Deadline for applications: 14 November ECOS is an international NGO with a network of members and experts advocating for environmentally friendly technical standards, policies and laws. We ensure the environmental voice is heard when they are developed and drive change by providing expertise to policymakers and industry players, leading to the implementation of strong environmental […]
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ECOS is hiring – Programme Manager – Decarbonisation & ecodesign
Deadline: 10 November 2021 Description of role: As part of the ECOS Climate & Energy team, you will be leading on the role of heating decarbonisation in the clean energy transition. This will require leading ECOS advocacy strategy in product policy (Ecodesign and Energy Labelling) as well as ensuring other relevant policies are coherent with […]
ECOS is hiring – Campaigns & Communication Manager
Deadline extension: 16 January 2022 As part of the ECOS Communications team, you will be leading on ECOS engagement in the communication activities within our campaigns, with a particular focus on climate change, plastics, and textiles. Your key challenge will be to translate our love of technical environmental policies and processes into clear campaigns and […]
50% of installed heating appliances are inefficient – EU project to offer an assessment tool guiding consumers towards better options
The way we heat our homes in the EU today weighs heavily on the environment and our household budgets. 50% of installed heating appliances are old and inefficient[1]. With volatile EU gas prices currently soaring, the cost for households will be high. Unfortunately, this situation is set to continue as the the yearly replacement rate for heating […]
ECOS Newsletter – October 2021
Ecodesign and energy labelling are essential in the ‘green’ transition – but the EU must fund them properly
Together, both policies have been improving the energy efficiency of our home appliances and IT devices for over 20 years by creating incentives for manufacturers to make better products. The two policies work together as a push and pull mechanism. Ecodesign first sets legal minimum efficiency requirements so that energy-guzzling appliances are not even allowed […]
ISO commits to climate action in ‘historic’ London Declaration
The London Declaration is intended to be a push from ISO to transform the approach to climate action and advance international work to attain net-zero goals. With this agreement, the 165 ISO members commit to ‘embed climate considerations into every standard that is created’. ‘The ISO community has spoken. Together, we have made a historic […]
EU sees standards as one of the 10 priority areas to strengthen its global leadership
The selection of ten areas is part of the Commission’s 2021 Strategic Foresight Report – a forward-looking exercise which aims to ‘put the EU in the best position to achieve their long-term policy objectives and play a strategic role’ in the global order. In particular, the Commission’s report pointed out that ‘climate change and other […]
Watch it again! Data centres: Can the Cloud be climate neutral?
How much energy does it take to stream an episode of Money Heist? Probably, more than you think. And Netflix is just one of the many data-intensive online services that we use every day. By 2030, data centres will represent 3.2% of the EU’s total electricity demand. Limiting the environmental impact of data centres will […]
Watch it again! – Towards zero-impact buildings: making lifecycle thinking the norm
What is the real environmental impact of a building? Energy consumption when using the building is the major contributor to carbon emissions, and has been the main focus of policymakers to date. But this is only part of the picture… Embodied impacts of building materials and construction products, including carbon emissions but also resource-use and […]
