16 Amendments of Niels FUGLSANG related to 2020/2070(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas, according to Commission estimates, EUR 282 billion of investments in the renovation of the European building stock are necessary to achieve the Union's 2030 energy efficiency target;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas investments for the renovation of the building sector create new jobs and contribute to clean economy as a part of the recovery plan and the European Green Deal;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Acknowledges, that the building renovations have to be implemented in a cost-effective and sustainable way, taking into account the affordability as for private owners and their tenants; stresses that new renovations towards energy efficient buildings should not allow renting market to greatly increase the prices for tenants due to more energy efficient buildings;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines the fact that the ownership of buildings, tenancy laws and numbers of home-owners and tenants as well housing support schemes vary across Member States; urges the Commission and Member States to take that into account when taking renovation measures; underlines especially that these renovations should not lead to an unbearable rental cost burden for tenants;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes various financial practices and instruments such as green subsidies, tax and loan incentives; underlines the importance of avoiding retroactive policies which negatively affect issued incentives for energy efficiency investments;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that all IRPs should set aside funds for marginalised citizens and to tackle energy poverty, accessibility, technical and infrastructure barriers;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to regularly revise energy efficiency targets upwards, propose binding minimum annual renovation rate that are in line with and contributing to the European CO2 reduction goals, propose strengthening the role of the existing minimum annual renovation rates set out in EPBD (EU 2018/844) and EED (EU 2018/2002) and minimum energy performance standards for buildings and policy measures ensuring deep and staged-deep renovations creating financial triggers and investment stability;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that, when considering the replacement of old heating devices, the Commission should provide appropriate incentives to ensure that no citizens are left behind; notes that, in order to accelerate the replacement of old heaters, scrapping schemes supported by energy labels can help change to more efficient heaters or to other more sustainable energy systems;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights the importance of considering all available technologies to speed up the decarbonisation of the building stock; notes that, along with investments for the decarbonisation of the building stock, investments to decarbonise the heating sector are required;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Underlines the importance of decarbonised district heating and cooling in order to guarantee carbon-neutrality to a large amount of citizens as soon as possible, taking into consideration that district heating and cooling with integrated storage plays an important role for more connected and integrated energy communities;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the incentives and encourage new buildings to be designed and built as nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEB) with an ambition to become net zero energy buildings by 2050; highlights that this can greatly foster the increase of net zero energy districts by 2050;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Recognises the need to digitalise national Energy performances certificate databases, building data and other construction information to be available as applying digital building passport and other smart building applications; recognises that digitalised data for both manufacturing and construction processes should considerably improve the productivity during renovations at all stages;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Is concerned about the lack of data regarding energy efficiency renovation projects in buildings in the EU, their cost-effectiveness, their CO2 savings and their other benefits for the environment and life quality; calls for clear indicators to measure these aspects and for the establishment of a European data base to exchange information and best practices;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Views the renovation wave as an opportunity to achieve an energy-efficient and climate-neutral building stock by 2050 through an action plan for renovations of buildings for IRPs with a focus on communities, especially for those in energy poverty, and to provide healthy, decent, affordable and energy efficient buildings where people can reach their full potential in line with the European Green Deal and the climate neutrality target for 2050;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Highlights that the renovation wave may mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, by fostering high-quality jobs in the construction and renewable energy industries and supporting small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) workers; emphasises that the renovation wave can play an important role in green and sustainable recovery and can represent the key element of any post-COVID recovery plans, therefore the Commission should not delay this proposal and should provide all the funding options available;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls on the Commission to enshrine the renovation wave’s measures into EU law and increase the 2030 climate and energy targets while ensuring that the renovation of buildings is integrated as a key policy to fill the gap in the 2030 targets and while ensuring affordability of housing for owners and tenants;