Design of the EasyPro Solution: New Deliverables

8th June 2026

The EasyPro Project has completed the design of its solution as planned under its Work Package 2. This work includes:  

• Design of the tendering process for the EasyPro projects;
• Template for calculating energy and cost savings resulting from energy efficiency projects;
• The low-carbon contractual templates for Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) and Energy Supply Contracting (ESC);
• Guidelines for bidders on the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP®);
• The Risk Assessment protocol for EasyPro project portfolios.

Three key public deliverables that form part of the EasyPro Solution are available for download from the EasyPro website. These deliverables are the project’s ‘Calculation methodology template and guidelines’, ‘Templates for low carbon EPC and ESC’, and ‘Guidelines for IPMVP protocol’.

The calculation methodology template and guidelines

The calculation methodology template and guidelines comprise a standardized Excel template for calculating energy, cost and CO₂ savings resulting from the implementation of energy efficiency measures within EPC projects at Irish universities facilitated by EasyPro. The template has been developed to ensure transparency, consistency and comparability across tender submissions, enabling a fair evaluation of proposals. This template covers a wide range of measures, such as upgrades of lighting systems, water circulation pumps, chiller and air conditioning systems, indoor heating systems, ventilation systems, replacement of a natural gas boiler/combined heat power unit with a heat pump, and upgrades to building management systems. The template includes a summary worksheet that automatically aggregates results from all measures, providing a clear overview of the total energy, cost and emissions savings for the proposed project.

Templates for low carbon EPC and ESC

This deliverable provides design guidance for the development of future contracts awarded through the EasyPro framework. The approach is to build on the existing SEAI Energy Performance Contract template rather than replace it. The contract will retain the core strengths of EPC, including performance-based delivery, guaranteed energy savings, measurement and verification, defined baselines, and ESCO accountability. However, it will be updated to recognise decarbonisation as a central project objective, include carbon reduction reporting, support phased implementation, allow design development after contract award, and accommodate blended funding arrangements such as grants, client contributions, ESCO finance, private finance and service-based payment models.

Guidelines for IPMVP protocol

This deliverable provides guidelines on how to use the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP). These include guidelines on the measurement and verification of energy and cost savings using IMPVP, as well as guidelines for potential bidders responding to the tender on how to follow the principles of the IMPVP standard in a simple and cost-effective way. The IPMVP is the most widely recognised standard for Measurement and Verification (M&V), that is, the structured methodology for establishing energy baselines, measuring performance, and verifying savings under a range of project conditions. However, while IPMVP offers flexibility, its application can introduce complexity and additional cost, particularly where extensive monitoring infrastructure is required. This can act as a barrier to EPC uptake, especially in projects of smaller scale or where standardised solutions are sought. This deliverable, then, provides practical, standardised and cost-effective guidelines for the application of IMPVP within the EasyPro framework.

Further deliverables for the EasyPro Solution

Two further, sensitive deliverables also form part of the EasyPro solution. These are the ‘Building energy assessments and documentation to support tendering process’, and the ‘Summary of bundling and aggregation assessment’. The former presents an energy assessment of our pilot universities’ buildings, incorporating energy consumption data, energy costs, inventory of energy consuming assets, HVAC schematics, and other documentation required to build a technical file to supply to tenderers that wish to respond to the mini competition EasyPro will hold in the tendering phase. The latter presents a summary of the project building aggregation, incorporating topics including project aggregation, tendered lots, and recommendations on how to structure the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) and mini-competition phases.

With these three deliverables, EasyPro will help expand the use of EPCs in the Irish university sector and support the wider transition to a low-carbon public-built environment.

Read the deliverables here.