Energy efficiency crucial to deliver Energy Union objectives, JRC shows

The Joint Research Centre published “Securing Energy Efficiency to Secure the Energy Union: how energy efficiency meets the EU Climate and Energy Goals”, showing the central role of energy efficiency in meeting the Energy Union goals and demonstrating that a 40% energy efficiency target for 2030 is the way forward.

With a 40% energy savings target in 2030, the sum of energy savings and renewables would overtake the sum of imported fossil fuels, and the EU would reduce its GHG emissions by 44% compared to 1990. Buildings can play a major role, as they consume 40% of all final energy in the EU and represent the largest cost-effective potential for energy savings.