Policy instruments for energy self-consumption in buildings
PROBLEM:
Up-scaling investments in EE and RES for buildings is a major challenge to meet EU targets for 2030, and this is established in most of Regional Strategies of Growth and Jobs (G&J) all over Europe.

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) requires Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (NZEBs) in 2020 and all new public buildings by 2018. Even so, the integration of RES for self-consumption in NZEB buildings remains a challenge for 1/3 of the Member States, which have not included it in their National Directives. 

Moreover, the introduction of RES for self-consumption in buildings is not considered as cost-optimal energy in every country. Regional authorities have a key role to play in identifying their cost-optimal RES in order to mobilize local stakeholders and creating new policies to support the integration of RES in buildings.  

OBJECTIVE:
The overall objective is to promote new policies, or improvement of existing policies, to support the integration of RES in buildings for self-consumption funded by Structural Funds and other EC tools.

ENERSELVES focus in the integration of RES for self-consumption, but not every RES is cost-effective for every region, so it needs an in depth analysis and a definition of clear KPIs to identify the best value-for-money investment. 
Due to the necessity of optimizing the limited SFs, only by focusing in the RES that provided higher impact on the Growth and Jobs the regions will be investing their funds in a proper manner. 

Enerselves focuses on designing policies to promote only those RES for self-consumption technologies with higher benefits in each region.  

OUTPUTS:
- Improving 7 OPs in 7 EU regions, involving 4 Managing Authorities and 3 key energy actors. 
- Influencing 11,8 M€ of SFs by the policy instruments.
- 175 people increasing professional capacity attending interregional events.
- 37 policy learning events with stakeholders .
- 110 good practices identified and collected in a Guide of Best Practices.