Energy efficiency & emissions mitigation : assessing cost-effectiveness of policy measures

Session 1 policies & measures: review by sector

Introduction: concepts and instruments of policies

- Review of policy frameworks : EU and others

- Review of policy instruments : economic, regulatory, incentives

Sectoral issues: main instruments implemented, main implementation issues

- Industry : ETS, audits, voluntary agreements, …

- Households & services: regulations, white certificates, subsidies, fiscal tools…

- Transport: regulation, taxation, …

Section 2 Indicators for measuring energy savings & efficiency progress

Industry

- Energy/CO2 savings

- Energy performance of energy intensive industries

Households and services

- Energy/CO2 savings : technology and behaviours

- Energy performance of buildings and equipment

Transport

- Energy intensity

- Energy/CO2 savings : Technology and behaviours

- Energy performance of transport modes

Global indicators

- Energy intensity of the GDP

- Energy/CO2 savings : ODEX

Session 3 Cost effectiveness of policy measures

Investment costs of policies and measures

- Private costs : micro, macro

- Public costs : from costs of measures to global policy cost

Impacts of policies and measures on energy costs

- Measuring the impacts of policy measures on energy/CO2 savings : bottom-up, macro

- Discounting benefits on energy/CO2 expenses

Cost-effectiveness analysis of policies & measures

- Aggregating public and private investment costs per policy measure

- Cost-effectiveness for the consumer : micro view

- Cost-effectiveness for the country : macro-view

Training evaluation