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Electricity Network Transformation Roadmap
The electricity system supporting Australia’s modern economy and lifestyle is experiencing change on an unprecedented scale. The transformation is driven by customers as they embrace new technologies, take control of their energy use and support action on climate change. By…
Energy efficiency in residential buildings
Regulation of 5 May 2012 modifying: the modified regulation of 30 November 2007 concerning the energy performance of residential buildings, and the regulation of 31 August 2010 concerning the energy performance of non-residential buildings The requirements for residential…
ENERGY STAR-Labeled Products
ENERGY STAR Products must meet certain minimum energy standards to be eligible for the ENERGY STAR label. Currently there are more than 40 categories with specifications for home appliances, and more than 40 categories for businesses and governments. The U.S. Environmental…
State Energy Policy
The new State Energy Policy approved by the government in March 2004 has, as one of its highest priorities, the increased use of renewables and it sets measures to promote this aim. The State Energy Policy set targets of 15-16% contribution to TPES from renewable sources to be…
Energy audit Co-financing
The measure is intended to promote energy efficiency in SMEs. In accordance with article 8 of the Decree n. 102 of 2014, the Ministry of Economic Development published a call for tender to co-financing regional programs to support the implementation of energy audits in SMEs or…
Voluntary Agreements on Energy Efficiency - Wallonia
Wallonia continues to conclude covenants on energy efficiency with different industrial sectors. In July 2000, the Walloon minister in charge of energy matters signed two letters of intent with the paper and chemical sectors. Within 12 months these letters of intent lead to…
Informative Electricity Bills
A system of informative electricity bills was introduced in Norway in 2002. All customers expected to consume more than 8,000 kWh per year receive bills from the grid company for actual consumption. Customers previously paid on the basis of estimated consumption. In addition,…
12K CDM Tax Incentive
12K Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM) Tax Incentive (2009): South African businesses receiving CDM benefits are exempt from tax derived from such benefits, in Income Tax or Capital Gains
Building Performance Standards (Building Regulations)
Building regulations (BFS 1993:57) aim to ensure that newly constructed buildings meeting essential technical requirements as well as environmental goals, such as that of a "Good built environment." Regarding energy use, building regulations require new construction to limit…
Marco Polo Programme - Intermodal Freight Transport
Adopted in July 2003, the Marco Polo programmes objective was to reduce road congestion, to improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system within the European Community and to enhance intermodality, thereby contributing to an efficient and sustainable…
Energy Taxes: Coal, Biodiesel, Natural Gas
In August 2006, the mineral oil tax law in Germany was replaced the currently valid energy duty act. The energy duty act implements the European Energy Taxation Directive as national law. The taxation of hard coal, lignite and coke used for heating purposes was introduced. Taxes…
Race to Reduce - The Smart Energy Office Challenge (Ontario)
Race to Reduce is a unique Greening Greater Toronto program that represents collaboration between office building landlords and tenants to encourage smart energy use. It encourages behavioral and positive team-building amongst landlords, tenants and their employees. Race to…
Ownership tax benefitsSVN
Exemption from the payment of annual fees for the use of roads for
Sans 5151
This standard specifies the standard conditions on which the ratings of single-package and split-system non-ducted air conditioners employing air- and water-cooled condensers and heat pumps employing air-cooled condensers are based, and the test methods to be applied for…
Small-Scale Combustion Plant Ordinance
The Small-Scale Combustion Plant Ordinance sets maximum heat losses and pollution levels for combustion facilities with heat output of less than 1 MW (where solid fuels are used), less than 5 MW (liquid fuels) and less than 10 MW (gaseous fuels). The Ordinance of November 1996…
One Small Step
One Small Step is a public information campaign which asks car drivers in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA) the question, "Did you need your car today?" to encourage them to examine their car usage patterns and to think about using other ways of getting around: walking, cycling or…
Clean Truck Procurement Subsidies
In 2007 the Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs announced a subsidy fund to encourage a shift to the use of cleaner vehicles in the heavy goods transport sector. The fund was launched with EUR 100m, with a further EUR 85m added in May 2008. Vehicle buyers can…
Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
