Resource: Local investments options in Energy Efficiency in the built environment Identifying best practices in the EU
Description
The aim of this study is to find out which programmes are successful and which best practice elements contributed to their success by following these steps:
- Mapping study for the identification of projects, focusing on EE programmes across the EU with and without EU involvement;
- Case study research, providing a project description, its financial characteristics and an analysis and conclusions per case study;
- Analysis of the case studies to identify best practice elements.
25 case studies were analysed in order to identify best practices. Furthermore, a geographical analysis was undertaken in order to emphasize the regional market barriers. The market barriers have been grouped in financial barriers, institutional and administrative barriers, and information and awareness barriers. The regional analysis provided the following market barriers in the East, West, North and South of Europe.