EuroACE welcomes the European Commission's announcement that it plans to promote the use of ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) to improve energy efficiency in buildings, lighting and the power grid.

EuroACE agrees with the Commission that these sectors are of initial importance and offer a great potential for improving energy consumption in today's society. A total of 360 Mt/annum of heat-related CO2 savings is yet to be realised in buildings while an achievable energy savings of 40% on all lighting currently installed in Europe (including Russia, Ukraine and Turkey) would save 85 Mt/annum of CO2 emissions.

Giving consumers access to more and better information on the energy performance of homes and buildings can only serve to create behavioural changes that have, so far, been sorely lacking in most Member States judging by the poor implementation of the EU Buildings Directive, reveals the entity’s press release.  

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