The Energy Performance Contracting Plus (EPC+) project supports the creation of partnerships (clusters) of SMEs that offer innovative energy efficiency services (SPINs). Each SPIN provides standardized technology-specific energy services packages for Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) projects. In this mechanism the investments for energy efficiency measures are recovered with the energy savings that will be achieved.
The SPINS “SMES for SMES” will offer jointly tailored complementary energy services (energy audit, efficient lighting, HVAC, renewable Energy sources, equipment replacement, etc.). Each company is specialised in one energy efficiency service and SPIN provides jointly standardised energy services packages for EPC that one single company could not offer.
The project activities also include the development of financial and technical toolboxes, SPIN cooperation model contracts and EPC model contracts.
The EPC+ project runs from March 2015 until February 2018. The activities of this project are carried out in eleven European countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. The partners are energy agencies, consulting companies, one ESCO association and universities with relevant professional experience in the market. The project is coordinated by CRES and the national partner in Portugal is Institute of Systems and Robotics – University of Coimbra.
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