The energy challenge: focus on energy Efficiency Gianluca Tondi Head of Sector (acting) "Consumers, Products, Industry" H2020 Energy Unit - Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME) UKRO Annual Conference Birmingham, 18-19 June 2015
Content EASME Policy Context SC3: Energy Efficiency Call H2020 EE Call 2014 Tips, lessons learnt, frequent mishaps
EACI EASME Executive Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises From 01/01/2014 EASME replaces EACI (Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation) EASME set-up by the EC to manage on its behalf several EU programmes Based in Brussels http://ec.europa.eu/easme/
Programmes managed by EASME Part of Horizon 2020, in particular: The SME instrument The Energy Efficiency part of Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy ; The calls for proposals in the fields of waste, water innovation and sustainable supply of raw material under the challenge Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials Some areas of the Industrial leadership challenge: part of the Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies Innovation in SMEs and The Sustainable Industry Low Carbon Scheme (SILC II) Part of the EU programme for the Environment and Climate action (LIFE) Part of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Part of the EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises COSME The legacy of the Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) programme and the Eco-innovation initiative
2030 climate and energy Framework 2020 20 % GHG 20% RES 20 % EE 2030 40 % GHG 27 % RES 27 % EE
The way towards: The Energy Union Where we want to go: A secure, sustainable, competitive, affordable energy for every European What this means: Energy security, solidarity and trust A fully integrated internal energy market Energy efficiency first Transition to a long-lasting low-carbon society An Energy Union for Research, Innovation and Competiveness How we want to reach it:
1 Secure supplies 2 Internal energy market 3 Energy efficiency 4 Emissions reduction 5 Research & Innovation
3 Energy efficiency Rethink energy efficiency as an energy source in its own right This means increasing energy efficiency, in particular in the building sector, and promoting an energy-efficient and decarbonised transport sector as well as efficient products.
Framework Energy Efficiency Policies Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU Delivering the 2020 goals Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC Energy Labelling Directive 2010/30/ EU
Energy efficiency - Concrete actions Review the Energy Efficiency Directive EU strategy for Heating and Cooling Review the EPBD Strengthened financial instruments to support investments in energy efficiency Review the Energy Labelling and Ecodesign Directives Source: Directorate-General for Energy
Societal Challenges 1. Health, demographic change and wellbeing 7.5 2. Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the Bioeconomy 3. Secure, clean and efficient energy 5.9 4. Smart, green and integrated transport 6.3 5. Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials Budget 2014-20 (EUR billion) 6. Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies 1.3 7. Secure societies 1.7 3.9 3.1
Horizon 2020/Energy Nearly 6 billion for energy - Societal challenge 3: Secure, Clean and Efficient energy (Energy challenge) - Three main focus areas: - Energy Efficiency - Competitive Low Carbon Energy - Smart Cities and Communities
Work Programme 2014/2015 Energy Efficiency - 21 topics Low Carbon Energy - 22 topics Smart Cities & Communities - 6 topics CSA topics building on IEE projects and results
H2020: Energy Efficiency Call 2014 and 2015 About 100 million per year 4 Main headings - Buildings and Consumers - Heating and Cooling - Industry and Products - Finance for Sustainable Energy Four deadlines: Two in 2014 Two in 2015, all closed (last one: 04/06/2015) Call Management: EASME
Energy Efficiency Call 2014 - Topics Topic Type of instrument Deadline Call 2014 EE1: Building materials (EeB) Innovation Action 20-Mar EE2: Build design (EeB) Innovation Action closed in 2014 EE3: EE in historic buildings (EeB) Research & Innovation Action 20-Mar EE4: Construction skills CSA 05-Jun EE5: EE in existing buildings - deep renovation CSA 05-Jun EE6: Demand response in blocks of buildings Innovation Action closed in 2014 EE7: Capacity building of PA - SEAPs CSA 05-Jun EE8: Public procurement of innovative solutions CSA 05-Jun EE9: Empowering stakeholders to assist Pas CSA 05-Jun EE10: Consumer engagement CSA 05-Jun EE11: New ICT based solutions for EE Research & Innovation Action 05-Jun EE12: Socioeconomic research on EE Research & Innovation Action 05-Jun EE13: Technology for district heating & cooling Research & Innovation Action 05-Jun EE14: Market barriers to the uptake of H&C CSA 05-Jun EE15: EU Product EE legislation CSA 05-Jun EE16: Organisational innovation in industry CSA 05-Jun EE17: Innovation via large buyer groups CSA closed in 2014 EE18: New technologies for heat recovery (SPIRE) Research & Innovation Action 20-Mar EE19: Financeability of sustainable energy investments CSA 05-Jun EE20: Project development assistance (PDAs) CSA 05-Jun EE21: EE services and financial schemes for sust. Energy CSA 05-Jun
