1. Developing energy consumption data to meet users needs
PRODUCTION OF A MANUAL FOR STATISTICS ON ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN HOUSEHOLDS
MESH PROJECT
Duncan Millard
Head of Statistics, Department of Energy and Climate Change UK
ESSnet workshop, Rome, December 2012

2. Why MESH? Legal Wider policy and local needs What MESH will deliver
Progress to date
Next Steps
Observations on process
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3. Led to application to lead an ESSnet and hence MESH
Legal
Energy Statistics Regulation 1099/2008 (formalised annual and monthly reporting)
Requirement for the development of more data on Energy consumption and Efficiency
First initiative would be in household sector
Task force (AT, FR, DE, DK, UK)
Establish the needs - user requirements
Set up a review of national approaches – questionnaire
Eurostat funding supported the development of household surveys and other approaches in 2010 and 2011 (SECH)
Results of all prior work identified:
Variety of methods applicable
Key requirement for common definitions
Led to application to lead an ESSnet and hence MESH
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4. Wider and local needs
Increased focus on importance of energy efficiency and energy use at EU level
Renewables Directive
New Energy Efficiency Directive
Increased energy prices
Energy security
Need to better understand energy efficiency and energy use – can include
Monitoring national or local policies
Understand further potential
Growth/investment
But - Constraints on expanding statistical work
So - Need smart solutions
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5. Project’s Objectives NSi consortium
Identifying the situation and the EU MS users’ needs in relation to the TF 2008.
A global inventory of practices for the statistics in the residential sector, at EU level and wider.
A manual providing greater insight into the energy use in the residential sector, the different statistical techniques applied, the good practices and methodologies used and the suggestions of options to use according to the users’ starting-off situation.
A training session for all the users in the MS to enable them to develop future detailed information requirements for the residential sector.
Dissemination of the information, the manual and the good practices found.
NSi consortium
Participant name
Country
Role
Institute for the Diversification And Saving of Energy (IDAE)
Spain
Coordinator/Partner
Statistics Austria (ST AT)
Austria
Partner
Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
The Netherlands
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SORS)
Slovenia
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
United Kingdom
MESH a group from ESWG - Far from all experts on the project
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6. What MESH will deliver?
Recognition that a variety of approaches are available and no one solution will meet all countries needs nor approach to gathering data
Will cover strengths and weaknesses of a variety of approaches
Household surveys
Business surveys
Admin data
Modelling
Insitu monitoring
Aims to promote new ideas and approaches, that countries may want to adapt
Key will be practical examples “good practices”
But will propose common definitions
Key element a training course in October 2013
Look at practical solutions with opportunity to discuss local issues with wider group and promote new ideas and co-operation
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7. Timetable
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8. What have we done so far?
Update questionnaire of TF-2008 on methodologies to produce energy statistics in the residential sector to cover the requirements of the TF-2008
Added fuel poverty and data matching/linking to the request
25 responses to date from EU states, 7 from other countries and 2 int organizations
Requests for good practices issued to EU states at working group on 9/11/12
Contract for Technical Assistance to
provide a summary of approach taken in MS on energy statistics in residential sector, good practices identified and standardization of methodologies.
report from the contractors to the group to inform work, not an output of the project
Working on new definitions where not agreed already by international energy manuals - options to be discussed included:
Methodology to develop will be valid for both main and second residence, but focus on primary
Private cars aren’t object to the Manual because are reported in the transport sector. But can be sensible incorporate in the survey some questions about private cars.
Statistics should be about energy consumption in households. It’s not possible to include energy consumption associated to business related activities
Rest of consumption (swimming pool, lawn mower, outdoors heaters, etc.) should be reported, but as other consumption
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9. What have we done so far? (cont.)
All partners and Eurostat agreed a provisional contents of Manual
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10. 121 systems of data acquisition
The first results:
Draft analysis of main Data Acquisition Systems in the Household Sector in EU Countries 67
77 %
121 systems of data acquisition 26 16 8 4
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11. Draft methods uses by EU countries (1/2)
The first results: (cont.)
Draft methods uses by EU countries (1/2)
Provisional
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12. Draft methods uses by EU countries (2/2)
The first results: (cont.)
Draft methods uses by EU countries (2/2)
Provisional
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13. Observations on ESSnet process (to date)
Worked well
Project is driven by real need and has a clear deliverables
Co-operation and team work in project teams – a real success
Ideas developed and expanded through discussions
Support from Eurostat helpful
Could be improved for future EESnets
Projects only meet after contract agreed – funded pre-meet could assist the project
If deliverables are clear then process (WPs) should be flexible within set cost
Could final publications (pdf) be produced by Eurostat, who have more experience than partners and so allow more time on the details of the project.
How to keep the output/report up to date
Admin burden remains too high
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14. Thank you very much for your attention and
all questions and comments are welcome 14