Knowing Energy Use is Half the Battle? Assessing and explaining transposition behavior and enforcement in relation to article 8 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU)

Mgr. Thom van Willigen, MSc

Diplomová práce

Anotace:

This research assesses the transposed legal framework of article 8 Energy Efficiency Directive in EU member states (the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Denmark and Slovakia) and explains the transposition behavior and enforcement in relation to this article. It uses theoretical insights from several scholars associated with ‘implementation research’. It uses the directives’ characteristics, the ‘goodness of fit’ and ‘world of compliance’ approach as an analytical framework. The enforcement type in the Netherlands and the UK is categorized based in the degree of ‘formality’ of the enforcement system. This comparative case study does not attempt to generalize or test these theories per se, but uses theoretical insight to inform the case study analysis. The ‘worlds of compliance’ characteristics appear to offer a typology that holds up whereas the degree of misfit does not appear to be a significant factor driving transposition delays. The directive itself can be considered ambiguous in some respects. These factors appear to have has an impact on the somewhat troubled transposition of article 8 EED.

Abstract:

This research assesses the transposed legal framework of article 8 Energy Efficiency Directive in EU member states (the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Denmark and Slovakia) and explains the transposition behavior and enforcement in relation to this article. It uses theoretical insights from several scholars associated with ‘implementation research’. It uses the directives’ characteristics, the ‘goodness of fit’ and ‘world of compliance’ approach as an analytical framework. The enforcement type in the Netherlands and the UK is categorized based in the degree of ‘formality’ of the enforcement system. This comparative case study does not attempt to generalize or test these theories per se, but uses theoretical insight to inform the case study analysis. The ‘worlds of compliance’ characteristics appear to offer a typology that holds up whereas the degree of misfit does not appear to be a significant factor driving transposition delays. The directive itself can be considered ambiguous in some respects. These factors appear to have has an impact on the somewhat troubled transposition of article 8 EED.

Keywords

energy efficiency, European Union Directives

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 24. 9. 2015

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 24. 9. 2015
• Vedoucí: prof. Dr. Sebastiaan Princen
• Oponent: Mgr. Hubert Smekal, Ph.D.

Masarykova univerzita

Fakulta sociálních studií

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Mezinárodní teritoriální studia / Evropské vládnutí