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The Net Zero Industry Act: The clean tech race is one Europe can win if it invests in Energy Efficiency First
The European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) recognizes the need for a systemic change in Europe’s industrial policy to address the climate and energy challenge while keeping Europe’s economies more competitive. In it’s urgency the Commission has overlooked a sector that is truly crucial for Europe to reach net-zero by 2050: the energy...
read moreEU-ASE response to the Inception Impact Assessment on the Revision of the UWWTD
The European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission’s publication of an inception impact assessment on the revision of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD). While the Directive has played a...
read moreOpen Letter: The importance of Minimum Energy Performance Standards to spur the Renovation Wave
Brussels, 9 September 2020 Dear Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, The upcoming Strategic Communication on the Renovation Wave is crucial to deliver on the objectives of the European Green Deal and the EU Recovery Plan, since faster and deeper energy...
read moreEU summit deal is good news for Europe’s recovery, but clearer rules are needed on climate conditionality
On Tuesday 21 July, after one of the longest summits in the European Union’s history EU Heads of State and Government stroke a deal on the recovery plan and multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027. The European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) welcomes...
read moreRecover Europe? Renovate buildings!
by Peter Robl, Public Affairs Manager Eastern Europe at Knauf Insulation & Martin Hojsík, Member of the European Parliament This op-ed was published on CEEnergyNews Building renovation needs the EU’s support and will help recover the economy in return. European...
read moreLeading businesses urge Governments to put building renovation at the centre of recovery plans
Ahead of the important European Council meeting of next 17-18 July, EU-ASE addressed a letter to the 27 EU Heads of State and government to call for leadership and long-term political vision for managing the economic and social crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic....
read moreDecarbonising industry and the ICT Sector (EUSEW 2020 side event)
The webinar “Decarbonising industry and the ICT sector: energy and CO2 saving potentials in the short and longer term”, part of the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2020 extended programme, brought together policymakers, researchers, and a cross-sectorial group...
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