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EU member states strike an agreement on future nature restoration law

Restore 30% of degraded land and marine areas by 2030: this is the objective set out in the text agreed by the Member States (...)

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Review of 50 years of EU Energy Efficiency Policies for Buildings

The reduction of energy demand in buildings through the adoption of energy efficiency policy is a key pillar of the European (...)

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Energy Charter Treaty: reform will only happen when energy ministers get involved

Negotiations are underway for the reform of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), an international trade agreement under fire (...)

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How does your country perform in energy efficiency?

A survey has been launched in the framework of the Energy Efficiency Watch Project. The survey aims at collecting opinions (...)

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The European Union has the tools to boost a sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, say TEG experts

In a statement released today, the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) describes how existing EU tools (e (...)

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EIT Climate-KIC CEO selected as a top expert to advise the European Commission

Yesterday, the European Commission announced EIT Climate-KIC CEO Kirsten Dunlop as one of 16 experts that will provide indepe (...)

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RELaTED Webinar: New solutions for sustainable district heating in European cities

The recently revised EU Renewable Energy Directive recognises heating and cooling as a key sector in accelerating the decarb (...)

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The 3 finalists of the 4th Roger LĂ©ron Award are here!

The jury made its call, and the 3 finalists of the Roger Léron Award 2018 are finally known: congratulations to Andy Bull (...)

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BPIE workshop: Building Renovation Passports: the journey to better renovation

This workshop, supported by the EU-funded project iBRoad, will present the concept of the Building Renovation Passport (BRP (...)

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BTA Climate KIC launches a survey to assess buildings markets across Europe

Building Market Briefs (BMB) is a Climate-KIC initiative that aims to collect and generate analysis on the building sector (...)

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Building Market Briefs: a BTA initiative to help innovators to tackle European markets

To take on the challenge of delivering low carbon buildings all over Europe, stakeholders need comparable, pan-European data (...)

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EmBuild presents a template for the energy efficient renovation of buildings

EmBuild presents a template for the public sector energy efficient renovation of the building stock. This guidance and templa (...)

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RELaTED

District heating systems (DHs) are identified as key systems to achieve a de-carbonized supply of heating energy in European (...)

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STARDUST PROJECT - Holistic and Integrated Urban Model for Smart Cities

From October 10 to 11, Fundación Cener-Ciemat together with the city of Pamplona hosted the kick off meeting of the STARDUST (...)

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CommONEnergy Economic Assessment Tool: tutorial video available!

The economic assessment tool allows estimating the energy saving potential and economic benefits of retrofitting shopping (...)