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      <title><![CDATA[Joint industry statement]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/news/N060113.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<font size="-1"><font size="4"><font size="2">Today, 13 January, a group of seven European industry associations issued a <a href="/EuroACE%20documents/060113%20EPBD%20Industry%20Joint%20Statement%20final.pdf" target="_blank">joint statement on the future of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive</a>. Co-signed by EuroACE, the statement calls for full and rapid implementation of the Directive by all Member States.</font></font></font> <font size="-1"><font size="4" face="Aria   l, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><a href="#top" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('/news/N060113.htm','N060113','scrollbars=yes,width=500,height=500')">Read more...</a></font></font></font>]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Final ESD text ]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/comdocs/060109%20Final%20Directive%20text%20(pre%20Jurist%20Linguist%20process).pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<font size="-1"><font color="#99CC33"><font color="#999999" size="-1"><font color="#FF0000"><font color="#666666" size="-1"><a href="comdocs/060109%20Final%20Directive%20text%20(pre%20Jurist%20Linguist%20process).pdf" target="_blank">Final text of the Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive</a> released (pre jurist/linguist process) </font></font></font></font></font>]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[FT article on ESD]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/news/N051207.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[&quot;<a href="#top" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('   /news/N051207.htm','N051207','scrollbars=yes,width=500,height=500')">EU members to cut energy use by 1% a year</a>&quot;; article on Energy End-use and Energy Services Directive in Financial Times, 7 December 2005]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Agreement on ESD]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/news/N051206.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tripartite agreement on the Energy End-use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Piebalgs speech]]>
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      <link>http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/657&amp;format=PDF&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Read the <a href="http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/657&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en" target="_blank">European Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs' speech</a> to the International Conference <em>Europe and an Energy Efficient World &ndash; Acting and learning together</em>, in London 2 November]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Article in New Scientist]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/articles/051108%20New%20Scientist%20-%20How%20green%20is%20your%20house.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Article in New Scientist magazine (5.11.05) entitled &quot;How green is your house&quot; featuring Andrew Warren, EuroACE's Senior Adviser]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Response to EE Green Paper]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/comdocs/051006%20Member%20State%20views%20on%20EE%20Green%20Paper.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Member States'  response to the European Green Paper on energy efficiency, &quot;Doing more with less&quot;, is now online]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[EuroACE response to Green Paper]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/EuroACE%20documents/051012%20EuroACE%20Response%20to%20EU%20Green%20Paper%20on%20Energy%20Efficiency.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[EuroACE response to the European Green Paper on energy efficiency, &quot;Doing more with less&quot;, is now online]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Green Paper info page]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/greenpaper.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A <a href="/greenpaper.htm">new page on the European Green Paper</a> on energy efficiency has been created for the Resource Centre ]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Article in EiBI]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/news/N051004.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<em>Energy in Buildings &amp; Industry</em> magazine has published an article on the EuroACE and IEA-funded project <em>Energy Efficiency in the Refurbishment of High-rise Residential Buildings</em>. Follow the link for the <a href="#top" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('/news/N051004.htm','N051004','scrollbars=yes,width=500,height=500')">article in EIBI's September issue</a>]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Commission response to ESD proposals]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/comdocs/050926%20Common%20position%20of%20Council%20on%20Energy%20Services%20Directive.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Latest <FONT size=2><a href="/comdocs/050926%20Common%20position%20of%20Council%20on%20Energy%20Services%20Directive.pdf" target="_blank">European Commission response</a> to the European Parliament's and the Council of Ministers' views on the Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive proposal </FONT>]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Janssen report updated]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/EuroACE%20documents/050731%20Towards%20Energy%20Efficient%20Buildings%20in%20Europe%20(Jul%2005%20update).pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The EuroACE report &quot;<a href="/EuroACE%20documents/050731%20Towards%20Energy%20Efficient%20Buildings%20in%20Europe%20(Jul%2005%20update).pdf" target="_blank">Towards Energy Efficient Buildings in Europe</a>&quot; by Rod Janssen has  been updated with new annexes]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Display Campaign page]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/display.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[EuroACE's project pages  of the European Display Campaign are now online]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lisbon makeover for EE paper]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/news/N050630.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lisbon makeover for EU Energy Efficiency paper<font color="#99CC33"><font color="#999999" size="-1"><font color="#666666"><font color="#99CC33"><font color="#999999" size="-1">  - <font color="#666666">news reported at ENDS Environment Daily</font></font></font></font></font></font>]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:39:18 0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Double glazing report]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/reports/GEPVP_Advanced_Double_Glazing.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[&quot;Energy and environmental benefits from advanced double glazing in EU buildings&quot; - a report on the contribution of the flat glass industry towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions &amp; energy consumption in the  EU]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Green Paper welcomed]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/news/N050622.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[EuroACE  welcomes new Green Paper on Energy Efficiency]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:39:18 0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Historic MEP vote]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/news/N050607.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[EuroACE congratulates <a href="#top" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('news/N050607.htm','N050607','scrollbars=yes,width=500,height=500')">MEPs  on historic vote</a>]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Honeywell joins EuroACE]]>
