{"id":29142,"date":"2025-07-23T15:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/?p=29142"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:59:14","slug":"energy-performance-contracts-key-tools-for-the-green-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/it.andersen.com\/en\/energy-performance-contracts-key-tools-for-the-green-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Performance Contracts: key tools for the green transition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professionals from Andersen’s European offices, part of the Energy Industry Group<\/strong>, have prepared an in-depth analysis of Energy Performance Contracts (\u201cEPCs\u201d), examining their structure, regulatory framework across jurisdictions, objectives, and future application scenarios.<\/p>\n

In the context of the global energy transition \u2014 initiated, in a symbolic sense, with Barack Obama\u2019s speech at COP21 in 2015, which acknowledged the urgency of the climate crisis \u2014 the European Union has set ambitious targets: a 20% reduction in energy consumption and a 20% share of renewable energy by 2020, later raised to 30% and 27%, respectively, by 2030.<\/p>\n

By 2024, renewable sources accounted for 50% of electricity generation in the EU, marking a significant increase from 24.5% the previous year.<\/p>\n

This transition is also transforming the construction sector, pushing it toward increasingly stringent energy-efficiency standards, such as those of nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (nZEB). Integrated energy solutions are therefore gaining relevance and naturally find application within contractual models such as EPCs.<\/p>\n

EPCs offer a strategic response to this challenge, providing integrated services for planning, financing, installing, and monitoring renewable energy systems. This model ensures measurable energy savings, shifting performance risk to the Energy Service Company (\u201cESCO\u201d) under a pay-for-performance scheme.<\/p>\n

EU regulatory framework on EPCs: objectives and support tools<\/h2>\n

Adopted in 2019, the European Green Deal introduced climate targets including a 55% reduction in emissions by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050. The strategy encourages clean energy use, reducing fossil-based electricity generation (from 39% to 29%) while increasing output from renewable sources, particularly wind and solar.<\/p>\n

EPCs are endorsed by several EU directives as tools to improve building efficiency, lower emissions, and stimulate investment in the energy sector.<\/p>\n

Key directives:<\/strong><\/p>\n