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Last update Sep 23 2011 - 11:33
Resource efficiency means using the Earth's limited resources in a sustainable manner. Growing global demand is increasing pressure on the environment, and competition for many...
Last update Sep 23 2011 - 11:15
The European Ecolabel is a voluntary scheme, established in 1992 to encourage businesses to market environmentally friendly products and services. Today the EU Ecolabel covers a...
Last update Sep 23 2011 - 11:14
Green Public Procurement (GPP) is a process whereby public authorities seek to procure goods, services and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle...
Last update Sep 23 2011 - 10:45
EU’s leading approach in waste management is based on several key principles: waste prevention, recycling and reuse, as well as improving final disposal and monitoring.
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Last update Jun 22 2011 - 16:06
The European Commission published on 22 June 2011 its proposal for an Energy Efficiency Directive.
The Commission proposes the following measures:
Legal obligation to establish...
Last update Jan 1 2011 - 01:00
The new directive on the use of energy from renewable sources (2009/28/EC, also referred to as the “RES directive”) sets ambitious targets for all Member States, such that the EU...
Last update Jan 1 2011 - 01:00
On 11 November 2010, the European Commission launched its communication on “Energy 2020 – A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy”. The document defines the...
Last update Jan 1 2011 - 01:00
The recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2010/31/EU) was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 18 June 2010.
The Directive is the main legislative instrument...
Last update Jan 1 2011 - 01:00
Cogeneration was first promoted at EU level in a Green Paper on security of energy supply published in November 2000. The paper argued that if the EU's share of...
Last update Jan 1 2011 - 01:00
In order to reduce the environmental burden in the product design phase, the European Commission proposed in 2005 a framework directive on setting ecodesign requirements for...