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Long-Term Renovation Strategies not on track to deliver climate-neutrality by 2050, indicating need for full revision of Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
A new report launched by the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) finds that EU Member States continue to underplay (...)
Climathon 2020: Citizens across the globe are eager to contribute to a post-COVID sustainable recovery
Over 4,500 citizens from around the world will join forces and take action this week-end as part of EIT Climate-KIC’s Climath (...)
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. (...)
Passivhaus for Educational Buildings: Universities
The third in a four-part mini-series of interactive online events for local authorities, educational institutions and others (...)
Press release: BPIE publishes Action Plan to support economic recovery and launch a renovation wave for Europe’s buildings
BPIE – The Buildings Performance Institute Europe, has released its latest publication, “An Action Plan for the renovation (...)
RICS supports Construction 2050 - A New vision for the European Construction sector
As part of the European Construction Forum, RICS and other leaders representing the European construction industry call for (...)
New briefing from BPIE: Policy Innovation for Building Renovation – How can policy innovation scale up the decarbonisation of the building stock in Europe?
A policy innovation for building renovation is a new policy, regulation, support scheme, programme or service that intends (...)
Low-carbon energy finance: new insights for modelers and policy makers
While many studies analyse the innovation, diffusion, and cost developments of low-carbon energy technologies, little resea (...)
PUBLENEF Final Conference
A new Energy Efficiency Directive has been agreed upon and Europeans now have their new target: 32,5% for 2030. Public author (...)
Australian PM to reject climate policy after challenge to leadership
Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has dropped the proposal to decrease greenhouse gas emissions after facing a (...)
Introducing the Innovation Review
EIT Climate-KIC this week launches Innovation Review — a new content concept that replaces the Daily Planet, our previous (...)
EU carbon emissions rise in sign of challenge ahead
The European Union’s total carbon emissions from fossil fuels rose last year by 1.8 percent, highlighting the challenge the (...)
EU Parliament approves new measures to create a circular economy
The EU has taken a significant step towards fundamentally changing the way its economy works, shifting towards principles (...)
Insight into Construction in Estonia by the European Construction Sector Observatory
The Estonian construction sector has gone through a boom and bust cycle due to the global economic crisis, followed by a (...)
Insight into Construction in Finland by the European Construction Sector Observatory
The Finnish construction sector was not as affected by the economic crisis as other European countries; however, its performa (...)