The proposal has been developed by eceee, the  European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, and has been prested to the Climate Works Foundation (CWF) and the European Climate Foundation (ECF). The goal of the proposal is to establish  a European Centre within a global Buildings Best Practice Network (BBPN) on Energy Efficiency.  Such a European Centre in a BBPN would act both as a centre of expertise on all aspects of energy efficiency and energy performance in European buildings and as the European home for a global Best Practice Network on energy efficiency in buildings that CWF is currently considering in partnership with ECF.

“We have discussed this during the last 6 months with the two funders, and we are finalising the arrangements to establish such a centre”, eceee vice President Eoin Lees said. “Therefore, we are now inviting interested and qualifed professionals to apply for the post as Director in this proposed centre.”

According to Mr Lees, the time is right. Reaching the challenging carbon dioxide (CO_²) reduction targets required to mitigate climate change will require robust and practical policies operating at a global level. Reducing CO_² emissions from energy use in buildings is a major opportunity which is highly cost effective for building occupants and owners. The International Energy Agency (IEA) believes that by 2030 annual global CO_² savings in buildings (excluding appliances and lighting) could be greater than 1.7 Gt.  Consequently the European BBPN Centre would be part of a global network of regional organisations tackling a major source of CO_² emissions and which are repositories of best practice in energy efficiency and CO_² reduction in buildings.

See:
Summary of eceee proposal for a European Centre on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (pdf)
eceee pages on buildings efficiency and EPBD