This report presents an overview of the survey and interview conducted by the tunES project in the period from April to August 2024 and comprehensive analysis of their results.
The tunES project aims to optimise Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) regulation and integrate it with the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) roll-out in seven national Energy Agencies. The agencies follow the EU Better Regulation Guideline (BRG) to identify and assess the best policy measures suitable on national circumstances. The project utilises the stakeholder consultation methods described in the BRG toolbox which includes conducting survey and interviews to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the current situation and verify needs.
As the first step, an online survey among stakeholders was developed by DTU. The aim of the survey was to establish a better understanding of the situation in the seven countries participating in tunES and to investigate if the problems listed by the Energy Agencies were also seen as problems by experts and stakeholders in each of the countries. The questions were based on the discussion of Problem Trees that the Energy Agencies presented as well as on the five building blocks defined for each of the participating countries. The survey was published on the EUSurvey data collection platform.
As the next step, tunES project carried out individual interviews with experts (academia, government, industry) and representatives of building owners and the occupants’ associations, energy auditors and consultants, financial institutions, real estate agencies, and energy consultants which were identified by the Energy Agencies. DTU developed an interview guide based on the survey questions to deepen the understanding of the bottlenecks, legal, cultural or technical factors and weak points of EPC and SRI implementation and effective functioning. Interviews were conducted by each Agency individually.