Energy Renovations Benefit Communities, not Speculators
BRIEFING NOTE 3/2017: 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... Read the Full Briefing Note Learn more…
REDay2017 Posters in Brussels Metro
Have you seen the #REDay posters in the Brussels Metro? Take a photo and tweets them!
Op-ed: Paris Agreement under threat as member states water down building performance measures (Euractiv)
Published by Euractiv on: 20 June 2017 | While President Trump is grabbing world headlines by publicly trashing the Paris climate agreement, EU member states are also trying to sabotage this deal by watering down measures in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), writes Adrian Joyce.
Interview with MEP Bendt Bendtsen
MEP Bendt Bendtsen is Rapporteur for the Draft Report on the Revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Renovate Europe spoke to Bendt Bendtsen on 10 May 2017 in the European Parliament. Is there a broad consensus in Parliament on the EPBD? Do you see many problems in getting your proposals through? Bendt Bendtsen: Generally speaking, there seems to be a broad agreement that buildings must contribute more to decarbonisation efforts than they do today. That being said, of course we have different priorities and ideas in the Parliament on how to get there - and I must do what I…
Renovate Europe Newsletter 2/2017
The Renovate Europe Newsletter is out! Read all the news: http://mailchi.mp/renovate-europe/renovate-europe-newsletter-june?e=5bc703176d
Can we finance a Renaissance in Energy Renovations?
18 May 2017 by Adrian Joyce, Renovate Europe Campaign Director A renaissance in building renovations is urgently needed by our industry, our energy poor and the planet but how we reach it can feel like a riddle wrapped in an enigma. Governments, banks and homeowners all have a role to play in solving it, but too often they - inadvertently - add to the mystery. Banks say that demand is just not there. Tenants ask why they should fund someone else's home improvement, while landlords demand subsidies for remedial work. Government shuffle obligations onto the backburner. Meanwhile, the fuel poor…