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This is the moment to renovate your buildings, EU tells member states
(EurActiv, 27 Oct 2020) Now is the time for member states to renovate buildings and make them energy efficient, the EU’s climate chief Frans Timmermans said today (27 October), despite a lack of clarity on minimum requirements at EU level, which won’t be introduced until next year.
The EU’s renovation wave strategy is a “low-hanging fruit” for member states, which can use it to boost their COVID-19 recovery plans, reduce carbon emissions and create jobs at the same time, said Timmermans who is the European Commission vice-president for the Green Deal.
For its part, the EU executive needs to ensure “regulatory clarity”, “offer predictability” and do this “in a uniform way” as EU countries move forward with national renovation plans, added Timmermans who was speaking at Renovate Europe Day in Brussels.
“Energy efficiency is a job creating machine” in the EU’s fight against climate change, which brings social as well as environmental benefits, added Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), who spoke at an online chat with Timmermans the day before.
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EurActiv, 27 Oct 2020: This is the moment to renovate your buildings, EU tells member states
