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ENERGY POLICY AND ACTIONS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS Brussels 26.02.2008

ENERGY POLICY AND ACTIONS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS Brussels 26.02.2008. Gordon SUTHERLAND Project Officer Energy-efficient buildings Executive Agency for Competitiveness & Innovation. EU ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICY. EU 2020 TARGETS. Accompanied by: Energy Efficiency Action Plan

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ENERGY POLICY AND ACTIONS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS Brussels 26.02.2008

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  1. ENERGY POLICY AND ACTIONS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS Brussels 26.02.2008 Gordon SUTHERLAND Project Officer Energy-efficient buildings Executive Agency for Competitiveness & Innovation

  2. EU ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICY EU 2020 TARGETS Accompanied by: • Energy Efficiency Action Plan • EU Directives on Renewables, Buildings, Biofuels, CHP, Energy Services… New energy and climate change package of the Commission • 20% less greenhouse gas emissions • 20% better energy efficiency • 20% share of renewables in the energy mix • 10% biofuels in transport fuel

  3. POLICY CONTEXT IN THE BUILDINGS SECTOR • Residential sector is the largest energy consumer: • EU households: 68% • Significant variations per country, but: • 2% annual replacement rate (new constructions) • 2% annual renovation rate • Renovation offers the singular largest potential for energy savings and CO2 emission reduction in the EU

  4. POLICY CONTEXT IN THE BUILDINGS SECTOR • Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) • National implementation ongoing • Projects support effective implementation and take-off • Energy Efficiency Action Plan • 40% of energy used in the residential/tertiary sector • Energy savings potential in the buildings sector 28% by 2020 • Strengthening the Directive • Considerations to strengthen the EPBD • Tightening of thresholds, minimum performance requirements, passive heating and cooling, etc • Expanded role for the public sector • Measures for the MS to provide financing mechanisms

  5. POLICY CONTEXT IN THE BUILDINGS SECTOR • The Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive • The preparation of national energy efficiency action plans every 3 years • National indicative energy savings targets of 9% for next 9 years. • The public sector must fulfil an exemplary role • Creating conditions to develop and promote a market for energy services • Ensure the availability of efficient energy audit schemes

  6. POLICY CONTEXT IN THE BUILDINGS SECTOR • The public sector must lead by example: • Requirements concerning the use of financial instruments for energy savings • Requirements to use energy audits and implement the resulting recommendations • Requirements to purchase or rent energy-efficient buildings or retrofit them • Ensure the availability of efficient energy audit schemes • Certificates are deemed to satisfy the energy audit requirement for buildings • For non-complex facilities, governments may permit the use of computer programmes available on the Internet

  7. POLICY CONTEXT IN THE BUILDINGS SECTOR • Structural funds aid housing redevelopment projects in new Member States • In May 2007 the Parliament adopted a non-legislative resolution • for adequate & good-quality housing as a fundamental right • for the provision of guidance to enlarge capacity to solve housing problems • Revision of the regulations on social cohesion policy for 2009 re-opens the debate

  8. FROM RESEARCH TO THE MARKET MARKET:Mass production and use,promotion, framework conditions RESEARCH:Technology (“hardware”) development,pilots, demonstration  Promote / catalyse “innovation”

  9. POLICY AND ACTION – THE ROLE OF IEE Enabling policies Market transformation Changing behaviour Access to capital Training Changeson the ground EU policyon energy efficiency and renewables

  10. 400 EUROPEAN PROJECTS Energy efficiency and rational energy useSAVE New and renewable energy sourcesALTENER Energy in transportSTEER

  11. IEE II: A CHANGE OF GEAR • Need to deliver on ambitious energy and climate change objectives • Europe must become more competitive and innovative • The IEE programme will be at the forefront • Awareness raising was yesterday - Concrete solutions and substantial change are needed now

  12. OVERVIEW OF ONGOING ACTIONS • 61 ongoing or recently completed buildings projects ~ EUR 34 million support (+ EUR 4.8 million for Concerted Action, CEN and EPBD Buildings Platform)

  13. BUILDING CERTIFICATION MARKET • Legislative framework required • Operational framework required • The certification scheme must have robustness and integrity • Consumer demand must exist • Market players need to be informed • Appropriate market regulation required

  14. FOCUSSED SUPPORT ACTIONS • Retrofitting of Social Housing • 20 on-going projects • 44 Social Housing Organisations • CECODHAS • 6 300 000 housing units • Supporting integrated EU policies in sustainable urban development and reinforcement of social inclusion • tailored financial schemes • education and training • awareness raising • legal and institutional changes

  15. RETROFITTING OF SOCIAL HOUSING RETROFITTING OF SOCIAL HOUSING (VKA 2) Target areas • Education, training and local forums for social housing stakeholders (NIRSEPES, EI-Education, Factor 4, SHARE) • Awareness raising (ISEES, ROSH, Save@Work4Homes, EPEE) • Improvement of asset management tools (Epi-SoHo, RESHAPE, ESAM) • Retrofitting solutions & methodologies (E-Retrofit- KIT, TREES, SuRE-FIT, AVASH, SQUARE) • Tackling obstacles and tailored financing schemes (InoFin, ECOLISH, TACKOBST, FINSH)

  16. SHARE RETROFITTING OF SOCIAL HOUSING (VKA 2) Target areas • Created 8 social housing energy forums • Landlords, contractors, installers,… • Over 60 training sessions reaching 1000 participants • Strategic plans for awareness and advice created • Communicative materials prepared and freely available in 8 languages • Networking between social housing providers and energy suppliers • http://www.socialhousingaction.com/

  17. INTELLIGENT ENERGY - EUROPE • € 730 million from 2007-13 • Promotes policies and develops favourable market conditions for energy efficiency and renewables • Supports uptake of state of the art technologies • Helps convert policy into action

  18. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS • Enabling policies • Greater consistency between national EPBD schemes • Training • Quantified impact on the workforce - institutionalisation • Changing behaviour • Number of buildings across Europe certified and informed building owners/users • Market transformation • Demonstration of a functioning market • Feedback from the Member States Assessing effectiveness of this type of action ...

  19. PULLING TOGETHER TOWARDS BETTER BUILDINGS http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/index_en.html

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