Interview with IGBC
INTERVIEW WITH PAT BARRY, CEO OF THE IRISH GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL (IGBC) Why did the IGBC join the Renovate Europe Campaign? The IGBC is the leading authority on sustainable building in Ireland. With a network of over 90 member organisations from the entire value chain of the built environment, the IGBC is working to transform the Irish construction and property sector into a global leader in quality and sustainability. More specifically, since 2015, the IGBC has been working to build a community of experts and stakeholders to develop the V2.0 National Renovation Strategy that Ireland must…
Lunchtime Debate: Energy Renovation – A Long-term Viable Investment for the EU
Long-term investments are particularly important for the construction sector, which represents more than 9% of the EU GDP, of which 92% are micro-enterprises, and generates about 18 million jobs. Setting a long-term investment framework for the energy renovation market goes hand-in-hand with establishing a long-term regulatory vision, both of which are crucial for unlocking the huge economic potential in the building stock in the EU and delivering on the Energy Union goals. Grasping the opportunities from the upcoming revisions of the EU’s main buildings-related legislation this autumn…
Building Renovation Passports – Customised Roadmaps towards Deep Renovation and Better Homes
An overview of initiatives currently developed in France, Germany and Belgium, for building renovation passports, considered as Energy Performance Certificates 2.0, and perfect tools leading to better buildings performance and more comfortable homes. In its most recent study, BPIE suggests to evolve EPCs into Building Renovation Passports. Based on three examples of “Building Renovation Passports” in the Belgian region of Flanders (“Woningpas”), France (“Passeport Efficacité Énergétique”) and Germany (“Individueller Sanierungsfahrplan”), building renovation passport are centred around the…
REDay2016: Energy Renovation is the “people’s policy”
Renovate Europe held its sixth edition of Renovate Europe Day (REDay2016) on 13th October in Brussels, attended by over 100 participants and under the patronage of the Slovak Presidency of the EU, with a focus on how achieving an NZEB building stock by 2050 can boost EU jobs, growth and SMEs and increase benefits to EU citizens and businesses. Ahead of the upcoming legislative proposals and on the back of the Paris agreement which relies on a significant scale-up of energy renovation in the EU, Renovate Europe Day highlighted how energy renovation is a topic which has a direct and tangible…
Renovate Europe Posters in Brussels Metro
Look out for the Renovate Europe posters in the Brussels metro!
Renovate Italy Day 2016
Renovate Italy Day 2016 : 14 November, Milan, Italy Find out more: https://renovate-italy.org/