Renovate Europe brings together its National Partners to discuss MFF
Renovate Europe brought together 9 of its 15 National Partners to discuss the post-2020 Multi-Annual Financial Framework. A panel of 3 experts provided insight on the topic to set the scene: Key aspects of post-2020 MFF – What opportunities and what risks?Jonathan Gaventa, E3G The Climate Thematic Objective – Impact for Energy Efficiency and Future Outlook Markus Trilling, CAN Europe Challenges and Benefits in the Cities – How to improve funding channels for energy renovation in the next MFF Andy Deacon, Climate Alliance
EPBD Negotiations: NZEB 2050 gets a step closer!
20 December 2017 Adrian Joyce, Renovate Europe Campaign Director The time that remains to avoid catastrophic global warming is rapidly slipping away. It is not just me saying that, and not just Emmanuel Macron. It is also the message that United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) delivered last week, and it is one that EU Member States seem to have heard ahead of their negotiations at the 19 December trialogue on revisions to the EPBD. In the decades ahead, the world is set to construct a Paris-sized area…
Don’t rush a bad deal – EPBD must deliver on Renovation now, not in 10 years
[COREPER Friday 15th December] Adrian Joyce, Renovate Europe Campaign Director At Friday’s COREPER, Member States have the perfect opportunity to place the EU ahead of its competitors on building regulations with the recast of Europe's cornerstone energy saving legislation: the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The next opportunity to revise the EU’s buildings legislation is not anticipated for another 10 years, according to the EPBD revision clause, so Member States must take the opportunity now - and they must get it right with a 2050 NZEB vision and strong national…
Building Renovation can become ‘Europe’s biggest jobs programme’
The EU’s next long-term budget for 2021-2027 offers a unique opportunity to demonstrate the tangible benefits that EU policies and funding can deliver to citizens on the ground, argues Adrian Joyce 11 December 2017 Adrian Joyce, Renovate Europe Campaign Director Energy renovation could become one of the biggest success stories of the next EU budget. As the EU seeks to re-energise its image and boost the confidence of EU citizens in the face of rising Euroscepticism, the next Multi-Annual Framework (MFF) offers a golden opportunity. By placing energy renovation centre-stage in the post-2020…
Op-ed: Building renovation can become “Europe’s biggest jobs programme” (Euractiv)
Published by Euractiv on: 11 December 2017 | The EU’s next long-term budget for 2021-2027 offers a unique opportunity to demonstrate the tangible benefits that EU policies and funding can deliver to citizens on the ground, argues Adrian Joyce.
A Snapshot of National Renovation Strategies: Examples from Selected EU Member States
In April 2017, all Member States should have submitted a revised national renovation strategy (version 2) to the European Commission. This briefing provides a snapshot of measures supporting building renovation in selected Member States as of September 2017. To document the efforts made by Member States, BPIE partnered with the Renovate Europe Campaign to examine the strategies provided by selected countries (Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain). This review asks which steps were taken to implement the 2014 version of renovation strategies and…