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EU-ASE Feedback to the 2040 Climate Target Consultation
The European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission`s public consultation on the 2040 climate targets. We support a binding EU-wide climate target for 2040 to address the more and more frequent impact of the climate, energy and water crisis. In order to achieve climate neutrality...
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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...
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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...
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Top executives call on Energy Ministers to resist proposals lowering ambition in key revisions of energy efficiency directives
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 moreEuropean Alliance to Save Energy views on the current revisions of the Energy Efficiency and Energy Performance of Building Directives (EED and EPBD)
Dear Minister, I am writing to you on behalf of the European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE). EU-ASE is a multi-sectoral business organisation whose members have operations across the 28 Member States of the European Union, employ 340.000 people in Europe and have an...
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French multinational corporation SAINT-GOBAIN joins the European Alliance to Save Energy
BRUSSELS – The European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) announced today that the French group SAINT-GOBAIN has joined the ten current industrial members of the Alliance. “We welcome SAINT-GOBAIN, and we look forward to working with them” said Harry Verhaar,...
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How can Energy Union governance help put efficiency first?
Energy efficiency markets are driven by legislation. This is why a strong energy efficiency directive supported by a robust governance mechanism are key to delivering the multiple benefits of energy efficiency, argue Monica Frassoni and Harry Verhaar. Monica Frassoni...
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