O.Ö. Energiesparverband: Watch Survey 2

Energy Efficiency Watch Survey

Your opinion counts! This survey aims to collect opinions about the progress of energy efficiency policies in the EU member states in the last 3 years. It is carried out in the framework of the IEE Energy Efficiency Watch project. Learn more about Energy Efficiency Watch: www.energy-efficiency-watch.org

All answers will be treated confidentially, eMail addresses are collected at the end of the questionnaire to avoid misuse.

Thank you very much for your time and inputs!

Ambition, progress, targets

1. In general, how do you personally rate the overall ambition of the energy efficiency policies in your country?

generally, rather low

ambitious in a few sectors, less so in most others

ambitious in a range of sectors, less so in a few others

generally, rather high

others/comment:

2. How do you rank the progress in energy efficiency policies in the last 3 years in your country (new policies introduced, existing ones strengthened)?

no or very little progress

a few additional policies

a range of additional policies

many additional policies

others/comment:

3. How do you feel is your country performing in achieving the national energy savings target?

not aware of the energy savings target

target will not be achieved

target will be achieved but will not lead to a lot of additional savings

target will probably be achieved

target will certainly be achieved

others/comment:

Sectors, policies, measures

4. What are the most important energy efficiency policies implemented in your country in the last 3 years?

5. How do you see the improvements in actual implementation in the last 3 years in the following fields?

	no progress	some progress	significant progress	very high progress
Energy efficiency in public procurement
Conditions for energy efficiency services
financial instruments for energy savings (e.g. energy performance contracting)
Availability of energy efficiency information

6. Select the sector in which you see the most important gaps in the energy efficiency policies in your country?

the residential sector

the public sector

the industry & the service sector

the transport sector

the energy sector

others/comment:

7. Currently, where do you see the greatest barrier to energy efficiency in your country?

the financing of energy efficiency investment

the lack of legislation or its implementation

the information and awareness levels of end-user groups

others/comment:

8. Rate the overall effectiveness of the following policy instruments in your country

	unknown/not implemented	not effective at all	partly effective	very effective
White certificates
Voluntary agreements
Obligations for energy companies
Energy audits
Qualification, accreditation and certification schemes (e.g. for energy service providers)
Energy efficiency funds
Smart metering

European policy

9. In your opinion, should the following measures be introduced on European level?

	yes	no	don’t know
Binding overall national energy savings targets (one target per member state)
Binding sectoral national energy savings targets (one overall target and sectoral targets, e.g. for buildings, transport and service & industry sector, for each member state)
European CO2-tax
European energy efficiency fund (giving both grants and loans)
More voluntary agreements with the appliance and equipment industry
Significant expansion of energy labelling for appliances and equipment
Stricter minimum standards for buildings and appliances
Rapidly banning all inefficient products from the market
Mandatory renovation of buildings with bad performance funded by energy taxes
Rapid introduction of stringent maximum fuel consumption for cars
Road charges for all roads
Free public transport funded by revenues from road charges
Extended obligations to energy companies to fund energy savings
Extended obligations to energy companies to deliver energy savings
Mandatory energy managers for companies and public bodies
Mandatory energy audits for industry and mandatory implementation of cost-effective measures
Stricter binding energy efficiency targets for the public sector
Mandatory energy efficiency standards in public procurements

Comments:

10. Generally, do you believe that ambitious energy efficiency policies

create jobs

destroy jobs

depends/neither nor

stimulate innovation in business, industry and the public sector

do not significantly contribute to innovation

depends/neither nor

support the competitiveness of EU industry

are more of a financial burden on EU industry than a competitive advantage

depends/neither nor

11. At the end, we would kindly ask you to provide us with the following information about yourself: For which of the following countries did you answer the questions: *

In which of the following sectors do you work

business sector

public sector

energy agency

university/research organisation

other:

Please provide us with your eMail address *

* eMail addresses are only collected to avoid misuse, all answers well be treated confidentially

Would you like to receive a summary report of the survey in the coming months?

yes

Thank you very much for your time and your inputs - you have made an important contribution to energy efficiency efforts in Europe!

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