FACTOR FOUR - Cities save costs through intracting

Cities save costs through intracting Organisational innovation for increased energy efficiency Intracting is a financing tool for implementing energy or water-saving measures. The idea behind intracting is simple: the initial investment costs are recouped through the cost savings achieved by implementing energy-saving measures. The saving measures are planned, financed and realised internally, within one and the same organisation. For example, a town's planning and building inspection office might finance the energy and water-saving measures of other departments, such as the education authority. Intracting models are currently used mainly in municipal energy and water management, but intracting is also of interest to all other public authorities (e.g. district administrations, the federal states), housing associations and industry. An expansion into other areas, e.g. waste avoidance, is also quite conceivable. Read more...
Factor-four effects
	Saves energy
	Reduces emissions
	Saves resources
	Saves water
	Avoids waste
	Reduces costs
	Reduces dependence on imports
	Promotes economic development
	Encourages positive consumer behaviour
	Creates a positive image
	Protects existing jobs and creates new ones
	Increases quality of housing and building safety
	Increases the attractiveness of buildings



Expert advice The following authorities practice intracting Amt für Umweltschutz (Environmental Protection Office) Stadt Stuttgart Abteilung Energiewirtschaft Gaisburgstrasse 4 D-70182 Stuttgart Volker Kienzlen, PhD (Eng.) Tel. +49 (0)711/216-2241 volker.kienzlen@stuttgart.de Jürgen Görres, PhD (Eng.) Tel. +49 (0)711/216-2912 juergen.goerres@stuttgart.de http://www.stuttgart.de HessenENERGIE GmbH Energieagentur Mainzer Str. 98-102 65189 Wiesbaden Ulrich Schäfer Tel. +49 (0)611/74623-42 Fax +49 (0)611/718224 ulrich.schaefer@hessenenergie.de http://www.hessenenergie.de Stadt Wuppertal Gebäudemanagement Neumarktstraße 40 42103 Wuppertal Christian Gleim Tel. +49 (0)202/563-5945 christian.gleim@gmw.wuppertal.de http://www.wuppertal.de Contacts at the Wuppertal Institute For questions on intracting Dr. Wolfgang Irrek Tel. +49-(0)202-2492-164 wolfgang.irrek@wupperinst.org Sabine Nanning Tel. +49-(0)202-2492-169 sabine.nanning@wupperinst.org For questions on FACTOR FOUR Dr. Raimund Bleischwitz Tel. +49-(0)202-2492-256 raimund.bleischwitz@wupperinst.org

School students insulating the ceiling on the top floor of their school
(Source: Environmental Protection Office Stuttgart)