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Tag Archives: European Commission
Slower than certainly possible: developments in Energy Roadmap and Energy Efficiency Directive
A low carbon society is achievable. This was the message given many times over at coinciding workshops of the European Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC), and the Coalition of Energy Savings on 4 October 2011. Not only can … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainable Energy Security
Tagged Climate change, De-carbonisation, Energy, Energy 2020, Energy Demand, Energy Efficiency, Energy Savings, European Commission, European Union (EU), low-carbon housing, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Resource efficiency, security of energy supply, Sustainability
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How at home is the EU with energy efficiency? The new energy efficiency directive and the role of housing
In June this year, the Commission published a proposal for a new Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), the follow-up from the February 2011 Energy Efficiency Plan. This has been widely criticised by environmental organizations for allowing states to opt to take … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainable Energy Security
Tagged binding target, CECODHAS, Climate change, CO2 reduction, Combined heat and power (CHP), CooperAmbiente, Covenant of Mayors, data protection, decentralised energy, Energy Ambassadors, energy consumption, energy efficiency directive, energy efficiency obligations, energy efficiency plan, Energy Performance Contracting, energy poverty, Energy Savings, Energy Service Companies (ESCOs), Euroheat and Power, European Commission, European Policy Centre (EPC), Frankfurt, fuel poverty, Green Deal, housing, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), passivhaus, POWER HOUSE EUROPE, profit, renewables, smart meters
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ICT for a global sustainable future? The PARADISO Project
The PARADISO initiative was launched in 1997 by Sigma Orionis and the Club of Rome with the aim of exploring how Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)-based solutions can enable a transition towards a more sustainable future. The name PARADISO is … Continue reading
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Tagged Amelia Andersdotter, Angela Hariche, Club of Rome, Collective Action, consumer empowerment, Energy Efficiency, Energy Savings, European Commission, FP7, GDP per capita, Geoff Mulgan, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Internet, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), PARADISO Foundation, Peter Madden, Pirate Party, Rebound effect, Resource efficiency, Sigma Orionis, smart meters, Sustainability, systems analysis, wellbeing, Wikiprogress
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Policy Coherence for Development? The Effects of Climate Change on Poverty
One of the problems with how we address climate change is the way in which we categorise it as a distinct problem, add it to a list of existing concerns and then assign it to some specially created policy team. … Continue reading
New Briefing Paper – Energy Efficiency and Savings: The under-utilisation of Europe’s energy savings potential
QCEA has published a new briefing paper, the first in a series of Sustainable Energy Security briefing papers. This introductory document outlines why, given the gravity of the inter-related energy and climate crises, the cheapest, fastest and most reliable way … Continue reading
Missing the point… EU ETS pits itself against energy savings
There is a serious tension between two different strands of EU climate and energy policy. As reported by EurActiv on Thursday, 16th June, there is significant discord between the drive for energy efficiency and savings, in particular the upcoming energy … Continue reading
Sustainable Consumption and Production
The most powerful message I took away from Green Week was the resounding call to policy makers to be ambitious! With every new environmentally-led policy proposal from the Commission – be it fuel efficiency standards in the auto-industry or more … Continue reading
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Tagged Behaviour change, Caryl Phillips, competativeness, Doreen Fedrigo, eco-design directive, economic growth, European Commission, Fiona Harvey, Green Week, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Institute for European Environment Policy, moral imperative, Nestle, Pascal Gréverath, Pavel Misiga, Resource efficiency, slavery, Sustainable production and consumption
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