ENETUR

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe invests in rural areas.

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY OF TOURIST DESTINATIONS

ENETUR

Recently, so-called eco-tourism destinations, where tourists spend their free time in nature, have come to the forefront of tourist offers, but accommodation facilities and providers of such offers must also meet the "eco" expectations of tourists. This means that providers of accommodation facilities must arrange their tourist destinations and overnight stays in accordance with environmental requirements, which include energy efficiency, the use of renewable energy sources and, of course, environmentally friendly wastewater treatment without negative impacts on the environment. Such approaches are consciously supported by the SLR LAS UE Ormož, which is why it is also co-financing the ENETUR project.

The partners of the ENETUR project will carry out a set of existing and future or potential tourist destinations in the area of municipalities covered by the project - the municipality of Ormož, Središče ob Dravi and the municipality of Sveti Tomaž. We will establish individual and, if necessary, group energy and environmental consulting for investors, owners and tenants of tourist destinations to increase energy efficiency, the possibility of integrating renewable energy sources with the aim of reducing energy costs, encouraging eco-remediation and thus approaching the principles of sustainable tourism. We will also specifically include the possibility of increasing the energy renovation of existing culturally protected buildings, as experts from the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage will also participate in the project group. We will identify suitable buildings in public and private ownership that are suitable for energy renovation, connect with investors or owners and tenants and conducted joint workshops and individual consulting, which will include a tour of the facilities, examination of existing documentation, infrastructure, possibilities for reducing energy consumption through energy renovation of the building envelope, integration of renewable energy sources (wood biomass, photovoltaics, wind power generation, use of solar energy and integrated energy self-sufficiency systems, net metering, etc.). We will also include consulting on the possibilities of installing small treatment plants, either classic ones, or more specifically, we will study the possibilities of building plant-based treatment plants (so-called ecoremediation).

Project objectives:

• Encouraging innovative partnerships in the field of environmental protection and nature conservation by improving environmental and energy efficiency and introducing RES in tourist destinations.
• Increasing competitiveness and sustainable development of tourism infrastructure and tourism activities.
• Carrying out awareness-raising activities about the importance of environmental protection and adaptation to climate change, on the one hand, for providers of tourist activities and accommodation capacities, and on the other hand, for citizens who will be directly or indirectly addressed and informed through the dissemination of information about the project and its results.
• Maintaining an innovative partnership in the field of energy renovation by increasing energy efficiency, introducing UE and other energy-efficient and innovative solutions and technologies, between the municipalities of Ormož, Sveti Tomaž and Središče ob Dravi, the Institute for Tourism, Culture and Sports, the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and the IZER Institute.
• Within the framework of the project and through the operation of the partnership, we will contribute to the development of the local economy and, above all, to the development of (eco) or sustainable tourism - the green economy.
• The implementation of investments will reduce the use of non-renewable energy sources and increase energy self-sufficiency in the SLR LAS UE Ormož area and indirectly in the Republic of Slovenia and the EU.
• In the long term, awareness of climate change mitigation will increase, which will further lead to new investments in new energy-efficient devices, energy renovation and the use of RES.
• With the involvement of experts from the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, we will change the attitude towards old buildings, which will be preserved and offered for tourist purposes.
• Encouraging investments in wastewater treatment plants, URE and RES. Together with investors, we will develop a demonstration energy investment project as a feasibility study and prepare an application for co-financing from various sources. We will also develop a model wastewater treatment plant project that can be implemented immediately, as a building permit is not required for such a facility.

LEA Spodnje Podravje will participate in the project as the lead partner, and the Municipality of Ormož and IZER - Institute for the Promotion and Implementation of Sustainable Environmental Protection Methods will participate as project partners.

The total value of the operation is EUR 20,148.64.

The project duration is 12 months, starting in March 2018.

Documents:

• Summary and results of the ENETUR project
• flyer-ENETUR
• Project announcement – ENETUR

Press conference 15.02.2019:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9genN7Mfhfs

Workshop on 06.02.2019:

• ENETUR – Brigita Godec Bezjak_6.2.2019
• ENETUR report__6.2.2019
• Summary Karmen Štumberger_6.2.2019

Workshop on June 21, 2018:

• ENETUR – Dr. Janez Petek_21.6.2018
• 1. VISION OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN JERUSALEM CITY TILL 2025_21.6.2018
• LECTURE-Ludvik Hriberšek_21.6.2018
• PRESENTATION OF ZVKDS OE Maribor_21.6.2018
• Examples of good practices – Dalibor Šoštarič_21.6.2018
• PLANT TREATMENTS – Anton Prosnik_21.6.2018
• Introducing URE and RES – Henrik Glatz_21.6.2018