At the first Renovate Europe Day, experts in the fields of policy, industry, environment and finance debated whether, given the environmental, social and economic challenges that Europe faces, the EU can afford not to renovate its building stock.
The panel event was attended by 160 people representing a wide variety of European institutions, NGOs, industry, academia and media. We would particularly like to thank all those who attended and added their contributions to the lively discussions.
Two further events took place as part of Renovate Europe Day: in the morning, a working discussion between representatives of the financial services and energy efficiency sectors, hosted by Eurima and Fleishman-Hillard; and in the evening, a high-level dinner with remarks from Peter Vis.
The Renovate Europe Campaign was launched in the context of the discussions on the Energy Efficiency Directive, to press policy makers to create effective and relevant energy efficiency standards.
Speakers
We would like to thank our speakers at the panel discussion:
- Adrian Joyce, Secretary General, Efficient Buildings Europe, and Campaign Director, Renovate Europe
- Birgitte Bay, Energy Attaché, Permanent Representation of Denmark to the EU
- Oliver Rapf, Executive Director, Buildings Performance Institute Europe
- Claude Turmes, Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur on the Energy Efficiency Directive
- Britta Thomsen, Member of the European Parliament
- Marie-Christine Roger, Head of the Office for Building Quality and Regulation, French Ministry for Energy, Ecology and Sustainable Development
- Werner Buelen, Political Secretary, Building Section, European Federation of Building and Wood Workers
- Arianna Vitali Roscini, Policy Officer for Energy Conservation, WWF
- John Larsen, Head of Facilities Centre, Høje Taastrup Municipality, Denmark
- Paul Hodson, Head of Unit C.3, Energy Efficiency and Intelligent Energy, European Commission
- Peter Sweatman, CEO, Climate Strategy
- Ansgar Tietmeyer, Management Board of EU Affairs, Deutsche Bank
- Steven Daniels, Head of Green Deal Advice, UK Department of Energy and Climate Change
- Cordula Glitzner, Director EU Liaison Office, KfW Bankengruppe
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BPIE study: Europe’s buildings under the microscope
Renovate Europe Day hosted the launch of the BPIE study “Europe’s Buildings Under the Microscope”, which gives a clear overview of Europe’s building stock in order to quantify the financial and energy savings benefits of increased renovation. The report also identifies barriers to the delivery of retrofit projects and proposes solutions to them.
