BPIE: Europe's buildings under the microscope - PU Europe
BPIE: Europe's buildings under the microscope - PU Europe
BPIE: Europe's buildings under the microscope - PU Europe
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Conclusions<br />
As this report shows, <strong>the</strong> building sector can contribute significantly to mitigating climate change while<br />
delivering many o<strong>the</strong>r societal benefits. Political courage and will, innovative investment tools and societal<br />
awareness are key factors for transforming <strong>the</strong> sector. Existing EU policies have to be implemented in<br />
a best practice manner to achieve <strong>the</strong> intended energy savings, while new instruments are needed to<br />
stimulate a deep renovation wave across <strong>Europe</strong> and its Member States.<br />
Good policy making requires good knowledge about <strong>the</strong> status quo of building performance. <strong>BPIE</strong>’s<br />
survey has shown that data gaps exist which make it difficult to develop targeted programmes, to monitor<br />
policy implementation and to evaluate progress. The EU and its Member States should make significant<br />
efforts to close <strong>the</strong>se data gaps and to harmonize monitoring, reporting and evaluation.<br />
All actors in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Europe</strong>an value chain of <strong>buildings</strong> should grab <strong>the</strong> renovation opportunity to innovate<br />
products and services, to build a well-functioning energy saving renovation market, to offer attractive<br />
solutions to private and commercial customers and to use <strong>the</strong>ir respective ingenuity to make highly<br />
efficient <strong>buildings</strong> a common standard of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Europe</strong>an building stock.<br />
Essentially, what is needed is nothing less than a <strong>Europe</strong>an energy saving renovation revolution.<br />
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