Ecodesign and energy-labelling requirements for energy-related products are crucial components of the EU's energy and resource-efficiency policies. Studies have demonstrated that these policies deliver significant energy savings, with the Ecodesign Impact Accounting (EIA) reports estimating 10% energy savings across the EU in 2020 compared to a business-as-usual (BAU) scenario and savings of 18% in 2030. However, these EU-level studies do not provide a breakdown of the savings at the member state level, which makes it difficult for countries to conduct cost-benefit analyses of their national implementation of the EU policies or to consider complementary national energy-efficiency measures.
This project, initiated by Nordsyn and funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers, aims to enhance the Nordcrawl tool to provide updated estimates of the energy savings from ecodesign and energy labelling in the Nordic countries. Nordsyn collaborates with the agencies responsible for policy and market surveillance related to ecodesign and energy labelling in the Nordic region. Kasper Mogensen, a consultant at Big2Great ApS, conducted the project.
One new aspect of this project, inspired by the ElmodelBolig survey, was conducting a survey to obtain better data. Nordstat administered the survey in Finland and Norway, and it had 1,025 participants in representative groups. The survey, originally in English, was translated into the local languages and included questions on background information, heating, water heating, and ventilation. The results were weighted to ensure representativeness.
The key updates in this version include the use of the latest 2023 EIA data; conversion to the new, rescaled energy labels; improved downscaling factors; and updated assumptions and results based on the most recent available data, including insights from the survey. The online tool makes it easy to modify the input data and assumptions, enabling future updates as better information becomes available.
This report outlines the updated methods used in the top-down and bottom-up models and provides a current snapshot of the results for each of the five Nordic countries.