Nel nostro Paese la green economy ha contribuito e sta contribuendo in modo determinante a rilanciare la competitività del made in Italy. Una propensione che abbraccia tutti i settori della nostra economia – da quelli più tradizionali a quelli high tech, dall’agroalimentare all’edilizia, dalla manifattura alla chimica, dall’energia ai rifiuti – e che sale al 32% nel manifatturiero.
In this policy brief we will show that Europe could double its energy productivity performance on the basis of existing technologies.
High Energy – Productivity Growth Scenario would not only bring no appreciable reduction in lifestyle and prosperity; it would actually add to lifestyle quality by freeing up more money for spending on health, recreation and education. The effect would be felt at the national level – where countries would have more money to invest on desirable social goods. But it would also create a palpable difference at the household level.
The average European consumer would pay around €82,45 per month in energy costs, down from the average €123,27 today.
Build a solid case to illustrate that existing policy could be more effective and push for an ambitious Energy Union Increasing political commitment to #EfficiencyFirst Increased visibility of the EU ASE “brand”.
We are writing to express our encouragement at the increased recognition that energy efficiency is being given in current discussion regarding the Energy Union. It is our hope that as those discussions advance toward revision of existing EU legislation in 2016, they will be guided by the principle of “Efficiency First”, so that the final legislation contains concrete provisions, which promote energy efficiency as a fundamental lynchpin to success of the Energy Union.
These are the principles to ensure that energy efficiency investments -are systematically and fairly assessed when energy policy is developed, are given priority when they are more cost-effective than equivalent investments in energy supply and also can compete on equal terms with investments in energy supply.