80% of the Economic Potential of Energy Efficiency in buildings still untapped World Energy Outlook 2012, IEA
In its World Energy Outlook 2012 (WEO), launched in Brussels on 20th November, the International Energy Agency (IEA) underlines the unexploited potential of energy efficiency in terms of economic gains, energy security improvements and environmental protection. The multiple benefits of energy efficiency could be achieved if the currently available technologies and practices to improve energy efficiency were systematically adopted, leading to “energy savings, by 2035, equivalent to nearly a fifth of global demand in 2010”, according to IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven. “Energy…
Multiple Benefits of Investing in Energy Efficient Renovations in Buildings – Impact on Public Finances
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Eco-renovations will boost states’ coffers – study
EU governments could raise up to €128bn by 2017 through additional income and corporate taxes and lower social costs from renovation programmes aimed at improving buildings' energy efficiency, a new study has found. In addition, up to €75bn could be saved on energy bills in the public sector by 2020, according to the Copenhagen Economics study commissioned by the European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EuroACE). In terms of employment, eco-renovations could generate between 760,000 to 1.5 million new jobs by the end of the decade. To facilitate investments, the…
EU institutions raise pressure for buildings renovation
The buildings sector will benefit from new legislation and guidelines to increase the renovation of EU buildings stock, according to energy commissioner Günther Oettinger. MEP Peter Liese says renovation is a more affordable way to tackle climate change than paying for renewables. Brussels – The buildings sector will benefit from new legislation and guidelines to increase the renovation of EU buildings stock, according to energy commissioner Günther Oettinger. Oettinger today welcomed a recent construction sector strategy report from enterprise commissioner Antonio Tajani, which encourages…
Renovating Europe’s buildings could boost GDP by €291 billion by 2017
Investing in building renovation could accrue up to €175 billion per year for public finances with an additional “one-off” boost to GDP in the range of €153 to €291 billion for the years up to and including 2017. This is according to a new report prepared by Copenhagen Economics for the Renovate Europe Campaign. The report which was launched at today’s Renovate Europe Day Conference2 , shows that when the challenge of renovating the EU building stock is taken up with a high level of ambition, permanent increases in revenue for public finances will result. The report also provides a number of…
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