Heating and air conditioning now represent more than 70% of emissions linked to the use of buildings in France. In 2018, more than one in two households mainly used fossil fuels for...
The latest regulation in France, called RE2020, has set ambitious targets to make buildings carbon neutral by 2050. Can an intelligent and smart building help to reach the energy...
The production of electricity from renewable sources in the EU increased by almost 5% from 2020 to 2021. Solar power has resulted as the fastest-growing source of electricity.
Focusing...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and El Corte Inglés have signed a financing agreement to implement energy efficiency measures and a digital transformation by 2024 for the well-known...
La revisione europea della direttiva sulla Performance energetica degli edifici avrà lo scopo di introdurre di standard minimi di prestazione energetica anche agli edifici esistenti, e non solo a quelli di...
A total of €4.11 million from the Modernisation Fund are going to support 61 projects in 8 Member States. These projects aim to modernise energy systems, reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
The Army Museum and Autoworld in Brussels' Parc du Cinquantenaire will be renovated by 2030 in the occasion of Belgium´s 200th anniversary. The process will make the building more energy efficient by...
A small family-owned company near Vicenza (Italy) have produced roofing tiles which hide a very unique particular: they contain solar photovoltaic cells. The tiles are made to look intentionally like...
The 1st Train the Trainers (TtT) event took place in Prague on 18 and 19 January 2023. The programme addresses application of the Circular Economy interventions in the construction value chain framework and the ...
Local and Regional governments play a vital role in the fight against climate change in the European Union. They are directly responsible for enabling and/or enforcing the implementation of national and European...
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 ...
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...
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...
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-...
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 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...
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 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...
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Bob Hinkle, CEO of Metrus Energy, gives his perspective on ways to fight climate crisis. He argues that energy efficiency is the quickest and cheapest resource to implement for climate action, but it has...