ESCOs

Also indexed as: Energy Savings Companies : Energy Service Companies

Website: re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/ESCO/index.htm

In recent years there has been an increased interest in the provision of energy services to achieve energy and environmental goals. In particular some new companies providing energy services to final energy users, including the supply and installations of energy efficient equipment, and/or the building refurbishment, have started to operate on the European market.

What characterises these companies, defined as Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) from the traditional energy consultants or equipment suppliers is the fact that they can also finance or arrange financing for the operation and their remuneration is directly tied to the energy savings achieved.

Energy services include a wide range of activities, such as energy analysis and audits, energy management, project design and implementation, maintenance and operation, monitoring and evaluation of savings, property management, and equipment supply.

ESCOs also offer these same services; however, ESCOs' activities can be distinguished from the activities of other energy service provider companies in the following ways:

1. they guarantee the energy savings and/or the provision of the same level of energy service at a lower cost,
2. their remuneration is directly tied to the energy savings achieved, and
3. they can finance, or assist in arranging financing for the operation of an energy system by providing a savings guarantee.

The ESCO website on the European Commission DG JRC website offers some information about ESCO operating in the European market and their projects.

The European Commission DG JRC analyses and researches the activities and development of ESCO as part of Scientific & Technical Reference System on Renewable Energy and Energy End-use Efficiency in order to provide accurate information to policy makers, experts and other interested parties.

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Good Practice Case Study: Promotion of Energy Management Practices in the Textile Industries of Greece, Portugal, Spain and Bulgaria - EMS Textile

Good Practice Case Study: Concerto Project: POLYCITY - Energy networks in sustainable cities - Germany, Italy, Spain

Good Practice Case Study: Installation of ground source heat pumps in social housing homes Chy An Gweal, Penzance, Cornwall, UK

Good Practice Case Study: Energy Efficiency SMEs in Norrbotten, Sweden

Good Practice Case Study: Local Energy Action - EU Good Practice 2007

Good Practice Case Study: Efficient lighting in Latvian Academy of Sport Education, Latvia

Good Practice Case Study: Feasibility Studies on Joint Implementation (JI) Project under Kyoto Protocol, Bulgaria

Good Practice Case Study: RESTART - Renewable Energy Strategies and Technology Applications for Regenerating Towns, Italy

Good Practice Case Study: GreenHeat, United Kingdom

Good Practice Case Study: First Lighting ESCO in Latvia - Effective lighting in cities - Tukums

Good Practice Case Study: Energy and schools in Modena, Italy

Good Practice Case Study: Successfully establishing a regional market for Third Party Finance (TPF) in Upper Austria

Good Practice Case Study: Innovative systems for energy efficiency in the Liguria hospital sector in Italy

Good Practice Case Study: Nearby heating in the county of Kronoberg, Sweden

Case Study: Wood chips heating system at Weber Hydraulics, Austria

Case Study: Biomass heating - Wood-for-Warmth, UK

Case Study: European Efficient Residential Lighting Initiative (EnERLIn) - France

Case Study: Eco n'Home Project

Case Study: SOLARGE - Enlarging Solar Thermal Systems in Multi-Family Houses, Hotels, Public and Social Buildings in Europe

Case Study: Energy Policy of Brasov, Romania

Case Study: PU Benefs: How to use Energy Efficiency Services in Public Buildings - Best Practice Catalogue and Study on the specificity of public bodies

Case Study: Implementation Plan for the Large Scale Deployment of Renewable Energy Sources in Crete - Greece

Case Study: Residential building refurbishment: innovative concepts and technologies - OPET Slovakia, Energy Centre Bratislava

Case Study: Energy efficiency in hospitals: A pilot project for energy efficiency in the public sector - OPET Slovenia - Jozef Stefan Institute, Energy Efficiency Centre, Slovenia

Case Study: Raising public awareness on the Green Paper on Security of Energy Supply - IDAE, Spain

Case Study: Life Cycle Cost Assessment - Motiva Oy, Finland

Case Study: ECOEMPRESAS - Eco-efficiency in Industry - Portugal

Case Study: Kids4Energy - Energy Efficiency Information, Education and Training Programmes targeted at Children and Development of Best Practice - Europe

Case Study: Tenant-owners' society (Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft) Bremer Höhe eG, Germany

Case Study: A TPF scheme at public level for environmental policies - Piemonte, Italy

Case Study: Energetic Optimization of Large Residential Buildings - Vienna, Graz, Austria

Case Study: A new approach to Energy Management in Industry - The case for multi-municipal water supply systems, Portugal

Case Study: Promotion of tri-generation technologies in the tertiary sector in Mediterranean countries, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal

Case Study: Wind farm in Tralee, Ireland

Case Study: Biogas utilisation in co-generation unit in Aalborg, Denmark

Case Study: Biogas from urban waste produced in Bilbao, Spain

Case Study: Transversal initiatives launched by the Energy service in Montpellier, France

Case Study: Wind Energy in Finland

Case Study: Effects of Frequent Regulation Control System of 9.3 MW Hot -Water Boiler, Serbia

Case Study: Optimization of the combustion process at Vattenfall Värme, Uppsala district heating plant in Sweden

Case Study: Electricity production from drinking water supply systems in mountain areas in France

Case Study: 1407 m² solar plant for solar district heating, Austria

Case Study: Successful Biomass Implementation in Ireland

Case Study: Såtenergi AB - 4 MW Straw heating plant, Sweden

Case Study: Promotion of conversion to biomass CHP in Poland

Case Study: Solar local district heating in Kungälv, Sweden

Partner Search Request: Eco-Condominium Project, Italy

Partner Search Request: AQUENERGY Network of European Coastal and Riverside Cities for the Exploitation of the Contained in the Water Thermal Energy

Partner Search Request: Large penetration of Small-Medium sized Bio-power plants for rural communities, Italy

Partner Search Request: Developing renewable energy in the non-profit sector, Northern Ireland, UK

Partner Search Request: IEE Projects, Spain

Partner Search Request: IEE and FP7 Project Proposals, Italy

Partner Search Request: S-PUMP - Sustainable Market Penetration of Heat Pumps in Europe, Germany

Report: ManagEnergy Sectoral Information Kit 8: Energy End-Use and Energy Services

Report: Energy Service Companies in Europe - the European Database of ESCOs and ESCOs Projects and related reports

Report: BELIEF - Building in Europe Local Intelligent Energy Forums

Report: Energy Service Companies in Europe - Status Report 2005

Report: Education on Energy - Teaching tomorrow's energy consumers

Report: Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE) - Projects in the buildings sector (start date of contracts January 2005)

Report: OPET Thematic Brochure: Buildings - Results of activities 2003-2005

Report: Concerto Project: RENAISSANCE: Renewable ENergy Acting in SuStainable And Novel Community Enterprises - France, Spain & UK

Report: ALTENER: PROMISE - PROcurement in Municipalities for Integrated Solutions on Energy

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