EU-ASE Response to the European Water Resilience Strategy Public Consultation

The European Alliance to Save Energy supports the European Commission’s efforts to develop a European Water Resilience Strategy.

Europe faces both a competitiveness crisis and increasing water scarcity. To address these challenges, the Water Efficiency First (WE1st) principle must be embedded in the strategy. Drawing from the Energy Efficiency First (EE1st) principle, we emphasize that prioritizing efficiency in water use across all sectors enhances economic resilience, and industrial competitiveness while supporting climate goals.

The EE1 principle, embedded in EU energy policy, requires prioritization of efficiency measures in planning, policy, and investment decisions. Similarly, the WE1st principle should be formally integrated into EU legislation for a systemic application. Water demand reduction across industries should be a priority, ensuring efficiency without placing burden on consumers. Member States must integrate water efficiency into decision-making, aligning it with climate, industrial, and digital policies, while ensuring due consideration in the built environment. A water-energy nexus approach is crucial, leveraging synergies between water conservation and energy savings, particularly in semiconductors, and data centers.

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EU-ASE welcomes the Clean Industrial Deal and the Action Plan for Affordable Energy

Energy Efficiency must be better recognized at the heart of Europe’s industrial and energy strategy.

The European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) welcomes the publication of the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) and the Action Plan for Affordable Energy (Action Plan). We recognize them as important steps towards Europe’s industrial decarbonisation, increased competitiveness and energy security. As representatives of Europe’s energy efficiency actors, we support the prominent role given to energy efficiency in the Action Plan, acknowledging its critical importance in ensuring affordability, competitiveness, and decarbonisation. We also welcome the recognition of energy efficiency in the Clean Industrial Deal but stress that it must be further elevated as a core pillar of industrial competitiveness. We emphasize that the effective implementation of the “energy efficiency first” principle is a key element to address the challenge that European industry faces in terms of the cost of energy.

Monica Frassoni, President of EU-ASE, staded: Today, while the Clean Industrial Deal acknowledges energy efficiency, there is still room to further recognize its full potential as a crucial enabler that structurally reduces operational costs, enhances industrial competitiveness, and strengthens resilience against volatile energy prices. Building on the positive elements of both publications, it is essential to strengthen coherence between these two initiatives and ensure that the Clean Industrial Deal becomes a true driver of the ambitious and timely implementation of the existing energy efficiency regulatory framework”.

 

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Media contact:
Ileana Okumus 
Policy and Advocacy Advisor 
ileana.okumus@euase.eu 

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The European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) is a cross-sectoral, business-led organisation that ensures that the voice of energy efficiency is heard across Europe. EU-ASE members have operations across the 27 Member States of the European Union, employ over 340.000 people in Europe and have an aggregated annual turnover of €115 billion.

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Meet the Energy Efficiency Ecosystem

 

 

This infographic showcases the economic impact of the energy efficiency industrial ecosystem in the European Union.

The data highlight annual turnover, employment figures, and patent ownership, demonstrating the significant contribution that energy-efficient industries provide to the European economy. 

As the Clean Industrial Deal takes shape, recognizing the scale of this ecosystem is key. Energy-efficient industries play a crucial role in driving economic growth, creating jobs, fostering innovation, and increasing Europe’s industrial competitiveness while advancing sustainability.

 

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Energy efficient buildings: a game-changer for energy system efficiency

The 2019-2024 European climate and energy package sets a roadmap for various sectors to achieve decarbonization and meet climate goals. To ensure its success, it must be implemented effectively. Dan Jørgensen, the new European Commissioner for Housing and Energy, highlights that housing and energy are interlinked themes that must be addressed together. The recipe for a successful European climate and energy transition requires affordable, growth-orientated, and secured energy sources as main ingredients.

As Europe moves towards a highly electrified and renewable energy system, the role of buildings in managing energy demand is more critical than ever. Buildings are responsible for 40% of the EU’s energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions. Buildings hold the key to mitigating peak energy demand—the periods of highest consumption. Europe must strategically address these forthcoming peaks to avoid high energy prices, grid congestion, and keeping us locked in a fossil fuel world.

Renovating buildings by implementing energy efficiency measures is a solution to address these risks. Through widespread (i.e., >2% renovation rate) energy efficiency renovations and flexibility improvements in buildings, the European Union can reduce peak demand by 49%, saving €312 billion annually across the energy system. This has the power to lower the investment needed for grid expansion by up to €44.2 billion annually, optimizing Europe’s distribution grids.

Moreover, energy-efficient renovation of the European Union building stock increases the equality in electricity prices between countries, promoting a more balanced energy market across regions, and across Europe for all citizens. Lower energy costs directly benefit end users, resulting in significant reductions in electricity bills for European households and enabling European industries to decarbonize their production processes at more competitive energy costs.

Energy-efficient buildings are therefore central to implementing a system efficiency approach. Breaking down silos and fostering collaborations across the energy sector are crucial to success. By placing energy efficiency at the heart of the energy system and focusing on improving the efficiency of buildings, Europe can achieve multiple objectives: lowering energy costs, stabilizing the grid, and enhancing the affordability and competitiveness of its energy system. By making all technologies work hand in hand, we can make the best of the available resources to ensure that tomorrow has a home for all of us.

 

Quentin Galland-Jarrett
Group Public & Regulatory Affairs Director 
Knauf Insulation

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Energy Efficiency Day 2024

On 4 December 2024, we celebrated the third edition of European Energy Efficiency Day at the European Parliament. This high-level conference will brought together leading policymakers, business players and civil society organisations. The event served as a unique platform to discuss energy efficiency as cost-effective solution for increasing European competitiveness and energy security and reducing energy prices for citizens and brought together more than sixty participants from the energy sector.

Speakers
Annalisa Corrado – Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats
Yvan Verougstraete – Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe
Seán Kelly – Member of the European Parliament, European People’s Party
Jutta Paulus – Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Greens
Monica Frassoni – President, European Alliance to Save Energy
Bertrand Piccard – Chairman, Solar Impulse Foundation
Mechthild Wörsdörfer – Deputy Director-General, DG ENER

Stakeholders’ Contributions
David Ducarme
– Group Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO, Knauf Insulation
Mario Giordano – Global Head of Public and Government Affairs, Signify
Anne Berthereau – Vice President Sustainability, Owens Corning
Benedikt Kuttenkeuler – Head of Government Affairs EU, Siemens
Letizia Magaldi – President, Kyoto Club. Executive Vice President corporate and business development, Magaldi Green Energy
Adèle Naudy-Chambaud – Vice President EU Government Affairs, Schneider Electric

Find out more visiting the EEDay website and through our social media channels LinkedIn and X

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