6 Amendments of Kateřina KONEČNÁ related to 2015/2232(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that energy efficiency is crucial to achieving our climate targets and to reducing our dependence on energy importswithin the objectives endorsed in the Paris COP 21 agreement and to reducing our dependence on energy imports; notes that buildings account for 40% of energy use in the EU, and that improving the energy efficiency of buildings is therefore of prime importance in reducing CO2 emissions and improving energy security, as well as for ending fuel poverty and improving health;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that common efforts by the EU will help both to create a common market for goods and services and to allow a relevant reduction of CO2 emissions, that help to save energy, which will bring down costs for consumers, make prices more affordable for vulnerable people and create a more level playing field for industry;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the Energy Efficiency Directive triggered many positive developments in the Member States, but that poor implementation is hindering its full potential; welcomes the increased technical support from the Commission to ensure correct and speedy implementation;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the chief weakness of the existing Directive is that most of the measures are only focused on incentives undertaken by Member States and not on progressive obligations in best practices to be addressed to relevant users and will expire in 2020 unless the Directive is appropriately amended, which means that its main provisions, in particular Article 7, should be extended not only up to 2030, but also beyond;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes new innovative and smart solutions for balancing the supply and demand of electricity, for better utilisation of renewable energy and for reducing the peak energy consumption; calls for research and development funding for these new solutions especially for the SME sector;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. underlines the immediate need to deploy more comprehensive approach to improve the energy efficiency of the whole transport system, not relying only the technological development of vehicles or propulsion systems; instead, urges the Commission and Member States to ambitiously introduce new measures to enhance modal shift towards the most energy efficient modes and to fully deploy ITS to further improve the efficiency and usage rate of capacity, both of the vehicles and the infrastructure, also in logistics, aviation and maritime transport;