About the European Energy Award

The elements of the European Energy Award®

The European Energy Award® is a qualified instrument for steering and controlling communal energy policy in order to review systematically all energy-related activities. The European Energy Award® (eea®) allows municipalities to identify strengths, weaknesses and potential for improvement and, above all, implement effectively energy efficient measures. The success of a municipality's efforts is made visible by an award, namely the European Energy Award® (eea®). The standardised assessment permits a benchmarking between the eea® communities. It allows member cities to share their experiences and expertise.

The European Energy Award® consists of two main elements:

• A quality management system for communal energy-related services and activities
• Certification and award for energy-related achievements and control of success through regular audits

The step-by-step process

Step-by-step communities improve their performance in their energy-related activities:

• Energy-related activities are reviewed
• Strengths, weaknesses an potentials for improvement are visualised
• Goals for the local energy policy and decision-making criteria are defined
• An energy policy work programme is developed comprising concrete long-term and short-term projects
• The work programme is implemented step-by-step
• A continuous assessment of the results is carried out

The whole process is carried out by the Energy team, formed by representatives from the communities administration and politicians, assisted by an external eea® advisor expert in the field of energy.

For more detailed information on the process in each country, view your country's website or contact your national/regional office.

The Award

Depending on the degree of implementation of possible measures, a community can be gets certified and awarded with the European Energy Award®.