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…

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…

IMPACT ON PUBLIC FINANCES

A STUDY BY COPENHAGEN ECONOMICS Released at Renovate Europe Day, 11 October 2012 The Renovate Europe Campaign reached out to 28 Finance Ministers to highlight the Multiple Benefits of Investing in Energy Efficient Renovations as outlined in this Report. Download the Key Messages Brochure Download the Full Report and Appendix

REC Feedback to EPBD Proposal

The revision of the EPBD must set the whole of the building stock in the EU on a clearly planned trajectory towards deep renovation if the EU is to meet its 2050 carbon neutrality goals. That is why from the Renovate Europe Campaign we have considered our duty to use this period of feedback, opened by the European Commission, prior to the adoption of the directive to provide our comments.……

Creating a dedicated Renovation Fund in the EU Recovery and Resilience Initiative

The European Union is planning to assign a vast amount of money to its Recovery and Resilience Initiative, intended to lift the EU economy out of the recession provoked by the global public health pandemic and to put the EU economy firmly on the path to climate neutrality by 2050. Among the sectors recognised at all political levels as holding the most promise for stimulating the…

Op-ed: Energy renovation is the perfect recovery measure for post-COVID-19

By Adrian Joyce, Director of the Renovate Europe Campaign   As COVID-19 keeps millions of European employees and students at home, and wreaks havoc on our economies, we should already be considering how we can use the EU Green Deal (EGD) to kickstart a rebound in the post-pandemic period. At Renovate Europe, we see energy renovation as a great means to contain the economic…