About us The mission of the Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights is to support EU policymaking with evidence about human behaviour. Our objectives are to use behavioural insights...

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...

What are behavioural insightsBehavioural insights concern how people perceive things, how they decide, and how they behave.Behavioural insights are generated by empirical...

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

Clean, affordable and secure energy is fundamental to a carbon-free EU. Understanding European’s energy-related decisions can contribute to better EU energy policy.

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...