To start a new company or a new business is at the same time challenging and exciting. The ChangeBest project has supported the development of new energy efficiency services (EES) by ESCOs, building technology providers, energy companies and other companies.
Under the guidance of the Wuppertal Institute, ChangeBest gathered 20 project partners across 17 European countries as well as 38 praxis partners and experts. In total 48 new EES have been developed and field tested. This support included the development of a strategic guideline, advice by email, telephone and face-to-face meetings as well as information exchange between EES providers at national and European workshops.
ChangeBest had been conducted over three years as part of the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme providing a detailed assessment of the EES markets with conclusions and recommendations for the policy strategy to support EES development, both in the European Union (EU) and in the Member States.
The project brochure "Energy Efficiency Services - Good Practice Business Models and Successful Market Developments" draws principal project conclusions and presents 7 selected good practice field tests. More detailed information on the business cases field-tested in the course of the project and full reports (e.g. a "guideline on strategic product development", market analyses or project conclusions and policy recommendations) can be downloaded from the project website.