Contracting the Gap: Energy Efficiency Investments and Transaction Costs
| Responsable du projet |
Mehdi Farsi
Martin Jakob |
| Collaborateur | Sandra Klinke |
| Résumé |
Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) consists in outsourcing the
design, the structure and sometimes the financing of
energy-efficiency project to a contractor called Energy Service
Company (ESCo). In such long term contracts, the contractor
provides its client with a reduction in energy costs in exchange
for a fixed fee or part of the savings achieved. EPC can be
considered as an important market driver for efficiency investments
by reducing a substantial part of the entailed transaction costs,
yet the market is only emerging in Switzerland. Using data from
existing markets and two surveys from the supply and demand sides
in Switzerland, this study analyzes the development and potential
roles of the EPC market. The focus is on the impacts on the energy
efficiency gap and related transaction costs. The results are used
to identify relevant policy measures for promoting the market and
possible interactions with other instruments used for energy
efficiency. |
| Mots-clés |
Energy contracting; energy efficiency gap; ESCO |
| Type de projet | Recherche appliquée |
| Domaine de recherche | Energy demand, Energy efficiency investment |
| Source de financement | Swiss Federal Office of Energy (EWG program) |
| Etat | Terminé |
| Début de projet | 1-10-2014 |
| Fin du projet | 1-4-2017 |
| Contact | Mehdi Farsi |