Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights

In an effort to anticipate innovative solutions for policies related to the European Green Deal on areas such as smart grids, demand response and renewable electricity integration into the grid, in the last...

Energy crises and concerns about climate change call for a decisive shift in our daily behaviour at home and work. However, the public policies enabling this change require...

Implementing different interventions with the same goal simultaneously is required to induce green behaviour and, thus, tackle climate change. Combining nudges and monetary incentives is most...

The 2nd Electricity Market Study investigated electricity market functioning for consumers in the EU, Iceland and Norway. It assessed how market performance has developed since the 1st...

The Study on Residential Prosumers in the European Energy Union aims at gathering evidence and data on the drivers, regulatory aspects and economic performance in the area of small scale self-generation for residential...

On 30 November 2016, the European Commission (EC) presented the Energy Union’s “Clean energy for all Europeans” legislative package. This package has three main goals...

This study investigates how the provision of online information on energy efficiency of household products can be improved to promote energy efficient product choices.

In order to achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement and reduce energy consumption there is the need for a behavior change in energy end-users. Many studies have demonstrated that by delivering to energy...

In order to achieve the EU 20% reduction on primary energy consumption target by 2020, a change in consumer behaviour and energy consumption practices is needed. Following this principle, article...

The Energy Efficiency Directive, in its Articles 9 to 11 focuses on the availability of accurate, up to date information to be provided to final energy consumers in a cost-effective way. The present...