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EU-ASE Response to the EU Fitness Check on Energy Security Architecture
The European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the EU Fitness Check on Energy Security Architecture. The Recent geopolitical crises and heightened climate risks have underscored the urgent need for a resilient and independent EU energy security framework. While the EU has made notable...
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State Aid: Response to the public consultation on the CEEAG revision
The European Green Deal target to reach climate neutrality by 2050 calls for unprecedented levels of public and private investments accompanied by deep reforms. In this context, well-designed State Aid schemes will be key to unlock investments and make the best use of...
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Carbon pricing in buildings? Help renovate and switch to renewables first
Including buildings in an emissions trading scheme will have a limited impact on emissions and should, at most, complement other measures like substantially increasing renovation rates, switching to renewables and phasing out fossil fuels subsidies, writes on Euractiv...
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The need for speed | EUSEW 2021
by Harry Verhaar Head of Global Public & Government Affairs and Chairman of the board of the European Alliance to Save Energy. In this climate-critical decade, Europe is faced with the extraordinary task of drastically improving our environmental impact, while...
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Commission strengthens EU energy efficiency rules, lacks ambition on targets
The European Commission unveiled today its “Fit for 55” package to adapt the EU’s energy and climate legislation to the new goals of reducing emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and reach climate neutrality by 2050. The package includes the key proposal to revise the...
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EU-ASE at World Climate Forum Europe 2021
On 29 June 2021, EU-ASE president Monica Frassoni took part in the panel discussion Envisioning the Sustainable Built Environment of Tomorrow – Creating Momentum for the EU Renovation Wave, at the World Climate Forum Europe 2021. The event, hosted by the World Climate...
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Response to the Public Consultation on the EPBD revision
The European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission’s Public Consultation procedure regarding the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). Our contribution touched upon planning...
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