Renovate Europe December Newsletter is out!
93 signatories for the REC Manifesto, 4 National Events, the fifth edition of REDay, characterised by high-level speakers, successful best practices from all over Europe, a broad political support and the REDay2015 calendars to take notes of the 2016 events show that another successful year for the Renovate Europe Campaign is coming to an end. With the new ambitious climate deal from COP21 the forthcoming 2016 appears to be full of commitments to stop global warming. As you know, buildings are responsible for almost 36% of CO2 emissions in Europe and renovation could therefore be the…
RENOVATION IN PRACTICE – BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLES OF VOLUNTARY AND MANDATORY INITIATIVES ACROSS EUROPE
The BPIE report illustrates a diversity of approaches – some mandatory, some voluntary – to address the challenge of renovating buildings. These examples can serve as inspiration and motivation for policy makers, scheme administrators, investors, industry and indeed any stakeholder to use the experience outlined to influence the renovation market in a positive way. And, while the schemes described in the report are good examples of renovation, each has been through a learning process, and indeed there is scope for further improvement so as to increase the depth of renovation (to avoid…
Renovate Europe Campaign Key Messages
Investing to improve energy efficiency will help the EU meet its economic, climate and societal challenges. Buildings have the greatest energy savings potential of all high-energy consuming sectors. They are the most cost-effective to reform and the EU regulatory framework is in place: BUT we have to make it happen! DOWNLOAD
What’s Behind an Energy Efficient Building Renovation? REDay2015 disclosed the multiple benefits!
On the 15th of October 2015, Renovate Europe organised its annual high-level conference REDay2015, entitled “It’s More than Renovation...”. Sponsored by its partners Knauf Insulation and Eurima, the event literally put the spotlight on the speakers, who emphasised the multiple benefits that deep energy renovation of the existing building stock can deliver in different fields, at different levels and in different countries. What’s behind an energy efficient renovated building? Our countdown started over one week ago, when Renovate Europe launched its red building. Day by day, benefit by…
