Newsletter November 2016

On 20th October, MEPs from the Long-term Investment Intergroup joined Renovate Europe to discuss how to set a long-term investment framework for the energy renovation market. Hosted by Vice-President MEP Bonafé and moderated by MEP Leinen, this lunch debate welcomed speeches from Mr Gerassimos Thomas (Vice-Director DG Energy and Chairman of EFSI Steering Board) and Mr Luca Bertalot from the European Mortgage Federation. 

In July 2016, MEPs who have signed the Renovate Europe Manifesto were asked why they support the vision of achieving an NZEB building stock in the EU by 2050. Click below to find out why the following 26 MEPs from 4 different parties and 15 different countries support the Campaign's call to Renovate Europe.

Renovate Europe is pleased to welcome the Irish Green Building Council onboard. Renovate Europe now has National Partners in 14 EU Member States. Learn more about renovation in Ireland on the Renovate Europe website.
"We believe that political leadership is needed and that the Renovate Europe Campaign can significantly help us in raising deep renovation awareness among politicians and decision-makers. Joining an EU-wide campaign such as Renovate Europe is also a fantastic opportunity to learn from other Member States. The scale of the challenge is such that cooperation and joint action at EU level is more than ever required," explained Pat Barry, CEO of the IGBC in an interview with Renovate Europe.

There's so much happening on energy efficiency in existing buildings it's hard to keep up. The RenoWiki is a collaborative tool for the national renovation strategy community - to help keep track of and coordinate all the important initiatives out there. Just add, edit and track initiatives - simple!

Hosted by MEP Carolina Punset (ALDE, Spain) and organised by Renovate Europe, this breakfast debate focused on teh economic benefits of achieving Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB) standards by 2050 for the building stock in the EU. Speakers included Grzegorz Radziejewski from Commissioner Katainen's Cabinet and Riccardo Viaggi from European Builders Confederation.

Why is a thriving renovation market essential to drive the EU economy? This one-pager is also available in French, Italian and Spanish.

Look out for the Renovate Europe posters in the Brussels metro stations Schuman, Arts-Loi and Trône.

Renovate Europe stood alongside a group of 42 CEOs from some of Europe's major construction and building companies calling for an EU vision for the building sector - NZEB level building stock by 2050 - in a letter addressed to President Juncker and Vice-President Timmermans.

The second 'Buildings Day' took place on 10th November 2016 at COP22 in Marrakesh. Renovate Europe is an endorsing partner of the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction.