SIE offers tailored solutions and expertise to public administrations, enabling the implementation of the State’s exemplary energy efficiency program. This includes:

• Expertise in transforming public administration goals into tangible projects, taking into account their specific features, international technological trends and the capabilities of national companies ;
• Comprehensive support for government projects, especially in managing major expenditure items, ranging from service provision to delegated project management ;
• Established methodology and tools for objectively measuring energy savings and demonstrating the impact of actions on the community.

To fulfill this value proposition, SIE maintains close relationships with relevant government departments. This commitment is encapsulated in our roadmap, which gives priority to supporting public administrations over time.

As a Super ESCO, SIE plays a crucial role as a trusted intermediary.

⦁ For clients seeking energy efficiency solutions, SIE provides:

• Expertise and technical legitimacy to design a project that is relevant and in line with the client’s specific context and environment.
• Knowledge in regulatory, contractual, and project structuring (including financing) to establish a clear contractual framework where risks are appropriately shared, managed, and understood by the client.
• Impartiality as a Super ESCO, with a focus on the public interest, to select optimal solutions for the client, while also promoting local businesses.

For energy efficiency solution providers, SIE acts as:

• A mediator between the client and the supplier, ensuring service quality, contributing to project efficiency, and guaranteeing supplier payment.
• A consultant to the end client in establishing relevant intervention specifications.
• A financer, when necessary and appropriate, for the project.

To the entire ecosystem involved in energy efficiency projects (public authorities, investors, funders, service companies, equipment suppliers, etc.):

• Designing and executing emblematic projects with substantial energy savings or public visibility.
• Highlighting “Success Stories” to attract interest among stakeholders and stimulate energy efficiency initiatives.

Financing investments (such as construction work, re-engineering, equipment acquisition and installation, etc.) is crucial for the feasibility and profitability of an energy efficiency project. In a market at a recent stage of development, the traditional local (private) financial sector often lacks offerings specifically tailored to such projects, and existing financing instruments may not be suitable. As a result, financing conditions can be challenging, potentially hindering or even jeopardizing projects.

For this reason, SIE, as a Super ESCO, actively engages with financing institutions, particularly:

• The private financial sector, to enhance its understanding of the risks associated with energy efficiency projects, and to encourage the development of suitable financing solutions;
• National and international public financing institutions, to direct development financing instruments, warranties and concessional loans, and put them to good use for the projects carried out by its partners.

The development of a robust market for energy efficiency solutions and the availability of financing sources will create the conditions in which the number and scale of energy efficiency projects can increase. The benefits for the national economy are threefold:

• A reduction in the national energy bill, which is still heavily reliant on imported energy products;
• Improving the country’s industrial competitiveness by reducing energy costs in manufacturing;
• The creation of activity and added value, with positive impacts on national accounts and employment.

Energy efficiency projects are indeed becoming a growing market in terms of :

• Engineering services and industrial, energy, technical and financial studies;
• Acquisition and installation of equipment specifically linked to industrial processes and energy systems, including their control and safety;
• Renovation of buildings and electrical systems.

These activities represent significant job potential, catering to several levels of qualification and sector specialization. They could also be a major opportunity for numerous training courses, including professional retraining paths.

To help create these future jobs, the Super ESCO, as a public institutional body, adopts a « make it happen » approach. It relies as much as possible on the private sector and carries out the following actions:

• Constant monitoring of Moroccan and international companies in the sector;
• Referencing small businesses and Moroccan experts;
• Consultations and contracts to involve private sector companies responsible for carrying out analyses, studies, works, and operations led by the Super ESCO on behalf of a client.

To contribute to the skill development of all stakeholders involved in the ecosystem, SIE aims to continually accumulate knowledge and feedback from its involvement in energy efficiency projects. The goal is to share insights and best practices with various actors:

• National institutional stakeholders, to integrate market practices into the continuous improvement of the regulatory framework for energy efficiency projects;
• Clients of energy efficiency solutions, to enhance their practices in expressing needs, contracting, financing, supplier selection, and all methodologies adopted in projects;
• Providers of energy efficiency equipment and solutions, to refine their offerings based on market expectations and capabilities;
• Financial institutions, to improve their understanding and perception of the mechanisms and risks associated with energy efficiency projects;
• International partners of SIE and/or Morocco interested in engaging in the development of energy efficiency within their territories (South-South cooperation), to benefit from SIE’s experience.

To achieve this, SIE implements specific mechanisms, including:

• An organization and tools dedicated to monitoring projects and recording relevant technical-economic data to assess project performance;
• A project management and monitoring methodology, including post-equipment delivery, allowing periodic evaluation of installation performance and the gap between actual and initially envisaged performance levels;
• A knowledge and results database to classify information and make it reusable;
• The organization of workshops, project feedback sessions, and technical content aimed at energy efficiency project stakeholders to improve their professional practices.

This dissemination of practical know-how throughout the ecosystem aims to enhance the practices of national stakeholders and, ultimately, foster trust among market participants.