School of Geography and the Environment

EU SAVE Programme: Labelling and other measures for heating systems in dwellings

The EU SAVE programme (Specific Actions for Vigorous Energy Efficiency) is the union-wide programme dedicated to promoting energy efficiency in industry, commerce and the domestic sector.

The aim of this project was to substantially improve understanding of the EU stock of domestic heating systems, their energy-critical components (mainly boilers), and markets. The information was used to explore the scope for developing labels and other activities to promote more efficient heating systems in the EU. A model was been developed describing the number of heating systems of each type, in each EU country, in 1995 and 2005.

Project partners:

• BRE Ltd, Watford, UK (Co-ordinator)
• Environmental Change Institute, Oxford, UK
• EnergiE sas, Milan, Italy
• Innovation Energie Development, Paris, France
• Irish Energy Centre, Dublin, Ireland
• Omvarden Konsult AB / Four Elements Consulting, Stockholm, Sweden
• Wuppertal Institute, Germany
• Van Holsteijn & Kemna, Delft, Netherlands

Collaborator:

• Danish Gas Technology Centre, Denmark

Sub-contractors:

• Consult GB Ltd, Canterbury, UK
• George Henderson Associates, St Albans, UK
• Advantica Technologies Ltd, Loughborough, UK

This project was funded by the EU SAVE programme (Specific Actions for Vigorous Energy Efficiency), the union-wide programme dedicated to promoting energy efficiency in industry, commerce and the domestic sector.

Links

• EU SAVE programme