During a keynote speech delivered at the EU Green Deal Summit on 26 September, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen once more talked of the glass industry and the flat glass industry specifically this time: ‘Glass production is a national pride of Czechia. And rightly so. Europe cherishes these great national industrial treasures. And
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European flat glass manufacturers organize thousands of transports every year to deliver products to their customers, utilizing tailored-made specific trucks to optimize efficiency and minimize transport-related emissions. Yet, optimization efforts are hampered by transport rules not fully harmonized across the EU and notably some Member States not allowing trucks beyond 40 tonnes. On July 11,
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September 2023 Revision of the Weights & Dimensions Directive A well-oriented first step that can be improved to increase sustainability and logistic efficiency Glass for Europe welcomes the European Commission’s (EC) proposal for a revision of Directive 96/53/EC (COM(2023) 445/2) but considers that additional improvements are needed to increase logistic efficiency and reduce transport’s CO2
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High-performance glazing could save up to 37% of the total energy consumption from the EU building stock by 2050! It is therefore a key element to tackle the building sector’s energy consumption and to reduce related greenhouse gas emissions. But what qualifies as ‘high-performance glazing’ exactly? In its new informative paper, “Choosing ‘high energy performance’
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Choosing ‘High energy performance’ glazing in windows Informative paper on the benefits of high energy performance glazing in renovation, its technologies and key performance parameters compared to older and inefficient glazing https://glassforeurope.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GFE_HP_Glazing_Final.mp4 Glass and glazing have a unique feature: transparency. It is thanks to this transparency that glass lets daylight into buildings and offers
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Glass for Europe’s members are committed to increasing vehicles’ energy efficiency by providing glazing products that positively impact vehicle cabins’ air conditioning efficiency. Glass for Europe therefore responded to the consultation on the new eco-innovation implementing legislation by outlining the necessary steps to enable more CO2 emission saving from the use of advanced automotive glazing.
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Today Glass for Europe has submitted its answers to a Commission’s consultation on the decarbonisation of the EU building stock. As part of the Renovation Wave strategy, the Commission had committed to develop a roadmap for reducing whole life cycle carbon in the building sector. The glass industry is supportive of a life cycle approach
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Adrien Carton joins today Glass for Europe as ‘Sustainable Construction & Policy Manager’. The Glass for Europe members, partners and secretariat look forward working with him to raise the profile of glazing in European policies on construction and to help shape a conducive policy for a thriving flat glass sector in Europe. This new position
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Over the summer, Glass for Europe responded to two EU consultations launched on the topic of construction and demolition waste. In both instances, Glass for Europe’s input was meant to shed light about building glass recycling and how minor EU initiatives targeted on glass could greatly help the industry make significant progress in the close-loop
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‘Climate neutrality plans’ are a novelty introduced by the revised EU Emissions Trading System directive published on 16 May 2023. These climate-neutrality plans are to be drafted by operators of installations, i.e. potentially flat glass manufacturers, whose greenhouse gas emission levels are higher than the 80th percentile of emission levels for each product benchmarks. The
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Glass for Europe released today a position paper outlining several enforcement issues of the ban on imports of flat glass coming from Russia. Despite the ban imposed following the invasion of Ukraine, flat glass originating from Russia continues to enter the EU, which raises concerns about potential circumvention practices. Cases of flat glass of fraudulent
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Ban on imports of flat glass from Russia, trade flows and circumvention practices The import of float glass, HS codes 7005, originating from Russia has been banned since the first round of economic sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine[1]. Yet, our industry witnesses flow of flat glass, of utmost probability from Russian origin, that continues
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