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The success of further increasing energy efficiency in all sectors of consumption plays a vital role in coping with the challenges of our common energy future. Avoiding energy consumption by increasing end-use efficiency is a highly effective way to meet all three key targets of energy policies: Security of supply, affordable costs of energy services and environmental soundness.
But what are the appropriate instruments to bring energy efficiency to the end-user? One of the most urgent energy policy and energy economics challenges continues to be the search for suitable “tools” to execute energy conservation potentials. The level of success is far from satisfactory as the continuous increase in final energy consumption reveals. Now and for the foreseeable future there is an urgent need to conclude and support all suitable political, regulatory and market based instruments for the implementation of Energy Efficiency and Renewables. The ESCo industry is an expanding business throughout the world contributing to the improvement of energy efficiency, control of energy costs and reduction of greenhouse gas and other emissions. The models of offering these services can get various forms like Energy Supply Contracting (ESC) or Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) resulting in diverse contract models and financing arrangements. Our view of the basic features of “real” Energy-Contracting projects can be downloaded here: IEA-dsm-TaskXVI_Task-Flyer_100210.pdf.
What is Energy Contracting? An integrated service with results guaranteed. Task XVI serves as a research and expert platform, while national experts carry out individual national implementation activities. The results of Task XVI are discussed and disseminated in a series of stakeholder workshops, publications, presentations at conferences and workshops.
What is Energy Contracting? An integrated service with results guaranteed.
Task XVI serves as a research and expert platform, while national experts carry out individual national implementation activities. The results of Task XVI are discussed and disseminated in a series of stakeholder workshops, publications, presentations at conferences and workshops.
Energy contracting activities have been started in different segments of energy consumption in different countries. White areas on the market map are gradually being covered by existing and new enterprises. Nevertheless Energy Contracting still is a complex product, which can not be sold or procured easily in the markets. As it is the case with energy efficiency in general. In many other countries markets are still immature and in a developing stage. There are many reasons to take the work of Task XVI further on the way towards developed energy service markets:
ü National implementation activities of energy efficiency implementation still face numerous obstacles. There is an urgent need to support all suitable political, regulatory and market based instruments for the implementation of Energy Efficiency and Renewables. This is where the Task XVI extension wants to pay it’s contribution. Realized energy supply contracting projects typically achieve 15-20 % efficiency improvements on the supply side. Energy performance contracting projects have realized efficiency gains of 20-30 % and the integrated contracting approach or comprehensive refurbishment model achieves 30 to 50%. CO2-Emission reductions are in many cases above 50 % because of a change of energy carriers to lower carbon content or renewables.
ü Energy contracting models focus on implementation of any existing or innovative energy efficiency and renewable energy technology. Energy contracting models have an interdisciplinary approach incorporating many aspects of the implementation process, such as economical, financing, organizational, legal and technological issues in order to achieve guaranteed performance and results of the efficiency technology deployed. Further research is needed in a number fields on the way to more competitive energy service products and market development, e.g. integrating demand side efficiency measures into supply contracting models or tools for (public) procurement of energy services.
ü The Task XVI Energy Services Expert Platform has worked successfully over the last three years. The platform will continue to serve the country experts exchange and networking, to support national implementation activities and communication with their stakeholders and to provide access to innovative and competitive Energy service models and tools from the Think Tank.
Task XVI has received considerable interest in its previous work, expressed in a number of invitations to conferences and workshops to more than ten IEA as well as non IEA countries. Also the task work itself benefits from feedback on its publications. This international and national dissemination activity of IEA DSM work should be taken further and will also enhance the visibility of the DSM programme as a whole.
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In order to contribute to the future market development of Energy Contracting the objectives of Task XVI are:
1. To establish an IEA dsm energy services expert platform
2. To design, elaborate and test innovative energy contracting and financing models and publish them
3. To support and follow up country specific activities to disseminate and implement energy services in the market
4. To position the expert platform as a competence centre for energy services for international and national dissemination and assistance services (e.g. coaching, training courses, publications) and to contribute to an “IEA DSM Centre of Excellence”
The underlying goal is to increase understanding of Energy Contracting as a tool to implement energy efficiency projects: Pros and cons, potentials, limits and added values of ESCo products in comparison to in-house implementation.
