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- Publication 22 June 2021 A Guide to the Statistical Treatment of Energy Performance Contracts In September last year, Eurostat published a guidance note2 on the revised treatment of Energy Performance Contracts (EPCs) in government accounts. This guidance explains how the rules of the European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA 2010) apply to EPCs. The revised treatment offers public authorities an opportunity to expand energy efficiency investments using private sector technology, know-how and finance and we are now pleased to introduce an accompanying practitioners’ guide…
- Publication 22 June 2021 IFRS16 accounting standard on leasing This Standard sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases. The objective is to ensure that lessees and lessors provide relevant information in a manner that faithfully represents those transactions. This information gives a basis for users of financial statements to assess the effect that leases have on the financial position, financial performance and cash flows of an entity.
- Publication 22 June 2021 The power of China’s energy efficiency policies (2018) In just a few years, China has gained the status of an energy efficiency champion. From 2010 to 2015, while China’s Gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a rate of 7.8%/year on average, the energy intensity fell by 18.2% (exceeding the national goal of a -16% reduction) and dropped from 0.617 to 0.505 Million tonne of oil equivalent (Mtoe) per unit of GDP (at 2010 constant price). Such impressive results have led the International Energy Agency (IEA) to call China a “global efficiency…
- Publication 22 June 2021 FINANCING ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES Existing policy responses to financial barriers INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY AGENCE INTERNATIONALE DE L’ENERGIE IEA INFORMATION PAPER (2009) Existing buildings require over 40% of the world’s total final energy consumption, and account for 24% of world CO2 emissions (IEA, 2006a). Much of this consumption could be avoided through improved efficiency of building energy systems (IEA, 2006a) using current, commercially-viable technology. In most cases, these technologies make economic sense on a life-cycle cost analysis (IEA, 2006b). Moreover, to the extent that they reduce dependence on risk-prone fossil energy sources, energy…
- Publication 22 June 2021 Comparison and Evaluation of Financing for Energy Performance Contracting Projects Availability of financial resources is one of the key success factors for the implementation of Energy-Contracting1 projects. (Pre-) Financing energy efficiency investments has become increasingly burdensome for ESCo’s as well as their customers, because they reach their credit lines, credit liabilities and fixed assets burden balance sheets and Basel II and international accounting guidelines like US GAP cast their shadows. Consequently, innovative finance options like operate, finance…
- Publication 22 June 2021 Quality assurance instruments (QAI) for energy services Energy services are individual packages of construction, planning, financing, energy supply etc. where one service provider covers all aspects relevant for the client. The client can outsource certain complications (many suppliers etc.) and risks (fi- nancing etc.) to the service provider, who in turn provides a pre-defined result (en- ergy savings, energy supply etc.) for a pre-defined price. Up to now, energy ser- vices could not develop their full market potential. This is partly due to a…
- Publication 22 June 2021 Certification, qualification schemes and networks for ESCOs Energy Services Companies (ESCOs) are important agents in the process of promoting energy efficiency improvements. With a few exceptions such as Germany, Austria, Hungary and to some extent also France, the ESCO industry is still in an early stage and ESCOs are struggling to get off the ground. The entry into force of the directive 2006/32/EC in may 2006 on energy end-use efficiency and energy services aims at stimulating and facilitating cost-effective investment in energy efficiency and…
- Webinar & E-Learning 21 June 2021 Skills and knowledge gap assessment in the EEB Sector in Argentina (Webinar) - 28.04.2021 This webinar presents the process and results of the “Assessment of Skills and Knowledge Gap in Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB)”, developed in Argentina during the past year. Through a brief exposition, the main findings and the perspective of stakeholders, mainly from the education sector, but also from the government and the private sector will be depicted. Likewise, proposals to address and mitigate the gap and to develop lines of action to expand EEB in Argentina, will be presented.