Joint Letter: The European Green Deal needs to lead to concrete actions for integrated building renovations
Together with stakeholders representing clean energy technologies and industries, civil society, cities, professionals and workers, EuroACE wrote to Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, Commissioner Kadri Simson and Secretary General Ilze Juhansone, calling on the EU to put forward an action plan for the integrated renovation of all existing buildings, so that they are powered by renewable energy, highly energy efficient and smart.
Buildings must be central to actions for a climate neutral Europe. The EU building stock accounts for 36% of CO2 emissions and approximately half of total EU energy demand, and 97% of buildings in the EU will need to be renovated by 2050.
- Better buildings improve citizen wellbeing and support a just and inclusive transition, securing over 20 million jobs and fighting energy poverty
- Better buildings are a critical pillar of Europe’s Industrial Strategy, lowering energy system costs and accelerating the deployment of innovative clean energy solutions
- Better buildings support the security of supply for European regions, cities and citizens
We already have the solutions to make our buildings better: high performance envelopes, energy efficient products and services, on-site renewables, demand response, energy storage and digitally enabled energy management systems are cost-effective and mature.
