X-tendo and its toolbox introduce ten features of the next generation of energy performance certificates, to provide public authorities with improved compliance, reliability, usability and convergence of next-generation energy performance assessment and certification.

Today, European markets for Sustainable Energy Assets (SEA) are splintered over many project and contract types, small portfolios and numerous investor methods to assess project risk. Consequently, deal closure takes an average 12-18 months per project, and project aggregation remains the foremost challenge to equitable financing solutions. Energy Performance Contracts (EPCs) and risk assessment protocols must become standardised for project investors in order to encourage market growth in a manner which will launch the market for SEA as tradable securities. The LAUNCH framework will enable large scale aggregation of sustainable energy assets for financiers and will support contractors in accelerating pipeline growth.

The project aims at extending the concept of Energy Performance Contracting to Active Buildings and making it available and attractive to a wider range of buildings. AmBIENCe will provide new concepts and business models for performance guarantees of Active Buildings, combining savings from energy efficiency measures with additional savings and earnings resulting from the active control of assets leveraging for instance price based incentive contracts (Implicit Demand Response).

The SENSEI project will design, test and disseminate an innovative transaction model to enable energy efficiency upgrades to become valued through different paths. The SENSEI model will build on innovative pay-for-performance (P4P) schemes, according to which payments for energy efficiency are made only after the efficiency improvement and are based on proven and measured savings (using pre-agreed measurement and verification methods). To achieve this, the SENSEI project will identify when and where energy efficiency can help defer investments in the distribution system or safely offset the need for ramping and/or peak generation capacity, increase awareness on the P4P model and propose and design new contractual arrangements to govern the transactions between the involved parties so that energy efficiency can become an exploitable resource for the power grid.

The EuroPACE project intends to make eco-sustainable home renovation simple, affordable and reliable for all Europeans by combining affordable financing with people-centric technical assistance. The first pilot program, HolaDomus, was launched in Olot, Spain to offer support and financing to realize eco-sustainable home renovations. Under the HolaDomus program, energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, including green roofs, fuel cells, batteries and other innovative improvements can be funded. EuroPACE initiative is looking for leader cities from Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, Belgium and Italy to further scale the model.

The aim of the PROSOL programme is to develop a durable label which could group all the incentives for the implementation of thermal solar energy systems. The programme is implemented through a cooperation between the Tunisian Electricity and Natural Gas Company (STEG) and Attijari Bank, one of the most important banks of the country. The bank guaranteed the financing for PROSOL of EUR 64 million in the period 2007-2012 and invested other 60 M€ in 2016. The interest rates were always lower than 7%.The residential mechanism is structured as an on-bill scheme. In particular, an on-bill repayment system is implemented where the Attijari Bank finances the investments which are first evaluated by external suppliers (about 50 suppliers are present in the country) and then validated by STEG. Data related to adhesion to PROSOL are also submitted to the National Agency for Energy Management (ANME). Once all the validations are completed, the interventions are implemented, and the supplier is paid by the bank. Then the final users start to pay back the investment through the bills emitted by STEG which in turn collects the repayments for Attijari Bank

The DELP programme was launched by electricity distribution company in the area of New Delhi and Rajasthan. It is an initiative aiming at supporting the substitution of low efficiency lamps with high efficiency LED lamps. Financial support to residential customers to overcome the barrier related to upfront costs is provided by the company, which gets reimbursed on-bill by the final users. The financial resources for the implementation of the programme are provided by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), which is a governmental company providing energy efficiency services. Power utilities only act as reimbursement vehicle by collecting payments on the bill.

In order to address a power crisis in the 1990’s, CEB, the vertically integrated public utility of Sri Lanka, initiated a DSM programme for reducing energy demand and improving the system adequacy. Sri Lanka has a load profile characterised by a sharp evening peak due to electric lighting, often obtained with inefficient lighting systems. In a power system with scarce generating capacity, adjusting demand by, for example, using energy efficient lamps is fundamental. On the basis of this premise, CEB introduced a programme for substitution of lamps of its customers with energy-efficient Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs). CEB developed a list of suitable lamp models and dealers and stipulated agreements with them in order to establish a network of verified suppliers. Final users could obtain lamps from one of the certified suppliers of their choice (maximum four lamps per user) and pay in 12 instalments directly charged on their electricity bill. On the contrary, the supplier was paid directly by CEB.

The programme “Cambia tu viejo por uno nuevo” (Replace your old one for a new one) was initiated in Mexico, with the aim to promote the upgrade from old inefficient electrical equipment to new efficient ones. In particular, the target is to substitute old refrigerators and air conditioning systems with more efficient devices. The programme was introduced by the Ministry of Energy and implemented by local financial institutions, namely the Trust for Saving Electricity and the National Developing Bank. The funds to support the programme were obtained from World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. Provided that they have no debt for default of utility bill payments, final users can benefit of the programme through an on-bill scheme, accessing the funds for substituting their devices and then repay them through their bills.

It is a relatively new mechanism conceived to support the necessary massive refurbishment of the Latvian building stock, which was mostly built during the Soviet period with poor energy standards. The programme is run on the basis of a cooperation between an ESCO and a fund which finances the interventions. The fund is represented by ERDF, an institutional EU fund, therefore the public intervention assumes relevant importance. The interventions have the aim to reduce the residential energy consumption, but also to improve the home comfort for the people, therefore it also addresses “non-energy benefits” connected with energy refurbishment interventions.