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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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

The 3 finalists of the 4th Roger Léron 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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

The European Union sets ambitious renewable energy and efficiency targets
The European Union has voted to increase its binding targets on both energy efficiency and renewable energy, sending a signal (...)

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 (...)

CommONEnergy Economic Assessment Tool: tutorial video available!
The economic assessment tool allows estimating the energy saving potential and economic benefits of retrofitting shopping (...)