The document summarizes a preliminary assessment by the Swedish Energy Agency of the co-benefits of energy efficiency programs in Sweden. It evaluates six sectors/programs and finds benefits like rural development, strengthened consumer roles, improved competitiveness, new product development, employment, decreased segregation, improved safety, health, and time savings. The assessment will likely be incorporated into future evaluations, though it has not yet been made public.

1. Co-Benefits fr om
Ener g y Ef ficiency
in Sweden
Presentation at the IEA, 14 March 2012
Rurik Holmberg, PhD
Energy Analysis Department
Swedish Energy Agency

2. No attempt at systematic evaluation,
yet…
However, the Swedish Energy Agency has
carried out a preliminary assessment.
So far, this has not been made public, but it is
widely circulated.
This preliminary assessment will probably
become an integral part of future evaluations.

3. Six sectors/programs have been
evaluated from this perspective;
• 1) Local and regional EE advisors
• 2) Program ”Sustainable municipality”
• 3) EE in industry and buildings
• 4) EE in transportation
• 5) Products and systems
• 6) The energy services market

4. Selected results
1) Local and regional EE advisors
o Promote rural development
o Strengthen consumers’ role
o Stimulate general energy-technical
competence in some regions

5. Selected results (cont.)
2) Program ”Sustainable municipality”
o Promotes cooperation in general between
municipalities and government agencies
o Promotes rural development
o Development of small-scale business

6. Seletced results (cont.)
3) EE in industry and buildings
o Improved competitiveness in industry
o New EE-related products are developed
o Employment
o EE in buildings decreases segregation, i.e.
segregated areas become more attractive to
other groups, too.

7. Selected results (cont.)
• 4) Transportation
• Improved safety when use of public
transportation increases
• Improved health as a result of more physical
excercise
• Time saving due to less travel

8. Selected results (cont.)
• 5) Products and systems
o Improved competitiveness
o Strengthened role for consumers as a result
of better equipment and thus information

9. Selected results (cont.)
• 6) Better energy services market
o Increased domestic employment