Green Deal

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

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

[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 (...)

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. (...)

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 (...)

[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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

[#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 (...)

The ALDREN event in the EU parliament: Make the EU Green Deal implementation more efficient
The 22nd of January the ALDREN project organised an event in the European parliament with the support and participation (...)

Buildings at the centre of the Green Deal
On 11th December Ursula von Der Leyen, recently elected president of the European Commission, presented the new European (...)