Latest News
Doing more with less: Increase energy efficiency & reduce carbon intensity of wastewater treatment plants
The European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a recast of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD). This document gathers our inputs to the co-legislators that are due to negotiate and finalise the draft proposal in the next months. The UWWTD played a substantial role in improving water...
read more
EU-ASE at Green loans for efficient and safe buildings
Buildings are responsible for 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU and it is estimated that 75-90% of buildings in the Union’s territory will still be in use in 2050. Considering this, energy efficiency renovation works for buildings have...
read more
EU-ASE at COP23
Following the continued progress after the COP21 in Paris and the new momentum gained through the Montreal Ministerial Meeting on Climate Action, the European Commission is organising a high-level event at the COP23 to discuss EU and global progress on the clean...
read more
State of the Union – clima e energia, ora accelerare
Su clima e energia il discorso di Juncker è condito di buone intenzioni: molte le partite da chiudere e una novità di rilievo. Nell’indicare le priorità UE in materia di clima ed energia il presidente della Commissione europea Jean-Claude Juncker nel suo State of the...
read more
The vote you’ve never heard of – and why it can change Europe’s investment climate
A revision of the EU accounting rules on the treatment of public-private energy performance contracts would allow massive injections of investment into the EU economy. Yet, there is opposition from some national statistical offices — especially Germany –which have to...
read more
EU under fire over ‘weak outcome’ of new energy directives
The European Union has come under fire over what has been labelled a “weak outcome” after energy ministers rubber stamped new EU energy efficiency directives. Earlier this week European Union ministers reached an agreement on new targets to be established within both...
read more
EU-ASE at the Informal Energy Council
Valletta, 18 May 2017 — At the Informal Energy Council in Malta today, top executives of leading companies urged EU Energy Ministers to increase ambition on energy efficiency. Member States are currently discussing the European Commission’s proposals for a Clean...
read more