The European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) welcomes the Jobs, Growth, and Investment Package that Commission President Juncker intends to present in the context of the upcoming Europe 2020 review.
We appreciate the opportunity to offer recommendations to incorporate energy efficiency in the Package. Energy efficiency measures deserve top consideration for inclusion in the Package simply because they are proven to maximise return on investment and to foster robust job creation. The mechanisms to implement them already exist and can be scaled up without delay.
In this short paper, we highlight the potential of energy efficiency to create jobs, promote and protect growth, and we outline six specific proposals for incorporating energy efficiency into the Package.
Leading businesses call for an ambitious EU-wide binding energy savings target for 2030.
On 14 October 2014, a broad range of European companies, large and SMEs, operating in diverse sectors, gathered in the European Parliament for the Fourth Annual High-Level Dinner Debate, organized by the European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE). Leading businesses called on EU Heads of State and Government, due to gather in Brussels for a European Council on 23 and 24 October, to support an ambitious EU wide binding energy savings target for 2030.
The creation of a fully functioning energy-efficiency market in the EU is currently being undermined by continuing uncertainty over the future legal framework for energy efficiency; notably the lack of long term targets. These would provide security for investment and create the conditions vital to innovation and the maintenance of our technical advantages. Under existing policies, two-thirds of economically viable energy efficiency potential available between now and 2035 will remain unrealized.
If fully exploited, energy efficiency could make EU GDP grow by 1.1%, but with current efforts by Member States, it is expected to be only 0.25%. The Fourth annual EU-ASE High-Level Dinner Debate therefore focuses on:
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cosa comporta per l’Europa un target di efficienza energetica al 30% entro il 2030
Le automobili europee 28% a maggior basso consume rispetto al 1995
L’industria europea ha migliorato l’efficienza energetica 10% rispetto agli USA tra 2001 e 2011
Il consumo delle nuove abitazioni 40% energia in meno rispetto a 20 anni fa
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