The ODYSSEE MURE is a program coordinated by ADEME and supported under the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme of the European Commission.
The British plan sets a target that all new buildings will be zero-carbon from 2011 in Wales and make all homes in England zero carbon by 2016.
Odysse measures the energy efficiency progress by main sector (industry, transport, households) and for the whole economy (all final consumers).
Since 1998, structural changes towards less energy-intensive branches now strengthen the influence of efficiency improvements on actual energy intensity in industry.
Space heating and large appliances experienced the greatest energy efficiency improvement: since 1990, close to 1.5%/year each.
It is calculated per unit of GDP for the overall indicator and transports or value added for services and agriculture or private consumption for households.
[8] The ODEX index is used in the ODYSSEE-MURE project to measure the progress of energy efficiency by main sector (industry, transport, households) and for the whole economy (all final consumers).