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09 Feb 10 – Energy Efficiency must be top priority at EU Summit
Participants at the European Summit on 11 February must focus on the security of supply, competitiveness and climate benefits of improved energy efficiency during the meeting. This is the message of an open letter to Members of the European Council and the Presidents of the European Council, Parliament and Commission, respectively. The letter was signed by eceee and a wide group of European businesses, professional organisations, NGOs and prominent MEPs

18 Nov 09 – eceee: Approved recast of buildings Directive overlooks existing buildings potential
eceee, Europe’s largest member-based NGO promoting energy efficiency, welcomes the decision from the trialogue process to approve a recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. However, a golden opportunity has been lost since the decision fails to set binding targets for existing buildings, eceee believes.

02 Nov 09 – eceee and industry: Existing buildings key to fighting climate change
Existing buildings have a key role in fighting climate change, eceee and stakeholders from the building chain in Europe said in a joint letter sent today to EU ministers, the European Commission and Members of the European Parliament. The letters call on European policy makers to adopt a strong recast of the Buildings Performance Directive ahead of the Copenhagen climate meeting in December.

02 Oct 09 – eceee appoints Director for new European buildings energy performance organisation
The European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy – eceee – in partnership with the European Climate Foundation and ClimateWorks today presented the Executive Director for the new European organisation for energy performance in buildings. Dr Tudor Constantinescu from Romania will be responsible for establishing the organisation as partner of a global network providing unbiased and authoritative information on energy-efficient buildings.

11 Sep 09 – The lowdown on low and zero energy buildings
eceee published today a discussion paper which considers the issues around low/zero energy buildings. The report is part of the eceee's Steering through the maze series that is to help the reader follow some of the issues relating to the approval of the proposed recast of the EPBD.

07 Sep 09 – Understanding the economics of renovation: eceee report clarifies myths and distortions
A new report published by eceee today on building renovation costs shows that large renovation opportunities may get lost if the analysis before the renovation is not done correctly. This means that lower CO2 emissions reduction and lower energy savings will be the result.

29 May 09 – eceee plans a European Centre on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
eceee today presented a proposal for a European centre on Energy Efficiency in Buildings within a global “Best Practice Network”. Plans are already well developed, and a post for the planned centre’s Director has also been announced, and eceee is now inviting interested professionals to apply for this high-profile post.

24 Apr 09 – Building momentum - European Parliament adopts strengthened EPBD proposal
eceee congratulates the European Parliament on yesterday's vote for a set of amendments to strengthen the recast proposal for the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. This sends a strong signal to the energy and climate change community, eceee President Peter Bach said.

22 Apr 09 – Sending signals: Opportunity for European Parliament to show leadership
Today, eceee President, Mr. Peter Bach, wrote to Members of the European Parliament asking them to vote for one of the most important pieces of legislation related to energy and climate change that will be put before legislators this year. eceee also publishes a document to help interested people "steer through the maze" of the EPBD recast process.

27 Feb 09 – eceee report supports extending energy efficiency requirements to cover more building renovations
A new report published today confirms that existing buildings could have a lower threshold to be considered “major renovations.” This would significantly increase the cost-effective potential for the total impact of the directive. The report is published by the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee), Europe’s only NGO solely dedicated to energy efficiency.

03 Dec 08 – "B Class lamps could be introduced much sooner", eceee report shows
There is no reason to wait until 2016 for the EuP eco-design requirements to phase out the modestly efficient C class halogen “look-alikes” that are expected to replace today’s clear incandescent lamps. These should be replaced by more efficient B Class lamps sooner than 2016, the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy claims, based on a new report commissioned by the organisation.

18 Nov 08 – Buildings for the future: Recasting the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
The eceee, the largest membership-based organisation in Europe dedicated to energy efficiency, welcomes the Strategic Energy Review published November 13th, 2008 by the European Commission. However, eceee firmly believes that greater energy efficiency improvements should be the first priority of this energy strategy. Furthermore, the eceee is convinced the recast of the Buildings Energy Performance Directive is the key element in this strategy.

13 Aug 08 – eceee and Springer cooperate on new energy efficiency journal
Energy Efficiency, the first scientific journal ever dedicated solely to energy efficiency, is now available in print. The publisher Springer offers free access to the online edition until the end of 2008. Through an exclusive agreement with Springer, eceee will be able to offer free online access to all eceee members from 2009.

19 Jun 08 – eceee supports keeping the A–G design of the energy label
In a letter to the European Commission, eceee expresses support for the current A–G scale as opposed to an open-ended numerical scale. The numerical scale has been proposed by some stakeholders in the Commission's working group on a possible redesign of the energy label.

31 Jan 08 – eceee: “New buildings should be net zero energy consumers as early as 2015”
New buildings in Europe should by law be net zero energy consumers or net zero carbon dioxide emitters as early 2015, the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee) said on Thursday.

11 Jun 07 – Past the tipping point
eceee 2007 Summer Study speakers concluded that public attitude and governmental policies promoting energy efficiency had totally changed and gone through the “tipping point”.

12 Dec 06 – eceee supports industry initative on energy efficiency
A group of leading energy efficiency industries – COGEN Europe, CECED, EuroACE, and Eurima – are urging the European Parliament to get serious about energy savings. This industry initiative is supported by eceee.

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