France and Europe: Time to end complacency on climate leadership
As France changes environment minister, we must collectively admit that a very poor job has been done with Europe’s Clean Energy Package, writes Yamina Saheb.
Energy Union
International Refurbishment Symposium: Productivity, Resilience, Sustainability
The Symposium is a one day event, co-located with the AECB's National Conference at Eco Connect London. This high brow symposium is focussed on productivity, resilience and sustainability in the domestic refurbishment sector. It is about re-thinking assumptions and systems in a time of change.
Will EU ministers heed Macron's call to #Makeourplanetgreatagain?
Europe's proposed 30% energy savings objective means less savings in the period 2020-2030 than in 2010-2020 and are in direct contradiction with the spirit of the Paris Agreement
The evidence behind a 40% energy efficiency target
The myth about the negative impact of high-efficiency ambition on the competitiveness of EU member states is dismantled by the European Commission's modelling results.
Why “Smart Finance for Smart Buildings” won’t be enough to renovate Europe
The Clean Energy for All Europeans package projects buildings to play a pivotal role in the EU energy transition.
Energy renovation: It’s time we get serious about it!
I am not sure if this is good news – or scary news! Here we have two Directives related to buildings under revision in the EU, and their messages are confusing at best. Let's take a closer look at them.
Securing Europe's energy future with efficiency and renewables
Russia’s warning of a looming gas crisis in Europe challenges the claimed ambition of the “Clean Energy for All Europeans
BuildUpon workshop on Energy Renovation
Implementing the Paris Climate Agreement: an opportunity to fuel the world with energy savings and renewables
The 1st industrial revolution was fuelled with coal, the 2nd with mainly oil, gas and to some extent nuclear energy while the 3rd one experienced a shy introduction of renewables in the energy mix.
Renovate Italy Day
L’efficienza energetica applicata agli edifici consente di consumare meno energia per soddisfare i bisogni legati all’abitare; inoltre, molto spesso, gli interventi di efficienza energetica migliorano sensibilmente il comfort.
