Evaluation Into Practice to Achieve Targets for Energy Efficiency (EPATEE)

Project programme

Horizon 2020

Period

01.05.2017 - 30.10.2019

Project status

Completed

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Project website

https://epatee.eu

Database link

https://doi.org/10.3030/746265

EPATEE (Evaluation Into Practice to Achieve Targets for Energy Efficiency) is an EU funded project which is aims to give EU Member States tools and knowledge for a better evaluation of their own energy efficiency policies. This project will last 30 months from May 2017 to October 2019, and is led by a consortium of 10 partners from 8 European countries.

Why evaluation shall be looked at

The EU Directives on energy efficiency such as the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) or the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) trigger a great variety of policies in EU Member States. But how effective are these policies in achieving energy savings targets? Several barriers limit policy evaluation and thus hinder target-based adaptions of energy efficiency policies.

What the project will do

EPATEE will raise the capacity of policymakers and implementers for policy evaluation by providing them with tools and practical knowledge to make consistent impact evaluation an integral part of the policy cycle. It will support EU Member States in distinguishing effective from ineffective policies.
This support will be based on analysis of existing evaluation experiences regarding a range of instruments, such as energy efficiency obligation schemes, regulations, financial incentives and voluntary agreements. Lessons learnt from these examples will provide the basis for the development of guidelines and good practice evaluation tools.

Organisation of the project in two parallel phases:

A tools building phase: A review of existing knowledge and analysis of available ex-post impact evaluations will be organized to structure a synthesis on good evaluation practices, which will be used to build a smart online toolbox for good evaluation practices. A set of 20 to 30 tools enabling state-of-the art evaluation will be developed and integrated in this online toolbox, which will interactively assists users in picking the most relevant tool for their specific needs.

An experience sharing and capacity building phase: peer learning workshops and webinars will be organised for national authorities and energy efficiency policy stakeholders. The experience sharing events will allow to discuss the main issues related to policy evaluation practice and feed the tools building phase. 10 workshops at least will be organized, 4 at the European level (the 1st being in Paris, the 3rd of October 2017), and 6 at the national level. Ad hoc support will be given to policymakers directly in preparing or practicing good policy evaluations.

LEI activities in the Project

EPATEE project aims at providing support to stakeholders, and in particular public authorities, for sharing experience about evaluation practices, for documenting energy savings results and for tackling key evaluation issues related to the implementation of the Directives related to energy efficiency.
The LEI will deliver both tools and practical knowledge to make effective impact evaluation an integral part of the policy cycle. Project makes use of existing evaluation experiences in a range of instruments, such as energy efficiency obligation schemes, regulations, financial incentives and voluntary agreements. This will be summarised in a user-oriented knowledge base and illustrated with concrete case studies about how evaluations have already been done and used by Member States for various situations. A set of several tools enabling state-of-the-art evaluation will be developed and integrated into a smart online toolbox, which interactively assists users in picking the most relevant tool for their specific need.

Total cost: 1 565 566,25 EUR (LEI part: 34 325 EUR)

Coordinator: OSTERREICHISCHE ENERGIEAGENTUR AUSTRIAN ENERGY AGENCY, Austria

Partners:

THE AGENCY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT (ADEME), France
THE AUSTRIAN ENERGY AGENCY (AEA), Austria
ATEE (ASSOCIATION TECHNIQUE ENERGIE ENVIRONNEMENT), France
THE ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS (ECN), The Netherlands
THE ENERGY INSTITUTE HRVOJE POŽAR (EIHP), Croatia
THE ITALIAN FEDERATION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY (FIRE), Italy
THE FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI, Germany
HEADQUARTERED IN THE NETHERLANDS, THE INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICY (IEECP), The Netherlands
THE LITHUANIAN ENERGY INSTITUTE (LEI), Lithuania
MOTIVA OY, Finland

Project Team

Project Team

Name, surname	Office	phone.	e-mail
LEI Representative
Romualdas Škėma	114-AK	+37037401802	Romualdas.Skema@lei.lt
Project Team
Mantas Marčiukaitis	115/1-AK	+37037401847	Mantas.Marciukaitis@lei.lt
Vaclovas Kveselis
Eugenija Farida Dzenajavičienė	207-LK	+37037401935	Farida.Dzenajaviciene@lei.lt
Jūratė Valaitienė	121-AK	+37037401853	Jurate.Valaitiene@lei.lt

Ref no.	Project name	Evaluation Into Practice to Achieve Targets for Energy Efficiency (EPATEE)

Name of legal entity	Country	Overall contract value (EUR)	Proportion carried out by legal entity (%)	No of staff provided	Name of client	Origin of funding	Dates (start/end)	Name of consortium members, if any
Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI)	Lithuania	1 565 566,25 EUR	2,19	5	European Commission	European Commission	01.05.2017 / 30.10.2019	Osterreichische Energieagentur Austrian Energy Agency, Austria. The Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME), France. The Austrian Energy Agency (AEA), Austria. ATEE (Association technique Energie Environnement), France. The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), The Netherlands. The Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar (EIHP), Croatia. The Italian Federation for energy efficiency (FIRE), Italy. The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Germany. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy (IEECP), The Netherlands. The Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI), Lithuania. Motiva OY, Finland.

