Europe Policy

This year’s round of the Energy Efficient Buildings European Initiative competition, which has €85m available, opens on 9 July

Waste policy across the UK and beyond needs to change, with a drive for reduction set to be a source of controversy and much needed behavioural change

The recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive was published in the Official Journal of the European Union this month

The European Commission has set out what biofuel certification schemes must do to gain recognition, as part of a set of guidelines for implementing the Renewable Energy Directive
 

EU member states have remained at loggerheads with the European Commission over whether Europe’s energy efficiency savings should be measured by savings in generation and transport of energy or by savings by end users

The European Commission has set out plans to improve the management of biowaste in the EU

The commissioner for climate change is calling for EU emissions to be cut by 30% by 2020 unilaterally

Policy makers should radically rethink the current approach to climate change policy, according to a paper

A failure to measure buildings’ whole-life carbon means that much of the £2.7bn annual increase in construction costs will not achieve the environmental goals intended, according to new research

The European Council has endorsed the compromise reached in November on recasting the energy performance of buildings directive

The European Commission has adopted a report on sustainability requirements for the use of solid biomass and biogas in electricity, heating and cooling

The EU will more than meet its target of producing 20% of its energy from renewables by 2020, according to national forecasts submitted to the European Commission

The REA has received support for its proposed action plan for meeting Renewable Energy Directive targets

The next round of UN climate change negotiations will take place in Bonn, Germany, on 9-11 April, it has been announced

The European Commission established two new directorates general this month following the appointment of the new team of commissioners