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Supported by the European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in
Buildings (EuroACE), Parliamentarians,
the European Commission, as well as by various NGOs and industry associations,
the Energy Efficiency Watch, a project officially launched in 2007 and
coordinated by the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources (EUFORES), has
published the initial results of a scientific evaluation of the EU's National
Energy Efficiency Action Plans (NEEAPs).
 The National Energy Efficiency Action Plans (NEEAPs), which were
required by Member States in 2007 under the Energy End-use and Energy Services
Directive (ESD - 2006/32/EC), aims to improve energy efficiency through the
entire supply chain, ending with energy sold to the final user. It covers the
residential, tertiary, industry and transport sectors. It specifically requires
Member States to achieve energy savings of 1% per year over nine years
(2008-2017). The first Energy Efficiency Watch Conference, 26th and
27th February 2009 in
Wels, Austria will be an
important step towards these aims. It will analyse European energy efficiency
potentials, present recent developments in energy efficiency policies and
technologies.
It shows good practice
examples in the transport and public sectors, the advantages of financial
incentives, market-based approaches, voluntary agreements, the need for a
dynamization of standards and more. Members of the European Parliament,
Mechtild Rothe, Claude Turmes and Fiona Hall, hailing from a broad political
spectrum, "are convinced that the results of the Energy Efficiency Watch
will contribute significantly to raising awareness of energy efficiency,
enhancing a mutual learning process among EU member states and helping Europe to reach its 2020 targets." |
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