PROJECT DESCRIPTION
BACKGROUND
With the ambitious recast of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), there is increased pressure on the Member States (MSs) to introduce new policy measures or to improve existing policies to generate significantly higher energy savings. Supporting countries has never been more relevant and important to better design, adopt and report on energy saving measures. Although a lot has been done to streamline the energy savings calculations (see H2020 streamSAVE) and improving measurement and verification procedures (see H2020 ENSMOV), many MSs still need to further improve their approaches to successfully meet their EED targets. Building on previous experience, streamSAVE+ support the selected MSs in order to improve their capacity to identify, adapt and implement new methods to calculate energy savings resulting from existing policies like in electrification and modal change in transport, integration of RES for heating in buildings, improvements in industrial technologies such as refrigeration or electric motors, and systemic changes related to boosting deep renovations, emerging energy communities and positive energy districts. Four key activities are envisioned: (1) Development of a knowledge hub. Guidance and recommendations for measurement will be developed and compiled for further use based on the outcomes of country support. This will aim at improving effectiveness of the policy measures. (2) Facilitation of dialogue among the MSs to foster knowledge sharing and peer to peer cooperation. This involves nine participating countries (AT, BE, BG, CZ, EL, HR, LT, PT, SI), and broader group of interested participants from six other countries (ES, FI, FR, IE, RO, SK). (3) Providing capacity support. An assistance to participating countries based on their specified requirements and needs. In-depth support will be given by technology experts, policy experts and country experts. (4) Analysing policies and future trends to establish the data framework, and preparation of the set of country policy measures. Due to the focus of streamSAVE+ at the MSs policy makers level, the project activities will positively contribute to the overall achievement of the EED objectives.