Work package (WP) 1: Within the first reporting period, a project management guide (D 1.1) and a quality assurance and risk management plan (D 1.2) were developed.
WP2: Within the first periodic reporting period, the BRISKEE team surveyed the conceptual and empirical literature on household adoption of energy efficient technologies. This also included a survey and discussion of the literature on methods of how preferences may be elicited via online questionnaires. As part of the conceptual work, a framework was developed which allowed disentangling the various components of the implicit discount rate and, in particular, clarifying the role of policy intervention. The outcome of this work fed into Deliverable 2.1. (Draft Literature survey). The BRISKEE team developed a questionnaire, which is fielded in eight EU Member States and which was extensively pretested.
WP3: Within the first reporting period, the input data structure, model algorithms and output structures were enhanced to allow them to cope with the extended parameter set and more complex algorithms which calculate the market shares of technology options (Task 3.1). In the course of Task 3.3 the project team agreed on the basic settings and data sources (time series of GDP, population, number of households, energy prices) and overall directions of the three policy scenarios: (1) scenario with current polices while including more detailed modelling of actors; (2) scenario with current policies, yet intensified and a (3) scenario mainly with new instruments affecting actors (actor-relevant policies increased). Within Task 3.4 and 3.5 we furthermore started to update the country specific input data of the Invert/EE-Lab Model and FORECAST model.
WP 4: In the first reporting period, the format and timelines for the data transfer from survey to models were established.
WP 5: Within the first reporting period, an analysis of both national and European energy efficiency policy measures in each of the countries selected for our survey was carried out. The analysis was followed by an in-depth discussion of national policy approaches with stakeholders from each country at the first BRISKEE expert workshop in June 2015, focusing in particular on behavior-related policy measures. First insights from the BRISKEE project regarding the role of discount rates for policy-making were contributed to a workshop on discount rates organized by eceee and Ecofys. At the micro-level, the findings from the literature review (see WP 2) were communicated to and discussed with policy makers at an exchange meeting at the European Commission on 20 January 2016. Furthermore, general aspects to maximize the project’s policy impact were discussed in the exchange meeting on 27 March 2015. At all levels, the first reporting period involved the development of research designs that will allow for deriving insights to support evidence-based policy design.
WP 6: Within the first reporting period, the project website (briskee.eu) was designed and implemented. The first public deliverable D2.1 “Draft literature review on time and risk preferences and energy efficiency technology adoption” has been published on the project website. The communication and dissemination strategy further includes expert workshops in order to exchange expertise with national experts, policy makers and evaluators, as well as stakeholders form the research community. The first expert workshop was organised as a side-event of the ECEEE summer study in June 2015.
