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Financing the green transition: The European Green Deal Investment Plan and Just Transition Mechanism

  • 4 Feb 2020
  • Pan European, EU Institutions
The European Union is the first to become carbon neutral by 2050 in the world. The European Green Deal's Investment Plan - the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan - will mobilise public investments and unlock public funds through EU...
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OVERVIEW | SMARTER Finance for Families project

  • 3 Feb 2020
  • Undefined
The SMARTER Finance for Families H2020 project intends to replicate the success of the Green Homes/ Green Mortgages (GH/GM) programme initiated by the Romanian Green Building Council (RoGBC). By the beginning of 2019, the Romanian program...
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At EU Green Deal conference Monica Frassoni highlights importance of energy efficiency to decarbonize Europe

  • 3 Feb 2020
  • Belgium, Pan European, EU Institutions

Speech by Monica Frassoni at the High-level public conference on implementing the European Green Deal and Climate Law – Brussels, Tuesday 28 January 2020

The production and use of energy across economic sectors account for more than 75% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. Energy efficiency (EE) must be prioritised. If we all want to go towards electrification, digitalisation and all the...
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Glass: A low-hanging fruit for the climate – and a tough nut to crack

  • 3 Feb 2020
  • Pan European, EU Institutions

Glass is irreplaceable in buildings, making it a key part of the solution to unlock energy savings and help reach Europe’s decarbonisation targets. But it’s also an energy-intensive industry, for which no immediate clean energy alternative is...

As a high-level group of CEOs, academics and politicians gathered in Brussels last week to discuss the future of the glass industry, they recognised how glass is a material which is used everywhere, from smartphones to cars, from ovens to...
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A Green Deal that works for everyone – Making the renovation wave a reality

  • 3 Feb 2020
  • Pan European, EU Institutions

The European Commission’s announced renovation wave offers an opportunity to bring the EU back on track when it comes to energy efficiency measures in buildings, write Marion Santini and Jan Rosenow.

Marion Santini is a researcher at the...

European leaders agreed in December that Europe would adopt a net-zero emission target for 2050 which would be put into legislation in March of this year. The European Commission issued a list of initiatives to respond to the ambitious...
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Glass industry boss: Replacing old windows can bring huge energy savings

  • 3 Feb 2020
  • Pan European

If Europe goes climate neutral, it will consume more flat glass, predicts Christian Quenett. And the benefits could be huge: simply doubling the replacement rate of windows, in line with the European Green Deal, would achieve 20% of the EU’s...

This interview addresses the near future of the European flat glass industry under the building renovation wave. The flat glass industry is expected to grow significantly in the next years in order to respond to the European Green Deal´s...
Publication

The inside story: Health effects of indoor air quality on children and young people

  • 31 Jan 2020
  • United Kingdom
Children are spending more and more time inside buildings and the indoor air quality can affect their health. In fact, air pollution has been linked to serious health conditions, such as cancer, asthma and cardiovascular diseases.   The...
Event

‘Reflect, Debate, Advise - Get Level(s) right’ conference

  • 29 Jan 2020
  • Belgium

The European Commission is pleased to invite you to the Reflect, Debate, Advise – Get Level(s) right conference

 

The aim of the event is two-fold – firstly, to present the analysis and findings of the Level(s) test phase; and, secondly, to further engage with testers, test co-ordinators and stakeholders more widely from the building sector on how to...