There are no policy impacts without evidence of these impacts. In the stakeholder survey done in 2023 for ENSMOV Plus, the topic of evaluating actual impacts of energy efficiency policies was ranked with the highest interest level. This confirms the importance of policy evaluation to know the impacts achieved, what worked, what did not work, what could be improved, etc.
When targets become more ambitious, assessing policy impacts becomes even more essential. This workshop shared experience from three national bodies in charge of such evaluations.
The objectives of the workshop were to discuss the following topics:
- Rationale / objectives / organization of policy evaluation in energy ministries and agencies
- Major topics / issues in the focus of recent evaluations
- Examples of recent evaluation results / findings
- How are evaluation results used?
Presentations:
- Overview of resources about the evaluation of energy efficiency policies, Jean-Sébastien Broc (IEECP, and Energy Evaluation Europe)
- Rationale and objectives of the new observation programme about France’s white certificates scheme, Gregory Chedin, ADEME (French Agency of Ecological Transition), France
- Overview of the activities of SEAI’s evaluation unit, and key findings from the latest impact studies, Joel Franklin, SEAI (Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland), Ireland
- Overview of the activities of DESNZ’s Building Energy Evaluation, and key findings from recent evaluations, Marianne Law, Alice Negrini and Adam Fair, DESNZ (Department of Energy Security and Net-Zero), UK
Recording:
This workshop was organized in cooperation with the Energy Evaluation Europe 2025 conference that will be on 25-26 September in Berlin.
Find complementary information and analysis about the way energy policy evaluation is organised in France, Germany, Ireland and UK in the related ENSMOV Plus report.