Renovate Europe addresses Energy Ministers
Private financial resources are ready - but investors need a strong Renovation Plan from your Government! Ahead of the Informal Energy Ministerial taking place on 18th and 19th May, Renovate Europe has addressed letters to the 28 Ministers asking them to respond to calls from European business and banks to increase confidence in the energy renovation market. How? By supporting a strong energy efficiency legislation that outlines a clear path to achieve a highly energy efficient NZEB building stock in the EU by 2050. Read the letter that was sent to your Minister: Austria Belgium Bulgaria…
Bank says “no shortage of funds for energy renovation”, but EPBD must address latent demand
JOINT PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 10th May 2017 Bank says “no shortage of funds for energy renovation”, but EPBD must address latent demand In a breakfast debate hosted by EPBD Rapporteur Bendt Bendtsen this morning in the European Parliament by eceee and Renovate Europe, MEPs, Commission officials and stakeholders joined the banking sector to discuss the economic case for building renovation and identified a lack of demand in the market that needs to be addressed. “Banks are ready, willing and capable to meet the demand for energy renovation when it materializes. There is no…
Briefing 2/2017: Energy Renovation – Making Financing Accessible to the People
Briefing 2/2017: Energy Renovation - Making Financing Accessible to the People Here's a riddle. Why is a product that can prevent energy poverty, dangerous global warming, indoor air pollution and energy import-dependence not the hottest ticket in town? Doubtless there are several factors – from the power of legacy energy lobbies to the sexiness of the brand – but the financing hurdles remain a key barrier to overcome. Simply put, upfront renovation costs are perceived as being too high to attract the people who need them most, and governments have proved reluctant to invest heavily in public…
Home Sweet Home – the Economic Case for Building Renovation
Wednesday 10th May 2017 - 8h00-9h30 - European Parliament Breakfast Event - Hosted by Bendt Bendtsen MEP (EPBD rapporteur), Moderated by Adrian Joyce from Renovate Europe Download the Event Overview and Programme Download the Press Release of the event Relevant documents: Download the Draft Report on the EPBD drafted by MEP Bendt Bendtsen Download the Renovate Europe Briefing “Energy Renovation - Making Financing Accessible to the People” Download the eceee 2-Pager: “How to Finance Energy Efficiency”
The sky is the limit for Poland’s air pollution crisis
28th April 2017, by Adrian Joyce, Renovate Europe Campaign Director If a European police force dispatched scent-sensitive drones across the suburbs in a last ditch bid to prevent thousands of deaths, you might think a terror attack was imminent. But the Polish police officers filmed last month surveilling residents in Zywiec were tailing a crime wave motivated by nothing more sinister than the desire to keep warm. Its effects though are clear, or rather they are smoggy. For cheap wood, coal and waste burned indoors are contributing to a smog problem in the town that sometimes surpasses even…
Energy Renovation: The double-brainer solution to Europe’s indoor air quality problem
28th April 2017, by Adrian Joyce, Renovate Europe Campaign Director Energy renovations are often labelled a “no brainer” but on the basis of new research, it might be more accurate to call them a double-brainer. In one double-blind study published last year, the cognitive performances of workers in an enhanced green building environment were found to be 101% higher than in conventional buildings. Crisis response scores were 131% better, strategy scores 288% greater and information usage scores a staggering 299% higher for employees not exposed to the sort of elevated levels of CO2 and…