CARISMA Working Document 4 - Energy efficiency policies in Austria at different policy levels

This Working Document highlights the interactions between energy efficiency policies at the federal and provincial government levels in Austria. The effectiveness of the new and current policies is difficult to ascertain, but the case study concludes that overlaps between different government subsidies imply that government funds are used inefficiently. The working paper concludes that a new target-oriented policy mix that is not entirely based on subsidies, but enables a combination with energy or environmental standards is a way to avoid these overlaps.

This CARISMA Working Document may be found online here: http://www.carisma-project.eu/Publications/Working-Document-Series