Application deadline: 11 November 2020 Your main tasks will be to: Promote and defend the environmental interests in the proposal, development and revision of European and international standards and related policies, with a particular focus on Ecodesign and Energy Labelling, in cooperation with ECOS nominated experts and member organisations Analyse technical documents, prepare comments and […]
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Press release: ‘Renovation Wave’ an ally to reduce energy-use, but environmental impacts must be accounted for to avoid a waste wave
The ‘Renovation Wave’ intends to set mandatory minimum energy performance requirements for buildings, an important step in upgrading Europe’s worst-performing buildings and eliminating energy poverty. This target will then be transposed by Member States as a condition for receiving recovery funds to help incentivise investment and financing of renovation works. Nonetheless, ECOS warns that to […]
Press release: World Standards Day 2020: Robust rules are essential to protect the planet
Standards [1] [2] have a great power to boost the ecological transition. They can make home appliances and devices more energy-efficient, create ways to reuse and recycle waste, or set incentives to make steel and cement more sustainable. Developing environmentally ambitious standards is also instrumental to achieving a number of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals […]
World Standards Day: Standards should protect the planet all year long
Standards are everywhere – a fact that often goes unnoticed. They are the common rules, formats, formulas and test methods that manage our world. In simple words, standards are what we agree on doing in a common way. Paper sizes, units of measurement, power plugs… they are all based on standards. Because they are omnipresent, […]
CALL FOR EXPERTS – Plastics Recycling
The nominated experts will: Participate in technical meetings of CEN (and possibly ISO) meetings to promote ECOS position; Prepare technical input through official comments and contribution to ECOS position papers; Report to and liaise with the responsible ECOS Programme Manager; Exchange information with ECOS member organisations and other experts when needed. Interested candidates should be […]
CALL FOR EXPERTS – Chemicals
The nominated experts will: Participate in technical meetings of CEN (and EC expert groups if relevant) to promote ECOS positions; Prepare technical input through official comments and contribution to ECOS position papers; Report to and liaise with the relevant ECOS Programme Manager; Exchange information with ECOS member organisations and other experts as needed. The candidates […]
Take a look at the summary of discussions – ECOS Conference follow-up
Civil society and industry representatives, as well as policy makers and national authorities, gathered to discuss how policies, laws and standards can transform the construction sector from an environmental problem to part of the solution. What was discussed? Current strategic commitments for a sustainable built environment Future policy framework for a sustainable built environment and […]
Press release: ‘Construction sector must play its part for a climate-neutral Europe’
On 29 September, ECOS held an interactive online conference to explore how EU laws should realise Europe’s environmental sustainability ambitions in the construction sector. Participants included high-level representatives from the European Commission, research institutes, the construction industry and environmental NGOs. Justin Wilkes, ECOS Executive Director, said: ‘The current framework remains unfit to deliver construction products […]
The EU needs to introduce stronger environmental requirements for construction products – new ECOS paper
Construction product life cycles are largely linear, starting when raw materials are sourced, followed by their manufacturing, distribution and assembly or installation; finally, their life often ends in a landfill. For these products to be more environmentally sustainable, we need to focus on improving their circularity. This can be done by introducing EU-wide rules […]
