Letters addressed to the 28 National Directors of the EIB
In July 2013, the Renovate Europe Campaign addressed a Letter to each National Director of the EIB about the need to flesh out the Energy Lending Criteria on Energy Efficiency of Buildings. The aim was to remind the Directors to be more ambitious on the revision of the criteria on the field of Energy Lending. Have a look at the Letter that was sent to the Natioanl Director for YOUR Member State: A. Aupperle A. Brandt A. Jacoby A. Therkildsen A. Tzimas C. Crespo C. Monticelli F. Godts G. Thomas I. Sikk J. Dominik J. Gregor J. Moran J. Sonne K. Andreopoulos K. Kakouris K. Karaivanova…
Letters addressed to 28 Heads of State for the European Council on Energy
Multiple Benefits Study – Awareness Raising with Finance Ministers The Renovate Europe Campaign reaching out to 28 Finance Ministers about the Multiple Benefits of Investing in Energy Efficient Renovations renovate-europe-campaign The Renovate Europe Campaign is addressing letters to 28 Finance Ministers in the EU Member States and Croatia, highlighting the Multiple Benefits of Investing in Energy Efficient Renovations, and the positive impact on Public Finances. These letters are personalised to each of the 28 Ministers and drafted in the national languages. Have a look at the letter…
Implementing the Cost-Optimal Methodology in EU Countries – Lessons learned from three case studies
The recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD, 2010/31/EU) requires Member States to introduce minimum energy performance requirements for buildings, building elements and technical building systems and set these requirements based on a cost-optimal methodology. This methodology introduces - for the very first time - the prerequisite to consider the global lifetime costs of buildings to shape their future energy performance requirements. Thus, the evaluation of buildings’ requirements will no longer be related only to the investment costs, but will additionally take into account…
European Parliament endorses Renovate Europe’s long-term target on building renovations
The European Parliament's Report on the Energy Roadmap 2050 stresses that the reduction of energy use in buildings must be a "central element" of the EU's long-term energy policy, and calls for a reduction in the energy consumption of the existing building stock "by 80% by 2050 compared to 2010 levels", in line with the Renovate Europe Campaign vision. The own-initiative report on the Commission's Energy Roadmap 2050 was adopted in Plenary today, 14th March 2013, following a vote in the ITRE Committee on 24th January. “There is no doubt about it – we urgently need to address the energy…
A Guide to Developing Strategies for Building Energy Renovation
BPIE has produced a guide to support the EU Member States draft the first version of their renovation strategies to be published by April 30th 2014. Deep renovations are specifically encouraged by the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED, 2012/27/EU) through the requirement for Member States to establish long term strategies for the renovation of national building stocks covering all building types, including residential and non-residential buildings, whether in private, public or mixed ownership. The adoption of the EED in October 2012, developed in order to help deliver the EU’s 20% headline…
Renovate Europe welcomes Parliament’s call for ambitious building stock renovation targets!
The European Parliament’s Report on the Energy Roadmap 2050, adopted in the ITRE Committee on 24th January, echoes the call already voiced in the EU Roadmap for a low-carbon economy in 2050 as well as in the Energy Efficiency Directive, to urgently address the energy efficient renovation of Europe’s buildings. The own-initiative report on the Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050 underlines the need to substantially scale up the rate and quality of building renovation in order to reduce the energy consumption of the existing building stock “by 80% by 2050 compared to 2010 levels”. “Energy…