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      <link>http://www.honeywell.com</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Honeywell <font color="#666666">is EuroACE's latest</font> <a href="members.htm">member</a>]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:39:18 0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EuroACE Objectives 05/06]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/objectives.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[EuroACE's  Objectives for 2005/06 are now online]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:39:18 0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Article in EC Inform-Energy]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/news/N050426.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The 'top priority' is efficiency; article from <em><strong>EC Inform</strong>-Energy</em>,  April 2005]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Commissioner: EE to be 2005 priority]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/news/N050413.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Energy efficiency to be top energy priority for 2005 according to EC Energy  Commissioner Andris Piebalgs; article from <i>Energy in Buildings &amp; Industry</i>, April 2005]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[ESD revised]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/comdocs/050324%20Energy%20Services%20Directive%20with%20%20March%20Working%20Party%20on%20Energy%20amendments.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Latest revision of proposed Energy Services Directive currently under discussion by European Member States, amended in light of the Working Party on Energy meetings  held on 8 and 15 March 2005.]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Article in Metering International]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/articles/A_050331.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<br>Article by Andrew Warren, EuroACE's Senior Adviser, in Metering Internationaloutlining EuroACE's position on the proposed Energy End-Use Efficiency  and Energy Services Directive]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Commissioner meets EuroACE]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/news/N050324.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Energy efficiency is to be top priority, EC Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs tells a plenary meeting of EuroACE]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Juncker urges ambitious Kyoto follow-up]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/letters/LE050321.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Open letter from a host of leading European organisations to Jean-Claude Juncker (Prime Minister of Luxembourg), urging him to support  the adoption in Europe of &quot;clear, binding and ambitious&quot; targets for the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[EuroACE speaks at WSED]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/news/N050316.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[EuroACE contribution to the World Sustainable Energy Days Conference 2005 in Wels, Austria]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Revised ESD]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/comdocs/050208%20Energy%20Services%20Directive%20with%20Luxembourg%20Council%20Presidency%20tabled%20amendments.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[8th February 2005 version of proposed Energy Services Directive currently under discussion by European Member States, as prepared by the Luxembourg  Presidency of the Council of the EU]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Janssen report updated]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/EuroACE%20documents/050201%20Towards%20Energy%20Efficient%20Buildings%20in%20Europe%20(Feb%2005%20update).pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The EuroACE report &quot;<a href="/EuroACE%20documents/050201%20Towards%20Energy%20Efficient%20Buildings%20in%20Europe%20(Feb%2005%20update).pdf" target="_blank">Towards Energy Efficient Buildings in Europe</a>&quot; by Rod Janssen has  been updated with new annexes]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:39:18 0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[International coverage of EU energy policy]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/news.htm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Major articles in the European press (<a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f31df0d6-70d1-11d9-b572-00000e2511c8.html" target="_blank">FT Europe</a>, <a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche_articleweb/1,13-0,36-395971,0.html" target="_blank">Le Monde</a>) on the European Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, stating his objective of prioritising energy efficiency in the achievement  of European energy policy objectives.]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tabled amendments to ESD ]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/EuroACE%20documents/050110%20EuroACE%20translation%20into%20English%20of%20EP%20tabled%20amendments%20to%20ES%20Directive.doc</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Unofficial EuroACE translation into English of tabled amendments to the proposed Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive prepared by  Mechthild Rothe MEP]]>
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      <title><![CDATA[Commission guidance on ESD]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/comdocs/040805%20How%20to%20measure%20and%20verify%20the%20fulfilment%20of%20EE%20targets%20for%20Energy%20Services%20Directive.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Commission guidance on how to measure and verify progress towards energy efficiency targets under the proposed Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy  Services Directive]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:39:18 0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EuroACE assesses tabled amendments to ESD]]>
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      <link>http://www.euroace.org/EuroACE%20documents/041209%20Energy%20Services%20Directive%20-%20comparison%20of%20tabled%20amendments%20with%20original%20proposal.pdf</link>
      <description><![CDATA[EuroACE assesses tabled amendments to the proposed Directive on Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services tabled by the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU. Also see the <a href="/esdirective.htm">Energy Services Directive page</a> for the <a href="/comdocs/040923%20Energy%20Services%20Directive%20with%20Dutch%20Council%20Presidency%20tabled%20amendments.pdf" target="_blank">amended  version</a> and an overview of the Directive's history.]]>
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