Cool Products, Warm Homes: A European manifesto for sustainable heating and cooling of buildings
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The energy we use for heating and cooling buildings accounts for about one quarter of all energy consumed in Europe - as much as all EU transport. Many buildings are poorly insulated and use inefficient heating and cooling products, unnecessarily wasting energy, contributing to climate change and air pollution, and costing billions of euros in high energy bills.
Saving energy is not yet a priority for the EU. Legislation to tackle the energy efficiency of buildings and products is not sufficiently ambitious and lacks coherence. The Cool Products, Warm Homes Manifesto makes five recommendations to end the energy wasted for heating and cooling our buildings:
1. Adopt a mandatory EU 20% energy saving target by 2020 to support our commitment to energy conservation.
2. Establish more coherent legislation to close gaps and set clear responsibilities.
3. Boost the energy performance and renovation rate of existing buildings in the EU.
4. Allow only the greenest heating and cooling products to reach the market.
5. Redirect finance where it matters.
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