The fourth launch of the ODYSSEE-MURE project, a LIFE 2021 CET policy funded project, is a consortium of 27 EU Member States, Switzerland, and 9 Energy Communities with the goal of “Monitoring the EED-Recast”.

Building on its 30-year history, ODYSSEE-MURE provides a comprehensive monitoring of energy consumption and efficiency trends as well as an evaluation of energy efficiency policy measures by sector for all 27 EU Member States, the EU as a whole, Switzerland and the Energy Community Contracting Parties (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, and Ukraine), which are striving for closer relationship with the EU.

ODYSSEE-MURE – Monitoring the EED-Recast, supported by the LIFE programme of the European Commission, relies on 2 complementary databases:

• ODYSSEE contains detailed energy efficiency and CO₂ indicators with data on energy consumption, their drivers (e.g. activity indicators) and related CO₂
• MURE provides quantitative and qualitative information on energy efficiency policies implemented at EU or national

The general objectives of the project are to 

• Evaluate and compare energy efficiency progress by sector and relate this progress to the observed trends in energy consumption.
• Contribute to the evaluation of national energy efficiency policy measures and analyse their dynamics of implementation.

Whilst providing results in an interactive and attractive way for policymakers, stakeholders, researchers and all other actors involved in the field of energy efficiency, the project develops specific data and policy tools based on the two databases. The originality of the project is to cover all sectors and end-uses with a homogeneous and harmonized approach and thus provide an overall picture of energy efficiency trends and policies.

During the 2025-2027 period of the project, ODYSSEE-MURE, is focused on supporting the national implementation and monitoring of key provisions of the Energy Efficiency Directive recast (EED, (EU)2023/1791).

List of Project Partners

Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (Fraunhofer ISI, Project coordinator), Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy (IEECP, Technical coordinator), Enerdata SAS (Enerdata, Technical coordinator), Borg and CO AB (Borg & co, Technical coordinator), Agence de l’environnement et de lamaitrise de l’energie (ADEME, Technical coordinator), Agencia para a Energia (ADENE), Austrian Energy Agency (AEA), Cyprus Energy Agency (CEA), Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES), Danish Energy Agency (DEA ENS DK), Energetski Institut Hrvoje Pozar (EIHP), National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment (ENEA), ENVIROS SRO (ENVIROS), The Energy and Water Agency (EWA), Ministry of Economy and Energy (FPS Economic), Glowny Urzad Statystyczny (GUS), Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE), Institute of Physical Energetics (IPE), Institut Jozef Stefan (JSI), Polish National Energy Conservation Agency (KAPE), KLIMA AGENCE GIE (Klima-Agence), Lithianian Energy Institute (LEI), Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH), Energy Ministry (MINER RO), MOTIVA OY (MOTIVA), Ministry of Economic Affairs (RVO), Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), Sustainable Energy Development Agency (SEDA), Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency (SIEA), Swedish Energy Agency (SWEA), Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Energy Research Centre (TNO), University of Geneva (UNIGE) and Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW).

ODYSSEE-MURE Projects in which EWA participated

List of Policy Briefs compiled by EWA during these projects

Interaction between Photovoltaics and Solar Water Heaters in the Residential Sector (May 2018)

Are Energy Audits, obligatory measures and support schemes successfully driving energy efficiency gains? (March 2021)

Policy options for efficient domestic water heating in southern Europe (January 2025)