Monitoring and Evaluation of GEF Energy Efficiency Project

This project aims at increasing public and private sector investments in energy efficiency in buildings as well as investments in modernization of lighting in public spaces.
The objective of the monitoring and evaluation is to ensure that the Project focuses on the delivery of project outcomes. Danish Energy Management will not only focus on the progress towards achievement of results indicators but also will monitor and evaluate the market transformation that GEF funding will bring about on the Polish energy efficiency market.

The M&E services included in this project are the following:

Establishment of number of: firms, projects, transactions and volume of debt financing to EE/ESCOs in the Polish market;
Establishment/confirmation of baseline for output indicators on energy savings, greenhouse gas emissions, and energy efficiency market in
Poland at the beginning of project implementation
Monitoring and evaluating the progress in achieving the output indicators 3 years into project implementation and make recommendations of corrective actions on addressing identified issues and concerns, if any;
Monitoring and evaluating the progress in terms of the output indicators again at the end of the project implementation, document lessons learnt from the project and recommend the method for results dissemination
Working with Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego ( The National Economy Bank) to organize a dissemination workshop
Working with Participating Banks to estimate energy saving and emission reduction of EE projects supported by GEF Guarantee, and
Providing training to Przedsieboprstwo Oszczedzania Energii “ESCO” in estimating energy savings and emission reduction.

The estimated number of professional staff-months required for the assignment is 449 staff-days.

Danish Energy Management won this tender in competition with the following consultancy companies: Kantor Management Consultants, Econoler International, the consortium Electrowatt-Ekono OY & Sigma Termodynamik and the consortium Polinvest & Małopolska Agencja Energii i Środowiska, The Louis Berger Group and MVV Consulting GmbH