EEFIG Newsletter. 28 June 2023.
Date: 2023-06-28
Institutions: Directorate-General for Energy
Subjects: energy efficiency, energy industry, energy market, serial publication, soft energy, sustainable development

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28 June 2023

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Welcome, Goodbye and Stay Engaged

Welcome to the ﬁnal EEFIG newsletter

It is with pride that we send out this ﬁnal EEFIG newsletter. The pride of
EEFIG’s achievements over the last 10 years. Of having written and published
(three soon published) eight innovative and ground-breaking Working Group
Reports. And the pride we feel of the commitment and engagement from our
members. The success and achievement of EFFIG could never have been ac‐
complished without all of you, and for that we wish to say a big thank you!

This ﬁnal newsletter contains a brochure created in the event of our 10th an‐
niversary, news on the ﬁnal four working group reports, a recap of EUSEW
2023 and a look at the future.

Thank you for reading, participating, and committing to EEFIG over the years.

EEFIG’s 10th Anniversary

Brochure to download

To tie the knot properly, we have created a brochure summing up the achieve‐
ments of EEFIG during the last decade. How did it all start? What have we ac‐
complished? What are the conclusions presented in the working group re‐
ports? Download or print the brochure to get the full EEFIG story and a mem‐
ory of what you have been a part of.

Download the brochure here

Working Group News

Stay updated on the ﬁnal four EEFIG working group reports on the links be‐
low.

Collecting and monitoring data on energy eﬃciency in‐
vestments and ﬁnancing across EU Member States and
targeted economic sectors.

The EEFIG WG on data in their ﬁnal report provides a comprehensive exami‐
nation of the current status of data on energy eﬃciency investments in the Eu‐
ropean Union. Although it is not possible to identify a dataset that could be
immediately adapted for the purpose of measuring aggregate energy eﬃcien‐
cy investments across Europe, the WG analysis identiﬁed several best prac‐
tices, which, by extension, can oﬀer a roadmap for further work on data col‐
lection on energy eﬃciency.

More

Soon to be published: Stimulating Consumers’ Demand for
Energy Eﬃciency Investments

The EEFIG WG on Stimulating Consumers’ Demand for Energy Eﬃciency In‐
vestments in their ﬁnal report assessed the barriers, identiﬁed best practices
used across EU to address these barriers and provided recommendations on
tools and policy instruments for demand activation among diﬀerent types of
consumers.

More

Soon to be published: Multiannual Financial Framework

Energy eﬃciency is a key element to meet the EU energy and climate targets
for 2020 and 2030, and to achieve a climate neutral economy by 2050. In or‐
der to meet the climate and energy targets this Working Group endeavored to
identify potential actions, strategies and initiatives to scale up the energy eﬃ‐
ciency ﬁnancing in the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
2021-2027.

More

Soon to be published: Applying the energy eﬃciency ﬁrst
principle in sustainable ﬁnance

The EEFIG WG on energy eﬃciency ﬁrst in their ﬁnal report explores current
practices within the ﬁnancial sector for using sustainability criteria and pro‐
vides recommendations both for policy makers and ﬁnancial institutions that
could support scaling up of energy eﬃciency investments.

More

All reports and Working Group activities

Find all published reports and Working Group activities on the EEFIG website.

More

EUSEW 2023

A recap of the EEFIG EUSEW23 and 10-year anniversary
events

The EEFIG EUSEW23 Policy Session and the subsequent EEFIG Reception
marked the closure of EEFIG’s initiative, after a decade of achievements and
accomplishments. 

It was clear that speakers and panel participants alike where proud to have
been part of the EEFIG community. The session was moderated by Peter
Sweatman, EEFIG Rapporteur.

Keynote speeches were provided by among others Claudia Canevari, Head on
Unit. She said in her keynote: “EEFIG has proven in the past ten years that, by
working together, we can achieve high-quality results. (…) I am conﬁdent that
the EEFIG community will remain committed to this challenge and is ready to
continue working with the Commission.”

Read more about what happened, the keynote speeches and panel discus‐
sions in our website

Watch the entire recording of the session here

DEEP integrated in EC IT infrastructure

DEEP expanded with 50% more projects

The EEFIG De-risking Energy Eﬃciency Platform (DEEP) is an open-source
database for energy eﬃciency investments performance monitoring and
benchmarking. DEEP provides an improved understanding of the real risks
and beneﬁts of energy eﬃciency investments by providing market evidence
and investment track records.

The DEEP is now being integrated into the EC IT infrastructure and 50% more
energy eﬃciency projects in buildings and industry have been added. With
new data from Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, France, Germany and the US, DEEP
will now have almost 38,000 projects.

Through close cooperation with the H2020 funded EN-TRACK project a signif‐
icant number of new building projects have been added to DEEP and Bulgaria
now have the largest national dataset on buildings in the DEEP database.
These projects are larger renovations with longer payback times but also sig‐
niﬁcantly longer lifetimes than the existing average building project in the
DEEP. The new data conﬁrms that deeper renovations of buildings are cost
eﬀective over the lifetime of the measures.

After the integration in EC IT infrastructure, DEEP will soon be re-launched in
the European Commission domain and will require an EU login which will soon
be accessible through Login (europa.eu).

What happens next?

Stay updated on Energy Eﬃciency

While EEFIG is closing its activities, the work on energy eﬃciency ﬁnancing
has just started.

EEFIG’s legacy, learnings and conclusions will inﬂuence future activities and
have laid a solid ground for the upcoming European Energy Eﬃciency Financ‐
ing Coalition.

Moving forward, we count on your continuous engagement on energy eﬃcien‐
cy!

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