🛑 ITRE Committee Press just agreed on their EPBD position. Some good points there, but… a very worrying provision supporting fossil heating has been added in the last minute. 🧵 Keep reading for all details #EndFossilHeating 📸Ciarán Cuffe

1/2 Replacing 90 million old heaters — mostly boilers — with sustainable heat pumps is a crucial step to tackle 85% of the fossil-based energy consumption in #buildings 🏙 #EPBD #EnergyEfficiency ⬇️

The ITRE Committee Press gave the green light to its position on revising the #EPBD supporting fossil heating. 🗨️“This is unacceptable & contradicts the objectives of the EPBD revision, the #GreenDeal & our climate objectives,” added our colleague Michael Neaves endseurope.com/article/181291…

How can wood buildings be truly green? 🏘️🌳 The answer is simple: #sufficiency, #circularity & ecological forestry. This is why the EU should support the use of circular and sustainably sourced wood for the building sector. Read more: ecostandard.org/news_events/se… #Together4Forests

Breakthrough Energy The 🏗️ #construction and 🚌 #RoadTransport sectors provide a unique means of accelerating decarbonization, comprising 24% of gov’t 🏭 GHG emissions from public procurement. Learn more in our Q&A with @astridnilsson9: buff.ly/3XoYOqC

NEW WEBINAR: Seeing the forest through the trees ❔Can sustainable wood buildings lead the green transition? Can they reduce #forestdegradation? Join us & make sure #ecological forestry and circular buildings are part of environmental discussions! 🔗ecostandard.org/news_events/jo…

Can you imagine a world without nature?#WorldWildlifeDay2023 We're joining brands removing nature from the logos to highlight the nonsense of the #WorldWithoutNature If we #RestoreNature, we tackle the climate crisis. At ECOS, we see the forest through the trees! World Wildlife Day

#EPBD vote is today! 🚨 MEPs will decide whether to support the #EPBD: ✔️to tackle the energy & climate crises ✔️to save and create billions €€€ ➡️ ALL for a #greentransition ⏰Time for the European Parliament to #EndFossillFuelHeating and use the #EPBD to #decarbonise the sector.

Worth a re-watch ahead of today's #EPBD vote in the European Parliament Let's hope MEPs see sense and vote in favour of lower energy bills, better housing, and climate action. youtube.com/watch?v=ccYZVN…

So proud of the work of my organisation ECOS 🌳 and all our environmental civil society partner organisations. Huge news on #WholeLifeCarbon regulation in the EU. The watershed moment for EU building sustainability is within reach!

Buildings play a key role in the #greentransition Targets of emissions reduction & climate neutrality mean a drastic change in the way we design, build, demolish & recycle the built environment. What's needed? See our takeaways from today's policy debate at European Parliament🧵

"High #circularity and environmental performance are already a reality today, but legal, financial, and socioeconomic bottlenecks exist in the current linear policy framework", believes Michael Neaves, Programme Manager – Buildings at ECOS 🌳.

🎥| RECORDING AVAILABLE Did you miss our European Policy Centre & Raphael Lopoukhine event on the circular built environment? We discussed the EU's role in supporting this transition with Katharina Knapton-Vierlich, Michael Neaves, Stefan Sipka & other key experts. youtube.com/watch?v=WcBVaS…

Today is the day to discuss #NetZero and #GreenClaims that may be #TooGoodToBeTrue

Two wrongs do not make a right: bbc.com/news/uk-politi…

Read below my ECOS 🌳 joint article with EEB that explains how #EPBD and #Ecodesign policymakers are risking it all if they choose fossil fuels over a just and sustainable transition to clean and renewable heating of buildings.

📢New OpEd in @EURACTIV! 🇪🇺With #EPBD trilogues in full swing, we challenge Member States to take the bold decisions that will result in ✅affordable energy bills for citizens ✅healthy & safe homes ✅EU #energyindependence euractiv.com/section/energy…

📢Press release on European Parliament vote for revised #EUecodesign rules👉 ecostandard.org/news_events/eu… 🗣️Today’s vote is a major accomplishment. The #ESPR [.] will reverberate for years. It opens the door for many sectors to finally be put under the spotlight" said Valeria Botta

Agree. bbc.com/news/newsbeat-… but this reform will not specifically cover potential issues of 'renoviction' it seems. Maybe it's inbetween the lines but is a case that the UK and EU need to pay more attention to.

Affordable social housing providers screening out potential tenants below the median income line in London speaks volumes. The commodification of even the most basic affordable housing needs to end bbc.com/news/uk-662557…