The EU energy efficiency directive (EED) includes provisions to stimulate increased energy efficiency in companies. Mandatory provisions were first introduced in 2012 and recast in 2023. Policy learning has been suggested as an important route to policy change. This paper analyses how and why policy...
the EU in response to the Oil Embargo in the 1973, the paper discusses the impact of EU policies in stimulating energy efficiency improvements in the building sector ranging from the SAVE Directive to the recently 2018 updated Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and Energy Efficiency Directive...
Reducing energy consumption in buildings is a priority under the »20-20-20« objectives on energy efficiency. The Energy Performance in Buildings Directive (EPBD) adopted in 2002 and revised in 2010 proposes guiding principles for member states regarding the energy performance of buildings. The ...
The Energy Efficiency Directive states: There is a new criterion to introduce a limit for direct CO2emissions (for units using fossil fuels) of less than 270 g CO2per kWh of combined heat and power (combined heat, electricity, and mechanical energy). The direct emissions limit will apply from...
Energy Efficiency Directive Rebound effect Household behaviour Implicit discount rate Hybrid modelling 1. Introduction Article 7 of the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), as adopted in December 2018, sets a target for cumulative energy-savings in EU Member States for the period 2021 to 2030....
The Commission is well aware of this and has put forward new efficiency standards in its proposed revision of the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).“In district heating and cooling, the definition of ‘efficient’ systems will gradually be tightened to move away from fossil fuel...
Targets proposed in the EU’s draft energy efficiency directive are being contested by member states, with Britain and the Netherlands pushing for some provisions to be deleted entirely, EURACTIV has learned.
The Buildings Energy Performance Directive1 (EPBD) was approved on 16 December 2002 and brought into force on 4 January 2003.The principal objective of the Directive is to promote the improvement of the energy performance of buildings within the EU through cost-effective measures. There are four ...
The main legal pathways to enhance energy performance of buildings in the EU are laid out in the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) 2012/27/EU [8] and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) 2010/31/EU [9]. On the building side, the recently revised EED focuses on public bui...
and 36% of CO2emissions (European Commission,2021). The EU has been developing energy efficiency policies for buildings since the 1970s; however, the main impetus came in 2002 with the first Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2002/91/EC) (Economidou et al.,2020). The directive has ...