28 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2020/2070(INI)
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Demands that building policies be holistic and inclusive, contributing to EU climate goals, include IRPs that integrate social services and affordability, smart readiness, healthy indoor climate, mobility, technical, industrial and energy efficient functions of buildings, and enable on-site renewables production and demand-side flexibility; demands in this respect the continuous removal of national and European barriers to the renovation of building stocks such as regulatory barriers regarding renovations of buildings with multiple owners, high up-front costs and the tenant-owner dilemma;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Demands that building policies be holistic and inclusive, include IRPs that integrate social services, mobility, industrial and energy functions of buildings, and enable on-site and nearby renewables production and exchange as well as demand-side flexibility;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the gentrification and ‘renoviction’ of neighbourhoods driven by investment capital interests, and by the rising numbers of citizens in energy poverty, and of citizens suffering from increasing accommodation cost load, gender disparity, and marginalisation; considers that a community approach in addition to safeguards at a regulatory level could reduce the level of destruction of existing communities; reminds about the need to support the most vulnerable citizens by enabling their access to dignified living conditions, comfort and health and highlights the important role of social housing;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the gentrification and ‘renoviction’ of neighbourhoods driven by investment capital interests, and by the rising numbers of citizens in energy poverty, gender disparity, and marginalisation; considers that a community approach in addition to safeguards at a regulatory level could reduce the level of destruction of existing communities;
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 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the success of one-stop- shops, capacity building for municipalities, and the active involvement of local actors such as energy communities, consumer organisations, educational institutions, local businesses and housing cooperatives;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the success of local one- stop- shops, capacity building for municipalities, and the active involvement of local actors such as energy communities, consumer organisations and housing cooperatives;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of promoting training and information initiatives aimed at increasing awareness and stimulating changes in the behaviour and attitude of end users towards renovation programmes;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to prioritise marginalised communities when designing IRPIs concerned by the rising numbers of citizens in energy poverty, gender disparity, and marginalisation; therefore calls on the Member States to prioritise marginalised communities when designing IRPs and, where necessary, to encourage the adoption of specific energy efficiency promotion measures or the adaptation of existing ones to the peculiarities of these areas;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. WelcomesStrongly invites the Member States to step up the available financing possibilities, Member States’ and to share good practices such as using the EU emissions trading system (ETS) revenues blending, conditionality, and using EU regional funds as guarantees and revolving funds, in particular to favour renovations for low- income households; stresses that there is the possibility to finance training under the Just Transition Fund;
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 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Highlights the important role of grants for research, innovation and demonstration programmes (e.g. for nearly zero energy buildings, smart homes and smart cities) for implementation of deep and staged-deep renovation across Member States;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the need to increase absorption rates of funds by removing barriers, especially through technical assistance throughout the entire intervention phase, from planning to completion;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Acknowledges the role that new business models such as energy performance contracting and energy service companies can play in renovations as well as the role that purchasing groups can potentially play in the pace of replacing old appliances; believes that such models should be promoted by Member States and competent authorities;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the need to decrease costs, speed up duration, effectivity, reliability and integration to increase IRPs through creating renovation markets, industrially produced, prefabricated elements, and to engage in long-lasting serial and district renovations;
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 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the importance of the energy efficiency first principle in decarbonising heating and cooling, electrification of residual demand through renewable energy combined with heat pumps or efficient district heating systemsand cooling systems linked to cogeneration, as well as in load management and flexibility; underlines the need to plan IRPs in order to achieve synergies;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that energy-efficient buildings should be safe, addressing the issues of healthy indoor climate conditions, fire safety and risks related to intense seismic activity, and sustainable; underlines the importance of embodied energy, sustainability in buildings, resource efficiency, and life-cycle approaches in line with the circular economy;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States to maximise the reuse, recycling, and recuperation of materials in their procurement strategies, cutting all red tape in this area;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to launch an EU skills initiative in the renovation sector, which includes a gender dimension, in order to engage with stakeholders in retraining, upskilling and capacity building, with a focus on employment, in particular to attract young people to work in the renovation sector;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to release a mapping and in-depth impact assessments of building, occupier and, tenure typologies and installed appliances by 2022 for the introduction of MEPS for buildings;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers digitalisation as an enabler for distributed generation, storage, flexibility and sector integration, as well as the means to design and simulate solutions, control and optimise processes, transmit and analyse data thanks to the availability of infrastructures dedicated to the detection and communication such as sensory networks, IT and energy networks;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Underlines that housing and consumer rightsReiterates the need to evaluate the impact of advanced technological solutions, in particular IT, requireing social safeguards, data protection and consent to guarantee the right to housing and consumer rights;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines addressed to Member States to simplify the administrative procedures for obtaining incentives and the methodologies for certifying the energy efficiency of buildings before and after the renovation interventions;
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 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission and on Member States to introduce scrappage schemes for old and inefficient heaters – identified via regular checks and labelling of the stock– that will boost their replacement with new, efficient and renewable-based ones, creating local jobs, significantly cutting CO2 emissions and boosting economic recovery;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes the announcement made by the Commission to promote renovations in schools, hospitals and housing for those in need; yet highlights the challenge of addressing the large residential building stock, in particular the public stock which is often in worst conditions;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission to assess the LTRSs and issue recommendations to the Member States, which should monitor the implementation and revise their LTRSs every 5 years, to make sure that the objective of an efficient and climate neutral building stock by 2050 is met;