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ENERSELVES

Policy instruments for energy self-consumption in buildings

Green
Renewable energy
2014-2020
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Project summary

ENERSELVES project, Policy instruments for energy self-consumption in buildings, is led by AGENEX, Extremadura Energy Agency, with the following aims:
  • To promote new policies or improve existing policies that support the integration of renewable energy in buildings for self-consumption financed by the Structural Funds and other EC instruments
  • To design policies to promote only those renewable energies for self- consumption technologies with greater benefits in each region
  • To define clear KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to identify the best investment by value
  • To disseminate how European policies have an impact on society
  • To support the integration of RES in buildings
ENERSELVES focuses on the integration of RES for self-consumption, but not every RES is cost-effective in every region, so it needs an in depth analysis and a definition of clear KPIs to identify the optimal investments as funds are limited. ENERSELVES aims to design policies that promote those renewable technologies for self-consumption with higher benefits in each region. WHAT ARE THE MAIN OUTPUTS? 
  • Improving 7 Operational Programmes in 7 EU regions, involving 4 Managing Authorities and 3 key energy actors
  • Influencing 13 M€ of Structural Funds by the policy instruments
  • 175 people with increased professional capacity by attending Interregional events
  • 38 policy learning events with stakeholders
  • 110 good practices identified and collected in a Guide of Best Practices

What did this project achieve?

Up-scaling investments in EE and renewable energy sources for buildings is a major challenge to meet EU targets for 2030, and this is established in most of Regional Strategies of Growth and Jobs (G&J) all over Europe. Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) requires Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (NZEBs) in 2020 and all new public buildings by 2018. Even so, the integration of renewable energy sources for self-consumption in NZEB buildings remains a challenge for 1/3 of the Member States, which have not included it in their National Directives. Moreover, the introduction of renewable energy sources for self-consumption in buildings is not considered as cost-optimal energy in every country. Regional authorities have a key role to play in identifying their cost-optimal RES in order to mobilize local stakeholders and creating new policies to support the integration of RES in buildings.

A few numbers

1,766,944 €
01 Jan 2017-31 Dec 2020
7 partners