CITYnvest - ESCO http://citynvest.eu/tags/esco en Results of the European Project EESI 2020 on Energy Performance Contracting http://citynvest.eu/content/results-european-project-eesi-2020-energy-performance-contracting <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The <a href="http://eesi2020.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/EESI2020_brochure_EN_final.pdf" target="_blank">Final Report</a> of the EESI 2020 project has been published. The report identified following barriers preventing stronger uptake of EPC:</p> <ul><li>High complexity of EPC models,</li> <li>Lack of trust and persisting cultural barriers between  public  building  owners  and  private  ESCOs,</li> <li>Too much focus on public  buildings,  and very few business models  for private buildings,</li> <li>The Eurostat Guidance Note on EPC, which restricts off-balance accounting of EPC projects.</li> </ul><p>In order to reap in the future the full potential of EPC, the EESI2020 consortium recommends to:</p> <ul><li>Recognise and strengthen the role of project facilitators and train them at national or regional level,</li> <li>Encourage programmes aimed at improving national frameworks for EPC and financially supporting the EPC clients (e.g.  as the  National  Energy  Services Framework in Ireland and the BAFA programme for EPC facilitation in Germany),</li> <li>Create  pragmatic  ways  to  work  within  and  around the recent Eurostat Guidance Note on EPC,</li> <li>Put more attention on expanding the private sector EPC market.</li> </ul><p><a href="http://eesi2020.eu/" target="_blank">The project EESI 2020 </a>has been addressing ways to improve the impact of EPC in nine European regions. EPC schemes were supported on the regional level by creating task forces, including EPC in regional energy plans and by assisting pilot projects. In  nine  metropolitan  regions,  a  total  of  27  EPC  pilot projects have been realised within EESI 2020. Additionally EESI 2020 developed facilitation materials in nine languages. Those materials include a project database with over 50 best practices, a detailed facilitator guideline and training modules.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/epc" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">EPC</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/energy-performance-contracting" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Energy Performance Contracting</a></div><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/esco" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">ESCO</a></div></div></div> Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:40:56 +0000 agnieszka 483 at http://citynvest.eu http://citynvest.eu/content/results-european-project-eesi-2020-energy-performance-contracting#comments EnPC-INTRANS identifies three main EPC business models http://citynvest.eu/content/enpc-intrans-identifies-three-main-epc-business-models <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The most important element of energy performance contracting (EPC) is the energy saving guarantee, linked with refunding of the complete project costs by the savings. In order to create capacities for EPC in Europe, the EnPC-INTRANS project investigated the European market, consulted stakeholders in 9 countries and published results of the research in the study: “<a href="http://www.enpc-intrans.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/EnPC-INTRANS-Deliverable-2.1-submitted-to-EASME.pdf" target="_blank">Adapted business models for energy performance contracting in the public sector of the EnPC-INTRANS partner countries</a>”.  The project defined three distinct types of EPC business models that had proved to be successful for different refurbishment levels:</p> <ul><li>EPC light business model</li> <li>EPC basic business model</li> <li>EPC plus business model</li> </ul><p>All models are based on the refinancing of costs by savings, but the extent of the measures included and the linked risks, costs and contract durations are different.  The study analysed EPC markets in Croatia, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/epc" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">EPC</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/esco" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">ESCO</a></div></div></div> Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:22:15 +0000 agnieszka 455 at http://citynvest.eu http://citynvest.eu/content/enpc-intrans-identifies-three-main-epc-business-models#comments Two new publications on ESCO model produced by EnPC-INTRANS project http://citynvest.eu/content/two-new-publications-esco-model-produced-enpc-intrans-project <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>EnPC-INTRANS project focuses on increasing the market uptake of technologies for energy efficiency (EE) improvements in public buildings and services. The project aims to achieve its goals by encouraging private sector to participate in innovative financing schemes for EE investments.</p> <p>First of the new publications, the “<a href="http://www.enpc-intrans.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/EnPC-INTRANS-D6-1-Final.pdf" target="_blank">Baseline study on the current state of EPC/ESCO project development and implementation</a>” analyses the situation in 8 European countries. The analysis allowed to distinguish 3 levels of market development. Established ESCO market has been identified in Germany; Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia represent emerging ESCO markets; prospective ESCO markets have been diagnosed in Greece, Latvia, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine. More conclusions and detailed descriptions of each of the markets can be found in the <a href="http://www.enpc-intrans.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/EnPC-INTRANS-D6-1-Final.pdf" target="_blank">original document</a>.</p> <p>The second publication entitled “<a href="http://www.enpc-intrans.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/EnPC-INTRANS-D4-1-Final.pdf" target="_blank">Training needs assessment</a>” will allow to create capacity-building materials, which will respond to the educational needs of stakeholders in countries participating in the project.  The report was developed based on responses to questionnaires and interviews. Respondents identified 11 priority subjects for training materials:</p> <ul><li>Basic EPC concepts</li> <li>Financing options</li> <li>Legal background</li> <li>Contract models</li> <li>Measuring and verification of guaranteed savings</li> <li>Technical project design</li> <li>Economic and technical risk assessment</li> <li>Tendering procedure</li> <li>Economic basics</li> <li>Risk mitigation options</li> <li>Calculation of baselines</li> </ul></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/esco" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">ESCO</a></div><div class="field-item odd" rel="dc:subject"><a href="/tags/epc" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">EPC</a></div></div></div> Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:57:12 +0000 agnieszka 432 at http://citynvest.eu http://citynvest.eu/content/two-new-publications-esco-model-produced-enpc-intrans-project#comments