Efficiency will be an important part of the EU’s Energy Union plan to strengthen the bloc’s resistance to shortages, but it faces competition from other policy streams for lawmakers’ attention.
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Energy Union stutters on efficiency
SPECIAL REPORT / Experts are divided on whether the European Commission's proposals to foster an Energy Union are strong enough to drive forward energy efficiency measures, and in particular the renovation of existing buildings
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EuroAce: Energy Union should push EU efficiency laws
SPECIAL REPORT / The recognition in the Energy Union of the importance of improving energy efficiency in the EU's building stock is welcome. But unless existing measures are properly implemented by national governments, the multiple benefits of renovation will not be exploited to the full, Céline Carré told EURACTIV.
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Katainen: Private sector will decide if EU money goes to energy efficiency
SPECIAL REPORT / The European Union will not ring-fence funds from the Juncker plan to pay for renovation projects to boost the energy efficiency of buildings, the Commission Vice-President in charge of the €315 billion investment package told EURACTIV yesterday (9 March).
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Energy efficiency investment must increase five-fold, warns report
SPECIAL REPORT / Private investment in energy-efficient buildings renovation must increase five-fold by 2030, according to a group set up by the European Commission and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Finance Initiative.
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Brussels toughens up on policing EU energy efficiency laws
SPECIAL REPORT / EU leaders will discuss strengthening the enforcement of existing energy laws at their 19 March summit, after the European Commission signalled it would toughen its policing of efficiency rules by launching infringement procedures against recalcitrant EU member states.
