Energy Performance Certificates Market Opportunities for Utilities

E.ON UK

Publication Date	February 2008
Publisher	Datamonitor
Product Type	Brief
Pages	12
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	DAT10707

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Summary

Introduction

The EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2002/91/EC lays down a minimum requirement of energy performance for new and existing buildings and creates an obligation for energy performance certificates to be supplied when buildings in Europe are built, sold, or leased. This brief considers how large Utilities are ideally placed to develop and leverage substantial new market opportunities.

Scope

Insight into current and future proposed EU legislations and the extent to which they have been taken up by EU Member States.
Knowledge of energy performance certificates and how they will become part of a mature and rapidly growing multi energy services market.
Awareness of the current competitive landscape and the strategic commercial importance of energy performance certificate data.
Reasons why the market is likely to respond to a strong value added proposition, which large Utilities are ideally placed to deliver.

Highlights

The EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2002/91/EC will have a significant impact on the energy industry. However, the implementation of the Directive has turned out to be a considerable practical challenge for most Member States at a time when the European Commission has announced its intention to extend the Directive further.

With energy prices and environmental concerns on the increase, energy performance certificates have been heralded as key to raising awareness of the need for greater energy efficiency. It is expected that energy performance certificates will quickly become part of a mature and rapidly growing multi energy services market.

Utilities have been slow to capitalise on the growing and lucrative energy performance certificate market, yet it is clear that they recognise its commercial value and strategic importance. Using existing resources and infrastructures, large Utilities are ideally placed to overcome barriers to entry and take majority market share.

Reasons to Purchase

Gain a new and accurate perspective of the nascent energy performance certificate market and the recently enacted EU legislation which created it.
Understand key market characteristics and how to leverage opportunities to substantially augment the sale of core business products and services.
Re-assess your company's strategic positioning vis--vis the energy performance certificate market, and amend your business strategy accordingly.

Content

DATAMONITOR VIEW
CATALYST
SUMMARY
SOURCES
ANALYSIS
- The EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive introduces the need for the energy certification of buildings
- There are five key parts to the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2002/91/EC
- The Directive will have a significant impact on the energy industry
- Extension of the Directive is likely
- Reponses to the Directive vary widely across Europe
- Implementation of the Directive has turned out to be a considerable practical challenge for most Member States
- In the UK the Home Information Pack (HIP) is the chosen vehicle for the EPC
- In the UK EPCs and HIPs are to become commonplace in 2008
- Energy Performance Certificate demand pools are significant, backed by legislative framework
- As at 1 Jan 2008, the EU27 has met 40% of its EPBD building certification obligations (with the remaining 60% to be implemented by 4 Jan 2009)
- EPCs: good for the environment and perhaps the real reason HIPs saw the light of day
- EPCs will become part of a mature and rapidly growing multi energy services market
- Thus far, Utilities have been slow to capitalise on the growing and lucrative Energy Performance Certificate market
- Centrica (British Gas) is first entering the domestic and commercial EPC market
- However, Utilities recognise the commercial value of EPC data
- Using existing resources and infrastructures, Utilities are ideally placed to overcome barriers to entry
- The current competitive landscape is amenable to large corporates
- Key existing resources will greatly facilitate market entry
- In the UK, HIP providers are economically driven and respond to a strong value added proposition, which large Utilities are ideally placed to deliver
APPENDIX
- Datamonitor consulting
- Ask the analyst
- Disclaimer
- List of Tables
- Table 1: 2008 will see the bulk of EPCs implemented
- Table 2: Brussels, Denmark, Luxembourg and the Netherlands lead the way
List of Figures
- Figure 1: TypeThe EPC layout will vary slightly from country to country
- Figure 2: The EU building stock is expected to grow to 180m buildings by 2015