Tag: energy crisis

• Checklist for a successful EPBD Recast

  ECOS and four other organisations created a checklist for Members of European Parliament to ensure a successful recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).

• Joint NGO letter – EU Gas Package must take into account new geopolitical and energy market reality

  ECOS joined NGOs in calling on EU governments to take into account the new realities regarding the role of gas in Europe’s energy system and ensure a just transition for all Europeans. This would require a revision of the Commission’s initial Impact Assessment to integrate those new elements and pausing the ongoing discussions on the reform of Europe’s gas market rules in Parliament and Council.

• Ambitious Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS): A no regret option

  ECOS and 15 other leading industry players, NGOs, think tanks and investors are calling Members of the European Parliament to adopt ambitious Minimum Energy Performance Standards in the EPBD recast.

• EU first ever target on fossil gas reduction ‘sign of a new reality’ – time to further boost energy efficiency and renewables

  For the first time, the European Commission proposes a voluntary short-term target for the reduction of gas consumption. It could become binding in case of emergency. However, the plan opens the door to temporarily switching to dirty energy sources in case of disruption. This should only be done in truly exceptional circumstances though, and kept to a minimum, ECOS notes.