VISIÓN GENERAL DE LOS PROGRAMAS DE EFICIENCIA ENERGÉTICA EUROPEOS EN EL SECTOR RESIDENCIAL

Abstract

The aim of the study is providing an overview of the main existing Energy Efficiency Programmes in the household sector around Europe. To tackle this, twelve countries have been selected, covering the five regions in Europe: Northern (Finland), Southern (Spain and Italy), Central (Germany, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Belgium and Poland), Western (United Kingdom and Ireland) and Easter countries (Hungary). For each country, it has been analyzed the working concept, identified the main stakeholders who take part in the programme, the package of measures provided and the economic instruments which make the measures come true. Once completed the analysis of the twelve programmes, it has been conducted a comparative study summarizing the main characteristics of each programme and making clear some findings related to the nature of the Energy Conservation Measures (ECM). Furthermore, it has been studied the implementation of the Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) in the different countries, due to their important role in most of the schemes. Finished the analysis, it is found out that seven of the selected countries have implemented more than 50% of the measures generally widespread in Europe, mixing passive measures (such as insulation or renovation of windows) with active measures (like renewable energies). Keywords: Energy performance certificate; energy conservation measures; policy instruments; energy efficiency obligation; building refurbishment