Policy & Regulation

Meet the EEIP Twitter stars at Hannover Messe 2017 - on Wednesday at 15:00 at the Wattline booth in hall 27, N30 at the Energy Efficiency Center. This year, my colleague Juergen Ritzek is attending HM17.

Energy audits play an essential role in the achievement of energy savings at the European level. They are an effective tool to provide the necessary information on the existing energy consumption and the opportunities to save energy. The EED Directive strengns energy audit obligations for .

The European Commissions clean energy - or ‘winter - package is producing a whirlwind of activity in its approval process. There are some critical issues related to the approval process of the package. From the current 27% non-binding target, the Commission.

The European Union is currently negotiating its 2030 energy goals. Rebecca Bertram looks at why Germany needs a European Energiewende. She says Germany has benefited significantly from the integrated European power grid. Germany needs Europe to drive its own Energ.

There are signs that the foundations of a functioning energy efficiency financing market are now being put in place. Investor Confidence Project is rolling out its Investor Ready Energy Efficiency™ project certification system in the US Europe, with growing interest from India, China .

The European Commission published its proposals to revise its array of clean energy legislation. Informally, the proposals are known as the Winter Package. It proposed a new energy saving target for 2030 - 30%, up from 27% and now binding instead of indicative.

ISO 50001 certification exempts businesses from a separate 4-yearly energy audit. It does this by re-shaping an organisations whole energy culture. One client, a refinery, has so far logged energy cost savings of £5 million a year.

The most cost effective energy efficiency came from states where utilities were given the flexibility to administer programs. Leveraging technology and AMI data has opened new opportunities for energy usage data. Advances in both technology and automation are bringing new players into .

The European Commission published its proposals for the contribution of clean energy in meeting the EUs obligations for the Paris climate agreement. The winter package is appropriately entitled Clean Energy for All Europeans. But there are clear, and somewhat puzzling, proposals for industry too.