European Parliament endorses Renovate Europe’s long-term target on building renovations


The European Parliament's Report on the Energy Roadmap 2050 stresses that the reduction of energy use in buildings must be a "central element" of the EU's long-term energy policy, and calls for a reduction in the energy consumption of the existing building stock "by 80% by 2050 compared to 2010 levels", in line with the Renovate Europe Campaign vision. The own-initiative report on the Commission's Energy Roadmap 2050 was adopted in Plenary today, 14th March 2013, following a vote in the ITRE Committee on 24th January. “There is no doubt about it – we urgently need to address the energy…

A Guide to Developing Strategies for Building Energy Renovation


BPIE has produced a guide to support the EU Member States draft the first version of their renovation strategies to be published by April 30th 2014. Deep renovations are specifically encouraged by the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED, 2012/27/EU) through the requirement for Member States to establish long term strategies for the renovation of national building stocks covering all building types, including residential and non-residential buildings, whether in private, public or mixed ownership. The adoption of the EED in October 2012, developed in order to help deliver the EU’s 20% headline…

Renovate Europe welcomes Parliament’s call for ambitious building stock renovation targets!


The European Parliament’s Report on the Energy Roadmap 2050, adopted in the ITRE Committee on 24th January, echoes the call already voiced in the EU Roadmap for a low-carbon economy in 2050 as well as in the Energy Efficiency Directive, to urgently address the energy efficient renovation of Europe’s buildings. The own-initiative report on the Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050 underlines the need to substantially scale up the rate and quality of building renovation in order to reduce the energy consumption of the existing building stock “by 80% by 2050 compared to 2010 levels”. “Energy…

80% of the Economic Potential of Energy Efficiency in buildings still untapped World Energy Outlook 2012, IEA


In its World Energy Outlook 2012 (WEO), launched in Brussels on 20th November, the International Energy Agency (IEA) underlines the unexploited potential of energy efficiency in terms of economic gains, energy security improvements and environmental protection. The multiple benefits of energy efficiency could be achieved if the currently available technologies and practices to improve energy efficiency were systematically adopted, leading to “energy savings, by 2035, equivalent to nearly a fifth of global demand in 2010”, according to IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven. “Energy…

Multiple Benefits of Investing in Energy Efficient Renovations in Buildings – Impact on Public Finances


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Eco-renovations will boost states’ coffers – study


EU governments could raise up to €128bn by 2017 through additional income and corporate taxes and lower social costs from renovation programmes aimed at improving buildings' energy efficiency, a new study has found. In addition, up to €75bn could be saved on energy bills in the public sector by 2020, according to the Copenhagen Economics study commissioned by the European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EuroACE). In terms of employment, eco-renovations could generate between 760,000 to 1.5 million new jobs by the end of the decade. To facilitate investments, the…