OVERVIEW OF HERON PROJECT

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1 Forward looking socio economic research on Energy Efficiency in EU countries GA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DELIVERING EFFECTIVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES OVERCOMING SOCIO ECONOMIC BARRIERS UNIVERSITA COMMERCIALE LUIGI BOCCONI, MILAN, ITALY 28 September 2017 OVERVIEW OF HERON PROJECT Prof. Dimitrios Mavrakis PROJECT COORDINATOR

2 Introduction At a glance Consortium Key deliverables The challenge The process An innovative pathway Dissemination Impact Conclusions Contents 2

3 Introduction Energy related emissions are responsible for just over three quarters of global Greenhouse Gas Emissions (IPCC, 2014, 2016) Improving Energy Efficiency (EE) contributes in the combat against Climate Change and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 7, 13) Behavioral barriers demonstrated by end users create negative deviations in EE set targets between 5 20 per cent, in EU (UNEP, EGR2016) 3

4 At a Glance Title: A forward looking socio economic research on Energy Efficiency in EU countries Project : HERON (no ), EU, HORIZON 2020, R&I Total budget: ,00 EC contribution: 100% Duration : 31 months Consortium: Seven (7) partners. (Six (6) EU and one (1) EU candidate.) Web Sites: project.eu/ Project coordinator: NKUA KEPA (Hellas) 4

5 Consortium of HERON 1. ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO ATHINON SHORT NAME: UOA KEPA (GREECE),(COORDINATOR) 2. UNIVERSITA COMMERCIALE LUIGI BOCCONI SHORT NAME: UB (ITALY) 3. SDRUZHENIE CHERNOMORSKI IZSLEDOVATELSKI ENERGIEN TSENTAR SHORT NAME: BSERC (BULGARIA) 4. OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY SHORT NAME: OBU (UNITEDKINGDOM) 5. UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN (LEFT THE PROJECT) SHORT NAME: UA (BELGIUM) 6. WUPERTAL INSTITUTE FUR KLIMA, UMWELT, ENERGIE GMBH SHORT NAME: WI (GERMANY) 7. UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE FACULTY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY SHORT NAME: UB FMG (SERBIA) 8. ESTONIAN INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS, STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE TALLIN CENTRE SHORT NAME: SEI T (ESTONIA) 5

6 Key deliverables Outof29deliverables (1) the next six (6) may be characterized as the back bone of HERON D 1.1: Landscape of EE policy packages in a multi level government system D 2.1: Working paper on social, economic, cultural and educational barriers in buildings and transport within each partner country D 2.2: Working paper on cross cutting barriers across buildings and transport sector D 3.2: Decision Support Tool (HERON DST) D 4.1: Seven (7) national reports on energy efficiency policy scenario analysis for the buildings and transport sectors D 5.3: Final report D 6.4 5: Special editions 1 & 2 (1) project.eu/index.php/publications/deliverables list 6

7 The challenge Facilitate policy makers and market stakeholders in EU to develop and implement effective Energy Efficiency (EE) policies in the sectors of buildings and transport, incorporating barriers performed by the end users behavior. 7

8 The process 1. Map of the EE policy instruments and technologies in HERON s countries (WP1 WI) 2. Establish an intensive policy dialogue with policy makersandmarketforcesinthecountriesofheron (The Consortium) 3. Map and qualitative assessment of behavioral barriers in buildings and transport (WP2 OBU, IEFE UB) 4. Incorporation of behavioral barriers into scenario analysis (WP3 UoAKEPA) 5. Forward looking scenario analysis (WP4 SEI T) 6. Policy recommendations (WP5 UoAKEPA) 7. Dissemination and communication (WP6 BSERC) 8

9 The HERON DST HERON DST provides the policy makers with a user friendly software that facilitates the selection of the optimum combination of technologies and practices minimizing the negative impact of endusers behavior in the implementation of Energy Efficiency scenarios. 9

10 Incorporating HERON DST in EE forward looking analysis The HERON DST allows: Calculation of the impact factors of behavioral barriers on the input drivers or alternatively on final targets Calculation of the deviations imposed on input drivers and final target due to impact factors Optimization of the set of barriers Development of a set of scenarios reflecting optimization of impact factors applied to input drivers 10

11 A pathway to facilitate policy makers to include end users behavioral barriers into EE scenarios 1. Define the set of behavioral barriers (in relation to input drivers). Collect and develop a reliable qualitative data base 2. Calculate (through the HERON DST) the impact and total impact factors of barriers 3. Calculate the emerging deviations, due to behavioral barriers, on both the input drivers and EE targets, in scenarios analysis 4. Optimize the mixture of input drivers and final targets with HERON DST 5. Identify the optimum accrued EE targets through comparative analysis against Environmental performance, Political acceptability and Feasibility of implementation (AMS) 6. Conclude with a set of input drivers (policy mixture) leading to a more effective and preferable forward looking EE scenario 11

12 Dissemination HERON has implemented a wide dissemination plan, including workshops in seven (7) countries, presentations in EC workshops, the International Energy Agency and scientific conferences, articles in scientific journals, scientific editions, newsletters, fact sheets, web pages and social media (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Researchgate). 12

13 Impact The outcome An innovative tool (HERON DST) and methodology friendly to use by policy makers The impact Wide spread dissemination Increasing research contribution Request for HERON DST use Implementation of the methodology in seven (7) countries with the involvement of policy makers and market stakeholders Communication to the International Energy Agency (IEA) Pending proposal for implementation in the 15 member states of the Black Sea Economic Organization (BSEC) The expected impact Implementation of the developed tool and methodology in EE forward looking analysis by policy makers and market stakeholders in EU countries World wide dissemination through IEA, UNAI and UNFCCC 13

14 Conclusions HERON has concluded with : 1. an innovative Decision Support Tool that allows the transformation of behavioral barriers demonstrated by end users into impact factors on the input drivers and final Energy Efficiency targets 2. a new methodology that allows the improvement of Energy Efficiency policies through the incorporation of behavioral barriers into forward looking analysis 3. a pathway applicable to all EU countries where the set of the preferable choices to overcome national behavioral barriers should be decided by the relevant policy makers 14

15 Thank you 15