29/01/2019
Since 2005, the Berliner Energieagentur and the European Commission have honoured companies and projects for outstanding efforts and achievements in energy services with the European Energy Service Award (EESA). This year’s awards ceremony will take place within the Covenant of…
08/01/2019
A proposal for a system of certification of Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) projects and providers prepared within the framework of the QualitEE project for the Czech market was discussed at seminar in Prague on 5 December 2018. Based on a…
10/12/2018
The first training seminars from the QualitEE project have been taking place across 11 European countries covered by the project. In Riga in November, government employees, procurement specialists, energy managers and building renovation managers joined four energy services experts for a…
14/11/2018
A new report on European energy efficiency services markets and quality has been published by the QualitEE project. This is one of the most in depth and focussed studies to date and was prepared to bring together evidence on energy…
06/11/2018
After the EU co-legislators reached an agreement at the end of 2017, the revised EPBD officially entered into force on 9 July 2018. Member States will have until March 2020 to translate the Directive into national legislation. This provides a…
31/10/2018
The QualitEE project has published its first two training modules to share knowledge about energy efficiency services, and evaluation of their technical and financial quality, gained during the project. The training modules are designed for energy service providers, clients, facilitators,…
20/09/2018
The Hellenic Natural Gas Company is working with the Hellenic Energy Services Company (HELESCO) and the Greek QualitEE project partner – the Center for Renewable Sources and Energy Saving (CRES) – in a pioneering initiative to implement energy efficiency upgrades…
19/07/2018
To drive quality improvement and standardisation quality criteria need to be institutionalised, and hence the QualitEE project aims to kick start national quality assurance schemes for energy efficiency services in at least eight European countries. To inform this process, existing…
18/06/2018
The QualitEE project consulted its European Advisory Board and key European stakeholders on draft Financial Guidelines for Energy Efficiency Services and more generally how to increase the levels of third party finance going into energy saving projects. Christof Amann, from…
10/05/2018
Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Commission, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have launched a new Practitioner’s Guide on the Statistical Treatment of Energy Performance Contracts. This Guide follows the 2017 Eurostat Guidance note on the revised treatment…