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A delegation of EuroACE led by the President, Jonna Byskata and the Secretary General, Adrian Joyce, visited the European Parliament from the 14th to the 16th February in order to seek to influence the outcome of negotiations between the political groups on the content of the compromise amendments for the Energy Efficiency Directive.  The EuroACE Delegation promoted the position of EuroACE as set out in its latest Position Paper, and it delivered the flyer prepared by the Renovate Europe Campaign calling for solid articles on buildings.
 In the end, the discussions between the shadow rapporteurs led to an agreement on the vast majority of elements within the text and it was confirmed that the work of EuroACE in its meetings had positively influenced the outcome. In brief, there will be solid articles on buildings with an agreed definition of deep renovation and staged deep renovation linked to a requirement, in Article 4, for the public sector of a rate of 2.5% per year.  Also there was agreement on the new Article 3(a), which will require Member States to establish Roadmaps for the renovation of its building stock (i.e. all buildings) by 2050 and those renovations must deliver savings to a level equivalent a reduction of 80% in the energy demand of the building stock as compared to 2010 levels.
The next stage in the process will be the vote in the ITRE Committee on the 28th February in Brussels. 

EuroACE has high expectations of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). If well designed, the EED will enable all actors to tackle the huge potential of the European building stock for energy savings. This will, in turn, free up money for other projects through decreased energy bills, job creation and limitation of EU dependence on external energy sources. See full Position Paper

The European Commission adopted its 2050 Energy Roadmap today (15th December 2011) setting out its views about Europe’s energy future.  The Roadmap is based on modelling work that creates scenarios of possible future energy mixes on the energy supply side.  However, whilst Commissioner Oettinger has publicly stated that “The first tool of the EU energy strategy is and should remain energy efficiency”, the Roadmap does not take sufficient account of the potential impact of energy efficiency.

EuroACE notes with concern the extensive controversy that this Roadmap has provoked, even before its adoption by the Commission. Read full press release.

EuroACE was one of the sponsors of this important report on the quantum of buildings in Europe, their energy performance and regulatory measures in force. It also contains scenarios that demonstrate the financial and societal costs and benefits of various pathways for the renovation of Europe’s building stock up to 2050. Download executive summary and full report from BPIE website.

 

Today’s Renovate Europe Day, organized by the Renovate Europe campaign in Brussels, brings together non-governmental organizations, politicians, academics and industry representatives. The aim of the Renovate Europe campaign, initiated by EuroACE, is to promote the huge - but largely unknown - capacity of deep renovation of buildings as the most effective way to meet the economic and energy challenges that face the EU. See full press release and www.renovate-europe.eu . 

The Renovate Europe Campaign, initiated by EuroACE, is moving up a gear and launched on the 11 October 2011 a sign-up facility  to allow interested individuals and organisations to declare their support for the campaign objectives.In fact it asks for specific support for the key objective of raising the renovation rate of all buildings to 3% per annum by 2020. Click on the image below to show your support!

Call on policymakers to support a 3% annual renovation rate for Europe’s buildings @http://www.renovate-europe.eu/threepercent

EuroACE published on 28 September 2011 a position paper where we share our views of the proposed EED. EuroACE and its member companies note with satisfaction that the Commission has proposed a Directive (COM (2011) 370 final) whose focus is on improving energy efficiency in the EU.  However, we regret the low level of ambition, targets and firm measures that the proposed Directive contains for the buildings sector.  See  press release and position paper.

The European Commission adopted its long awaited Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe on the 20th September 2011.  It rightly recognises that buildings have a significant role to play in bringing the EU to the point where economic growth is de-coupled from resource depletion, but its milestone of cost efficiently refurbishing the building stock at a rate of 2% per annum by 2020 falls well short of the level of ambition required.
EuroACE, the European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings, has been promoting the need for EU Policy to pay more attention to the huge potential locked up in existing buildings. Read  full press release.

EuroACE is delighted to invite you to the Renovate Europe Day, on 11 October 2011, hosted by MEP Fiona Hall at the Stanhope Hotel next to the European Parliament.
Renovate Europe day takes place in the context of the environmental, social and economic challenges that Europe faces. Renovate Europe will be asking policymakers and representatives of industry, workers and the environmental movement whether Europe can afford not to renovate its buildings by 2050.
Renovate Europe Day comes at a time when our politicians need our help to find the political courage to adopt the measures needed to solve our energy challenges, restart our economy and combat climate change. The events take place as the European Union institutions begin to discuss the proposed Energy Efficiency Directive.
We are looking forward to welcoming you at the Stanhope Hotel, 9 rue du Commerce in Brussels, from 12.00 to 15.15 on Tuesday 11 October

See agenda and register at www.renovate-europe.eu/red
 

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