Glossary
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Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) |
means Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency |
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energy efficiency improvement |
means increase in energy efficiency as a result of technological, behavioural and/or economic changes |
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energy efficiency |
means the ratio of output of performance, service, goods or energy, to input of energy |
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energy management system |
means a set of interrelated or interacting elements of a plan which sets an energy efficiency objective and a strategy to achieve that objective |
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energy performance contracting (EPC) |
means a contractual arrangement between the beneficiary and the provider of an energy efficiency improvement measure, verified and monitored during the whole term of the contract, where investments (work, supply or service) in that measure are paid for in relation to a contractually agreed level of energy efficiency improvement or other agreed energy performance criterion, such as financial savings |
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energy savings |
means an amount of saved energy determined by measuring and/or estimating consumption before and after implementation of an energy efficiency improvement measure, whilst ensuring normalisation for external conditions that affect energy consumption |
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energy service |
the physical benefit, utility or good derived from a combination of energy with energy-efficient technology or with action, which may include the operations, maintenance and control necessary to deliver the service, which is delivered on the basis of a contract and in normal circumstances has proven to result in verifiable and measurable or estimable energy efficiency improvement or primary energy savings |
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energy service provider |
means a natural or legal person who delivers energy services or other energy efficiency improvement measures in a final customer’s facility or premises |
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energy |
means all forms of energy products, combustible fuels, heat, renewable energy, electricity, or any other form of energy, as defined in Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics |
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EPC provider |
means an energy service provider who delivers energy services in the form of Energy Performance Contracting |
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The International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP)
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is the widely referenced framework for ‘measuring’ energy or water savings and is available at www.evo-world.org |
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