MURE (Mesures d’Utilisation Rationnelle de l’Energie) provides information on energy efficiency policies and measures that have been carried out in the Member States of the European Union and enables the simulation and comparison at a national level of the potential impact of such measures. The MURE database is therefore an important tool to show "demonstrable progress" as requested by the Kyoto Protocol.

It has been designed and developed within the framework of the SAVE and 'Intelligent Energy - Europe' Programmes by a team of European experts, led and co-ordinated by ISIS (Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems, Rome) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI (Germany). The development of the MURE database was also supported by national funding in each EU Member State.

A permanent network of correspondents within energy efficiency agencies established in all EU Member States guarantees the continuous updating of the database.

The MURE Database is constructed in five, entirely separate, sections, which contain the energy efficiency measures, statistical data and a simulation tool relevant to the four main energy demand sectors. A 5th database contains information on general energy efficiency programmes and on general cross-cutting measures.

	Household
	Transport
	Industry
	Tertiary
	General cross-cutting measures