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.
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Urban Areas
The purpose of the present guidebook is to help the Covenant of Mayors signatories in Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) and five Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) to reach the commitments they have taken by signing the Covenant, and in particular to prepare within the year following their official...
Created the 24 Oct 201424 Oct 2014Total Views 2020
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Energy Generation and Distribution
The current report, which is the 4th in the series, depicts the status of the ESCO markets as of 2013, and the changes since 2010 are investigated. The report starts with some theoretical background, providing a definition for ESCOs and relevant concepts that have been used in the report. This is followed by the listing of key background information in the European context.
Created the 19 Oct 201419 Oct 2014Total Views 10441044
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Urban Areas
This guidebook is adapted to the South Mediterranean context from the Joint Research Centre’s (JRC) guidebook "How to develop a Sustainable Energy Action Plan", developed in 2010 to support the implementation of the Covenant of Mayors (CoM) initiative in European cities.
Created the 14 Oct 201414 Oct 2014Total Views 110110Views Today 11
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Presentation of Experience in SEAP development in Ukraine.
Created the 14 Oct 201414 Oct 2014Total Views 2222
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Energy Generation and Distribution
This document is the first status report related to development of the Energy Service Market in Non-European Countries. The Aim of the report is to provide a snapshot of the key developments of the national ESCO markets in Asia, Africa, Middle East, Australia and Oceania as well as in Nord and South America.
Created the 14 Oct 201414 Oct 2014Total Views 367367
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Urban Areas
Since the official launch of the Covenant of Mayors in 2008, a high number of small local authorities have joined the initiative. These small signatories have to make a significant effort in complying with the Covenant requirements for developing and submitting their own Sustainable Energy Action Plan
Created the 04 Nov 201304 Nov 2013Total Views 2020
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Urban Areas
After the adoption, in 2008, of the EU Climate and Energy Package, the European Commission launched the Covenant of Mayors (CoM) to endorse and support the efforts deployed by local authorities in the implementation of sustainable energy policies.
Created the 19 Oct 201319 Oct 2013Total Views 4242
Some examples on how to estimate the impacts of SEAP actions/measures in 2020.
Created the 17 Oct 201317 Oct 2013Total Views 2929
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For the policy makers at national level it is important to know how effective energy policies and measures are, and in particular how much energy has been saved. This is especially important for the European Union Member States which have to contribute towards the EU 2020 energy saving target of 20%.
Created the 15 Apr 201315 Apr 2013Total Views 9797
This report aims to show the present status of energy consumption in the residential and tertiary sectors in the EU-27 with a special focus on the electricity consumption of main household appliances and equipment. In addition, the report demonstrates the energy efficiency progress and estimates of saving potential of electrical energy in the EU-27 residential and tertiary sectors.
Created the 10 Dec 201210 Dec 2012Total Views 3636
Energy Generation and Distribution
The present report is the 2007-2010 European ESCO status report, continuing the work of the "Latest Development of Energy Services Companies across Europe European" (Status Report 2007) published by the European Commission DG Joint Research Center in 2007 and which covered the European ESCO market development during 2005-2007.
Created the 08 Oct 201208 Oct 2012Total Views 3030
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Urban Areas
The Joint Research Centre (Institute for Energy and Institute for Environment and Sustainability) is providing technical and scientific support to the Covenant of Mayors project managed by DG TREN. This is a European initiative by which towns and cities voluntarily commit to reduce their CO2 emissions beyond the EU target of 20%, through the implementation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs).
Created the 14 Oct 201014 Oct 2010Total Views 425425
