The paper presents the main ideas of the project considering the programme “Intelligent Energy – Europe (IEE) / Use Efficiency: Universities and Students for Energy Efficiency”. The article focuses on project goals, outputs, results and work programme. The methods of energy performance analysis and consumption benchmarks are described. Operational Rating method for 1^st level analysis is preferred as the most reasonable. The principles of critical buildings, including some examples are identified. The obtained results of the 1^st level audit of 9 EU universities are given.

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