Voluntary agreements on industrial energy efficiency: key success factors and best practice designs
Arranged by Tractebel Engie in cooperation with IPEEC and UNIDO
Tuesday 12 June, 16.30–18.30
No registration needed, open for conference participants.
Voluntary agreements are one of the most widely spread policy instruments to stimulate energy efficiency in the industry. Voluntary agreements are essentially contracts between the industry and the government, in which the former commits to energy efficiency targets and/or actions in return for some compensation by the latter. Since its first implementation in 1975, voluntary agreements have implemented in many countries in several continents, including the Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa. However, despite its abundancy, no two voluntary agreements are alike, as their design differs from one country to another.
This side-event brings experts on voluntary agreements from different countries together to discuss two main questions:
- Can voluntary agreements continue to stimulate industrial energy efficiency in the next decade as they have done in the previous decades? If so, under what conditions do they deliver?
- Does the variation in design and experience across the different countries reveal a best practice design? If so, what are the key success factors for an effective and cost-efficient voluntary agreement?
The output of this side-event will help countries to select a best practice design of new voluntary agreements or to optimise the design of existing ones.
Agenda
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16:30–16:40 |
Welcome address |
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Short introduction of the organising parties Presented by: Marco Matteini (UNIDO), Jurei Yada (IPEEC), Stéphane Palmaerts (Tractebel) and Jurei Yada (IPEEC) |
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| 16:40–16:50 |
Introduction to voluntary agreements |
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Short history Presented by: Erwin Cornelis (Tractebel) |
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| 16:50–17:30 |
Discussion on the future of voluntary agreements |
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Conditions to continue VAs as provided by the scientific literature Presented by: Erwin Cornelis (Tractebel), Jette Vejen Ellegaard (Energy Agency Denmark), and Mr. Sergiy Savchuk, Head at State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine |
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| 17:30–18:20 |
Discussion on the design of voluntary agreements |
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List of key success factors of VAs as provided by the scientific literature Presented by: Erwin Cornelis (Tractebel), Thomas Björkman (Swedish Energy Agency), Heikki Väisanen (Energy Authority, Finland) and Antoine Durand (Fraunhofer ISI) |
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| 18:20–18:30 |
Concluding remarks |
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Presented by: Marco Matteini (UNIDO), Jurei Yada (IPEEC), and Erwin Cornelis (Tractebel). |
