Energy Efficiency Fund (ENEF) (hereinafter - Fund) was established on the 18 February 2015 by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Energy and Public Investment Development Agency. Public Investment Development Agency was appointed as the manager of the Fund.
The Fund implements two financial instruments: loans for financing renovation of central government buildings and guarantees for loans granted by commercial banks for street lighting modernization projects. It operates under the program approved by Lithuanian Government which aim is to increase the energy efficiency of public buildings for heating and lighting, to ensure the effective use of the State funds allocated to the improvement of energy efficiency of public buildings, to reduce emission of greenhouse effect gas (CO2) and to ensure the compliance of central government buildings with hygiene standards.
Preferential loans for central government public buildings renovation from ENEF fund with the aim to increase energy efficiency is to ensure the obligation of European Parliament and Council Directive 2012/27/EU for the period of 2014-2020 every year to renovate at least 3 percent of general state area owned and used by central entities for heating and (or) cooling public buildings and to meet minimum energy efficiency requirements: to achieve at least the energy efficiency class C and to reduce the energy consumption of the central government public building at least 30 percent.
The fund manages 80 mln. euros. Up to 65 mln. euros are provided for the modernization of central government buildings and up to 14,5 mln. euros for street lighting modernization projects. Due to loans and guarantees financial instruments later returned funds will be re-invested in new energy efficiency projects and thus more projects will be financed.
It is planned that the Energy Efficiency Fund will operate until at least 2030.
The implementation of these financial instruments promotes energy service companies (hereinafter - ESCO) market in Lithuania. Commercial banks are also encouraged to participate in energy efficiency projects as financing bodies.
There are two ways for financing central government public buildings:
- When the manager of central government building is a budgetary institution VIPA provides 80 percent preferential loan of the value of contract work to it. The 20 percent of the contract work is given as a loan by ESCO. ESCO is selected by public procurement procedure. The manager of the renewable building signs a contract on ESCO services with ESCO. VIPA signs a loan contract with ESCO.
- When the manager of central government building is a public institution or a manager of centrally managed state property and intends to borrow directly from the ENEF, VIPA provides 100 percent preferential loan of the value of contract work to the manager of the building. The contract work is purchased by public procurement procedure.
| ESCO procurement | ||||
| Applicant | Building address | Planned loan amount, Eur | The planned/ executed procurement publication date | Bidding deadline/ESCO contract |
| The State Social Insurance Fund Board of Mazeikiu Division | Vasario 16-osios g. 4, Mažeikiai | 304.531,00 | 2017.05.02 | 2017.07.10 |
| Kaunas Juozas Naujalio music gymnasium | Karaliaus Mindaugo pr. 30, Kaunas | 329.550,05 | 2017 July | 2017 August |
| Vilkija Agricultural School | Čekiškės g. 128, Vilkija, Kauno r. | 871.970,20 | 2017 June | 2017 July |
| Kelmės profesinio rengimo centras | J. Janonio g. 11, Kelmė | 1.110.999,78 | 2017 June | 2017 July |
| State Border Guard Service under the Ministry of Internal Affairs | Geranionių g. 36, Dieveniškės, Šalčininkai | 379.228,98 | 2017.06.19 | 2017.07.27 |
| State Border Guard Service under the Ministry of Internal Affairs | Gintaro g. 1, Klaipėdos | 366.774,00 | 2017.06.19 | 2017.07.28 |
| Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Lithuania | A. Jakšto g. 6, Vilnius | 267.552,82 | 2017 July | 2017 August |
| Panevezys County Police Headquarters | Pramonės g. 9, Rokiškis | 307.415,00 | 2017 July | 2017 August |
| Kaunas County Chief Headquarters | Algirdo g. 16, Kaišiadorys | 229.303,00 | 2017 July | 2017 August |
| Šiauliai County Chief Headquarters | Vytauto didžiojo g. 15, Pakruojis | 171.133,00 | 2017 July | 2017 August |
| National M.K. Čiurlionis Art Museum (M.Žilinskas Art Gallery) | Nepriklausomybės g. 12, Kaunas | 1.246.914,00 | 2017 September | 2017 October |
| Vilnius County Police Headquarters | Visorių g. 27A, Vilnius | 475.288,00 | 2017 October | 2017 November |
| Utena County Police Headquarters | Aušros g. 22, Utena | 192.264,80 | 2017 October | 2017 November |
| Utena County Police Headquarters | Maironio g. 3, Utena | 153.414,40 | 2017 October | 2017 November |
| Utena County Police Headquarters | Veteranų g, 13, Visaginas | 281.404,80 | 2017 October | 2017 November |
| Šiauliai County Chief Headquarters | Medžiotojų g. 1, Joniškis | 371.311,20 | 2017 October | 2017 November |
| Tauragė County Police Headquarters | Struikų g. 5, Šilalė | 433.405,60 | 2017 October | 2017 November |
For more details about central government public buildings contact: Rolandas Marcinkevičius, tel. +370 5 5 203 4 660 r.marcinkevicius@vipa.lt
For more details about street lighting modernization projects contact: Inga Kaliakinaitė , tel. +370 5 203 4 662 i.kaliakinaite@vipa.lt
For more details about ESCO procurement contact: Tomas Juška, tel. +370 5 203 4 458 t.juska@vipa.lt