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Date & Time
February 7, 2024; 10h00 - 11h00 CET
Speakers
Announcement
The European Energy Efficiency Scoreboard assesses the energy efficiency performance of EU countries across various sectors, including households, transport, industry, and services. The scoreboard is based on the Odyssee-Mure databases. This webinar presents the 2023 edition of the Scoreboard, which includes the latest energy efficiency data and policy impacts. The scores are based on three main components for each country: the energy efficiency level reached, the energy efficiency progress, and the impacts of energy efficiency policies. These components are then integrated into the overall energy efficiency score and disseminated through ECEEE and other channels.
Recordings
Key Messages
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The updated Energy Efficiency Directive (EU/2023/1791), released in the Official Journal on September 20, 2023, significantly enhances the EU's commitment to energy efficiency in response to climate change and supply security concerns.
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The EU Energy Efficiency Scoreboard serves as a tool for comparing the impact of energy efficiency policies and progress among European countries. It evaluates a country's energy efficiency performance in relation to its European counterparts, relying on the ODYSSEE database for energy efficiency indicators and the MURE database for energy efficiency policies (refer to: https://www.odyssee-mure.eu/project.html). The scoreboard encompasses four major sectors: transport, services, households, and industry.
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This scoreboard aids in pinpointing areas where efforts should be intensified. The scores are determined by three components:
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LEVEL: A quantitative measure of a country's current performance across major sectors.
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TREND: A dynamic parameter considering development and past actions.
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POLICY: Forecasts the energy-saving impacts of recent policies from a given starting year, converting them into a (semi-)quantitative score.
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All three components are equally weighted. Policy scores project expected savings by 2030, reflecting commitments for the future. Achieved policy impacts are incorporated into present LEVELs and TRENDs from 2010 to 2021.
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Trends since 2010 favour Eastern and Southern Member States, given their less favourable starting positions (levels) but ambitious energy efficiency policies. Scores in the middle of the scoreboard are sometimes closely aligned, making it challenging to distinguish ranks. Nevertheless, the scoreboard clearly highlights weaker areas in a country's efforts.
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In the household sector, unit consumption per m² for space heating, scaled to the EU average climate, has remained largely unchanged within the EU. In the transport sector, consumption (litres/100 km) has slightly decreased over the past 20 years. Car size influences consumption, with variations between countries (e.g., Italy or France having smaller cars than Germany; consumption per 100 km increased in Greece after the economic crisis).
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Luxembourg leads as Europe's 2023 energy efficiency champion with the best overall score, followed by Germany, France, Latvia, and Denmark. However, it is crucial to delve into different sectors. Although Germany performs well in policy scores, these are pledges for the future and need to be realized.
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No country excels in all sectors and components, signalling room for improvement.
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