On 5 April 2016 the JRC presented the interactive and collaborative online European Energy Efficiency Platform. This beta platform is conceived to fill the gap opened by scattered data and fragmented knowledge resulting from a rapidly growing energy efficiency market. It is expected to be both a one-stop shop for information retrieval and a meeting point for experts to exchange data and reduce redundant activities.
The present report aims to provide an overview of the main issues at stake with the calculation methods for energy savings generated by measures implemented by EU Member States under Article 7 of the Directive 2012/27/EU on Energy Efficiency (EED).
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Buildings
The European building stock consumes approximately 40% of primary energy and it is responsible for 36% of the EU greenhouse emissions. A significant reduction of building energy demand is a requisite to meet Europe’s GHG emissions reduction targets.
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Energy Generation and Distribution
Renewable energy technologies/sources (hydropower, wind power, solar power, marine-energy, geothermal energy, heat pumps, biomass and biofuels) are alternatives to fossil fuels contributing to the improvement of environment, enhancement of energy security and diversification of energy supply.
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Products
At the EEDAL'15 conference 128 papers dealing with energy consumption and energy efficiency improvements for the residential sector have been presented. Papers focused policies and programmes, technologies and consumer behaviour. Special focus was on standards and labels, demand response and smart meters. All the paper s have been peer reviewed by experts in the sector.
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The European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities and Communities is an initiative supported by the European Commission combining Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), energy management and transport management to come up with innovative solutions to the major environmental, societal and health challenges facing European cities today.
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Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 11:00
The JRC H2 Air and Climate Unit is please to announce the following seminar:
Title: Did German building standards reduce CO2 emissions over the past four decades?
Speaker: Simone MARTELLI
When: Thursday 14 January, 11:00
Where: Acqua (Building 100, first floor)
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A JRC workshop on split incentives organised in the framework of article 19(1)(a) of the Energy Efficiency Directive (Directive) has been organised in order to examine current solutions addressing split incentives in the building sector in Europe and beyond. The workshop focused on the social housing, private residential and commercial sectors.
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This report, conducted by the Joint Research Centre for DG ENERGY, during the last trimester of 2013 and the first trimester of 2014, identifies the status of the programmes promoting Energy Audits and Energy Management Systems in the Member States of the European Union in order to realize which of the requirements of Article 8 of the Energy Efficiency Directive were already met and to understand the level of additional...
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Refurbished nZEBs and deep retrofit data collection - Harmonisation of criteria for a comparative analysis and information exchange on measures implemented to achieve the objective of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) on existing buildings.
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Energy Generation and Distribution
Information in this section draws on many excellent sources recommended for further reading
(Strahil Panev, Nicola Labanca, Paolo Bertoldi, Tiago Serrenho, Caiman Cahill, Benigna Boza Kiss) 2014. The ESCO Market Report for Non-European Countries 2013 Download here
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Energy Generation and Distribution
The development of standard procedures for measurement and verification (M&V) of savings is an important task for the promotion of the ESCO business. The key to unlocking the enormous potential for energy efficiency worldwide is securing financing. Good measurement practices and verifiability are some of the important elements in providing the confidence needed to secure funding for projects.
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Financing
Three broad options for financing energy efficiency improvements can be distinguished.
ESCO financing refers to financing with internal funds of the ESCO and may involve own capital or equipment lease. ESCO rarely use equity for financing, as this options limits their capability of implementing projects on a sustainable basis;
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Products
The Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS) are widespread in the European Industry and service centres. Expectations are that UPS will increase in European Community in the near
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This Code of Conduct has been prepared by the European Commission, following the discussions and decisions of the ad-hoc working group composed by independent experts, Member States representatives and representatives of industry.
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Energy Generation and Distribution
EU as a whole and the majority of Member States are on track to achieve the 2020 energy targets.
The binding Renewable Energy Directive targets are playing an important role in the transformation of energy mix portfolio in European Union
Policy Context
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Greenhouse gas emission savings due to renewable energy (2009-12)
Policy context
The EU has made a unilateral commitment to reduce in 2020 the overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its Member States by 20% compared to 1990 levels putting a legally binding target of 20 % of gross final energy consumption (GFEC) from renewable energy sources.
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