Intelligent Energy-Europe Information DayEnergy Services & Public spending workshop

24 January 2012, 13:45 – 15:00Room Jenkins, Floor 0

Energy Services & Public spending workshop

> Policy overview - Energy Services and Public Spending, J. Truszczynski, DG ENER

> Detailed priorities 2012 and existing projects, T.Noël, EACI

> Lessons learned from the EESI project, B.Papousek, GEA

> Presentation of the UK Green deal and PAYS concept, H.Henniker-Major, EST

> Lessons learned from the Buy Smart project, V.Huebner, BEA

> Questions and answers

Step-by-step through the priorities for 2012:Energy Services & Public spending

Timothée NoëlIEE Project OfficerExecutive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI)timothee.noel@ec.europa.eu – www.ec.europa.eu/intelligentenergy

Energy Services & Public spending

workshop

Past IEE Energy services projects

17 Energy services projects

- 176 partners from 25 MS- 21 mio€ budget

- Good practices, guidelines & Model contracts

- Raised awareness- Market analyses- New business models- Training & capacity building- Direct Support

FRESH project (2009 – 2012)

• Tested implementation of EPC in the social housing sector in France, UK, Italy and Bulgaria

• Developed concrete tools which socialhousing organisations and ESCOs can use to implement EPC

• Transferred know-how to stakeholders and professional branches at national and European level

www.fresh-project.eu

Still some barriers to overcome

• Lack of awareness and trust

• Lack of harmonized processes

• Public procurement and budgeting rules

• Financing constraints

• Public and private sector capacity constraints

• Perceived risks for industry

I don’t trust their guaranteed savings…

EPC, what does it mean?

I don’t know where to start, please help me!

Where can I find an ESCO?

What type of contract should I sign?

Frequent questions about Energy Services

Call for proposals 2012: priorities for Energy Services

Boosting the energy services market by increasing its transparency and trustworthiness, e.g.:

• Provide updated information on market offer (information on ESCOs and their products…)

• Guarantee the quality of energy services

• Promote harmonised contracts and procurement concepts through public knowledge centres

• Facilitate interaction between offer & demandNeeded Actors:

-ESCOs and their Associations

-Public Authorities

-Independent actors

-Communication specialistsIMPACTS!

Making energy services accessible to small end-consumers, e.g.:

• Develop schemes linking energy services to properties rather than households

• Demonstrate and disseminate new business models customised for these specific market segments and where the level of energy efficiency improvement is guaranteed.

Call for proposals 2012: priorities for Energy Services

Needed Actors:

-ESCOs and their Associations

-Public Authorities

-SMEs representatives/ clusters

-Householder representativesIMPACTS!

Empowering households to ensure the success of smart meters and informative billing e.g.:

• involve and inform customers to make them feel part of the development

• facilitate the transition towards innovative smart metering services to help households reduce their consumption

• help consumers take action on the basis of the information received on their meters/ bills

Call for proposals 2012: priorities for Energy Services

Needed Actors:

-Utilities and their Associations

-SMEs representatives

-Householder representatives

IMPACTS!

Barriers to green public procurement (GPP)

• Lack of awareness

• Lack of training

• Tradition, complexity of procedures

• Lack of political support

• Lack of clear and practical guidelines

Pro-EE

> Promoting large-scale joint procurement for boosting EE

> Development of purchasing guidelines (electric vehicles, street lighting, office equipment) and support tools

> New networks of local authorities for joint procurement of EE products (71 public authorities from 6 countries involved)

> Guidance for the inclusion of green procurement into local EE action plans and training of more than 250 purchasers

> Conclusions> Need for more training and clear political support

11/07-10/10

01/09-12/11

Find out the most EE products in Europe with a simple click on www.topten.info!

> Main results: market stimulation -> 2,7 million visitors/year> focus on large-scale buyers> manufacturers convinced of the demand through multinational pressure

EURO- TOPTEN:

SMART- SPPhttp://www.smart-spp.eu

09/08-08/11

Clean Vehicle Portalhttp://www.cleanvehicle.eu

> Supports the implementation of the Directive on the promotion of clean and EE road transport vehicles

> Main target groups:> Public authorities & public transport

operators> Fleet owners and operators (public &

private)

> Platform for information and action> Database of vehicles> Support of joint procurement

Call for proposals 2012: priorities for Public spending

Support and capacity building to help public procurers at national and local level apply green public procurement criteria when buying energy related products e.g.:

• Develop concrete high-leverage schemes such as training for trainers, helpdesks, concrete good practices examples...

• Use of existing GPP materials

• Results ultimately in large quantified energy savings

Needed Actors:

-Authorities responsible

for GPP (procurement

agencies, ministries,

central purchasing

organisations) IMPACTS!

Call for proposals 2012: priorities for Public spending

Assist public procurers with the implementation of the Clean Vehicle Directive e.g.:

• networking facilitation, joint procurement, mutual learning and sharing of experience and best practices.

• Use of the EU’s Clean Vehicle Portal where applicable

Needed Actors:

-Public Authorities and

public procurers

IMPACTS!

www.ec.europa.eu/intelligentenergy

Thank you for your attention!