multEE – Facilitating Multi-level Governance for Energy Efficiency

Publication: Website
Citation: MultEE Consortium 2016: multEE – Facilitating Multi-level Governance for Energy Efficiency, URL: http://multee.eu.

The multEE website provides valuable information on how to improve the consistency and quality of energy efficiency policy planning and implementation in the European Union (EU) and beyond. Project reports, policy briefs, events and relevant news are regularly featured and promoted on the multEE website.

The multEE website reflects the step-by-step approach adopted during the project and presents the work being undertaken. National country factsheets present the current state of M&V schemes and coordination mechanisms applied in the EU Member States, which have been analysed at the beginning of the project. Best practice examples are currently being identified and will be integrated into the existing country factsheets.

The website will also include reports on newly developed bottom-up calculation methods and the definition of data collection processes. Specific information will be published on the IT solution currently designed by GIZ/Open Regional Fund for South East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE). The MVP web application allows the monitoring of implementation of all energy efficiency policy plans at all previously defined administrative levels. Towards the end of the project, concrete proposals will be presented for multilevel governance procedures in the partner countries to improve coordination among administrative levels.

Energy efficiency (EE) is a pillar of the EU energy and climate policy

EE contributes to the reduction of energy bills, the reduction of imports of energy carriers, as well as the reduction of damages to the environment. However, there are numerous challenges associated with the introduction of EE policies, such as:

Lack of reliable data on EE measures and their results
Lack of vertical and horizontal coordination of EE planning & implementation
Lack of capacities of public authorities for planning and implementing EE measures in a multilevel governance setting

The objective of the multEE project is to improve the consistency and quality of energy efficiency policy planning and implementation through innovative bottom-up monitoring and verification (M&V) schemes, as well as through improved vertical coordination between different administrative levels. The project results will be implemented in various partner countries.

The multEE project is funded by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Programme.

The multEE consortium is led by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and includes Ecologic Institute (Germany), the Austrian Energy Agency (AEA), the Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES), the Institute of Physical Energetic (IPE), the Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar (EIHP), the Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI), the Macedonian Center for Energy Efficiency (MACEF), the Slovakian Innovation and Energy Agency (SIEA) and the University of Roskilde (RUC).

Ecologic Institute and its project partners are proud to launch the multEE internet platform.

Multi-level Governance of Energy Efficiency – multEE final conference

29 June 2017
Vienna, Austria

Publication:Policy Brief

Efficient energy policies rely strongly on consistent and comparable data provided by a sound data collection process and robust monitoring and verification (M&V) procedures. The third multEE policy brief presents five concrete policy recommendations to guarantee an efficient data collection process as well as a systematic M&V process of the measures. The policy brief is available for download.

Definition of a Data Collection Process for Bottom-up Monitoring

Year 2017

Publication:Video

How can European countries better monitor and calculate energy savings and CO2 emission reduction? This short video tutorial, produced by Ecologic Institute presents functionalities and benefits from the use of an innovative Monitoring & Verification Platform (MVP). This IT tool has been designed to provide EU member states with an easy-to-use and cost-effective system to assess the impact of their implemented energy saving measures and plans.

Monitoring and Verification Platform (MVP) for Energy Efficiency

Year 2017

Publication:Flyer

The multEE flyer illustrates the main project outline, objectives and modules. An overview of the project cycle is illustrated, together with details of the partner countries and the Consortium implementing the project.

Facilitating Multi-level Governance for Energy Efficiency – multEE Flyer

Year 2016

Publication:Policy Brief

What can we learn from European best practices on the existing Monitoring & Verification schemes and coordination mechanisms in Europe? Can bottom-up methodologies contribute to a more reliable measurement and verification process? The first two policy briefs produced by the multEE project feature a set of policy recommendations, six on M&V schemes and five on coordination mechanisms, aimed at policy makers at different policy levels engaged in the development of effective and coherent energy efficiency policies. The recommendations reflect the conclusions from a broader "Synthesis report on European best practices for M&V schemes and coordination mechanisms" that, based on an initial mapping of existing M&V schemes and coordination mechanisms across Europe, identifies and analyses a vast array of Best Practice cases on M&V schemes and coordination models. The recommendations are available for download.

Unlocking the Potential for Improved Energy Efficiency Policies

Best practices and policy recommendations

Year 2016

Publication:Document

This document sets out a detailed strategy for communication and dissemination of information stemming from multEE research and activities. It outlines a plan of dissemination activities aiming at making research outputs available to the relevant target groups by means of appropriate communication tools.

multEE Communication Strategy

Year 2015

Project:Horizon 2020

The overall objective of multEE is to improve the consistency and quality of energy efficiency policy planning and implementation on different administrative levels in the beneficiary countries. The multEE-project supports this objective through the introduction of innovative monitoring and verification (M&V) schemes based on bottom-up data to ensure the impact of energy efficiency measures is correctly evaluated and useable for future energy efficiency planning. Moreover, multEE aims at improving vertical coordination between administrative levels in order to use the full potential of the integrated M&V schemes developed in multEE and improve the overall quality of energy efficiency planning and implementation.

Facilitating Multi-level Governance for Energy Efficiency (multEE)

Mar 2015 - Aug 2017

Language: English
Credits: Concept: Chiara Mazzetti, Andreas Prahl, Elena von Sperber
Design: Beáta Welk Vargová
Technical Implementation: Sebastian Ossio
Editors/Content Management: Chiara Mazzetti, Elena von Sperber
Funding: European Commission, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), International
Year: 2016
Project: Facilitating Multi-level Governance for Energy Efficiency (multEE)
Project ID: 2802
Keywords: Communication

Energy

Governance

Indicators

project report, policy brief, event, news, country information sheets, best practice examples, bottom-up calculation method, data acquisition process, IT solutions, multi-level governance, bottom-up monitoring and verification system, vertical coordination

Europe

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