Q&A - Tools

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• How can I compare the energy efficiency performance of country with reference countries?

  Go to the benchmarking tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/benchmarking.html and select the country x and the reference countries to which you want to compare, then the sector and indicator you are interested in.

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  • How can I compare the energy intensity of the GDP of different countries?

  
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• How can I compare the energy intensity of the GDP of different countries?

  Go to the benchmarking tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/benchmarking.html and select the country x and the reference countries to which you want to compare country x, then “macro” as a sector and select primary or final intensity.

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  • How can I compare the energy efficiency performance of country with reference countries?

  
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• What are the reasons of the energy consumption variation between year t0 and t?

  Go to the decomposition tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/decomposition.html and select the country, sector (and sub sector) and period (t0,t) you are interested in.

  
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• What has been the impact of economic growth on the energy consumption variation?

  Go to the decomposition tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/decomposition.html and select the country, sector (and sub sector) and period (t0,t) you are interested in: the impact of economic growth is given by the activity effect.

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  • What are the reasons of the energy consumption variation between year t0 and t?

  
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• Why the primary and final energy consumption have a different variation?

  Go to the decomposition tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/decomposition.html and select the country, “primary” as sector and period (t0,t) you are interested in.

  
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• What has been the impact of the penetration of renewables in power generation on the primary energy consumption?

  Go to the decomposition tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/decomposition.html and select the country, “power” as sector and period (t0,t) you are interested in.

  
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• What are the most successful countries in terms of penetration of efficient technologies and end-use renewables?

  Go to the market diffusion tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/market-diffusion.html and select the technology or equipment you are interested in.

  
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• How far is the country compared to its 2020 target on energy consumption?

  Go to the energy savings tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/energy-saving.html and select the country, select item primary or final consumption.

  
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• What is the potential for energy consumption reduction in 2030?

  Go to the energy savings tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/energy-saving.html and select the country, select item primary or final consumption; the difference in 2030 between the high and low value indicate the potential of reduction.

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  • How far is the country compared to its 2020 target on energy consumption?

  
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• What energy savings have been achieved with final consumers?

  Go to the energy savings tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/energy-saving.html and select the country, select item energy savings.

  
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• What are the targets for the primary and final energy consumption for 2020?

  Go to the energy savings tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/energy-saving.html and select the country, select item primary or final consumption.

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  • How far is the country compared to its 2020 target on energy consumption?
  • What is the potential for energy consumption reduction in 2030?

  
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• What is the range of energy consumption projections for 2030?

  Go to the energy savings tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/energy-saving.html and select the country, select item primary or final consumption.

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  • How far is the country compared to its 2020 target on energy consumption?
  • What is the potential for energy consumption reduction in 2030?
  • What are the targets for the primary and final energy consumption for 2020?

  
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• How can I rank the countries performance in terms of energy efficiency?

  Go to the energy indicator scoreboard http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/energy-efficiency-scoreboard.html, select ranking and the sector for which you want to score the countries.

  
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• Which countries have the best energy efficiency performance?

  Go to the energy indicator scoreboard http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/energy-efficiency-scoreboard.html, select ranking and the sector for which you want to score the countries.

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Transport

• What are the different explanatory factors of energy consumption variation in transport?

  Go to the decomposition tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/decomposition.html and select the country, “transport” as sector and period ( t0,t) you are interested in.

  
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• Which countries have the highest development of public transport for passengers?

  Go to the market diffusion tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/market-diffusion.html and select “modal shift”.

  
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Industry

• How can I compare the energy intensity of industry of different countries?

  The energy intensity level of industry of country X is influenced by energy intensity levels of each branch and by the industry specialization of country X (i.e. the share of the different branches in the total value added or industry structure). Therefore, to have a meaningful comparison of country X with reference countries, it is better to correct for the specialization factor by comparing the energy intensities with the same industry structure: this is done by comparing the energy intensities at adjusted structure.

  For that purpose you can use the benchmarking tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/benchmarking.html for the industry sector.

  
  

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Households

• How can I compare the smart meters diffusion between European countries?

  Go to the market diffusion tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/market-diffusion.html

• How can I compare unit consumption of households of country X with reference countries?

  Go to the benchmarking tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/benchmarking.html and select the country x and the reference countries to which you want to compare country x, then select sector “households”. This tool will adjust this unit consumption of households to the same climate and dwelling size so have a more meaningful comparison.

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  • What are the different explanatory factors of energy consumption variation in residential sector?

  
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• What are the different explanatory factors of energy consumption variation in residential sector?

  Go to the decomposition tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/decomposition.html and select the country, “household” as sector and period (t0,t) you are interested in.

  
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Services

• What are the different explanatory factors of energy consumption variation in services sector?

  Go to the decomposition tool http://www.indicators.odyssee-mure.eu/decomposition.html and select the country, “services” as sector and period (t0,t) you are interested in.

  
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All sectors

• Why is the user allowed to modify the values of interaction between policies and why are only some fields editable?

  The policies interaction tab is meant for users which want to evaluate the interaction and impact of different policies. Therefore they are allowed to change values of energy savings, interaction between the policies and the measure types. Additionally they are allowed to select the targeted end-user. The non-editable fields are either calculations based on the changed input, fixed inputs given by the measure (measure title, qualitative impact) or impossible measure interactions.

• How does the difference between impacts with and without interaction occur in the policy interaction tool? (Policy interaction)

  When looking at impacts without interaction, each measure is evaluated separately on its impact for energy efficiency/savings. But often the measures are related to each other and influence their impact on energy efficiency. Those interactions of measures can have a positive or a negative effect. If for example two measures have some overlap in their target, their efficiency is likely to be reduced since both measures will have a similar effect. On the other hand, one measure can reinforce another measure so that it has a higher efficiency on energy savings.

• Can I specify a key word when querying the database (e.g. only search for financial measures on SMEs)?

  Yes. In the database query tab click the “More Options” button. There you can choose things like “Actors”, “Target Audience”, “Evaluation Method”. Also, it allows you to filter for NEEAP measures and other things.

• What are the search forms referring to in the data base query forms? How do I use them?

  The database query part of MURE allows you to search the database by two different ways: Search by text on measure type, title, reference, which refers more to the “meta data” of a measure. The “search by text on measure description (PDF)” allows you to search all detailed measure descriptions in full text by the key words you are interested in. Keep in mind, that the full text search of all measures of a sector can take quite some time. Thus, it might be quicker to search by meta data, such as title or type first. 

• Why is « All Sectors » not available in the radar graphs tool?

  Every sector in the MURE database has a specific set of policy types, which overlap to some extent. A visualization over all sectors cannot deliver the information intended, as it would lead to unclear picture of the distribution of policy types. 

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  • What is the difference between the search by period, period weighted by semi-quantitative impact and semi-quantitative impact?
  • What is the “Number of periods” referring to? (Radar Graphs)