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| Glass for Europe welcomes today’s release by the European Commission of the ’Clean Planet for All’ communication on a European strategic long-term vision for a climate neutral economy [1], which marks the start of an inclusive debate.
| The massive energy savings potential of high performing windows remains largely untapped in the European Union.
| Energy labelling has demonstrated to be among the most efficient way to promote energy savings and CO2 emission reductions awhile supporting the uptake of energy efficient products by empowering consumers.
| The revised Energy Performance of Building has gotten to the heart of the implementation process and the European Commission is already drafting its guidelines to instruct Member States about the novelties included in the new text.
| On 10-11 July, Glass for Europe participated in the European Commission’s stakeholder consultation event on the EU’s long-term strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving competitive low-carbon economy by 2050.
| Last night, an agreement was struck between EU institutions on the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).
| In March 2018, both the Council and the European Parliament requested to the European Commission to develop a proposal for a “Strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction”.
| Reaction to the failure to agree on a revised Energy Efficiency Directive.
| Today 11 June, the Energy Council of Ministers of the EU meets in Brussels with a heavy agenda, including discussions on the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).
| Glass for Europe takes part to the second Convention of International Glass Associations on June 6 and 7 in Murano, Italy.
| Advanced flat glass technologies provide safety, comfort, wellbeing and enable countless innovations to improve our daily lives.
| On May 22, national glass stakeholders from all over Europe gathered in Brussels to participate in the Annual meeting between national glass and glazing associations and Europe’s flat glass industry organised by Glass for Europe.
| Talks on the Energy Efficiency Directive between the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission have been set with the purpose of obtaining a final deal under the Bulgarian presidency before mid-June.
| On 22 March, during the last General Assembly of Glass for Europe, Dr. Christian Quenett, Head of Architectural Glass Europe Pilkington Deutschland AG (NSG Group), has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Glass for Europe.
| On December 18th, a provisional agreement was reached between the three institutions on the waste package.
| Glass for Europe has enlarged in size to include European representatives of building glass transformers and processors.
| Glass for Europe is a firm believer in the added-value of a single market for construction products and does not support a repeal of the Construction Products Regulation and its replacement by a Mutual Recognition Scheme.
| New study on minimum performance requirements for window replacement in the residential sector released.
| Glass for Europe welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee of its proposals to improve the Circular Economy Package.
| Glass for Europe welcomes today’s vote by the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee of the European Parliament on the reform of the EU ETS.