Survey of energy audits and energy management systems in the Member States

Energy Audits and Energy Management Systems in Member States in the preparation for the transposition of the EED This report, conducted by the Joint Research Centre for DG ENERGY, during the last trimester of 2013 and the first trimester of 2014, identifies the status of the programmes promoting Energy Audits and Energy Management Systems in the Member States of the European Union in order to realize which of the requirements of Article 8 of the Energy Efficiency Directive were already met and to understand the level of additional effort needed by the Member States to meet their obligations under the named article. The report aims also to identify eventual barriers and make recommendations on how the goals of Article 8 can be fulfilled.