Union Investment’s latest sustainability study, for which 172 property investors in Germany, France and the UK were surveyed, found that European property investors were broadening the scope of their sustainability activities.

The IEA Sustainable Buildings Centre has launched an interactive Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) database.

The French Union of Electricty (UFE) has just released a study on how to steer the Energy Effiency policy, all types of energy considered. The UFE suggests in particular to reshape this policy in order to give the priority to the actions that try to maximize the ratio "energy savings/invested capital" while allowing a real industrial policy.