Name of legal entity

Country

Overall contract value (EUR)

Proportion carried out by legal entity (%)

No of staff provided

Name of client

Origin of funding

Dates (start/end)

Name of consortium members, if any

Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI)

Lithuania

1 565 566,25 EUR

2,19

European Commission

01.05.2017 / 30.10.2019

Osterreichische Energieagentur Austrian Energy Agency, Austria.
The Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME), France.
The Austrian Energy Agency (AEA), Austria.
ATEE (Association technique Energie Environnement), France.
The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), The Netherlands.
The Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar (EIHP), Croatia.
The Italian Federation for energy efficiency (FIRE), Italy.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Germany.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, the Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy (IEECP), The Netherlands.
The Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI), Lithuania.
Motiva OY, Finland.

Detailed description of the project	Type and scope of services provided
Directives on energy efficiency such as the EED or the EPBD trigger a great variety of policies throughout EU Member States. The effort put into developing and implementing these policies is well documented in existing NEEAPs. Soon, emphasis will be put on finding out how effective they were to create new policies that allow meeting current and future energy savings targets. Unfortunately, several barriers limit policy evaluation. This results in a lack of quantitative data, and impedes evidence-based analysis required to distinguish effective from ineffective policies. EPATEE aims at tackling this problem by raising the capacity of policymakers and implementers to assist Members States to fulfil their obligation under energy related Directives. The project will provide them both with tools and with practical knowledge to make effective impact evaluation an integral part of the policy cycle. EPATEE makes use of existing evaluation experiences in a range of instruments, such as energy efficiency obligation schemes, regulations, financial incentives and voluntary agreements. Lessons learnt from other EU initiatives and good practices in how to successfully evaluate the impact and cost-effectiveness of such energy efficiency policies will provide the basis for the development of guidelines and good practice evaluation tools. A set of 20 to 30 tools enabling state-of-the-art evaluation will be developed and integrated into a smart online toolbox, which interactively assists users in picking the most relevant tool for their specific need. This guidance material provides the basis for the most important aspect of EPATEE: target-oriented experience sharing and capacity building. Findings will be discussed together with policymakers through peer-learning workshops, webinars, direct consulting, and other means of communication and dissemination. All activities will strive at realizing synergies with other EU projects such as ODYSEEE-MURE, ENSPOL, MultEE and the CA EED.	EPATEE project aims at providing support to stakeholders, and in particular public authorities, for sharing experience about evaluation practices, for documenting energy savings results and for tackling key evaluation issues related to the implementation of the Directives related to energy efficiency. The LEI will deliver both tools and practical knowledge to make effective impact evaluation an integral part of the policy cycle. Project makes use of existing evaluation experiences in a range of instruments, such as energy efficiency obligation schemes, regulations, financial incentives and voluntary agreements. This will be summarised in a user-oriented knowledge base and illustrated with concrete case studies about how evaluations have already been done and used by Member States for various situations. A set of several tools enabling state-of-the-art evaluation will be developed and integrated into a smart online toolbox, which interactively assists users in picking the most relevant tool for their specific need.

Detailed description of the project

Type and scope of services provided

Directives on energy efficiency such as the EED or the EPBD trigger a great variety of policies throughout EU Member States. The effort put into developing and implementing these policies is well documented in existing NEEAPs. Soon, emphasis will be put on finding out how effective they were to create new policies that allow meeting current and future energy savings targets. Unfortunately, several barriers limit policy evaluation. This results in a lack of quantitative data, and impedes evidence-based analysis required to distinguish effective from ineffective policies.

EPATEE aims at tackling this problem by raising the capacity of policymakers and implementers to assist Members States to fulfil their obligation under energy related Directives. The project will provide them both with tools and with practical knowledge to make effective impact evaluation an integral part of the policy cycle. EPATEE makes use of existing evaluation experiences in a range of instruments, such as energy efficiency obligation schemes, regulations, financial incentives and voluntary agreements. Lessons learnt from other EU initiatives and good practices in how to successfully evaluate the impact and cost-effectiveness of such energy efficiency policies will provide the basis for the development of guidelines and good practice evaluation tools. A set of 20 to 30 tools enabling state-of-the-art evaluation will be developed and integrated into a smart online toolbox, which interactively assists users in picking the most relevant tool for their specific need.

This guidance material provides the basis for the most important aspect of EPATEE: target-oriented experience sharing and capacity building. Findings will be discussed together with policymakers through peer-learning workshops, webinars, direct consulting, and other means of communication and dissemination. All activities will strive at realizing synergies with other EU projects such as ODYSEEE-MURE, ENSPOL, MultEE and the CA EED.