Obligation scheme

The implementation of this obligation mechanism was born out of the desire to achieve the objectives set out in the national energy policy on energy efficiency more effectively.
This measure allows the obligated parties to seize the opportunity to expand their business models and offer energy services to consumers. This approach, based on sound regulation, makes it possible to speed up the deployment of energy efficiency measures.

In principle, all energy consumers are concerned, whether households, businesses or the public sector.

In principle, the energy savings that can be accounted for by the obligated parties can be in any energy carrier, including fuels, oil, natural gas and electricity.

The obligated parties are electricity and natural gas suppliers active in Luxembourg.
Find below a list of suppliers who offer this service:

• Enoprimes Enovos + SUDenergie
• SUDenergie
• Sudstroum

Consumers are at liberty to choose their supplier. There is no obligation to work with their own energy supplier.

In order to claim energy efficiency measures, the obligated parties must demonstrate that they have played an incentive role in carrying out the measures. As such, they must support the consumer who carries out the measure in question with a direct contribution. For example, this incentive takes the form of advice, technical support or a financial contribution. These incentives must be provided before the measure in question is ordered by the consumer.

The obligated parties have some freedom in the choice of energy-efficiency measures. In order to adapt their services, they can achieve energy savings either through standardised measures or through specific measures. The standardised measures define different scenarios and set fixed energy-saving values for the following families of measures:

• Thermal envelope of buildings (walls, windows, roofs, slabs)
• Heat production
• Mechanical ventilation
• Household electrical appliances
• Office equipment
• Lighting
• Cross-cutting industrial techniques (motors, pumps, ventilation, compressed air, boilers, refrigeration)
• Energy management
• Transport (replacement of cars).

Energy efficiency measures not included in the catalogue of measures are to be considered as specific measures, which cannot be accounted for by the obligated parties in the case of certain calculation principles and if no standardised measure applies.