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How is your country progressing in energy efficiency?

Your opinion counts! The Energy Efficiency Watch warmly invites you to participate in an EU-wide survey on the progress of (...)

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A new CO2 tax on heating and social climate fund to help households invest in green solutions

EU legislators have recently agreed to impose a carbon price on buildings which still have a heating system based on fossil (...)

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Overview - Smart buildings and smart grids

The concepts of smart buildings and smart grids have gained momentum in publications and news concerning energy efficiency (...)

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Climate impact of new buildings much too high, finds BPIE analysis

A failure to decarbonise newly constructed buildings could prevent the EU from achieving its climate targets for 2030 and (...)

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ESCOS and ENPCS: Key Energy Efficiency Tools to Deliver Fit for 55

This event will highlight the potential of energy service companies (ESCOs), notably by using Energy Performance Contracts (...)

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EU’s “Fit for 55” to spur policy innovation for climate action

The European Commission has released its “Fit for 55” legislation package, supporting its commitment to reduce net greenhouse (...)

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7 H2020 projects partner up to advise EU leaders how to prepare buildings for the energy transition

The transition to a forward-looking climate neutral economy, announced in the European Green Deal, demands an action plan (...)

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[Webinar] Transforming the existing building stock – A toolkit to make buildings smarter

According to recent estimates, the construction sector accounts for 40% of the energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse (...)

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The European Renovation Wave: From Words to Action

The building sector, as it stands today, is a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union. (...)

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European Energy Efficiency Conference 2021: propose a speaker/paper

Boosting economic recovery with energy efficiency – this is the focus of the next European Energy Efficiency Conference from (...)

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[Webinar] Industrial heat pumps for a greener European industry

We are living in transformative times. Times when we need to re-evaluate everything we know. Everything we are. Everything (...)

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Towards EU Member States Economic Recovery: The potential of buildings in delivering jobs and a better quality of life

The EU has long been considered a frontrunner in the field of climate and environment policy. In that perspective, the Europ (...)

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The European Green Deal is Going Local

The European Committee of the Regions launches a new working group to ensure that cities and regions can bring the European (...)

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OVERVIEW | Energy in Buildings at the 2020 EU Sustainable Energy Week #EUSEW 2020

This year marks the 15thEuropean Sustainable Energy Week EUSEW.  Under the circumstances with Covid-19 the event was adapted (...)

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[#Quarantine] Are we still immortal ?

These days, in the midst of dark news, a little melody hums that « it won’t be the same afterwards » and that we‘re going (...)