Energy Efficiency and Economic Recovery: Lessons from the Great Recession in the EU and US

30th June 2020 (16 :00-17:00 CEST)

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the European Economic Recovery Plan were two massive stimulus packages passed in 2009 to counter the effects of the economic slowdown.

Against this background, and on the light of the current debates, the Renovate Europe Campaign joined forces with the Alliance to save Energy (ASE) to organise a very timely event, whose aim is to dive into the past to discover which role energy efficiency can play in accelerating the economic recovery. Topics included the role of energy efficiency in the Great Recession’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the European Economic Recovery Plan, the ongoing impact of these packages on our sector today, and how these plans can inform decisions on upcoming stimulus proposals and recovery plans.

Speakers included:

  • Pernille Weiss,Member, European Parliament (EPP)
  • Peter Sweatman,CEO, Climate Strategy & Partners
  • Yamina Saheb,Senior Climate and Energy Policy Analyst, OpenEXP
  • Stacey Paradis, Executive Director, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA)
  • Timothy Unruh, Executive Director, National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO)
  • Lisa Jacobson,President, Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE)

The session featured remarks from Clay Nesler, Interim President of the Alliance, and Adrian Joyce, Renovate Europe Campaign Director.

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Buildings and Recovery Measures: the role of energy renovations in supporting European recovery

23rd April 2020 (09:30-10:30 CEST)

In collaboration with REC National Partners SYNERGI, DENEFF and NRP, three emerging approaches to be deployed respectively in Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands, will demonstrate the importance and potential behind deep energy renovation of buildings and the role it can play in European economic recovery in the period ahead. The goal of the discussion is to better understand good practices at national level thus helping to prepare, in advance, the actions that can be gradually put in place once the lock-downs measures will be lifted, and that will ultimately feed into a responsive Renovation Wave Initiative.

 

Agenda :

Introduction

Adrian Joyce, Director of the Renovate Europe Campaign

Ensuring that energy renovation programmes are the heart of the economic recovery – National examples:

  • Advance Planning in Denmark by Katrine Bjerre Milling Eriksen, of SYNERGI
  • Preparing for the renovation wave in Germany by Henning Ellermann, of DENEFF
  • The Dutch approach to economic recovery by Albert de Vries, of NRP

Q&A Session

(moderated by Eva Brardinelli, REC Campaign Office)

Closing Remarks

Adrian Joyce, Director of the Renovate Europe Campaign

 

Click here to access the PowerPoint presentation

 

https://youtu.be/lKIiax2jN1A


Building 101

27th March 2020 - 09:30/10:30

Building 101's main aim is to introduce MEPs and Parliamentary Assistants to policy around buildings, renovation and energy efficiency, in order to shape a common understanding on the importance of these topics, particularly in the context of the upcoming legislative actions.

 

Agenda:

Introduction

Eva Brardinelli - Communications and Events Officer, Renovate Europe Campaign

Presentations

Adrian Joyce - Director, Renovate Europe Campaign

Mariangiola Fabbri - Head of Research, Building Performance Institute Europe (BPIE)

Pau Audi Garcia - Policy Officer, DG ENER (Unit C.3) - Renewables, Research and Innovation, Energy Efficiency - Energy Efficiency: Buildings and Products. European Commission

Q&A Session

Moderated by Eva Brardinelli - Communications and Events Officer, Renovate Europe Campaign

Conclusions

Adrian Joyce - Director, Renovate Europe Campaign

 

Recording: http://www.renovate-europe.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Building-101-Recording-1-1.mp4

 

Click here to access the PowerPoint presentation