The building energy efficiency marketplace

Master Thesis
Author
Volikas, Athanasios
Βολίκας, Αθανάσιος
Date
2025-01-13View/ Open
Keywords
Energy efficiency measures ; Building energy efficiency ; Energy efficiency marketplace ; Energy Service Company (ESCO) ; Sustainable development ; Energy efficiency financing ; Feasibility study ; Matchmaking platformAbstract
This thesis presents the conceptual design of a platform, the Building Energy Efficiency Marketplace, developed with a holistic approach to intersect the needs of diverse user groups and stakeholders within the energy efficiency market. The Marketplace, which has been developed by the Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water of Greece, aims to provide a facilitating interface for all interested parties within the wider energy efficiency market including Consumers (such as households and commercial/ office building owners) and Providers (such as Energy Service Companies, contractors/ suppliers of energy efficient solutions and financiers) with the main objective to overcome market shortcomings through simplifying, aggregating and effectively accelerating the implementation of energy saving projects. Simplification of key technical principles has been at the epicenter of the Platform’s design to improve consumer awareness which is further enhanced with the provision of tailored prefeasibility assessments (via an intuitive interface, the Consumer module) for specific types of energy saving solutions that have been transformed into standardized service products. The Marketplace also produces valuable insights for policymakers, industry stakeholders, and the wider community, helping sector actors to identify and locate actual needs for technical solutions as well as to quantify investment requirements and prioritize actions to inform national planning and strategies for enhancing energy efficiency policies and measures. The Building Energy Efficiency Marketplace ultimately aims to contribute to the creation of a more cohesive and proactive energy efficiency market.