On 22 May, glass and glazing national associations gathered in Brussels for the Annual meeting of the National Partners Group of Glass for Europe. During the meeting, participants examined EU legislations currently under review such as the Energy Performance of Building Directive and the Construction Product Regulation. The representatives of flat glass transformers and processors
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The flat glass industry is steadfastly dedicated to optimising its contribution to the objectives of the Net-Zero Industry Act and to strengthen the resilience and competitiveness of the EU. Products such as solar glass for photovoltaic (PV) and high-performance glazing for buildings are essential to decarbonise the energy sector and reduce energy needs. In the
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May 2023 The Net-Zero Industry Act needs to be beefed-up to attract industrial investments in net-zero sectors A full value-chain approach, sizeable support to net-zero technologies and energy-efficiency to increase resilience and achieve the EU climate neutrality goal. Glass for Europe shares the European Commission’s goal to boost European manufacturing capacity in net-zero technologies
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“Ecodesign considerations have been embraced for many years and are at the core of the flat glass sector’s present and future development efforts”, said Bertrand Cazes, Secretary General of Glass for Europe, in an audio statement commenting the release of the paper “Sustainability in the flat glass sector”. Flat glass products are created with ecodesign
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Sustainability in the flat glass sector Eco-design for Sustainable Product Regulation (ESPR) and flat glass products The Eco-design for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)[1] has been conceived by the European Commission as an instrument to support Europe’s move towards carbon-neutrality by 2050. It proposes to regulate product design, manufacturing, and recycling to reduce products’ environmental
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