Briefing 1/2020: Proof of how buildings renovation can help meet the European Green Deal
During its first 100 days in office, the Renovate Europe Campaign will be tracking the development of the #EUGreenDeal – and proving why it must include a strategy for deep energy renovation of the building stock in the EU. We’re launching a social media campaign to call for an ambitious #GreenDeal4Buildings. The new European Commission have now been in office for over a month, and so are one-third of the way into their first 100 days as a Commission, at the end of which a number of pieces of legislation should be proposed. On December 11, 2019, a communication on the European Green Deal was…
Briefing 2/2019: Capturing the untapped benefits of energy renovation
December 2019 During its first 100 days in office the Renovate Europe Campaign will be tracking development of the #EUGreenDeal - and proving why it must include a strategy for deep energy renovation of the building stock in the EU. We're launching a social media campaign to call for an ambitious #GreenDeal4Buildings. This article is the first of three that will be published as part of our #GreenDeal4Buildings campaign, and focuses on the many untapped benefits of energy renovation - such as emissions reduction, ending energy poverty, economic and wellbeing benefits. As new Members of the…
Briefing 1/2019: Why Good Health Begins in a Good Homes
April 2018 Good health can come from many sources, but maybe none is as overlooked as the value of a good building. We spend about 90% of our lives indoors. Most of the air we breathe over our lifetimes is found there. Our buildings’ temperatures, lighting, humidity, draughts and noise can determine our vulnerability to illness. They can even affect our moods and mental wellbeing. The World Health Organisation estimates that 4.3 million people die prematurely each year from exposure to indoor air pollutants. Reams of studies on the subject have incontrovertibly linked healthy bodies to…
Briefing 1/2018: Digitalisation, Disruption and the Energy Renovation Sector
March 2018 Robots and the construction industry may not go together like a horse and carriage in parlour talk but, as digitalisation gathers pace, they look set to define Europe's building sites in the next century. Working in the building industry has long been characterised as a physically exhausting and rather low paid activity that lacked innovative drivers, according to the European Builders Confederation (EBC), the organisation representing construction SMEs and craftsmen in Europe. “We have a skills shortage, an ageing workforce and the fundamental problem that young people do not…
Briefing 4/2017: Energy Renovations can make the next MFF “Europe’s biggest jobs programme”
December 2017 What better way to reach out to EU citizens than by improving their health, comfort and wellbeing in their homes, their offices, their schools, where we spend up to 90% of our time, while simultaneously creating quality jobs for local SMEs, improving social inclusion through urban regeneration and skills development, and boosting European competitiveness through innovation and digitalization? Download the Renovate Europe Briefing 4/2017: Energy Renovations can make the next MFF "Europe's biggest jobs programme" Read the Renovate Europe oped on the Euractiv:…
Briefing 3/2017: Energy Renovations Benefit Communities, not Speculators
25 September 2017 Over 1.8m refurbished households in Europe received an average €724 a year cut in their energy bills over the first half of this decade, but more impressive is the growing body of evidence that their communities blossomed as a result. Around half a million jobs have been created by the €33bn of EU monies spent on social housing programme in areas of high social deprivation - that's 15 jobs for every €1m invested. But the renovation projects have also left a legacy of friendlier communities and improvements to the quality of life. Download the Renovate Europe…