The first steps of the project were oriented to research the framework conditions, the barriers, and the existing examples of on-bill schemes across Europe and beyond. As a result, three main reports were concluded, laying the foundation for successful replication.
During the first year of the project, national stakeholder platforms in the four focus countries (involving energy utilities, financial institutions, ESCOs and installers, homeowners and tenants and policy makers) were set up. Their input was crucial in the second half of the project, helping to identify the challenges and possible solutions for scaling up OBS in Europe. The insights obtained from the project webinars, questionnaires and national roundtables are now an integral part of the national roadmaps. These reports, available in the 4 national languages, contains action plans to facilitate the replication of on-bill schemes in the national context.
One of the milestones of this project was achieved with the release of the on-line version (and open-source code) of the ERV-Tool. The tool estimates the energy and the economic returns of the renovation measures providing an overall projection of the financial risks through statistic methods.
During the second half of the project, partner utilities have been working on the development of their strategies to set up on-bill offers (reflecting on the market conditions, the selection of the preferred business model, the criteria for customer segmentation and the identification of strategic partners among other key aspects). Furthermore, utilities used the ERV-Tool to assess the risks and returns of their projects, helping to refine their pilot strategies. In parallel, Creara led the development of the On-bill schemes utility business model guidelines, a comprehensive report that set the principles for the development of OBS that accompanies the interested agent through the whole decisional process to launch OBS projects.
During the last stages of the project, partners focused on the elaboration of the Roadmaps for the replication of on-bill schemes in EU. BPIE described in a report the policy changes needed to maximise the uptake of on-bill schemes in the EU residential market, providing policy solutions applicable at EU and national level, with special focus on the first three years after the end of the RenOnBill project (2022-2025).
In parallel, Creara, supported by all partners, realised the Commercial exploitation roadmap. The Lean Canvas methodology was used to characterise the 4 identified KERs: 1) On-bill business model guidelines, 2) Demand structuring and investment valuation tool (ERV-Tool), 3) Knowledge and know-how of the residential energy renovation market, specifically OBS topic, and 4) National Stakeholder Platforms.
RenOnBill was presented at 20 events both at EU and national level amounting to a total of around 3000 participants. Seven dissemination webinars were held during the project lifetime Four policy briefings linking RenOnBill to the newest EU policy development (i.e Renovation Wave, Recovery and Resilience plans and new Directive on Energy Performance in Buildings) were published. In addition, 4 scientific papers haven been produced (three of them already published).
