Breakthrough report calls for ambitious renovation of buildings as a “win-win” option for the economy.
Yesterday (25th March 2015) the Joint Research Centre launched a new report “Energy Renovation: The Trump Card for the New Start for Europe” at DG GROW’s Construction 2020 event determining that a concerted effort is needed to weed out inefficient buildings from the European building stock in order to harvest growth in the EU economy. The report highlights the critical role of building renovation not only in reaching the EU 2020 targets and increasing energy security but also for jobs, energy and cohesion policies.
The building association organisation EuroACE strongly welcomes the findings of this report as a clear indication that renovating the building stock in the EU has the potential to deliver benefits spanning from energy security to employment and growth and can be achieved by fusing different policy areas into a coherent framework.