EE Call 2014 Topic Type of instrument Number of proposals Above threshold Funded EE1: Building materials (EeB) Innovation Action 23 10 3 EE3: EE in historic buildings (EeB) Research & Innovation Action 32 7 1 EE4: Construction skills CSA 26 7 5 EE5: EE in existing buildings - deep renovation CSA 28 3 1 EE7: Capacity building of PA - SEAPs CSA 31 9 4 EE8: Public procurement of innovative solutions CSA 20 5 4 EE9: Empowering stakeholders to assist Pas CSA 19 7 2 EE10: Consumer engagement CSA 37 6 4 EE11: New ICT based solutions for EE Research & Innovation Action 94 9 5 EE12: Socioeconomic research on EE Research & Innovation Action 18 9 5 EE13: Technology for district heating & cooling Research & Innovation Action 26 10 3 EE14: Market barriers to the uptake of H&C CSA 10 1 1 EE15: EU Product EE legislation CSA 3 1 1 EE16: Organisational innovation in industry CSA 33 3 2 EE18: New technologies for heat recovery (SPIRE) Research & Innovation Action 8 1 1 EE19: Financeability of sustainable energy investments CSA 20 7 7 EE20: Project development assistance (PDAs) CSA 12 4 4 EE21: EE services and financial schemes for sust. Energy CSA 16 3 3 Totals 456 102 56 List of H2020 projects supported under the EE call 2014: https://ec.europa.eu/easme/sites/easme-site/files/energy-efficiency-call-2014_funded-projects.pdf
EE Call 2014 456 proposals submitted 56 proposals selected for funding
EE Call 2015 (most topics just closed!) Topic Type of instrument Deadline Call 2015 Number of proposals EE1: Building materials (EeB) Innovation Action Closed in 2015 EE2: Build design (EeB) Innovation Action 05-Feb 48 EE3: EE in historic buildings (EeB) Research & Innovation Action Closed in 2015 EE4: Construction skills CSA Closed in 2015 EE5: EE in existing buildings - deep renovation CSA 04-Jun 38 EE6: Demand response in blocks of buildings Innovation Action 04-Jun 52 EE7: Capacity building of PA - SEAPs CSA 04-Jun 38 EE8: Public procurement of innovative solutions CSA Closed in 2015 EE9: Empowering stakeholders to assist Pas CSA 04-Jun 21 EE10: Consumer engagement CSA 04-Jun 46 EE11: New ICT based solutions for EE Research & Innovation Action 04-Jun 80 EE12: Socioeconomic research on EE Research & Innovation Action Closed in 2015 EE13: Technology for district heating & cooling Research & Innovation Action 04-Jun 32 EE14: Market barriers to the uptake of H&C CSA 04-Jun 12 EE15: EU Product EE legislation CSA 04-Jun 5 EE16: Organisational innovation in industry CSA 04-Jun 25 EE17: Innovation via large buyer groups CSA 04-Jun 2 EE18: New technologies for heat recovery (SPIRE) Research & Innovation Action 05-Feb 29 EE19: Financeability of sustainable energy investments CSA 04-Jun 23 EE20: Project development assistance (PDA) CSA 04-Jun 23 EE21: EE services and financial schemes for sust. Energy CSA 04-Jun 11 Totals 485
Frequent mishaps Eligibility / Admissibility Call deadline is unchangeable: electronic submission system does not allow any exception Completeness: one section missing makes the proposal inadmissible Partnerships: principle of 3 participants from EU Member States or Associated Countries (with some exceptions for the EE Call) Page limit of 50 pages for CSA (Market Uptake) proposals and 70 pages for RIA/IA proposals - applied strictly during evaluations!
Getting it right Excellence Evaluation Results: Proposals often miss explanation of the concept and added value and innovation falls short Clear choices, focus, have a clear direction, remove unnecessary elements, innovate "Explain the overall concept underpinning the project" Not only from the perspective of the Coordinator input from the entire consortium is key Do not assume that evaluators know your specific context You win by explaining!
Getting it right Impact Evaluation results: Ambition is not quantified / not realistic / not supported by action Keep your 'challenge' in mind! Quantify! Describe in a concise, yet robust, manner your baseline, benchmarks and assumptions Plan activities to monitor project performance Be aware: keep the link to actual activities in the work plan! Explain with a plan how project results will be exploited, disseminated and communicated For CSA topics: tables and guidance for the Key Perforamnce Indicators integrated in the application forms
Getting it right Resources/Workplan Evaluation results: Work plan not sufficiently detailed / Budgets not justified / Budgets seem top-down Work description sufficiently detailed and clear Opportunity to convince evaluators that you can materialise your vision Invest time into the resource planning bottom up approach
While perfect proposals do not exist We look forward to excellent proposals, with convincing impact from the best possible use of resources Submitted by motivated and inspired project teams Aiming to deliver and 'make a change'
Coming soon: Work Programme 2016-17 Reflecting on the lessons learned from the Calls 2014 and 2015 Building i.e. on the SET-Plan Integrated Roadmap priorities and the latest policy developments
Information Resources H2020 Portal http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html National Contact Points http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/natio nal_contact_points.html FP7 projects (CORDIS) Intelligent Energy Europe projects (including various information platforms on sustainable energy) http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/projects/ EASME-Energy@ec.europa.eu
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