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Criteria for Membership of EuroACE

EuroACE is a grouping of like-minded companies, working together with the common purpose of:

"increasing the market size for its' members products by positioning energy-efficiency in buildings as the most cost-effective route for the EU to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to achieve security of energy supply, and to lobby for specific legislative measures which will result in the increased uptake of energy-efficiency products"

The members meet in plenary session four times a year, to agree strategic direction and actions. A small management team is selected from the membership, and this team meets a further four times a year to progress matters at a more detailed level. Support is provided by EuroACE's EU Affairs Manager from the Brussels office.

The criteria for becoming a EuroACE member are:

1. The member must be a manufacturer of materials or products which improve the energy-efficiency of buildings by enhancing the performance of the building envelope or its internal services.
2. The member must operate at a pan-European level (that is manufacture and/or market in several countries of the EU).
3. The member must support the purpose and objectives of EuroACE, as described above, and be willing to actively help in achieving them.

An application to join EuroACE will be considered by the management team in the light of these criteria. Once accepted, the company nominates a representative to attend the plenary meetings, and this person would be expected to give a short presentation about the company at their first meeting.

In exceptional circumstances a European Trade Association may join EuroACE. This would be appropriate if the vast majority of the members of that Association each operated at national, rather than European, level. However, the Association's representative at Plenary meetings would be expected to make decisions and commitments without consulting its members. The Trade Association's membership of EuroACE would be reviewed after two years.