Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency is a cornerstone of the European Green Deal and the European Union’s (EU) pathway toward carbon neutrality. With implementation efforts underway across the Continent, the Referee tool stands ready to support decision-makers and stakeholders in their energy efficiency planning, embracing a multi-benefits approach.

Multiple impacts of energy efficiency are at everyone’s fingertips with the MICATool, Frederic Berger, Researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, explains.

Katarzyna Pokwicka-Croucher, Founder and CEO of Ecopolplast, tells us about the company’s mission to innovate polymers through their eco-friendly Ecoplastomer® product, made with 100% recycled content that reduces CO2 emissions and ensures complete independence from virgin raw materials.

With an increasing number of technologies and applications employing electric motors, Rukmi Dutta from the University of New South Wales discusses the mechanisms and efficiency potential of electric motor systems.

The SENSEI project is offering 10 recommendations to policymakers that support a performance-based market for energy efficiency in buildings.

Filippos Anagnostopoulos, Senior Associate for the Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy (IEECP), discusses the role of Pay-for-Performance schemes to increase the scale and effectiveness of energy efficiency financing.