Position paper on the proposed new Climate Law The first step towards carbon neutrality Glass for Europe, the trade association of Europe’s flat glass sector, welcomes the proposal from the European Commission to enshrine in law the objective for the EU to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050. The flat glass sector has embraced the climate neutrality
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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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Position paper on the European Green Deal: operationalising the decarbonisation agenda Europe’s flat glass industry welcomes the release of the European Green Deal and the Commission’s ambition to actively operationalize a decarbonisation agenda across all relevant policies. The European flat glass sector takes it as its role to produce at a competitive price the materials
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Minimum performance requirements for window replacement in the residential sector As required by the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, EU Member States have to set cost-optimal minimum energy performance requirements for the replacement of building elements such as windows. The map and the table below illustrate how EU Member States have implemented this 2012 EPBD requirement
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Long term greenhouse gas emissions reduction To achieve its temperature objectives, the Paris Agreement also includes a long term ambition to achieve a balance between emissions and removals of greenhouse gases by human activities in the second half of this century. In your opinion, what are the biggest opportunities and challenges The EU needs to
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The benefits of Window Energy Labelling Providing meaningful and intelligible information to consumers on the energy performance of the products they purchase is effective at reducing energy demand, bringing savings to households and helping cut GHG emissions. Energy labels have demonstrated to be an efficient information tool for consumers and can be applied to
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8th June 2018 To: Members of the Energy Council RE: European Energy Efficiency Industries call on Energy Council to equip the energy efficiency market with ambitious enabling framework Dear Minister, You are facing a once-in-a decade opportunity to truly boost the energy efficiency market in Europe. Doing so will bring multiple benefits for European industry,
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Ensuring a proper assessment of the energy performance of windows when implementing the revised EPBD The implementation of the revised Energy Performance of Building Directive[1] offers a unique opportunity to Member States to optimise the energy performance of national building stocks and thus to contribute to achieving the EU’s long-term decarbonisation objectives. Simply by way
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1. Free allocation and addressing the risk of carbon leakage 1. The European Council called for a periodic revision of benchmarks in line with technological progress. How could this be best achieved in your view and, in particular, which data could be used to this end? How frequently should benchmarks be updated, keeping in mind
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Report on Minimum performance requirements for window replacement in the residential sector The study developed a comprehensive list of minimum performance requirements for windows (U-values and when appropriate g-values) for windows replacement in the residential sector in the 28 EU Member States. The main result is a table showing an overview about legal requirements for replacement
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