KRAJOWA AGENCJA POSZANOWANIA ENERGII SPOLKA AKCYJNA

Their core work

KAPE (the Polish National Energy Conservation Agency) is Poland's leading policy implementation body for energy efficiency, translating EU energy directives into national practice. They design financing schemes for building renovation, develop energy audit methodologies for SMEs and public buildings, and support local authorities in implementing climate and energy policies. Their practical work spans building energy performance certification, renovation roadmaps, district heating optimization, and capacity building for energy efficiency across Central and Eastern Europe.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (2015–2018), KAPE focused broadly on EU directive transposition, bioenergy uptake, and foundational building renovation concepts like individual renovation roadmaps (iBROAD) and local climate policy (IMPLEMENT). From 2019 onward, their work sharpened toward building renovation passports, energy performance certification systems (iBRoad2EPC, crossCert), SME energy audit policies (LEAP4SME, DEESME), and community energy models (UP-STAIRS, COME RES). The shift reveals a move from general policy support toward concrete financial instruments, certification tools, and citizen-facing energy solutions.

KAPE is moving from pure policy advisory toward designing actionable financial instruments and digital certification tools for building decarbonisation — making them increasingly relevant for renovation-focused consortia.

How they like to work

KAPE operates almost exclusively as a consortium partner (26 of 27 projects), with just one coordinator role in FinEERGo-Dom — their largest-funded project. With 242 unique partners across 34 countries, they are a well-connected hub rather than a repeat-partner organization. This pattern is typical of a national energy agency: they bring policy expertise and national-level implementation capacity to large CSA consortia, making them a reliable, low-risk partner who delivers on policy transfer and national case studies.

KAPE has collaborated with 242 unique partners across 34 countries, giving them one of the widest networks among Polish energy organizations in H2020. Their partnerships span nearly all EU member states, with strong representation in Central and Eastern Europe where they serve as a key reference point for energy policy implementation.

What sets them apart

KAPE occupies a rare position as Poland's national energy conservation agency operating within H2020 as a private company — giving them both the policy mandate of a public body and the flexibility of a commercial entity. Their continuous involvement in Concerted Action projects (CA-EED, CA-RES) makes them the go-to Polish partner for any consortium needing credible national-level energy policy implementation. For anyone building a consortium that needs a Central/Eastern European energy efficiency partner with genuine government-level access, KAPE is the obvious choice.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FinEERGo-Dom
  KAPE's only coordinated project and their largest (EUR 352,875) — designed a financing scheme for deep building renovation in Poland, demonstrating their ability to lead on financial instrument design.
• iBRoad2EPC
  Continuation of the iBROAD concept into a second-generation project integrating building renovation passports with energy performance certification — shows sustained multi-year expertise development.
• CA EED3
  Third iteration of the Concerted Action on Energy Efficiency Directive (EUR 198,211) — demonstrates KAPE's trusted, long-standing role in EU-wide policy coordination across multiple programming periods.