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Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) requires Member States to implement an Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme (EEOS) or Alternative Measures to achieve a cumulative energy savings target over an obligation period (currently 2021-2030). The activities and resources developed by the project will cover the whole policy cycle, facilitate experience sharing and make knowledge and information easy to find and use. The project will deal with both short-term and concrete issues and longer-term strategic approaches to improving the effectiveness of energy efficiency policies. The challenges of meeting the 2023 recast of the EED and its relation to the wider Fit-for-55 Package will be a key focus of the project. The project will also continue the development of the ENSMOV…

was held on February 21st 2023 at the Jožef Stefan Institute, Reactor Centre Podgorica, Brinje 40, 1262 Dol pri Ljubljani, where invited stakeholders such as VET providers, representatives of the Universities, energy managers, facility managers, architects, engineers (civil, electrical and mechanical), local energy agencies and representatives of ESCOs attended. The event began with the welcoming of the participants and a short presentation of the Energy Efficiency Centre of the Jožef Stefan Institute and its educational and training activities. After welcoming, an introduction to the EEE project was made and the main activities of the EEE project were explained, with a focus on ideas that initially triggered the project. Additionally, a presentation of the consortium involved in the project, the target…

About the project The goal of the EEE project is to develop a VET training able to transfer digital, green, entrepreneurial and financial skills directly impacting the development of more energyefficient buildings. In January 2020 the EU Green Deal was announced by the EU Commission as a fundamental policy initiative. The goal is to make Europe a climate-neutral continent by protecting our natural habitat, thus enhancing the well-being of people, the planet and also the economy. In order to reach this goal, the Green Deal seeks to bring important innovations also in the construction industry. 40% of our energy consumption is due to buildings and renovating buildings will help people to cut their energy bills and energy use. By using…

On 17th April 2018, the first Slovenian Climate Mirror report was presented by Jožef Stefan Institute in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Spatial planning. The event was very successful as approximately 100 participants listened to the outcomes and participated in a debate. Slovenia has fulfilled the commitments under the Paris Agreement and has achieved the set targets on greenhouse gas emissions. Over the last two years a slight increase in GHG emissions has been noted (mainly due to transport), but it still remains in the framework of the set targets. Climate Mirror report was prepared on the basis of the wide collection of data under the LIFE Climate Path 2015 project by the Jožef Stefan Institute team in…

The QualitEE project, has recently published the results of a 15-country survey, which will be shaping the formation of quality criteria and assurance schemes for energy efficiency services. The extensive market research, undertaken by the QualitEE consortium, resulted from detailed surveys of 109 providers of energy efficiency services and 79 facilitators. The survey focussed on understanding the current state of the market for the key energy efficiency services of energy performance contracting (EPC) and energy supply contracting (ESC), and in particular the financing and quality aspects. The QualitEE project builds upon a previous initiative, Transparense, which established the European Code of Conduct for Energy Performance Contracting in 2014. These new results allow for trend analysis via comparison with previous Transparense…

Od konca leta 2017 dalje lahko na spletu preizkusite “beta” različico aplikacije ENERFUND, ki ponuja informacije iz energetskih izkaznic v strukturirani kartografski obliki, vključujoč nekatere dodatne kazalnike, s katerimi je okarakterizirana energetska učinkovitost stavb v več evropskih državah ter njihov potencial za prenove. Spletno orodje je bilo zasnovano zlasti za naslednje tri ciljne skupine: finančne institucije, da lažje pridobijo zanesljive informacije in bolje prepoznajo nove naložbene priložnosti pri prenovi stavb; podjetja za energetske storitve kot podporo pri ugotavljanju novih poslovnih priložnosti in ocenjevanju možnih prihrankov energije v posameznih stavbah; občine in lokalne skupnosti, da enostavneje ocenijo energetsko učinkovitost svojih stavb in določijo prioritete za energetske prenove. Raziščite možnosti, ki jih nudi aplikacija in nam pošljite vaša mnenja, predloge ali vprašanja…