The Clean Energy Solutions Center, in partnership with Enerdata, hosted this webinar on energy efficiency policies and trends in the European Union (EU) based on the findings of the ODYSSEE-MURE Project. The objective of this webinar was to evaluate energy efficiency in the EU and by country. The analysis presented in the webinar included reviews of both energy efficiency trends and the policy instruments currently implemented to improve energy efficiency, based on the ODYSSEE and MURE databases.

In the first part of the webinar, presenters reviewed the energy efficiency indicators and trends observed in energy use and energy efficiency among all end-use sectors both together and in each specific sector. The analysis presented mainly focuses on the overall EU trends, but the differences between countries will also be highlighted. In the second part of the webinar, panelists reviewed the different EU and European national level energy efficiency policies and their impacts.

The webinar presentations were followed by an interactive question and answer session with the audience.

About the ODYSSEE-MURE Project: The project is financed under the Horizon2020 Programme with the support of 33 partners from 28 countries from EU Member States and Norway, generally with co-funding from their own governments. This webinar relies on data contained in the ODYSSEE database on energy efficiency indicators, with data on energy trends, drivers for energy use, explanatory variables and energy-related CO2 emissions, as well as on the MURE database, which gathers detailed information of EU energy efficiency policies, at the levels of both the EU and the Member States.