Renovate Europe Day 2018 took place inside the European Parliament in Brussels, looking at how to plan properly for a highly energy efficient building stock by 2050, with presentations from every level of governance, from the EU through the national and regional levels to the city, followed by visits to two exemplary renovation projects in Brussels.
Agenda
Morning conference
11:15
Welcome to participants
Bendt Bendtsen MEP (EPP Group, Denmark): the amended EPBD brings challenges and opportunities for national policy makers
11:25
Facing the energy renovation challenge
Adrian Joyce, Campaign Director and moderator for the event
11:30
Progress in the buildings sector and its contribution to the ecological transition in France
Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert, Member of the French National Assembly
11:45
Energy Efficient Scotland: the Scottish Government’s programme for near zero emission buildings by 2050
Lynn Forsyth, Head of Energy Efficient Scotland Delivery, Scottish Government
12:00
The Ghent City renovation strategy for existing buildings: ensuring that citizens benefit
Mieke Maerten, Sustainability Manager for the City of Ghent
12:15
Developing a market of financial products that stimulate real progress on energy renovation
Stephen Richardson, World Green Building Council
12:30
Setting up and launching a green mortgage pilot in the UK
Stephanie Sfakianos, Global Head of Sustainable Capital Markets, BNP Paribas
12:45
Q&A session
Moderated interactive exchange with presenters
12:55
Wrap-up and conclusions
Adrian Joyce
Afternoon
Site visits to two renovation projects in Brussels
Organised in partnership with Bruxelles Environnement (see below).
Presentations
Facing the energy renovation challenge
Adrian Joyce, Campaign Director
Progress in the buildings sector and its contribution to the ecological transition in France
Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert, French National Assembly
Craig Egner, Scottish Government
The Ghent City renovation strategy for existing buildings
Joyca Leplae, City of Ghent
Developing a market of financial products for energy renovation
Stephen Richardson, World Green Building Council
Setting up and launching a green mortgage pilot in the UK
Stephanie Sfakianos, BNP Paribas
Speakers
Bendt Bendtsen
MEP (EPP Group, Denmark)
Bendt Bendtsen has been a Member of the EPP Group in the European Parliament since 2009 and is a Member of the ITRE Committee. He was the Rapporteur on the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), bringing the negotiations to a successful conclusion with a much-improved Directive. Before joining the Parliament, he was a member of the Danish Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economic Affairs.
Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert
Member of the French National Assembly
Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert holds a Master’s in English, Foreign Literature and Civilisation and a Master’s in Communications from Organisations. Starting as an English teacher, she developed her career through her communication strategy consulting company, where she assisted small businesses and SMEs in their marketing and strategic development. A citizen engaged in community life, founder and then President of a Young Local Economic Chamber, she defends politics in its Athenian sense: “to improve the life of the city”. She became involved in public life during the 2016 regional elections, becoming regional advisor of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, and was elected MP in Isère in June 2017. A member of the Commission for Sustainable Development, she was appointed co-host of the Building Renovation Plan in December 2017.
Lynn Forsyth
Head of Energy Efficient Scotland Delivery, Scottish Government
Lynn has worked in the Scottish Government for 15 years in a wide range of roles covering education, skills and business. After a spell in the First Minister’s Private Office she joined the Energy and Climate Change Directorate, where she works on energy efficiency. Her team oversees a range of policies that aim to reduce fuel poverty and greenhouse gas emissions. In 2018 Lynn worked across the Scottish Government to publish the Route Map for Energy Efficient Scotland.
Mieke Maerten
Sustainability Manager, City of Ghent
Mieke Maerten works for the Service for Environment and Climate of the City of Ghent, on strategies to stimulate and enable all citizens of Ghent to renovate their homes in an energy efficient way. The Ghent policy to boost energy renovations is based on countering barriers and enforcing drivers, using insights from behavioural science.
Stephen Richardson
World Green Building Council
Stephen is a chartered building services engineer who has worked in consultancy, local government and industrial research. He has expertise in energy and carbon reduction in buildings and has worked in building energy and sustainability certification. He is Technical Lead for the WorldGBC Europe Network’s Energy Efficiency Mortgages project, which is developing proposals for a mortgage financing initiative to support energy efficiency improvements in buildings and help deliver the EU’s climate targets. Before joining WorldGBC, he completed an industry-based doctorate (EngD) with Sainsbury’s and the University of Reading, focusing on uncertainty in carbon-based design and investment decisions for buildings.
Stephanie Sfakianos
Global Head of Sustainable Capital Markets, BNP Paribas
Stephanie is the Head of Sustainable Capital Markets, part of the Debt Capital Markets Structuring and Solutions Group within Global Markets. She is the product sponsor for green and sustainable bond issues, working closely with issuers, investors, policymakers and sustainability specialists, as well as internal clients. She joined BNP Paribas in 2002 as Head of the Liability Management Group, where she worked for 10 years before moving into her current role, which she proposed in late 2013 in recognition of the growing importance of sustainability to the bank and its clients.
Adrian Joyce
Director, Renovate Europe Campaign
Adrian Joyce is Director of the Renovate Europe Campaign and Secretary General of Efficient Buildings Europe (formerly EuroACE). He is a professionally qualified architect who spent 17 years in private practice (working in the UK, France, Belgium and Ireland) before getting involved full-time in EU policy. Adrian is also Chairman of the Coalition for Energy Savings.
Quotes from the day
Photos from the morning conference
Site visits
In the afternoon, site visits to two renovation projects in Brussels were organised in partnership with Bruxelles Environnement.
The Cosmopolitan
Transformation of a high-rise office building in the centre of Brussels into mixed-use housing. Read the project flyer (PDF).
Rue Royale 89: a building brought to life
The objective of this high-performance renovation was to achieve a “very low energy” level; the building houses the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel, the Belgian broadcasting authority. Read the presentation sheet (PDF).
Photos from the site visits
Highlights video
Articles on EURACTIV
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