Tag: fossil heating

• Joint letter: Call to vote for an EPBD that supports a fossil fuel and gas phase-out from buildings this decade

  ECOS and 11 organisations call on the European Parliament to support a true phase-out of fossil fuels and any form of gas-based heating from buildings by the end of this decade.

• Electricity giants, manufacturers and NGOs to von der Leyen: accelerate the phase-out of fossil fuel boilers

  ECOS and 26 organisations demand the phase-out of fossil-fuel boilers and a widespread roll-out of heat pumps, solar-powered technologies, and district heating in a letter sent today to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and executive vice-president Frans Timmermans.

• Fossilised: is fossil heating finally becoming a thing of the past?

  Soon, fossil fuel boilers could be consigned to history. First, as part of REPowerEU, the Commission suggested that new fossil heating appliances would be off the market as of 2029. In addition, the draft Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) sets 2035 as the final year for fossil fuel heating to be allowed at all. If confirmed, the EU might be on the brink of clearing one of the largest hurdles to the Paris Agreement goals.