Belgium

Flanders:

Energy policy agreement with companies

Funded measures:

• Roof insulation
• Wall insulation
• Basement and floor insulation
• Highly efficient glazing

Wallonia:

• Voluntary agreements with industry to improve their energy efficiency and reduce their CO2 emissions
• Subsidies to persons governed by public law and to non-commercial organizations for carrying out studies and work aimed at improving performance energy and the rational use of energy in buildings
• ECO PACKS – Funding mechanism granted by the Family Housing Fund in Wallonia, and by the Société Wallonne du Crédit Social, combining a zero rate loan with the granting of bonuses
• Réhabilitation logement- Premiums for the refurbishment of improvable housing and premiums in favour of tenants who refurbish improvable housing under a lease
•  Primes énergie – Bonuses aimed at promoting the rational use of energy

Brussels region:

• Call for projects “Exemplary buildings” – a financial instrument
• Local Action Plan for Energy Management (PLAGE)
• Periodic control of boilers/heating systems
• Energy auditing
• Maison de l’Energie (MEH) provides effective support for  households regarding their housing (purchase, rental, occupation, construction, renovation)
• Energy bonuses are regional aid available to any natural person or legal entity for work relating to the improvement of energy efficiency or the use of renewable energy sources
• Passing on of the occupancy cost
• The obligation of fuel oil suppliers

Flanders

• Rational energy use/public service obligations incentive for: roof insulation, glazing, wall, insulation of floors and basements, solar water heater, heat pump, boiler with heat pump
• Energy performance contract (including EPC extension with increase + reduction in the threshold in accordance with the energy plan declared at 0.1 PJ)
• Environmental incentive + mini-EPC
• Connection of SMEs to district heating systems
• Optimisation of the settings of existing natural gas and heating oil boilers
• E-Level < E30 (reduction on property tax)
• Nudging via info on bills
• Tax per kilometre for lorries

Wallonia

• implementation of the long-term renovation strategy for Walloon buildings, with all measures being eligible for the Article 7 scheme, both in the residential sector and in the public and private tertiary sector, including the exemplary role of public buildings in achieving energy neutrality well before 2050;
• easier recourse to energy performance contracts, with the guaranteed result meeting the impact demonstrability requirements of the Article 7 scheme;
•  implementation of the FAST plan, with all modal shift measures (soft modes, public transport, shared vehicles, etc.) being eligible for the Article 7 scheme;
• a new generation of sectoral agreements with industry and business;
• continued financial support for businesses transitioning to sustainable energy, with a particular focus on SMEs

Brussels Region

Besides those from 2014-2020, also

• NRClick is a regional support programme providing technical and financial support to reduce energy consumption within the buildings of local and regional public authorities in the Brussels Capital Region.
• Improvement of the energy performance of public lighting
• Good Move regional mobility plan 2020-2030
• Energy savings in public transport (Société de transports intercommunaux bruxellois – STIB)
• Energy Pack – The successful federations have received a subsidy to offer free energy coaching to their members, and also to non-members who apply

There is a federal policy for the protection of low-income or vulnerable residential energy consumers. Certain initiatives taken at the federal level are helping to make energy bills more affordable.

• Social tariff for electricity and natural gas
• Fonds Gaz et Electricité (Gas and Electricity Fund)
• Fonds social chauffage (Social Heating Fund)
• Payment by installment
• Gas and electricity campaign: osez comparer (dare to compare),

but there are also measures on the regional level.