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Filling the policy gap: Minimum energy performance standards for European buildings

Aug 12, 2020

The European Union has committed to a net-zero economy by 2050. To get there, it must decarbonise the building stock, which accounts for 36% of EU carbon emissions. The current rate of renovation, however, is only one-third of that needed. Even the improvements that are being undertaken are delivering meagre savings of 9% to 17% primary energy....

Energy Efficiency and Electric Vehicles: How Buildings Can Pave the Way for the Global EV Revolution

Sep 12, 2018

The electric vehicle (EV) revolution is here, and countries around the world have set aggressive EV goals and targets as a means to cut carbon, improve air quality, and accelerate a renewably powered electricity grid. The cheapest and quickest way to free up...

Eurostat and the EIB launch a new Guide on the Statistical Treatment of EPCs

May 9, 2018

Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Commission, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) launch a new Practitioner’s Guide on the Statistical Treatment of Energy Performance Contracts The new Guide follows the Eurostat Guidance note on the revised...

Eurostat clarifies how to record energy performance contracts in national accounts

Sep 19, 2017

Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Commission, has published today an updated guidance note on the recording of energy performance contracts (EPCs) in government accounts. The revised guidance note clarifies the accounting rules applied to the treatment...

The 2015 Energy Productivity and Economic Prosperity Index

Oct 1, 2015

In this policy brief we will show that Europe could double its energy productivity performance on the basis of existing technologies. High Energy – Productivity Growth Scenario would not only bring no appreciable reduction in lifestyle and prosperity; it would...