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Visit our Knowledge Transfer Platform on Article 7 EED
If you want to learn more on Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive implementation issues, visit our Knowledge Transfer Platform. It serves as a place of knowledge, learning materials, webinars, case studies, good practice examples and national level information. Our objective is to help national authorities in the implementation of the policies and the […]
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Priority areas of implementation of the Efficiency First principle: enefirst report
This report, delivered by the enefirst H2020 project, identifies promising policy approaches as regards Efficiency First (E1st) in several EU policy areas: buildings, power markets/networks, gas markets/networks, district heating, energy efficiency, climate and EU funds. The report screened the policy areas and approaches for each policy area by reviewing the EU policy context; conducting interviews and […]
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H2020 DEESME project: first newsletter out, guiding SMEs and national authorities to take profit of the multiple benefits from energy audit and energy management approaches
Dear readers, This is a pleasure to share the DEESME project first newsletter. Reaching the European Union’s net zero greenhouse gas emissions objectives will require a fundamental change in the coming decades. This change will impact enterprises of all types and sizes. Improving the efficiency of how enterprises supply and consume energy will be the […]
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[IEECP newsletter] February 2021: nudging consumers to energy efficiency behaviours, e-learning platform for F&B energy efficiency & more
Download as pdf View online in html —————————————————————————– We are coming at the end of February, and after two months of 2021, the European economy is still struggling with the COVID19 scars yet trying to escape the uncertainty and move on to a recovery phase. The policy trajectories will determine whether the EU […]
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IEECP and ABN AMRO collaboration for energy efficient projects in The Netherlands / IEECP en ABN AMRO werken samen aan energie efficiëntie projecten binnen Nederland
< Nederlandse vertaling hieronder > IEECP is glad to join forces with the ABN AMRO bank in The Netherlands to work on two interconnected projects funded by the European H2020 programme: ICCEE, seeking to identify and implement significant energy efficiency performance benefits in the food and beverage cold supply-chain sector, and the Triple-A project to […]
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Transferring global experience of “efficiency first” to the EU: enefirst report
This report, delivered by the enefirst H2020 project, highlights 16 international case examples of efficiency first in practice. Learning from international experience is key to helping policymakers in the EU and its Member States establish a level playing field between demand and supply-side resources, and thus embed the efficiency first decision-making principle in EU policy. […]
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[Policy Brief] The role of the Energy Efficiency Directive article 7 in alleviating energy poverty
H2020 projects SocialWatt and ENSMOV join forces, making use of both projects’ learnings to deliver policy recommendations to improve the consideration of energy poverty through Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Article 7 of the EED specifically requires European member states to consider the need to alleviate energy poverty in their design of […]
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Opinion – Hiding fossil fuel subsidies under clean energy targets?
IEECP’s Vlasis Oikonomou and NTUA’s Haris Doukas co-author a piece, published on Euractiv, touching upon the reaction of 10 Member States for the green taxonomy to allow them to consider natural gas as a transition fuel. This opens up the discussion on the subsidies for natural gas (and other fossil fuels) under the umbrella of […]
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The MICAT (Multiple Impacts Calculation Tool) project launches a call for Pilot Cities
Emissions reductions, improved health, better air quality, and new employment opportunities are only a few examples of Multiple Impacts of Energy Efficiency. What are other ancillary benefits of energy efficiency measures? And how can your city assess and monitor them? Join the MICAT team as one of their Pilot Cities and contribute to the MICATool! […]
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Column for eceee: “Let cost-effectiveness guide recovery funding to national efficiency programs”
by Vlasios Oikonomou, Jean-Sébastien Broc The EU has set ambitious energy efficiency targets for 2020 (32.5%), while the current trend (for the 2020 targets) shows a deviation of 4-6% annually (State of the Energy Union Report) and the IEA confirmed in its recent Energy Efficiency 2020 report that the energy efficiency progress is too slow at […]
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Best wishes from the IEECP team!
In 2020, we celebrate 5 years of work towards the energy transition and a sustainable future. For 2021, we look forward to a continued fruitful collaboration with many new projects together, and wish you all the best for the Holiday season! The IEECP team
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Column for eceee: Time for energy efficiency to be valued as grid resource, by RAP and IEECP
Samuel Thomas, from the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) and Filippos Anagnostopoulos from IEECP, co-author a column for eceee, introducing a concept studied in the H2020-funded project SENSEI, P4P – Pay for Performance. A quick and valuable read! —————————————————————————————————— What if you, as an electricity consumer, could get compensated fairly for the energy you did not […]
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BECoop – A people-powered energy system: activating the community energy market for bioenergy
In the updated Renewable Energy Directive II (RED II), the EU clearly considers community energy as a key factor for future Renewable Energy (RE) market uptake and mandates Member States to implement regulatory frameworks for enabling and facilitating this process. At the same time, several barriers prevent citizens from becoming (bio)energy producers and bioenergy projects […]
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[IEECP newsletter] November/December 2020 – already 5 years!
Download as pdf View online in html —————————————————————————– Amidst the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the evolutions in the energy policy in the EU are ongoing and Member States are finalizing their plans for the Recovery Package. These plans include a great deal of supporting energy investments and they should contribute directly […]
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H2020 PROSPECT ends, with much resources for regional and local authorities to finance and implement their SECAPs
After three and a half years of hard work, this is time for the H2020-funded PROSPECT project to end, but not without great successes and achievements to look back at! Innovative financing is often an option for climate projects, but cities, municipalities and regions need to know how to activate and use it: PROSPECT filled […]
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7 H2020 projects partner up to advise EU leaders how to prepare buildings for the energy transition
The transition to a forward-looking climate neutral economy, announced in the European Green Deal, demands an action plan where public and private sector investments are channeled towards climate-friendly technologies and business models. To support this transition, the SENSEI H2020-funded project, together with 6 other H2020 projects – Triple-A, LAUNCH, Ambience, NOVICE, QUEST, RenOnBill and U-CERT […]
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Investigating how to tackle energy poverty in the EU private rented sector
Around 50 million households in the European Union are estimated to be living in energy poverty – or energy vulnerability, unable to afford the energy needed to adequately heat or cool their homes. This is caused by a combination of factors including high energy costs, low household incomes and energy inefficient buildings, and can have […]
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Peer-Powered Cities and Regions: Success Stories from PROSPECT
In urban areas, significant opportunities are available for facilitating the energy transition. Many local and regional governments are implementing initiatives in sectors, such as buildings, lighting, and transport. Although there are political and economic incentives for undertaking such actions, many cities and regions face financial and technical barriers, such as insufficient financial resources and lack […]
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ENSMOV: 3 new publications available, on parameters and cost effectiveness for MRV as well as financial sustainability
Financial Sustainability and Cost Effectiveness of Policies in the Context of Article 7 EED – Article 7 and MRV – Requirements and Best Practice Topics described in this report were chosen based on gaps and needs analyses conducted under the ENSMOV project through survey and desk research. This report focuses on financial topics from the […]
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[Lunch seminar video] SENSEI, P4P to drive energy efficiency in Europe – news from the project
In this IEECP Lunch Seminar you can hear news from the Horizon 2020-funded project SENSEI, enabling energy efficiency to be rewarded as an energy resource and a new grid service while turning the energy efficiency retrofit project’s value into an investable asset for private financing. Latest releases include : – a video on how to […]
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