Energy Efficiency - The Government's Plan for Action, published on 26 April 2004, set out how the UK government aimed to cut carbon emissions by an extra 12 million tonnes through energy efficiency by 2010. Key measures in the Action Plan included: A new aim to secure carbon…
Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness: ECO-ENERGY
OP EIC follows the OP Entrepreneurship and Innovations in the programming period 2007-2013. Approximately EUR 4.3 billion from the European Regional Development Fund has been reserved for projects within the OP EIC. The managing authority (Ministry of Industry and Trade)…
Free Basic Alternative Energy Policy (Household Energy Support)
The programme was firstly launched in 2003 with a goal to support households in meeting their primary energy needs. It was quickly understood that that scope and format of the programme ware not suitable for on ground conditions. It was realized that many households are…
Energy Management Act - Amended
In 2006, the Czech government amended the Energy Management Act/Energy Economy Act (Act on Energy Management of the Czech Republic No. 406/2000), Chapters III and IV of which pertain to energy efficiency. The Energy Management Act aims to increase energy efficiency during…
Implementation of the CHP Directive
Decree-law 23/2010 transposes into Portuguese Law Directive 2004/8/CE of the European Parliament and the Council of 11 February, on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market. It aims to increase energy efficiency and security of…
Tax benefits for Ultra Low Emission Vehicles
Ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) are usually defined as vehicles that emit less than 75g of carbon dioxide (CO2) for every kilometre travelled. They will typically include an electric powertrain. Both private and business users of ULEVs receive a number of tax
Decree on Tariff Incentives for Renewable Energy and Efficient Cogeneration
The Decree regulates the tariff (feed-in tariff) system for incentive prices for electricity produced in power plants using renewable energy sources and high efficiency cogeneration power plants. Electricity producers become eligible for the incentivised tariff if they achieve…
Energy Efficiency Co-financing
The interventions eligible for co-financing are: - Reduction of energy consumption in the transport sector: this concerns formulation and updating of urban traffic plans, intelligent technologies for transport systems (ITS), innovative vehicles (i.e. electric, hybrid) and fuels…
Technical non-residential handbook for Building Regulations
The Building Standards technical handbooks provide guidance on achieving the standards set in the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and are available in two volumes, Domestic buildings and Non-domestic buildings. This publication is available in html and also in PDF format…
Energy performance of buildings Law (No. 372/2005)
Law No. 372/2005 transposes outlines of the EU Directive 2002/91/EC on the energy performance of buildings to the Romanian law. All new buildings, existing public buildings and major renovations works have to obtain "Building energy performance certificate €. Parts outlining…
AS/NZS 4665.1:2005 - External Power Supplies
External power supplies sold or hired in New Zealand (including products packaged with other products, such as laptops) must, by law, comply with Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) requirements. Importers and manufacturers of external power supplies (including external…
Implementation of the EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings
In 2006, Hungary passed Decree No. 7/2006. (V. 24.) TNM on the establishment of energy characteristics of buildings, thereby transposing portions of the EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings. In particular, this decree coversthe first three of the five main areas…
Energy Conservation (Government Regulation No. 70/2009)
Government Regulation No. 70/2009 on Energy Conservation makes provisions for the proper utilisation of energy resources, energy sources and energy through the application of energy efficient technology; efficient and rational utilisation of energy; and responsibilities of the…
Building America
Building America an industry-driven research programme, sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE), designed to accelerate the development and adoption of advanced building energy technologies in new and existing homes. Building America is a public-private partnership that…
Energy Label for Buildings
In 2011, Chile established a voluntary comparative energy label for residential buildings, with categories ranging from A (highest efficiency) to E (lowest efficiency), with E corresponding to the minimum standard for building envelope. The objective of the label is to help…
Home Energy Saver
Part of the ENERGY STAR program, this initiative is designed to help consumers identify the best ways to save energy in their homes and find the resources to realize those savings. The Home Energy Saver provides an online tool to compute a homes energy use. Users can estimate…
Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme
Explains who is eligible to apply for the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme and how to access it. This scheme is only available for chargepoints installed from January 2019. It replaces the previous version of the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme and has been revised to…
Workforce Investment Act of 1998
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 established an Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Worker Training scheme that provides for a programme of competitive grants for worker training and placement in high growth and emerging industry sectors, labor exchange, and job training…
Smart metering
The regulation sets modalities for metering energy consumption and the use of the collected data (smart meters). This legal sets the smart metering conditions for electricity and natural gas. It defines mainly the terms and conditions and the periodes of metering, the use of…
Ownership tax benefits
Tax reduction - CO2 based
AFD Green Fund
The objective of this program is to provide finance to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects of smaller scale and manufacturing of Green products in South Africa. AFD Green Energy Fund provides finance to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects of smaller…
Market Penetration Strategy for Energy Efficient Appliances
With this policy, the Dutch government aimed to foster the commercial viability of energy efficient appliances by requiring efficiency labels on products and offering rebates to consumers of highly efficient
Low Carbon City Act (Eco-City Act)
The Low Carbon City Act‚ aims to encourage cross-sectoral emission reductions in communities through low-carbon urban development.The Act requires local government to develop Low-Carbon Development Plans plans and facilitate actions to integrate various urban functions, to…
Rail Transport Tax Credit
Fuel tax credits are provided for rail transport to improve its competitive position. The current fuel tax credit rate for various rail transportation activities is AUD 38.143 cents per litre. The credit also applies to use of rail vehicles for rail transport connected…
Russian State Programme on Energy Efficiency and Energy Sector Development:Subprogram on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving
In 2013, The Ministry of Energy designed the State programme on Energy Efficiency and Energy Sector Development for the 2013-2020 period. Under the State programme, there is a sub-programme for energy savings and energy efficiency improvement targets. the objectives are: To…
Bilateral Partnerships to Promote Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Austria's bilateral partnership programme sponsors cooperation between Austrian firms and firms in Bulgaria and Romania engaged in energy production, building renovation and energy efficiency. The energy partnerships encourage the use of biomass, solar energy, small hydropower,…
Operational Programme Environment (2014-2020): Sustainable Use of Energy Sources
The new OP Environment for the period 2014-2020 is currently being prepared (only the Czech version of the new programme is available on the OPE website:
Requirements for Energy Efficiency and Standby Power
Executive Order (E.O.) 13221, Energy Efficient Standby Power Devices, calls for Federal agencies to purchase products that use minimal standby power when possible. Signed on 2 August 2001, the Order directs federal agencies to purchase products that use no more than one watt in…
Network on Energy Efficiency
In the framework of the National Programme to Improve Energy efficiency, the focus has been on the implementation of Local Information Centres ("Points Info-Energie") throughout the country to inform local people and small companies about energy efficiency. ADEME set up these…
Transport Planning in Businesses - Wallonia, Flanders & Brussels-Capital
In Wallonia the introduction of transport planning in industry and administration is being prepared. Flanders In 1992 the Flemish Region started an action programme to promote Company Transportation/ Commuter plans. These plans mainly consist of bus services and carpooling, on…
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Computer Monitors) Determination 2013
The Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Computer Monitors) Determination 2013 (Determination) implements a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) decision from February 2013 to regulate computer monitors for minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) and energy…
Mandatory Fuel Efficiency Labelling for Passenger Cars
Mandatory fuel efficiency labelling to provide consumer information about fuel consumption and CO2 emissions with regard to the marketing of new passenger cars came into force in 2004. In practice this means that at locations where cars are sold a sign clearly indicating the…
Local incentives - priority lanes
Special EV access to priority lanes and exclusive circulation