INGENIEUR
Canada’s contract energy management
policy.
Energy Performance
Contracting: Guide for
Federal Buildings
The federal and local Governments of Canada
attach great importance to contract energy
management and have established a specialised
energy-saving service company. The six largest
banks in Canada support contract energy
management. The banks evaluate the customer’s
contract energy management programme
and gives priority to funding. In 1992, the
Canadian Government began implementing the
Federal Buildings Initiative (FBI), which detailed
methodological guidelines and implementation
procedures for Government agencies to
implement contract energy management projects,
provide training, prepare guidelines, review the
qualifications of energy service companies,
recognise the accelerated depreciation of
equipment, and review and propose changes
in contracts, along with sample contracts.
The federal Government adopts three types of
contracting methods: ensuring energy savings,
sharing energy savings, and a combination of
the two. Government departments at all levels
signed contracts with energy conservation service
companies to reduce energy consumption of the
Government with energy management contracts.
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Czech contract energy management
policy.
In the early 1990s, the Czech Republic began
to focus on the development of the contract
energy management industry. With the help of
the Czech Energy Conservation Center (SEVEN),
the US-funded energy efficiency service (EPS)
first entered the Czech market before some
Czech energy-saving service companies started.
Energy service companies in other countries also
quickly entered the market. In the past 20 years,
Czech contract energy management has been
continuously improving its operations. During this
period, the Czech Republic has enacted laws to
encourage the development of the contract energy
management industry and proposed a series of
public incentives. For example, the Ministry of
Energy provides energy-saving investments for
energy service companies; energy prices are also
subsidised in some cases; and most ESCO project
funds are mainly from bank loans at an annual
interest rate of 10%-20%, which is lower than
other transition countries.
France’s contract energy management
policy.
Since the 1970s, the French Government has been
committed to promoting energy conservation.
The French Environmental Energy Control Agency
is the country’s national agency that controls
environmental pollution. The current funding
for energy conservation and environmental
protection comes mainly from Government grants
and corporate environmental pollution charges
(or environmental management fees). 71% of
the funds used are for energy-saving projects
implemented in industrial enterprises through
contract energy management.