On 8 May 2012, EHI attended in Brussels a European Commission stakeholder conference on "Financial support for energy efficiency (with a focus on buildings)". The event was organised in the context of a wider...
On 6 March 2012, EHI took part in the breakfast seminar organised by EHPA, the European Heat Pump Association, highlighting the role of small scale heating devices in general, and heat pumps in particular, in improving energy efficiency for both heating and cooling, as well as reducing import...
On Tuesday 14 February, EU Energy Ministers met in Brussels to discuss the Energy Efficiency Directive, tabled to ensure that the EU will reach its goal of reducing the level of energy consumption by 20 per cent by 2020. The Energy Council's deliberations were led by the Danish Minister for...
The Danish EU presidency will draft its own proposals on the energy efficiency directive (EED) in the next few weeks ahead of the first ministerial meeting on the issue under its watch (debate to take place on 15 February 2012).
Its proposals will build on a text prepared by the outgoing...
On 9 November 2011, Ecologic Institute organised an international workshop on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. EHI Public Affairs Manager, Dana Popp, attended the event which took place at the Permanent Representation of the...
The MEP leading the European Parliament debate on the draft energy efficiency directive (EED) tabled in June has insisted that the future law should set binding national energy saving targets. Such targets have been ruled out by the European Commission.
On 30 September 2011, the European Commission’s DG Energy together with ECEEE (European Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy) organised in Brussels a joint seminar on Energy Efficiency Obligations (EEO).
The event was organised in the context of the "Bucharest Forum" process, an...
On 22 June 2011, a new set of measures for increased Energy Efficiency is proposed by the European Commission to fill the gap and put back the EU on track.
This proposal for this new directive brings forward measures to step up Member States efforts to use energy more efficiently at all...
