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EU Roadmap series: Waste and circularity to decarbonise the built environment

As part of the "EU Policy Whole Life Carbon Roadmap" by WorldGBC, this third issue of the series explores the role of Waste and Circularity in decarbonising the EU’s built environment. The interview is done to...

Which EU countries are removing fossil fuel heaters?

The European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) has released a map showing the European countries that are banning or planning to ban fossil fuel heaters. Which are they?   For example, Germany is going...

Plymouth pilot site: 5th generation heating and cooling grid in practice!

Plymouth's 5GDHC heating and cooling grid aims to impact the city by using local resources in a smart and productive way.   By using a low temperature system that operates with heat pumps at the ...

Botoșani Twinning in León to discuss about energy efficiency

Last year, as part of the peer learning activities organised by the Covenant of Mayors, a delegation from Botoșani (Romania) visited the City of León (Spain) to discuss good practices and...

Grants for installing rooftop photovoltaics panels and solar collectors in Bulgaria

The Ministry of Bulgaria is planning to launch a EUR 30.5 million grant for replacing inefficient heating system into photovoltaics panels and solar collectors. In particular, households...

ePLANET - 3rd Press Release published

The 3rd ePLANET press release has been published. More information is shared about the Stakeholders Forum, a forum for early adopters and most engaged partners to discuss about topics as data visualization tools, ePLANET platform, multi-...

EU legislators aiming for a new energy efficiency law in 2023

The European Commission proposed a revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive in 2021 to foster energy saving targets, and reducing primary and final energy consumption by 2030. The energy crisis has reinforced even more...

"EU source of 45% renewables by 2030 can be challenging but feasible", says EU climate chief Frans Timmermans

EU Climate Chief Frans Timmermans believes that the 45% renewable targets by 2030 is ambitious but possible. EU countries and the European Parliament are currently discussing about a new law to boost green energy...

The importance of insulation coupled with heat pumps

As part of the plan to reach climate-neutrality by 2030, the UK is going to replace 1.7 million gas boilers a year until 2030.   The government has announced a scheme to help households to upgrade the energy...

Residents of flats in the UK are challenged by high energy prices

Residents of flats with communal heating systems are challanged by the high energy prices and there might be a possibility for them to sue their network operators for heating and hot water. On the other...