Buildings in the EU, including both residential and commercial properties, account for around 40% of total energy consumption and approximately 36% of greenhouse gas emissions. This presents a major challenge but also a critical opportunity for progress toward a climate-neutral Europe by 2050.
EBC champions policies that highlight the social, economic, and environmental benefits of energy efficient buildings, through an easier access to public and private funding for SMEs and citizens. EBC works to address the costs, technical demands, and administrative hurdles of energy renovations, helping stakeholders benefit from energy-efficient upgrades.
Energy & Environment
EBC has recently joined the European Net Zero Alliance (ENZA), a development which has been formalised at the first Secretary General’s meeting chaired by Euroheat & Power at the end...
Energy & Environment
The ITRE committee voted today in favour of the compromise amendment put on the table by the Shadow Rapporteurs to Ciaran Cuffe’s draft report on the recast of the EPBD. While...
Energy & Environment
On 28 November, 15 European organisations including representatives of the heating, cogeneration, biogas, infrastructure and gas sectors, along with SMEunited and EBC, have issued a joint statement ...
Energy & Environment
This week, the PadovaFIT and Save the Homes projects organised the event “Rising Energy Prices Driving Energy Renovation: The One-Stop-Shop Solution and the Role of Sectoral Actors” to trigger an...
Energy & Environment
Since the publication of the European Commission’s legislative proposal for a recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) in December 2021, the legislative work has been ongoing i...
Energy & Environment
On 19 October, 18 European organisations including representatives of solar photovoltaics (PV), construction SMEs, NGOs, cities, electric contractors, electric vehicles (EV), solar thermal and renewab...
