Energy Renovation – the Sharpest Arrow in the EU’s post-2020 Budget
15 March 2018 The adoption yesterday in the European Parliament of the Olbrycht-Thomas Own-Initiative Report has set a positive tone for future negotiations on the EU’s post-2020 Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF), which has the potential to significantly boost investments in energy renovations across the EU. The EP’s call for climate-related funding to be raised to 30% in the next 7-year budgetary period acknowledges the rising expectations from EU citizens to deliver a people-centric budget in line with the Paris Agreement and the Energy Efficiency First principle. “The energy…
Renovate Europe responds to MFF Public Consultation
Renovate Europe provided its imput to the public consultations on the post-2020 MFF. Why is Energy Renovation one of the biggest success stories of the current EU budget? Energy Renovation is a people-centric policy which positively impacts citizens. Energy Renovation also has undeniable economic benefits for EU businesses and for public budgets Energy Renovation and the modernisation of the existing building stock creates quality jobs for local SMEs How can Energy Renovation make the next MFF "Europe's biggest jobs programme"? Earmarking for energy efficiency and especially for…
Renovate Europe brings together its National Partners to discuss MFF
Renovate Europe brought together 9 of its 15 National Partners to discuss the post-2020 Multi-Annual Financial Framework. A panel of 3 experts provided insight on the topic to set the scene: Key aspects of post-2020 MFF – What opportunities and what risks?Jonathan Gaventa, E3G The Climate Thematic Objective – Impact for Energy Efficiency and Future Outlook Markus Trilling, CAN Europe Challenges and Benefits in the Cities – How to improve funding channels for energy renovation in the next MFF Andy Deacon, Climate Alliance
EPBD Negotiations: NZEB 2050 gets a step closer!
20 December 2017 Adrian Joyce, Renovate Europe Campaign Director The time that remains to avoid catastrophic global warming is rapidly slipping away. It is not just me saying that, and not just Emmanuel Macron. It is also the message that United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) delivered last week, and it is one that EU Member States seem to have heard ahead of their negotiations at the 19 December trialogue on revisions to the EPBD. In the decades ahead, the world is set to construct a Paris-sized area…
Don’t rush a bad deal – EPBD must deliver on Renovation now, not in 10 years
[COREPER Friday 15th December] Adrian Joyce, Renovate Europe Campaign Director At Friday’s COREPER, Member States have the perfect opportunity to place the EU ahead of its competitors on building regulations with the recast of Europe's cornerstone energy saving legislation: the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The next opportunity to revise the EU’s buildings legislation is not anticipated for another 10 years, according to the EPBD revision clause, so Member States must take the opportunity now - and they must get it right with a 2050 NZEB vision and strong national…
Building Renovation can become ‘Europe’s biggest jobs programme’
The EU’s next long-term budget for 2021-2027 offers a unique opportunity to demonstrate the tangible benefits that EU policies and funding can deliver to citizens on the ground, argues Adrian Joyce 11 December 2017 Adrian Joyce, Renovate Europe Campaign Director Energy renovation could become one of the biggest success stories of the next EU budget. As the EU seeks to re-energise its image and boost the confidence of EU citizens in the face of rising Euroscepticism, the next Multi-Annual Framework (MFF) offers a golden opportunity. By placing energy renovation centre-stage in the post-2020…