PUBLENEF Policy Brief n°2 – Focus on the Scale-Up of Energy Efficiency Projects

In this policy brief, energy efficiency experts share their insight on the conditions and main drivers to consider when attempting to up-scale energy efficiency projects. The roadmap leaders from Ireland (Tipperary Energy Agency) and Austria (OÖ Energiesparverband) explain how they managed to unlock sustainable energy investments at the local and regional levels by up-scaling small projects into larger programmes supporting energy efficiency investments.

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The project PUBLENEF – Supporting Public Authorities for Implementing Energy Efficiency Policies funded by Horizon 2020 – assists the EU Member States in effective implementation of sustainable energy policies across different administrative levels with the use of identified within the project best practices and tools. After a research phase of the project during which the comprehensive analysis of good cases and needs regarding the energy efficiency policies were performed, project partners started to implement specific roadmaps in their countries engaging national, regional, and local representatives of public bodies.

“The roadmap is going to enhance public authorities’ capacity to actually implement energy efficiency pathways towards sustainability. Starting from the national objectives and policies, the emphasis will be put on local and regional level authorities and actors materializing these policies into concrete actions (…). The specific roadmaps will gear towards improving the design, implementation and/or functioning of specific elements of the existing energy efficiency framework that require attention (expressed needs). These roadmaps will support the existing policy framework and strategic plans that require a “push” in the right direction”.