Ricardo-AEA has been commissioned by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy to provide analysis and evaluation of the measures planned, proposed or legally defined by EU Member States to implement Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).
The EED forms part of the EU’s policies to address one of the three objectives of the EU ‘20-20-20’ Strategy – to achieve a 20 percent improvement in the EU’s energy efficiency by the year 2020. It is an ambitious Directive and it is estimated that it will bring significant economic, social, and environmental benefits. In addition, the EED will stimulate innovation across ...