Op-ed: Better data needed to manage our buildings (Euractiv)
Published by Euractiv on: 8 December 2021 | Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) have immense, as-yet untapped potential to help Europe decarbonise. But the methodology that underpins them must be revamped first, argues Adrian Joyce, who is calling for reform as part of the upcoming revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).
Op-ed: A piecemeal approach on energy standards for buildings won’t work (Euractiv)
Published by Euractiv on: 26 November 2021 | Decarbonising Europe’s building stock requires robust Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS), not a piecemeal approach that fails to regulate buildings that are ripe for renovation projects, writes Adrian Joyce.
Op-ed: No more time for half-measures on renovation (Euractiv)
Published by Euractiv on: 10 November 2021 | In times of climate crisis, it is no longer acceptable that our buildings swallow up so much of the limited energy resources and leave our citizens so vulnerable to energy price hikes, writes Adrian Joyce.
Open Letter to EU Energy Ministers on ‘Energy Price Rises: Renovate Buildings to Protect Consumers’
Open Letter to Energy Ministers of the EU Member States Subject: Energy Price Rises: Renovate Buildings to Protect Consumers Dear Minister, In the context of your meeting on the 26th of October, you will be debating the “toolbox” of measures tabled by the European Commission to address the rising energy prices. We call on you to prioritise building energy renovation to protect consumers. The increased price per unit puts the spotlight once again on our vulnerability to high rates, and costs, of energy imports. In 2015, the EU imported 53% of its energy needs and…
Europe fails to act on energy waste in Recovery and Resilience Plans
Press Release on Study Launch:Renovate2Recover: How Transformational are the National Recovery Plans for Buildings Renovation?A major Study by E3G for the Renovate Europe Campaign (REC) analysed the share devoted to energy renovation of the building stock in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs), showing that ambition remains low and that Member States lack foresight for planning beyond 2026. In a moment when increasing energy efficiency is made more urgent than ever because of skyrocketing energy prices, the Plans represent a huge, missed opportunity to significantly…
Op-ed: Technical Assistance: the wealth-enabler for buildings (ECEEE)
Published by ECEEE on: 28 September 2021 | With most of the National Recovery Plans approved this summer, attention is turning to the core business at hand: spending the money fast, and properly on building renovations. Technical Assistance will be crucial in driving up the rate and depth of renovations across the EU, making sure we leave no one behind.