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IEECP Lunch Seminar: The Benefits of Energy Efficiency Projects for SMEs
In our latest IEECP Lunch Seminar on “The benefits of energy effieciency projects for SMEs” Ivana Rogulj went through the multiple barriers that SMEs face and how EU-funded projects such as DEESME and DEESME 2050 have paved the way to fill in the missing gaps and allow SMEs to implement energy efficiency measures. You can […]
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Acting for just energy transitions where coal is king
It’s a critical time for energy transitions: on one side, “code red” lights up for net-zero targets; on the other side, some EU member states call for a smoother phase-out of coal to compensate for the shortage of fossil gas and high energy prices caused by the Russian war on Ukraine. Truth is, a higher […]
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[IEECP Newsletter] May 2022: heating decarbonisation to alleviate energy poverty and more
This newsletter comes timely, sharing a lot of useful resources when the European Commission is expected to present the RePowerEU package tomorrow, unveiling its Action Plan and complementary proposals. The variety of topics included matches well our portfolio of projects, which results can feed into the package. We presented to key decision-makers in April some […]
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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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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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[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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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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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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National Energy and Climate Plans can help structure a consistent post-COVID19 sustainable energy future, if updated soon and wisely!
Having survived the 2008 financial crisis with deep wounds, the European Union is now facing an unprecedented challenge – the COVID19. Next to the health and safety issues, this challenge is also impacting the economies of all Member States. The instability in the projections of the economy as a whole (given the recession rates estimated […]
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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] Matching existing tools for Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) and policy implementation with needs & gaps
This report developed by the Horizon 2020-funded project ENSMOV follows an extensive mapping and matchmaking exercise that identified various tools and resources at the international, European and national levels relevant to the MRV and implementation of Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Drawing on previous needs’ assessment and gap analysis outputs, ENSMOV matches […]
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