The European Environment Agency has come out with a couple of very interesting and important reports recently. * Do we live in a 'green economy'? New report assesses progress in Europe Despite progress in some areas, Europe must do more to create the 'green economy' needed for the continent to become sustainable, according to … Continue reading Reports from the European Environment Agency
Category: European energy policies
Congratulations to EEIP
EiD would like to congratulate our colleagues at Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes for being shortlisted for the Sustainable Energy Europe Awards 2012 category for communicating: http://www.eusew.eu/awards-competition. EEIP is just over one year old and already has over 10,000 following them on various social networking platforms. EEIP has free membership and unique balance of B2B … Continue reading Congratulations to EEIP
New study on the macroeconomic benefits of energy efficiency
The report, ‘The Macroeconomic Benefits of Energy efficiency: The case for public action’ by E3G, an independent not-for-profit organisation in the UK, argues the current UK and wider European focus on austerity combined with structural reforms will not be enough to drive economic recovery in the short term. A second round of stimulus packages looks … Continue reading New study on the macroeconomic benefits of energy efficiency
New study related to energy efficiency obligations
At a time of heated debate around the merits of energy efficiency obligations within the draft Energy Efficiency Directive, a new report by the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) and eceee “Determining Energy Savings for Energy Efficiency Obligation Schemes” provides a no-nonsense set of guidelines for determining energy savings under such schemes. Based on a detailed … Continue reading New study related to energy efficiency obligations
Key figures from the European wind industry
The European Wind Energy Association released its new “Green Growth” report on the opening day of the EWEA 2012 Annual Event in Copenhagen on 16 April. The report is available at the EWEA website. Key figures from the report released include: The wind energy sector contributed €32 billion to EU GDP in 2010 The sector’s … Continue reading Key figures from the European wind industry
Employment impacts from retrofitting Poland’s buildings
Central European University in Budapest has just published Employment Impacts of a Large-Scale Deep Building Energy Retrofit Programme in Poland. The report was funded by the European Climate Foundation. The research demonstrates that up to 84% of energy used to heat Polish buildings, and corresponding CO 2 emissions – can be avoided by a wide-spread … Continue reading Employment impacts from retrofitting Poland’s buildings
Guidance document on cost optimality
The EiD post of March 23rd stated that on Wednesday, March 21st, the European Parliament and the Council published a comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements for buildings and building elements. This was required under the recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Guidelines as intended by Annex … Continue reading Guidance document on cost optimality
Will April be “the cruellest month”?
The British poet, T.S. Eliot, in his poem “The Wasteland” called April the “cruellest month.” Thirteen months after the publication of the Commission’s Energy Efficiency Plan and ten months after its publication of the proposed Energy Efficiency Directive, April is turning into crunch time. The Council (represented by Denmark as President), the European Parliament and … Continue reading Will April be “the cruellest month”?
Question of the week
Reuter’s news agency reports that of Romania’s 19 million population, less than five million are workers paying taxes, with most of the rest pensioners, children, subsistence farmers or people working illegally. Costs for the more than five million pensioners amounted to 9% of GDP in 2010. Also, Romania, the EU’s second-poorest member with an average … Continue reading Question of the week
Hannover Fair to host roundtable on financing energy efficiency in industry
Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes (EEIP), a Brussels-based independent not-for-profit platform for business and policy in Europe, is organising a roundtable to discuss financing issues related to investing in energy efficiency in the industrial sector on April 24th at the world famous Hannover Messe, which is billed as the world’s most important technology event. The … Continue reading Hannover Fair to host roundtable on financing energy efficiency in industry
