Panel 2: Strategies and general policies

Introduction to Panel 2

Taking out one billion tons of CO2: the magic of China’s 11th five year plan?
Jiang Lin, Nan Zhou, Mark Levine, and David Fridley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

White Certificates for energy efficiency improvement with energy taxes: A theoretical economic model
Oikonomou V., SOM, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Becchis F., Prof., Environmental Economics, University of East Piedmont, Italy
Russolillo D., Fondazione per l’Ambiente “T. Fenoglio”, Torino, Italy

Smart electricity metering as an energy efficiency instrument: Comparative analyses of regulation and market conditions in Europe
Andrei Z. Morch, SINTEF Energiforskning AS, Norway
John Parsons, BEAMA Limited, United Kingdom
Josco C. P. Kester, Energy Research Centre of Netherlands (ECN), The Netherlands

Development of the Dutch Energy Efficiency Action Plan
Rob Kool and Renée Bruel, SenterNovem, The Netherlands

How to kick start a market for EPC Lessons learned from a mix of measures in Sweden
Anna Forsberg, Carlos Lopes, and Egil Öfverholm, Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden

European Commission Action Plan on Energy Efficiency – From the public consultation to the real outcomes for stakeholders
Sérgio Ferreira, European Copper Institute, Belgium

Investments in energy saving measures in Italy and UK: the impact of national support schemes on the business strategies of an ESCO
Giuseppe Tiravanti, Imperial College London, Centre for Energy Policy and Technology
Antonio Pantaleo, Progesa Department, University of Bari, Italy and Imperial College London, Centre for Energy Policy and Technology, Prince
Armando Fanelli, Mediterranea Energia Srl, Italy
Chiara Candelise, Imperial College London , Centre for Energy Policy and Technology

Linking promotion strategies for RES-E and for demand-side conservation in a dynamic European electricity market: Lessons from the EU projects OPTRES, FORRES and GREEN-X
Thomas Faber, Vienna University of Technology, Institute for Power Systems and Energy Economics, Energy Economics Group (EEG), Vienna, Austria
Reinhard Haas, Institute for Power Systems and Energy Economics, Energy Economics Group (EEG)
Claus Huber, Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft Laufenburg Austria, Austria
Mario Ragwitz, Fraunhofer Institut für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung (FhG-ISI), Germany
Gustav Resch, Institute for Power Systems and Energy Economics, Energy Economics Group (EEG)

Energy efficiency initiatives: Indian experience
Dipankar Dey, PhD, Associate Dean (Research), ICFAI Business School, Kolkata,(IBS-K), India

Applied policy measures for energy savings in end-use sectors in EU-countries: what is best?
P.G.M. Boonekamp, ECN – Policy Studies unit, The Netherlands
W.A. Eichhammer, Fraunhofer ISI, Germany

Achieving energy savings in the residential and service sector: A challenging case study of the potential and costs for the Netherlands
Y.H.A. Boerakker, ECN – Policy Studies, The Netherlands
B.W. Daniëls, ECN – Policy Studies

Transaction costs of energy efficiency policy instruments
Luis Mundaca, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University

Implementation aspects of the EU Directive on energy end-use efficiency and energy services in Germany
Barbara Schlomann, Wolfgang Eichhammer, and Edelgard Gruber, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (Fraunhofer ISI), Germany

Simulating a European-wide white certificates scheme: design issues and main lessons
Bruno Duplessis and Jerôme Adnot, Center for Energy and Processes – Mines Paris, France
Pedro Moura, ISR-University of Coimbra – Department of Electrical Engineering, Portugal
Nicola Labanca, Politecnico di Milano – Dipartimento di Energetica, Italy

Toothless tiger? Is the EU action plan on energy efficiency sufficient to reach its target?
Anja Scholten, Institute for Geography, University of Würzburg, Germany
Dirk Mitze, Stefan Lechtenböhmer, and Stefan Thomas, Wuppertal Institute, Germany

Supply chain and government collaboration
Mark Brown, Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes, c/o Energy Saving Trust, United-Kingdom

Latest developments of the ESCO industry across Europe
Benigna Kiss, Central European University, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Hungary
Paolo Bertoldi, European Commission, DG Joint Research Center, Italy
Silvia Rezessy, Central European University, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Hungary

A turning point for the “Intelligent Energy Europe” programme
Vincent Berrutto and Waltraud Schmid, European Commission, Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (IEEA)

Energy efficiency representation in the EU: the missing links and options
Emmanuel Bergasse, Energy Economist, Independent Consultant, France

Increasing energy efficiency in government institutions
Karen Marie Pagh Nielsen, Birch & Krogboe A/S, Denmark

The action of EDF in end-use energy efficiency
Louis-Jacques Urvoas, Dominique Glachant, Luc Lorge, and Paul Baudry, EDF, FRANCE

Is there a silver bullet? – A comparative assessment of twenty policy instruments applied worldwide for enhancing energy efficiency in buildings
Sonja Koeppel and Diana Ürge-Vorsatz , Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Hungary
Sebastian Mirasgedis, National Observatory of Athens, Inst. for Environmental Research & Sustainable Development, Greece