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Recycling of end-of-life building glass

February 2024 Recycling of end-of-life building glass A powerful tool to reduce CO2 emissions Recycling flat glass is the most beneficial end-of-life option for building glass and glazing[1].In addition to its environmental benefits, recycling[2] is one of the most prominent ways to reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions from glass manufacturing. The use of recycled

28 February

Choosing ‘High energy performance’ glazing in windows

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

21 September

Glazing contribution to summer comfort

Glazing contribution to summer comfort A social and climate priority During the last years, heat waves have become more severe, frequent, and prolonged in the European Union and temperatures are expected to rise further in the next century throughout the continent. The impact of heat waves has shown that European buildings

2 March

Calculations of embodied and operational carbon of double and triple glazed windows

October 2022 Calculations of embodied and operational carbon of double and triple glazed windows To achieve the EU’s goal to reduce overall carbon emissions, one route pursued by EU authorities is to move towards zero-emission buildings[i]. It means that the CO2 emitted for heating and cooling the building throughout its lifetime, i.e., the operational carbon,

25 October

High-performance glazing to make EU buildings fit for 2030

March 2022 High-performance glazing to make EU buildings fit for 2030 Improvements needed to the recast of the Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD) Achieving the target on CO2 emission reduction of at least 55% by 2030 as proposed by the European Commission[1], will require drastic cuts in buildings’ energy consumption and related emissions. The

30 March

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2022 – Opening up the potential of windows

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2022 – Opening up the potential of windows The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) has contributed to improving the energy performance of European buildings and our associations ARGE, European Aluminium, EPPA, ES-SO, EuroWindoor and Glass for Europe are strong supporters of this framework. Buildings account for about 40% of

10 March

Energy Efficiency First and a supportive Renewable Energy framework to slash CO2 emissions in Europe

Energy Efficiency First and a supportive Renewable Energy framework to slash CO2 emissions in Europe Position Paper on the recasts of the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Renewable Energy Directive Glass for Europe welcomes the European Commission proposal to achieve higher energy savings and to integrate more renewables in our society for the EU to achieve

15 December

An EU ETS mechanism for buildings and transport

An EU ETS mechanism for buildings and transport It is Glass for Europe’s conviction that to achieve the ambitious target on CO2 emission reduction of minus 55% by 2030 as proposed by the European Commission[1], drastic cuts in CO2 emissions from the building sector will be needed in Europe. Swift actions are needed today in

14 December

Energy balance: the right approach to assess the energy performance of windows

Ensuring a proper assessment of the energy performance of windows when implementing the revised EPBD The revision of the Energy Performance of Building Directive[1] offers a unique opportunity to the European Commission to instruct Member States on how to optimise the energy performance of national building stocks and thus to contribute to achieving a

6 December

Reviewing the Energy Efficiency Framework to generate a window replacement wave

Reviewing the Energy Efficiency Framework to generate a window replacement wave The window, door and flat glass industry welcomes the publication of the Commission’s communication “A Renovation Wave for Europe – greening our buildings, creating jobs, improving lives”[1]. The objective to double the annual energy renovation rate of residential and non-residential buildings by 2030 represents

5 March

Sustainable finance – EU classification system for green investments

December 2020 Glass for Europe’s comments to Sustainable finance – EU classification system for green investments The European flat glass sector takes it as its role to produce the materials essential for conducting energy-efficient renovations of buildings, for supporting clean mobility with lighter and thermally efficient automotive glazing and for increasing the share of

15 December

Position paper on the proposed new Climate Law

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

6 February

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