS+DSM utilization. These steps include conducting a building energy audit, designing the BESS system, incorporating DSM strategies, integrating the PV+BESS+DSM hybrid system, etc. Each step will be implemented to have the required adaptations of regulations and technical guidelines and proposals to use specific financing instruments (including dynamic tariffs). A cost-benefit analysis was conducted following a hybrid solution in each partner country. This report includes country-specific insights from a cost-benefit analysis of the solution. Finally, recommendations are presented for securing the necessary funding to rehabilitate existing public building stock.
Developing of regional dynamic electricity tariffs (A4.3.2)
Static tariffs do not encourage the widespread of RES without large incentives, which however transfer the RES costs to non-RES owners. One important goal of the BERLIN project is to propose new dynamic tariffs that better reflect the actual dynamic cost of electricity generation in each participating country with a pilot. The current report begins with an overview of the existing tariffs in the four participating countries of the BERLIN project (Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and Italy). Subsequently, information is provided on the proposed dynamic tariffs that can be developed and implemented in each pilot based on electricity market prices.
Joint case study focusing on replication (A4.2.2)
This report presents a joint case study, offering valuable insights into the potential for replication in all regions that fall under the MED area, including non-participating countries. The primary focus of the study is to highlight the regions where the combination of PV, BESS and DSM proves to be a cost- effective and sustainable solution. Additionally, it sheds light on regions where this combination may not be the most viable option and the underlying reasons behind it.
Development of a policy makers’ tool for policy recommendations (A4.1.2)
The policy makers tool provides recommendations for policies and regulations that promote the adoption of the photovoltaics (PV) and energy storage systems (ESS) in public buildings with the potential for demand side management (DSM), referred here as PV+ESS+DSM scheme. Except from recommendations, it offers numerical results about (i) the profitability of PV+ESS+DSM systems in certain building types and (ii) the energy self-sufficiency of the building.
A tool for building integrated energy systems design (A4.1.1)
This online tool aims to promote self-sufficiency in buildings with flexible loads, by properly sizing the photovoltaic and battery storage systems to be installed in a building, and providing an efficient schedule for the flexible loads. The tool has been developed in the framework of “Cost-effective rehabilitation of public buildings into smart and resilient nano-grids using storage - BERLIN” project.
Testing effective DSM solutions (A3.2.4)
This report presents the development of practical, yet effective, Demand - Side Management (DSM) scenarios that can be applied to the different pilots of the BERLIN project. The application of such effective DSM scenarios through the 'virtual' testing of new Time-of-Use (ToU) tariffs (already developed for each country in deliverable A4.3.2) could have a positive impact on the consumption behaviour of the users. In this study, the scenarios are based on load shifting, which is applied through combined peak shaving and valley filling.
Identification of existing situation, state-of-art in each region, policies etc. (A3.1.1)
This report provides an analysis of the current situation in each participating country; Cyprus, Greece, Israel and Italy regarding renewable energy sources (RES), energy storage systems (ESS) and Demand - Side Management (DSM). Through the information provided by each partner, the status for RES, and particularly for photovoltaics (PV), ESS and DSM in each participating country has been analysed. In addition, the state of the art regarding legislation and energy policies, as well as barriers that might exist in each country for further deployment of PV, ESS, and DSM are discussed.
DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-CULTURAL, SOLIDARITY BASED SOCIAL-CARE MODEL AND TOOLS
This activity represented the second step to carry out the Action Plan. After having analysed "Understand and listen to the community", we identified the objectives that are to be achieved through a planning of an action oriented to values and missions that guides the development of work in the community that has been determined. The methodology used to structure our Action Plan was based on VMOSA: Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Action Plans. The VMOSA is a practical planning process that is used to help community groups define a vision and develop practical ways to implement change.
VMOSA helped the organisation set and achieve short-term goals while maintaining a long-term vision. The implementation of this planning process in the efforts of your group supported the development of a clear mission, the creation of consensus and the establishment of community dreams.
TEC-MED model
The TEC-MED project aimed to develop and pilot a socio-ethic and cross-cultural care model in 6 countries from the Mediterranean basin (Spain, Greece, Italy, Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia). As a results of the formative research carried out in the work package 3, the state of the art, which consists in three activities: analysis of the 20 most promising initiatives in Europe and the Mediterranean basin aimed to the social care of elderly, analysis of the current social care systems in the countries participants though semiestructured interviews and SWOT analysis, a gap analysis through a Delphi study, and, finaly the TEC-MED model development and validation with experts in several meetings. The TEC-MED model is an integrative person-cented model of care for dependent and/or at risk of exclusion elderly people. It has six dimensions (subject of care, social and health providers, environment and system of care, technology, financing and governance), 5 key concepts (quality, research and dissemination, ethic, gender, social inclusion, transculturality), at the three level of management (micro, meso y macro level). The operationalization of the TEC-MED model could be a catalyst to promote quality services based on a socio-ethical and cross-cultural model for the elderly in the Mediterranean basin.
STATE OF THE ART – ANALYSIS AND CROSS-CULTURAL MODEL DEFINITION (WP3)
The WP3 “State of the art” was aimed to develop the foundation of the TEC-MED Model. It was composed of 3 activities sequenced over time. These activities were linked together, so that the result of the first activity allowed the development of the second and the third one. A.3.1.1. consisted in an integrative literature review in order to: 1) Analyze case studies about the most promising social care initiatives in Europe and the Mediterranean basin to elderly people with dependence and risk of social exclusion, and 2) analyze the social care models in the participants countries. A state of the art was developed and a checklists and semi-structured interview guide, in different languages, to be use in the next activity. A.3.1.2. consisted in the development of qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews and focus groups. With the results of these interviews and analyzing the background with the previous literature review a SWOT analysis to diagnosis the Social Care Practices in the participant countries was developed (Egypt, Greece, Lebanon, Spain and Tunisia). Finally, in A.3.1.3, first, a consultation online technical Delphi panel was developed with expert from the participants countries. With all the previous information, the TEC-MED model, and them validated with expert in an international online workshop. Thanks to a deep literature review and to the consultation with 207 stakeholders related with vulnerable elderly population at micro, macro y mesolevel, as well as final beneficiaries.