On 5 April 2016 the JRC presented the interactive and collaborative online European Energy Efficiency Platform. This beta platform is conceived to fill the gap opened by scattered data and fragmented knowledge resulting from a rapidly growing energy efficiency market. It is expected to be both a one-stop shop for information retrieval and a meeting point for experts to exchange data and reduce redundant activities.
Urban Areas
Today is the third day of the European Week in the Spanish city of Zaragoza, marking the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration. In this framework, which includes a wide variety of activities on the theme of European integration, the city just delivered its “Estrella de Europa” (European Star) award to the Covenant of Mayors initiative in recognition of the movement’s contribution to the promotion of European values.
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Economics and Financing
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The MESHARTILITY project (Measure and share data with utilities for the Covenant of Mayors) is an IEE-funded project that addresses data challenges faced by local governments when compiling their GHG inventories and Sustainable Energy Action Plans.
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EU Commissioner for Transport Violetta Bulc, met with politicians of the EUROCITIES Mobility Forum on 20 April 2015 to discuss the links between sustainable urban mobility and broader EU objectives for reduced C02 emissions.
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Technology and Standards
Achieving significant reductions in energy demand, green house gas emissions and incorporating renewable technologies at district and city level is a challenge. A new community of cities is implementing and testing solutions as part of the CITyFiED project.
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The French town of Seclin has just signed the Covenant of Mayors, by the way endorsing the CO2-reduction objective of Lille's urban community: 30% by 2020.
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Covenant Signatories in Eastern European and Central Asian countries share a common history and former administrative structure, which still influences the operational framework of these local authorities today.
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Economics and Financing
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On 24-25 March 2015, a ManagEnergy workshop on innovative financing and multi-level governance was organised in Bratislava (Slovakia). Front-running Slovak and Czech cities and regions engaged in the energy transition shared information on their sustainable energy investments, local financing schemes and partnerships with financing institutions, national authorities and the private sector.
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The results of the SEAP monitoring of 23 Italian municipalities were presented on 30 March in Rome. Covenant Coordinator Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (formerly Province of Rome) and Covenant Supporter Climate Alliance Italy provided support to the 23 signatories of the area in preparing their monitoring reports.
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Buildings
According to Article 22 of Directive 2009/28/EC Member States had to submit by the end of 31st December 2013 to the European Commission the second Progress Reports on renewable energy development in European Union during period 2011 - 2012. The preliminary data on overall RES share in Gross Final Energy Consumption in those Member States who's second Progress Reports on renewable energy development can be found at...
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Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 09:00
Energy services and the use of energy service companies (ESCOs) can play a critical role in promoting energy efficiency at the market level. Operational since the early 1990s, ESCOs can handle projects, manage or mobilize financial resources, undertake installation and maintenance work as well as assume the performance risk of their projects.
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Brussels, BE — Monday, November 28, 2016 - 12:30 to 14:00
eu.bac has the pleasure to cordially invite you to a lunch debate, co-hosted by MEP Theresa Griffin, S&D, on "The multiplier effect of Building Automation and Controls. How to maximize energy savings throughout the whole lifecycle", that will take place in the European Parliament (Members' Salon), Brussels, on Monday 28 November, 12:30-14:00.
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Frankfurt, DE — Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 09:00 to Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 18:00
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Addis Abeba, ET — Monday, February 26, 2018 - 09:00 to Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 18:00
The meeting aims to reinforce scientific/technical networking and commitment in the field of local sustainability in urban zones in Africa.
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Bruxelles, BE — Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 09:00
While the rental and multifamily sectors are associated with a significant energy efficiency potential, it is widely recognised that these are difficult sectors to tap into.
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Gazzada Schianno, IT — Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 13:00 to Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 13:15
This is the first of two regional workshops (this one with focus on Southern European countries: France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, etc.) on how directed work towards consumers can contribute to efficient heating and cooling solutions (products, installer services, other energy services, self-production) building renovation advice; evaluation and recommen
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BRATISLAVA, SK — Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - 13:00 to Wednesday, November 8, 2017 - 13:30
This is the second of two regional workshops (this one with focus on Eastern EU countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) on how directed work towards consumers can contribute to efficient heating and cooling solutions (products, installer services, other energy services, self-prod
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Brussels, BE — Thursday, November 9, 2017 - 09:00
The Heating & Cooling Strategy describes, inter-alia, the challenges to upscaling energy efficiency upgrades of private buildings and suggests that different building ownership forms require different approaches to drive energy efficient upgrades.
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Ispra, IT — Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 09:00 to Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 15:00
Prof. Vasallo from CARTIF research centre in Valladolid (Spain) is the winner of the poster session at the SET Plan Conference last November in Bratislava and he has been invited for a visit at JRC.
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Ispra, IT — Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 09:00 to Friday, February 27, 2015 - 18:00
An experts' round table has been organized by the JRC on 26 and 27 February 2015 in order to discuss how the latest findings in the field of practice theory and complex adaptive systems theory can be possibly incorporated in the formulation of future energy conservation policies.Aspects discussed have related, among others, to:
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The Trends in Energy Consumption and Energy Efficiency 2000 - 2012 report has been published in our publication sections.
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