INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICY STICHTING

Their core work

IEECP is a Netherlands-based policy research institute that specializes in making EU energy efficiency directives work in practice. They design monitoring and verification frameworks for national energy saving schemes, develop tools to quantify the multiple benefits of energy efficiency, and run peer-learning programmes that help cities and regions implement sustainable energy plans. Their work sits at the intersection of policy design, practical implementation support, and behavioural science applied to energy consumption.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2016-2019), IEECP focused on foundational policy work: helping public authorities implement energy efficiency directives, developing monitoring and verification methods, and participating in climate modelling for the Paris Agreement. From 2020 onward, they shifted toward more applied and socially-oriented themes — energy poverty, behavioural nudging, SME energy audits, and quantifying non-energy benefits — while also scaling up their peer-learning programmes with larger coordinator budgets. The recent addition of climate adaptation and regional resilience (REGILIENCE, 2021) signals a broadening beyond pure energy efficiency into climate governance.

IEECP is expanding from technical policy compliance into the social and behavioural dimensions of energy transition, while growing its role as a project coordinator with increasing budgets.

How they like to work

IEECP operates as both a consortium leader and an engaged partner, coordinating 9 out of 20 projects — a notably high ratio that increased over time (most coordinator roles are from 2019 onward). With 171 unique partners across 33 countries, they maintain a wide and diverse network rather than relying on a tight circle of repeat collaborators. Their predominantly CSA (15 out of 20) project profile means they excel at coordination, policy dialogue, and stakeholder engagement rather than laboratory research.

IEECP has built one of the broader networks in EU energy policy, with 171 distinct consortium partners spanning 33 countries. Their reach is pan-European, with no strong geographic bias — reflecting the cross-border nature of energy efficiency policy work.

What sets them apart

IEECP occupies a rare niche: they are a policy research institute that focuses entirely on making energy efficiency directives actually work on the ground, rather than producing academic papers. Their combination of directive-level policy expertise with hands-on tools for local authorities and financing mechanisms makes them an ideal partner for projects that need to bridge the gap between EU regulation and real-world implementation. Few organizations match their depth in Article 7 EED implementation and energy savings verification.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PROSPECTplus
  Their largest-funded project (EUR 541K) as coordinator, directly scaling up the successful PROSPECT peer-learning model from 2017 into a bigger follow-up programme.
• PARIS REINFORCE
  Their largest single grant (EUR 433K as participant), and a departure into global climate policy modelling — connecting IEECP to the Paris Agreement's Global Stocktake process.
• ENSMOV
  Exemplifies their core identity — coordinating a project specifically about implementing and verifying Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive across EU member states.