Towards an effective implementation of key legislation in the field of sustainable energy

About this call

Expected Impact:

Proposals should present the concrete results which will be delivered by the activities and demonstrate how these results will contribute to the topic-specific impacts. This demonstration should rely on a solid analysis of the current situation, realistic assumptions and baselines, and establish clear causality links between activities, results and impacts.

In terms of qualitative impact, proposals under this topic should demonstrate how they will contribute to the following outcomes, as relevant:

Increased understanding and practical knowledge in public administrations in charge of implementing European energy legislation; improved collaboration of implementing bodies within and across Member States

More effective implementation of provisions, including better planning, design, implementation and evaluation of policy measures; more consistent implementation of legal provisions across energy legislation, energy policy and energy sectors

Use of appropriate tools and methods that facilitate availability and access to data; improved quality of data in all end-use sectors and better monitoring; use of more accurate calculation and Measurement & Verification methodologies, including for cross-sector use of energy; improved quality of reporting; improved understanding and measurement of the impacts and non-energy benefits of policy measures, also in view of the circular economy.

In terms of quantitative impact, proposals should quantify their results and impacts using the indicators provided for the topic, when they are relevant for the proposed activities. Proposals are not expected to address all the listed impacts and indicators. The results and impacts should be quantified for the end of the project and for 5 years after the end of the project.

Number of public authorities with increased capacity and better access to information and data

Number of public authorities and stakeholders using tools, resources, information and data established and provided by the project

Number of policy measures, implementing acts and related documents improved by the project

Number of monitoring and reporting tools and documents improved by the project

Number of references in policy-relevant documents, such as impact assessments, guidance documents etc.

Proposals should also provide indicators which are specific to their proposed activities.

Proposals should also quantify their impacts related to the following common indicators for the LIFE Clean Energy Transition subprogramme:

Primary energy savings triggered by the project in GWh/year

Final energy savings triggered by the project in GWh/year

Renewable energy generation triggered by the project (in GWh/year)

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (in tCO2-eq/year)

Investments in sustainable energy (energy efficiency and renewable energy) triggered by the project (cumulative, in million Euro).

Funding rate

Other Action Grants (OAGs) — 95%

Objective:

Energy efficiency and the built environment are at the heart of many of the policy challenges that the European Union is facing today: the EU’s competitiveness, Europe’s energy security, the affordability of housing, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the strengthening of resilience. Key legislative pieces of the Fit for 55 package and the REpowerEU are designed to address those challenges. The LIFE-2026-CET-POLICY topic aims to support the implementation of some of the key pieces of legislation in the field of sustainable energy, notably the Energy Efficiency Directive [1] (EED) and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive [2] (EPBD).

Scope:

Proposals are expected to support Member States in the implementation of:

the Energy Efficiency Directive (Scope A).

the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (Scope B).

Proposals are expected to focus on one of the 2 scopes, as detailed below. The scope addressed should be specified in the introduction of the proposal. Proposals may address elements of more than one scope; the coherence and added-value of a cross-cutting approach should be adequately explained.

Proposals are expected to:

Promote and enable exchange of insights and sharing of best practices within/ across Member States