14. September 2017 EEDAL conference It s nothing to write about? How EU-Member States address appliances in their National Energy Efficiency Action Plans (NEEAPs) Lena Tholen, Thomas Adisorn, Thomas Götz Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy Germany
The Energy Efficieny Directive The Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) 2012/27/EU is one of the main Directive in the EU to address energy efficiency Energy saving targets (Article 3) Public building renovation (Article 5) Public procurement (Article 6) Energy Efficiency Obligation Schemes (Article 7) Energy audits (Article 8) Energy efficiency services (Article 18) And the obligation to publish NEEAPs (Article 24) 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 2
National Energy Efficiency Action Plans Article 24: the National Energy Efficiency Action Plans shall cover significant energy efficiency improvement measures and expected and/or achieved energy savings, including those in the supply, transmission and distribution of energy as well as energy end-use, in view of achieving the national energy efficiency targets [ ]. Annex XIV specifies the general framework for reporting In addition a template was provided as guideline: the basis are the EED Articles 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 3
NEEAPs and appliances my research question Appliances are only marginally considered in the guidelines: Guideline 30: please provide details on additional measures [ ] that promote the use of energy-efficient appliances and equipment in buildings Guideline 31: it is recommended to provide, for all measures addressing energy efficiency in buildings and appliances, a breakdown of savings achieved by measures by group of measures up to 2012 and savings expected up to 2020 Member States focus on providing information regarding the EED articles without focusing on appliances because the guidelines remain very vague. In addition: The Member States do not focus on this issue due to the Ecodesign Directive and the Labelling Directive 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 4
Methodology All 28 NEEAPs were screened (published from April 2014 November 2015) Some external sources were screened Policies were only accounted for the analysis if explicitly mentioned in the screened documents Comparison with 2011 NEEAPS: newly established, significantly improved, ongoing without significant changes, significantly weakened, abandoned The quality of NEEAPs is coupled with the limits of research 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 5
A policy package to increase energy efficiency of appliances Minimum energy performance standards Energy labelling Information Economic incentives Education and training Research and development 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 6
The NEEAP screening No MS implemented a comprehensive policy package 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 7
Comparison between 2011 and 2014 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 8
Comparison between 2011 and 2014 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 9
Main findings - MEPS Implemented in all EU Member States due to EU regulation Only a few countries go beyond the EU Directive Some MS give some additional information regarding market surveillance, provision of information, capacity building, monitoring In some NEEAPs information is missing 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 10
Main findings Labelling Similar to the Ecodesign Directive The Energy Labelling Directive has become a stable part of the policy package in all MS Some countries implemented additional measures for consumers, retailers, manufacturers Other labelling schemes mentioned only in a limited number of NEEAPs (Austria, Ireland, Belgium, Slovakia) 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 11
Main findings Information tools Information tools seem to be the key national policy for appliance, nearly 50 measures were reported Every country implemented some kind of information campaign Information campaigns for buildings were established twice as often as for appliances Member States rely on well-informed users of appliances 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 12
Main findings economic incentives Only half of the countries reported some kind of economic incentive (tax incentives, replacement programmes and white certificates) Economic incentives are often implemented for a limited period of time. Play only a subordinate role in Europe. In the building sector more than 60 measures reported 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 13
Main findings education and training The NEEAPs hardly offered any information Only five Member States have provided ongoing support for retail staff and other supply chain actors Germany has a training programme for energy advisors consulting low-income households, which was extended 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 14
Main findings Research and Development Only very limited information about R&D Slovakia reported some programmes French NEEAP stated that there are several R&D projects about smart appliances 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 15
Conclusion The quality of the NEEAPs differs substantially from each other The analysis does not reflect the reality as there are other important strategic documents with higher priority It gives a picture how many policies are implemented and how the NEEAPs are used as a monitoring tool Most MS do rely on the two major EU Diirective and do not provide complementary policies that would make the EU Directive more effective, with the exception of consumer information 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 16
Recommendations Most of the MS need to strengthen their monitoring, verification and compliance regime. Only a few NEEAPs have a sufficient quality. Clear guidelines with binding minimum requirements for all sectors and policy types. Appliances should have a greater role Confusion between planned, completed and ongoing policies should be avoided Impact data should be provided, if available Good practice database 13.09.2017 Lena Tholen 17
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