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Integrated Urban Development Programme of the city of Sousse

Implementation of an energy master plan

The project is part of the Integrated Urban Development Programme of the city of Sousse. Planair is in charge of Component 2: Implementation of an energy master plan.

The master plan is set up based on the energy city approach (”cite de l’énergie”)/European Energy Award in collaboration with the "Alliance des communes pour la transition énergétique" programme of the Tunisian National Agency for Energy Conservation (ANME).


The activities are as follows:

  • Public lighting: Drawing up a lighting plan giving the strategic orientations concerning the lighting development and evaluation of the lighting management mode ;
  • Public buildings: Renovation plan/strategic orientations for new municipal buildings and in particular the eco-design of the new town hall. Generalise the use of solar energy for the most energy-intensive municipal buildings ;
  • Vehicles : Fleet management plan and fuel management (focus: waste collection) ;
  • Residential buildings: Ecoconstruction (collective/individual) of a district of the city and support for the local manufacture of solar water heaters ;
  • Tertiary buildings: Promoting the use of solar energy in the hotel/tourism sector in collaboration with ANME and STEG (Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company) ;
  • Industrial sector: support to be defined according to the needs during the project.

Project Partners
Transitec, Sides, INSER

Link to the reference sheet

  • Maître de l'ouvrage Name of Client: URBAPLAN Beneficiary: Sousse municipality Funding: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) of the Swiss Confederation
  • Lieu Tunisia
  • Année de réalisation 2019 à 2021