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Impacts of policies to decarbonize residential buildings on energy poverty in CEE/SEE countries and mitigation strategies – update
In May 2022, to better understand how to measure and identify energy poverty and evaluate the adequate policies, IEECP established for the European Climate Foundation a study divided into 3 workstreams. The 3 studies provide deep insights into the 10 countries with the highest energy poverty levels in the EU (Bulgaria, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, […]
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Policy measures to combat energy poverty among low-income household groups in Serbia: a multidisciplinary analysis
In a new report, Marco Peretto from IEECP focuses on the energy poverty situation of the Republic of Serbia, summarising the work done for his thesis, and highlighting key aspects from IEECP projects: the H2020 ENPOR and the 2022 study: “Policies to decarbonise residential buildings in Central, Eastern and Southern EU: impact on energy poverty […]
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Energy Poverty Handbook 2022
A compilation of several organisations providing practical solutions to combat the impact of spiraling energy prices and to overcome energy poverty. A first edition of the handbook was released in 2016 with a view to examining the causes and effects of energy poverty, this new edition expands upon the findings of the original Energy Poverty […]
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Policies to decarbonise residential buildings in Central, Eastern and Southern EU: impact on energy poverty and mitigation strategies
Almost 34 million Europeans are unable to keep their homes adequately warm, and just as energy prices keep rising, the European Union is increasingly targeting energy poverty in its policy action. To better understand how to measure and identify energy poverty and evaluate the adequate policies, IEECP established for the European Climate Foundation a study […]
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IEECP annual report 2020 – celebrating 5 years!
Welcome to the second edition of our annual report. The Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy (IEECP) is a non-for-profit, independent research foundation working, since 2015, on science-based climate change mitigation, energy efficiency and renewable energy policy, with an international interdisciplinary team of experts generating and disseminating scientific knowledge. We act as a knowledge-hub […]
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[Report] Policy developments in EU and strategies for P4P business models
Pay-for-performance (P4P) is the key concept behind SENSEI business models. In a P4P scheme for financing energy retrofit projects, financial flows between the involved parties are linked to the actual – metered – and weather-normalised energy savings. This approach encourages long-term investment and transparent cash-flows (pay) in energy-efficient buildings by metering energy savings smart and […]
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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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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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Brief of actions and schemes to consider to tackle energy poverty
A total of 42 schemes were identified and analysed by the H2020-funded project SocialWatt’s team, based on a number of criteria set. Some of the conclusions include that: the income is frequently used as a proxy to energy poverty, almost all schemes provide information and advice to households, most are funded by a single entity […]
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Barriers to implementing the efficiency first principle: new enefirst report
The H2020-funded project enefirst releases a new publication, authored by BPIE and co-authored by IEECP and RAP: it focuses on barriers to implementing efficiency first In the EU in several policy areas linked to energy use in the buildings sector (such as network codes, renewable energy policy, building regulations and others). The report builds the […]
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[Report] Supply chain energy impact analysis and best practices
The Horizon2020-funded project ICCEE aims at improving energy efficiency in the cold chain of the food and beverage sector, and making it easier for the sector to undertake EE measures across the entire supply chain and accelerate the implementation of energy audit results. To achieve these objectives, a thorough analysis of the supply chain energy […]
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Snapshot of alternative measures in Europe, article 7 EED (as of end 2019)
Member States are compelled to define policy measures to meet the energy savings obligation set in article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED): these snapshots present an overview of the policy mix used by different European countries, reporting to Article 7 for the obligation period 2014-2020. While Energy Efficiency Obligation Schemes set an obligation […]
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Report on international experiences with efficiency first, from enefirst
Implementing efficiency first (E1st) is foundational to the EU strategy for sector integration and the Renovation Wave. The latest enefirst (H2020-funded project) report showcases 16 examples of how E1st has been applied across the US and EU in different contexts, from buildings, finance and planning, to gas and district heating. This report reviews examples of […]
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Experience and lessons learned from P4P pilots for energy efficiency: new findings from H2020 SENSEI
Europe’s buildings have the potential to play a key role in our future energy systems. Making them more efficient reduces the need for expensive power plant capacity, defers the costly upgrading of network infrastructure and enables this infrastructure to be used with more flexibility. Energy efficiency is still not adequately compensated for these benefits, acting […]
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Snapshot of Energy Efficiency Obligation Schemes in Europe (as of end 2019)
This snapshot, developed in the project ENSMOV, funded by the Horizon 2020 programme, presents an overview of the Energy Efficiency Obligation Schemes (EEOS) in Europe. All these schemes are reported to the Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), for the obligation period 2014-2020. EEOS are schemes setting an obligation on energy companies (energy […]
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Climate policies: interactive map of models and tools and corresponding report from H2020 PARIS REINFORCE
The H2020-funded project Paris Reinforce, aimed at effectively supporting the design of climate policies, in light of the Paris Agreement requirements, uses 19 climate models to evaluate current contributions and action pledges and explore more ambitious decarbonisation pathways. A new report maps the modelling ensemble and analyses the I2AM PARIS open-access data exchange platform. I2AM […]
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[Report] Risks of Energy Efficiency Financing and Mitigation Strategies Typology
Energy efficiency is one of the key elements of the EU energy policy. This is reflected in the EU’s existing legislation and the targets to be reached by 2030 and 2050. Specifically, the EU has set the clear commitment to become the first carbon-neutral continent and remain the leader in the clean energy transition at […]
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[Report] Rewarding energy efficiency for energy system services through markets: opportunities and challenges in Europe
Energy efficiency provides a diverse set of values to the energy system, some of which can be rewarded through mechanisms such as capacity markets and network procurement programmes and others which require dedicated energy efficiency programmes. To turn this set of values into bankable energy efficiency projects a number of steps need to be taken. […]
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[Report] Status quo of energy poverty and its mitigation in the EU: report and interactive map
H2020 SocialWatt aims to enable obligated parties under Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive across Europe to develop, adopt, test and spread innovative schemes to alleviate energy poverty. Appropriate tools developed within the project will help utilities and energy suppliers effectively identify energy poor households, as well as develop and monitor schemes that focus […]
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[Report] Monitoring guidelines for successful knowledge exchanges in the H2020 ENSMOV project
Establishing a successful knowledge exchange amongst Member States on issues related to Article 7 of the EED is the main objective of ENSMOV. To ensure quality and timely reaction in constantly improving the programme, ENSMOV has set measurable targets, both tangible and intangible, for all the project strategic and operational objectives, which focus on the […]
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