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…
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…