HPC, one of Antea Group's Inogen Environmental Alliance partners, co-presented at the recent EHS&S Workshop at the Brightlands Chemelot facility in the Netherlands on the topic of the European Energy Directive. We took a specific look at the status of the directive in Germany, France, Spain, Poland, and Italy, and offered a look at some best practices.

1. EED Energy Audits
After the Deadline
Holger Hillen
HPC AG

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• Status
• Development
• Experience
Country Focus: Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Poland
Energy Audits (EED Art. 8)

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Country Focus Germany
• Deadline: 05 December 2015
• Grace period until 30 April 2016
• EMS until 31 December 2016
• ISO 14001 is no alternative
• No notification obligation
• Checks by authorities: 20 %/a
• Fine: up to 50 000 €

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Country Focus France
• By 05 December 2015 only 30 %
of companies had acted
• Failure to comply:
Notice to comply
Fine of up to 2 % of turnover
Fine up to 4 % of turnover

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Country Focus Spain
• Royal Decree 56/2016 came
into force on 13 February
2016
• Generally same terms as
EED
• Deadline 13 November 2016
• Min. coverage: 85 % of
energy consumption within
Spain

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Country Focus Poland
• Still no law enforcing energy
audits, current draft is
expected to be amended
significantly
• General practice of global
companies: include Poland in
programs as close to EDD as
possible

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Country Focus Italy
• Decreto Legislativo n. 102
flows generally the terms of
EDD
• Companies in close vicinity to
district heating networks and
cogeneration plants must
include potential linkage in
assessment
• Fine: 4 000 – 40 000 € for
failure to perform audit, 2 000
– 20 000 € for wrong approach

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By far the most effective tool to:
• Reduce energy consumption
• Reduce greenhouse gas generation
• Meet climate goals
AND
• Reduce cost
Energy Efficiency: A Win-Win Effort

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Non-SMB
Businesses with > 250 empoyees
Businesses with > 50 mill € annual turnover
Businesses with > 43 mill € annual
balance
Regardless of company activity
All EU Member States
A tricky
term,
and other
issues

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Achieving EED Compliance
Energy Audit in
accordance with
EN ISO 16247
every 4 years
• Fits all companies
• First choice for
companies with small
number of sites
• First choice of companies
with highly similar sites
• First choice for
companies with limited
energy consumption

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Achieving EED Compliance
Implementation
of Certified
Energy
Management
System in
accordance with
ISO 50 000
• Best choice for large
companies
• Best choice for companies
with complex energy
consumption
• Best choice for companies
with operations in many
countries

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Achieving EED Compliance
Incorporation of Energy
Management into
Environmental
Management System
according to EMAS or
ISO 14 001
• EMS not enough
• EMS + Energy
Management
• EMAS and ISO 14001
not equally accepted
in all EU countries

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• Consumption Data of 2014
• No detailed data at more than 60 % of companies
• Uncertainty of energy use
Significant potential savings go unnoticed!
Data Base

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Potential Cost Savings
• Lighting: LED
• Thin Clients instead of PC
• Transport: Driver Training
• Heating: 1 oC less
• Building Insulation
• 45 – 75 %
• 60 – 90 %
• 10 %
• 6 %
• > 50 %

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Challenge: Payback Time
 Within 1 year: OK
 Implementation by end of lifetime replacement: OK
 Within 2 to 3, max. 5 years: IF IT MAKES A SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE
 More than 5 years: ONLY COMPANIES COMMITTED TO
THE CAUSE

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Effect in Terms of Climate Goal 2020
• Reduction of GHG emissions necessary to achieve climate
goal:
3.65 % /a
• Potential reduction indentified:
20.6 %
• Reduction in progress:
2.4 %
Source: Stefan Chobrok, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, April 2016

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Contact
Holger Hillen, Dipl.-Geol., M.Sc., DIC
Head of Corporate Environmental Consulting, HPC AG
holger.hillen@hpc.ag
Tel: +49 6192 9917 54
Mobile: +49 160 90558151

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