Our Buildings Need Fixing and the Toolbox is at Hand!
COREPER on EPBD Adrian Joyce, Renovate Europe Campaign Director 28 November 2017 Sitting side by side at Renovate Europe Day 2017 (REDay2017) on 10th October, the Estonian Presidency, Commissioner Canete and MEP Bendtsen leading the EP's work on buildings, all agreed on the need for a strong Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD): - Commissioner Canete insisted "Buildings will unquestionably play a major role: we will not achieve our objectives without renovating our building stock" - The Estonian Presidency highlighted "Both Council and the Parliament seem to agree that the…
Renovate Europe addresses Energy Ministers: Energy Renovations – The Climate Change Hero
Energy Renovations - The Climate Change Hero As Heads of State gather in Bonn for COP23, Renovate Europe has written to the 28 Energy Ministers to draw their attention to the contradiction that exists between your support for the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the level of ambition in the tripartite negotiations in Brussels on the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The revision of the EPBD holds the potential to create an opportunity for Europe to boost energy renovation in an unprecedented manner. Delivering on the energy savings…
Watch REDay2017 Highlights Video
Highlights video of Renovate Europe Day 2017, on 10th October in the European Parliament. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/QdAcCl4iztU More about REDay2017: https://renovate-europe.eu/reday/2017-2/
Renovate Europe Newsletter – November 2017
Read the November Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/renovate-europe/newsletter-november?e=5bc703176d Previous Renovate Europe Newsletter are accessible below: 2017 November 2017 Newsletter June 2017 Newsletter March 2017 Newsletter 2016 November 2016 Newsletter June 2016 Newsletter March 2016 Newsletter 2015 December 2015 Newsletter September 2015 Newsletter June 2015 Newsletter March 2015 Newsletter 2014 December 2014 Newsletter September 2014 Newsletter June 2014 Newsletter April 2014 Newsletter……
Cambridge Econometrics Report presented at REDay2017
The societal and economic benefits of more ambitious legislation for energy renovation The report 'The macro-level and sectoral impacts of energy efficiency policies', commissioned by DG Energy, was presented by Managing Director Phil Summerton from Cambridge Econometrics at REDay2017. According to the report, more ambitious legislation for energy renovation would result in: Savings of €30-€80 billion in healthcare 8 million could be moved out of having damp mouldy homes by 2030 6 million could be moved out of cold homes Really very significant increase in employment: Boost of 2 million…
[COP23] Energy Renovations – The Climate Change Mitigator
2 November 2017 by Adrian Joyce, Renovate Europe Campaign Director The pace of energy renovations must be urgently stepped up with a focus on delivery on the ground if the Paris agreement's climate goals are to be met, the International Energy Agency has said, as the COP23 summit prepares to open in Bonn. And the best way of doing that, might just be an aggregation mechanism that bundles diffuse projects for investors. Renovations will be pivotal to the success of the Paris agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 2C. Buildings account for a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions,…