Understanding Europe’s Renovation Wave

The European Commission unveiled a new energy efficiency strategy that could see 35 million buildings renovated and up to 160,000 green jobs created. It is useful to go directly to the EC website to have a better understanding. The following are questions and answers to help us better understand this new initiative. Questions and … Continue reading Understanding Europe’s Renovation Wave →

New report from BPIE on progress by EU member states to provide their renovation strategies

A new report from the Buildings Performance Institute Europe assesses the compliance of the 14 available long-term renovation strategies (as published on the website of the European Commission on 8 September 2020) against the provisions in Article 2a of the amended 2018 Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). EiD earlier this summer wrote about the … Continue reading New report from BPIE on progress by EU member states to provide their renovation strategies →

Blog from Anders Wijkman: Home retrofitting in the EU: An opportunity to build back better in a post COVID-19 world

The built environment, which includes our homes, workplaces, schools, hospitals, libraries, and other public buildings, is - as we know - the single largest energy consumer in the EU. It is responsible for an estimated 40 per cent of the EU’s total energy consumption and 36 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. 75 per cent … Continue reading Blog from Anders Wijkman: Home retrofitting in the EU: An opportunity to build back better in a post COVID-19 world →