This handbook is intended to help policymakers make decisions across the entire process of considering, designing, implementing, and reviewing an Energy Efficiency Obligation (EEO) scheme. EEO schemes are a type of policy tool to help Governments deliver energy efficiency, energy productivity and/or carbon emission reduction goals.

This handbook will help policymakers understand when an EEO scheme might be useful, how to design a scheme, develop a business case, and review and reform existing EEO schemes. The handbook has been prepared alongside experts in energy efficiency and EEO schemes. It has been validated using examples of existing schemes from around the world