This is the event we all have been waiting for! 1st Summit of the European Community for Integrated Home Renovation Services. Hundreds of one-stop shops operate all over Europe to make ambitious home energy renovation simple and accessible to homeowners. Thousands of organisations support their activities – public authorities, energy agencies, suppliers, homeowner associations, energy […]
On day one, 11 June, the go-to of the afternoon is ‘Solar talks: getting the most out of your roof’ featuring Cool Heating Coalition director Delia Villagrasa moderating a panel which includes the lovely Caroline Milne, head of communications for coalition member BPIE, and highlights the potential for solar thermal to power the #CoolHeatingRevolution.
The recast Energy Efficiency Directive requires cities with over 45.000 inhabitants to develop local heating and cooling plans. Member states play a crucial role in providing funding, aligning legal frameworks, offering technical support, and ensuring access to relevant energy-related data. Yet, a recent track report by Energy Cities reveals a significant gap in readiness among […]
Featuring coalition members CAN Europe and Energy Cities, this session explores the topic of streamlining permits for renewables. 2022 and 2023 were record years for new wind and solar installations but reaching the EU’s 2030 renewable energy target will require further significant scaling-up of the installed capacity. The REPowerEU Plan set in motion legislative and […]
Featuring coalition member E3G’s Tsvetelina Kuzmanova contributing to the discussion, this session focuses on mobilising transition finance for a net-zero, energy secure, and competitive economy. The next EU mandate will be responsible for implementing the EU’s 2030 climate target. This requires the next Commission to secure over €620 billion p.a. of investments for the Green […]
It's quiz time in Brussels! Join 4 experts on a gamified mission: crafting the perfect energy-saving policy mix for an EU nation. How? With REFEREE, a cutting-edge tool to simulate energy efficiency measures and gauge their impacts. Why? Energy efficiency is more than just savings; it boosts socioeconomic development, welfare, air quality, jobs, and more. […]
This session aims to explore the financial challenges and opportunities of renovating the worst-performing stock to define tailor-made solutions for low-income households living in unfit housing. The session is led by coalition member FEANTSA and features contributions from the highly knowledgeable Adrien Bullier and coalition member BEUC’s Guillaume Joly.
Citizen-led renovation initiatives aim to engage citizens and communities to become the leaders in tackling the renovation challenges and enable upscaling of renovation action. Our primary goal in this policy session is to explore the potential of citizen led renovation in empowering citizens and communities to accelerate energy renovations as a key component in achieving […]
The session aims to explore and promote effective multi-level governance strategies that facilitate the integration of local insights, knowledge, and initiatives into the broader national and EU climate goals and policies. The focus will be on how to best address energy poverty, including the importance of collaboration and coordination between local, regional, national, and EU […]
The session will demonstrate how large heat pumps and district heating and cooling networks use waste heat and contribute to energy-efficient and decarbonised industry, cities and buildings and what measures are needed to unlock the full potential. The session intends to increase awareness of untapped sources of waste heat and their potential, illustrate with best […]
Reorienting the debate on the Central Eastern Europe’s decarbonisation, we will explore key political actions that leverage the energy transition to deliver on regional priorities of security, industrial growth and fighting energy poverty, while enabling the EU to meet its climate targets. The distinguished panel features Julian Popov, Fellow of the European Climate Foundation and […]
Following the European Parliament’s resolution for a European geothermal energy strategy, representatives of the European Commission, Member States, industry, research institutes and civil society will discuss the challenges, benefits and opportunities for the mass deployment of geothermal to achieve EU climate goals. The challenges to be addressed are: structures to share national actions to increase […]
