DATA4ACTION – Data Access Guidebook for SEAPs

This Guide has been produced by the DATA4ACTION partners from various European regions supported by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme of the European Union. The partners include a mix of regional and local public authorities, energy agencies and other institutions that are all working to address climate change through the development and implementation of Sustainable Energy Plans. They all share a common goal of improving access to accurate energy data for better planning and monitoring of sustainable energy measures.

Energy data is crucial for identifying trends in the economic priority sectors to target energy policies and to ensure energy efficiency improvements and increased renewable energy deployment. These measures can then be built into sustainable energy policies and plans, and their national and local implementation progress can be monitored periodically.

This Data Access Guidebook has been primarily developed for:

• Public Authorities that are seeking better access to local, accurate energy data within their territory for use in sustainable energy planning;
• Energy Planning Facilitators wishing to support the development of advanced collaboration models between public authorities and data providers such as a Regional Data Centre or Energy Observatory;
• Energy Data Providers willing to play a positive role in the development and implementation of Regional and Local Energy Policies.