The following benefits for the participating countries and can be expected:
ü Enlarging the market for energy services in the participating countries
ü Building up know-how and capacity on innovative and competitive energy services and financing models (exclusive and first hand information)
ü Developing business opportunities for national and internationally acting ESCOs
ü Participation in the IEA DSM energy services expert platform and communicating with external stakeholders
ü Adoption of the manuals on energy services and financing models, translated for use in the participating countries
ü Mutual feedback, coaching and experience exchange for developing country specific market development activities (lessons learned in other countries)
ü Developing business opportunities for internationally acting ESCOs
ü “Integrated Energy Contracting. A new ESCo Model to Combine Energy Efficiency and (Renewable) Supply in large Buildings and Industry” (091026_T16_Integrated Energy Contracting_GEA_Bleyl.pdf) ü “Financing Options for Energy-Contracting Projects - Comparison and Evaluation” - A Manual for ESCos, ESCo Customers and ESCo Project Developers including Good Pracitce Examples and Calculation Tool (101126_GEA-T16_Finance Options for Energy-Contracting incl Examples.pdf)
ü “Opportunity Cost Tool for Estimation and Visualization of Monetary Saving Potentials” (Bleyl_Opportunity Cost Tool-presenation_070510.pdf)
ü “Comprehensive Refurbishment of Buildings through Energy Performance Contracting” - A Guide for Building Owners and ESCos including Good Practice Examples (100609_GEA-T16_CR of Buildings through EPC incl good practice_Bleyl, Schinnerl.pdf)
ü “Energy-Contracting: How much can it contribute to Energy Efficiency in the Residential Sector” (090709_T16_EC residential market_IAEE09 abstract_GEA_Bleyl.pdf) 6 Energy Service Expert Platform dissemination workshops were held in Brussels, Helsinki, New Delhi, Deventer, Graz and Vienna during phase 1. National Implementation Activities were carried out according to the individual plans of country experts and activities were reported and reviewed at the platform meetings. Ongoing activities can be integrated into the NIA's.
6 Energy Service Expert Platform dissemination workshops were held in Brussels, Helsinki, New Delhi, Deventer, Graz and Vienna during phase 1. National Implementation Activities were carried out according to the individual plans of country experts and activities were reported and reviewed at the platform meetings. Ongoing activities can be integrated into the NIA's.
To achieve the project goals, the Task XVI-Extension Work Plan consists of four main components:
1. IEA DSM energy services expert platform (ES-platform, subtask 3)
2. Innovative and competitive energy services think tank (Think Tank, subtask 4)
3. National implementing activities (NIAs, subtask 5)
4. International dissemination activities (subtask 6)
The following scheme illustrates the general structure and workflow of the task:
Task XVI has started operation in July 2006 and terminated phase 1 in June 2009. The IEA dsm ExCo has decided an extension of Task XVI for a three year period from July 2009 to June 2012.
An overview of the subtasks including milestones is displayed in the following figure. Task XVI-Extension timetable and milestones Please send inquiry for current events to Bleyl@grazer-ea.at.
Austria
Jan W. Bleyl (Operating agent and NE) Email: bleyl@grazer-ea.at Tel: +43-316-811848-20
Daniel Schinnerl (national expert) Email: schinnerl@grazer-ea.at Tel: +43-316-811848-15
Grazer Energieagentur GmbH Kaiserfeldgasse 13 8010 Graz
Belgium
Lieven Vanstraelen (National expert) Email: lieven.vanstraelen@fedesco.be Tel: +32-2-76202-80
Fedesco Avenue de Tervuren 168 Bte 9 1150 Bruxelles
Johan Coolen (National expert) email: johan.coolen@factor4.be Tel: +32(0)3/225.23.12
Factor4
Lange Winkelhaakstraat 26
2060 Antwerpen
Finland (until June 2009)
Seppo Silvonen (Co-Operating agent) Email: seppo.silvonen@motiva.fi Tel: +358-424-281-232
Pertti Koski (National expert) Email: pertti.koski@motiva.fi Tel: +358-424-281-217
Motiva Oy P.O.Box 489 00101 Helsinki Fax: +358-424-281-299
India
Srinivasan Ramaswamy (NE 10/2009) Email: srinivasan.ramaswamy@gtz.de Tel: +91-11-26179699
Abhishek Nath (NE until 10/2009) Email: abhishek@teri.res.in Tel: +91-11-2617-9699
Bureau of Energy Efficiency 4th Floor, Sewa Bhavan, R.K. Puram New Delhi -110066, India Fax: +91-11-2617-8352
Japan (Sponsor until June 2009)
Takeshi Matsumura (National expert) Email: matsumura@j-facility.com Tel: +81-3-522929-22
Japan Facility Solutions, Inc. 1-15 Kagurazaka Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0825, Japan Fax: +81-3-5229-2912
Netherlands
Ger Kempen (National expert) Email: ger.kempen@essent.nl Tel: +31-43-36903-53
Essent Retail Services BV Withuisveld 7 6226 NV Maastricht Fax: +31-43-369-0359
Spain (since July 2009)
Andrés Sainz Arroyo (National expert) Email: asainz@ree.es Tel. +34-91-650 20 12 ext. 2252
Red Eléctrica de España Dpto. Gestión de la Demanda Paseo del Conde de los Gaitanes, 177 28109 Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
Borja Herrero Ruiz (National expert) Email: bherrero@hitachiconsulting.com Tel. +34-91-7883100
Hitachi Consulting Orense, 32 28020, Madrid, Spain
Task XVI
Finland
Japan
Spain
Operating Agent
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Task XVI is open for participation. Check for conditions on our participation page.