Letters
EU-ASE supports call from over 150 CEOs urging EU to raise 2030 emissions target
In a critical year for climate action, five years on from the landmark Paris Agreement and with the clock ticking for countries to ratchet up ambition before the end of the 2020, CEOs from over 150 European businesses, investors and business networks are calling on EU...
Open letter: An ambitious Renovation Wave now
Brussels, 14 September 2020 In December 2019, the Renovation Wave was announced as a key European initiative to support the European Green Deal. It has been made clear that decarbonising the EU’s building stock will support massive job creation and sustainable...
Open 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...
Leading 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....
Letter calls upon the REGI Committee to exclude fossil fuels from the Just Transition Fund
Dear Member of the REGI Committee, We call on you to vote in favour of a better future for communities by voting for regions to leap forward, not backwards. In your vote on the 6 July, we ask the REGI Committee to exclude fossil fuels from the Just Transition Fund –...
Open letter: Include energy renovation as priority of German Presidency
In view of the German presidency of the Council of the European Union, EU-ASE has supported an open letter to German Federal Ministers Altmaier, Seehofer, and Schulze urging them to include building renovation as a priority of the presidency programme. The letter...
Water is everyone’s business
The European Alliance to Save Energy is one of the undersigned organisations and businesses that stand with the 375,000 European citizens who have urged the EU governments and the European Commission to preserve the European Union’s groundbreaking Water Framework...
Green recovery: reboot and re-boost our economies for a sustainable future
The coronavirus crisis is shaking the whole world, with devastating consequences across Europe. We are being put to the test. We are suffering and mourning our losses, and this crisis is testing the limits of our system. It is also a test of our great European...
Open letter to EU leaders: Delivering the European Green Deal for a sustainable and efficient recovery of our economy
Europe’s energy efficiency businesses call on EU leaders to put the European Green Deal at the heart of their upcoming economic stimulus plans. Brussels, 6 April 2020 Call to EU leaders:Dear Presidents, Dear Heads of States and Governments,Dear President of the...
Letter: Energy efficient, renewable and flexible buildings – an integrated approach to the “Renovation wave” will secure climate-neutrality and deliver green growth for Europe
Energy efficiency, renewables and flexibility organisations join forces to call for an integrated approach to the Renovation wave to secure climate-neutrality and deliver green growth in the post Covid-19 reality. To the kind attention of Mr Ciarán Cuffe MEPCc:...