Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft Lower Austrian State Government Responsibilities of the Office and the department of environmental and energy economics Peter Obricht

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft Lower Austria- facts & figures Position: In the North-East of Austria (the province around Vienna) Area:19,174 km 2 Population:1,62 million Citizenship: Austrians: 92,83 % EU-citizens (except Austrians): 3,17 % Non-EU-citizens: 4,00 % Capital:St. Pölten (52,000 inhabitants) Districts:25 administrative districts Municipalities:573 Major rivers:Danube, Enns, March, Thaya, Traisen, Ybbs Highest elevation:Schneeberg (2,076 m) Lowest point: Municipality of Berg in the district of Bruck/Leitha (129 m) Provincial boundaries:414 km (Czech Republic: 333 km, Slovakia: 81 km)

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft The political head of Niederösterreich is the Landeshauptmann (governor). Appointed by the Landtag; Head of the State government, executive body The legislative body is the Landtag (provincial parliament), 56 Members, elected every 5 Years The Office of state Government (Amt der NÖ Landesregierung) supports the State government in fulfilling its tasks. Office is currently devided into groups and departments: General directorate, finance, culture, science& education, agriculture&forestry, economic, water, health and social, infrastructure, spatial planning, environment & traffic Lower Austria- the political system

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft FUNDING ADMINISTRATION, REAL ESTATE AND ACCOUNTING ENERGY AND CLIMATE Department of environmental and energy economics Head of Department SECRETARIAT IT-COORDINATION QUALITY MANAGEMENT CONTROLLING LOWER AUSTRIAN SUSTAINABLE COORDINATION WASTE MANAGEMENT 6 RESSOURCE PROTECTION FUNDING, ADMINISTRATION, ACCOUNTING ENVIRONMENT COORDINATION REAL ESTATE / BUILDING LEGISLATION ECONOMIC & LEGAL AFFAIRS EU-AGENDA ecolog. GARDEN ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT- ÖA,-MAGAZINE ECO- MANAGEMENT WASTE MANAGEMENT AND RESSOURCE PROTECTION WASTE DISPOSAL ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft Profile & tasks Energy economics & climate protection Waste management & protection of ressources Strategy of environment Ecological awareness raising Funding programmes on energy, environment and spatial structure Political consulting

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft Other organisations with close connection to the State Govt. of Lower Austria Energy- and environment Agency Ltd. LA waste management association Climate alliance LA Environment protection association citizen & environment Lower Austrian Garden Show Ltd Subsidiary manufacturing company Marchfeldkanal

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft To meet our targets in climate protection, energy efficiency, renewable energy 20041st LA climate protection programme 2007climate protection part of LA constitution 20092nd LA climate protection programme 2011Energy roadmap coming soon: New climate- and energy programme For a good climate and a lot of renewable energy

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft Energy/climate – activities I Activities: Energy consulting in LA: Free of charge professional consultants and experts Main area: reconstructioning of old buildings, building new houses or extending renewable energy measures

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft Energy/climate – activities II Photovoltaics-Offensive: LA funding for PV-construction Funding for avoiding power emission: using energy effient equipment Power-Save-Family: Projects with 230 Pionier-families, who save about 13% of their electricity amount / 1 year

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft Services: consultancy & funding for communities and businesses eco-community-hotline: +43 (0) umweltgemeinde.at energiefoerderkompass.at (=online eco funding guidelines) Ökomanagement NÖ oekomanagement.at Förderratgeber Klima (funding guidelines climate) (funding guidelines climate)……… Awareness raising in communities

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft LA programme for energy effient communities Programme for 345 climate alliance- communities Services for all 573 LA communities The framework for climate and energy political actions in LA Energy and climate community package

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft 9 e5ecommunities 26 climate energy model-regions 345 climate alliance municipalities

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft LA Waste Management LA Plan of Waste management for period 2010 – 2015 Long- & short version of report (+ short version in English available ) 40 measures including indicators for analysing achievment of objectives Waste avoidance and protection of ressources minimizing adverse consequences achieving the LA targets of climate protection Efficient and effective wastemanagement on local level Waste management: Targets devided into 3 categories

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft 5 regions for waste management - 22 waste associations - 18 communities without membership - 18 external communities Altstoffe Biogene Abfälle Grünschni tt Sperrmüll Restmüll Elektrogeräte Problemstoffe Image above left: structure waste management accociation Image above right: structure waste management Image mid: MVA + power station Dürnrohr Image. below left: development of waste amount 1999 – 2010 ( t total waste) Organisation Waste management in LA

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft How LA fosters sustainable actions Reporting Acc. to LA environment protection information about regional projects with main focus sustainability and environmental protection ÖSTRAT working programme – cross-national regional projects & programmes, coordination of sustainable issues on national level

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft Raising awareness on environmental topics in education Coordination of all activities in LA Network consisting of 70 partner organisations newsletter catalogue: 150 provider offers

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft Coordination of ecological and sustainable school networks

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft assigned home gardens request by phone / year Garden hotline subscribers for magazine Restructuring gardens of public buildings - Nature in garden - how to plan & cultivate garden in an ecological way criteria: no artificial fertilizer, no pestizids, no turf

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft ENVIRONMENT & energy ENVIRONMENT & energy – The LA magazine Environment since 20 years Target groups: interested people, communities, training institutes, etc.. 5 editions/year pieces / edition

Amt der NÖ Landesregierung, Gruppe Raumordnung, Umwelt und Verkehr, Abt. Umwelt- und Energiewirtschaft Thank you for your attention! Peter Obricht MBA Lower Austrian State Government department of environmental and energy economics A-3109 St. Pölten, Landhausplatz 1 Tel , Fax