On Tuesday, February 4th, Glass for Europe answered to the European Commission consultation on European climate law – achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The European Union aims at achieving net zero emissions by 2050 mainly by cutting emissions, investing in green technologies and protecting the natural environment. The consultation aimed at collecting feedback on the
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Climate Law The first step towards carbon neutrality Europe’s flat glass sector is working in the climate neutrality direction provided by the European Green Deal published on 11 December 2019. The European flat glass sector takes it as its role to produce at a competitive price the materials essential for renovating Europe’s buildings, for supporting
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The flat glass sector is indispensable to the massive decarbonisation of the building, transport and energy sectors, which represent the lion’s share of Europe’s CO2 emissions. Flat glass manufacturing is also an energy-intensive activity. The sector takes it as its duty to reduce its own CO2 emissions, which represents a significant challenge in moving towards
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If Europe goes climate neutral, it will consume more flat glass, predicts Christian Quenett. And the benefits could be huge: simply doubling the replacement rate of windows, in line with the European Green Deal, would achieve 20% of the EU’s energy efficiency targets for 2030, he says. Christian Quenett is a 55-year old physicist with
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Glass is irreplaceable in buildings, making it a key part of the solution to unlock energy savings and help reach Europe’s decarbonisation targets. But it’s also an energy-intensive industry, for which no immediate clean energy alternative is available. As a high-level group of CEOs, academics and politicians gathered in Brussels last week to discuss the
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Triggering a virtuous decarbonisation cycle to maximise contributions to the climate challenge Glass for Europe, the trade association of Europe’s flat glass sector, releases today its 2050 vision on Flat glass in a Climate-Neutral Europe. This comprehensive work highlights how the flat glass sector can maximize its contributions to Europe’s decarbonisation goals but also identifies
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