REGIONAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY HUB PLUS
The EU today finds itself in conditions where Energy Efficiency (EE) investments have become strategically important due to the high level of energy imports required by the EU blocK, energy price instability and the need for transition to a competitive low carbon and resilient economy.  In addition, energy efficiency investing has a fundamental and beneficial role to play in the transition towards a more competitive, secure and sustainable energy system with an internal energy market at its core. Notwithstanding the “win-win” characteristics of EE investments, existing investment flows in EE are sub-optimal. Currently, with the exception of buildings constructed in the last decade, Albanian buildings have no insulation. According to the EED (Directive 2012/27/EC), Albania will have to achieve an annual 1.5 percent energy sales savings compared to the recent three-year period through the use of a utility obligation scheme or other alternative approach.  Montenegro has also been implementing the EE Programme in Public Buildings since 2012 and is planning to complete the programme by the end of 2020. Montenegro plans to invest EUR 6 million in the implementation of energy efficiency measures at 18 health care facilities by 2023, as part of the Montenegro Energy Efficiency Project 2 (MEEP 2). Partners of the project share the idea that public buildings should be an example of best practise to energy saving, improving energy efficiency through innovative techniques and good habits and consumers’ behaviour. According to this goals, they would like to propose “REEHUB +”. HUBs will be get stronger in REEHUB +, capitalizing results of REEHUB and connecting experience with similar Mediterranean regions, as a network, to increase EE awareness at regional levels. REEHUB+ will boost new energy policy and energy efficiency approach for future building local rules.