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Havířov Is Launching the Largest City-Wide Savings Project in Morava.

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The expenses for these energy saving

measures total up to 151 million crowns,

however, the yearly savings they provide

will be around 14.6 million crowns.

These savings have been contractually

guaranteed for a period of 10 years

by the provider. This project serves as

a great example of how buildings can

be modernised to reduce their energy

usage, which in turn also provides

ecological aid to other cities.

“Preparations began in 2021. Our goal is

to decrease the energy demand of city

owned buildings, and thereby decrease

their operational costs. This project

specifically will decrease these costs

by 44 percent. The ecological aspect

of the measures is very important to

us as well. These savings will decrease

emission load by around 2 036 tons per

year, which is bound to make a great

difference. I am also ecstatic that our

savings project won the title of Best

Prepared City-Wide Energy Saving

Project of 2023 in the competition held

by the Energy Provider Association. What

the professional jury appreciated most

about Morava’s largest city-wide energy

saving project was its complexity,” Josef

Bělica, mayor of Havířov, explained.

Havířov Is Launching the Largest

City-Wide Savings Project in Morava.

It Aims to Decrease Heat and Electricity

Expenses by 14.6 Million CZK Per Year

This year, Havířov will launch Morava’s largest energy saving project in history. The project includes

50 separate measures at 22 venues operated by the city. Some examples of specic steps that

will take place are the installaon of photovoltaic units on the roofs of city oces, rerement

homes and 10 primary schools, replacing almost 19 thousand current lighng units with modern

LED lights, outng over 4 thousand radiators with smart thermostats that eciently measure

and control the temperature of rooms, and even insulang ceilings and roofs. The project stands

out in mulple key ways: First, with the sheer scope of investment into modernisaon. Second, is

the project's complexity and third, its emphasis on renewable energy and smart technologies.

Ing. Josef Bělica, MBA

Primátor Statutárního

města Havířova

The Mayor of the Statutory

Town of Havířov