EUROPEAN PROJECTS ➤ HORIZON 2020 ➤LEAP4SME

«Linking Energy Audit Policies to enhance and support SMEs towards energy efficiency»

The “Horizon 2020” funded project LEAP4SME – Linking Energy Audit Policies to enhance and support SMEs towards energy efficiency – aims to support member states in establishing or improving effective policies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to undergo energy audits and implement cost-effective, recommended energy – saving measures.

This will be achieved by:

• Mapping national programmes
• Assessing energy use by sector
• Developing innovative energy audit policies with stakeholders
• Interacting with policy makers and business associations
• Proposing policy recommendations

LEAP4SME main objectives are the following:

• Identify main barriers for unlocking the potential of energy efficiency measures through energy audit recommendations.
• Mobilise and inform private stakeholders of existing opportunities, facilitating discourse with policymakers.
• Propose solutions for policy makers for energy efficiency schemes with energy and non-energy benefits.
• Research, analyse and involve stakeholders in the current debate for a new definition for SMEs within Article 8 of the Energy Efficiency Directive.

Participants:

• AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE ENEA – Italy (Coordinator)
• AGENCIA PARA A ENERGIA ADENE - Portugal
• OSTERREICHISCHE ENERGIEAGENTUR AUSTRIAN ENERGY AGENCY AEA – Austria
• CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE SAND SAVING CRES – Greece
• SLOVENSKA INOVACNA A ENERGETICKA AGENTURA SIEA – Slovakia
• ENERGETSKI INSTITUT HRVOJE POZAR EIHP - Croatia
• ENERGY AND WATER AGENCY EWA - Malta
• KRAJOWA AGENCJA POSZANOWANIA ENERGII SPOLKA AKCYJNA KAPE - Poland
• THE ENERGY SAVING TRUST LIMITED EST - UK
• REVOLVE MEDIA RM - Belgium