On the 15th of October 2015, Renovate Europe organised its annual high-level conference REDay2015 in Brussels, Belgium, entitled “It’s More than Renovation…”.
Sponsored by its partners Knauf Insulation and Eurima, the event literally put the spotlight on the speakers, who emphasised the multiple benefits that deep energy renovation of the existing building stock can deliver in different fields, at different levels and in different countries.
What’s behind an energy efficient renovated building? The countdown of Renovate Europe started over one week ago, when it launched its red building.
Day by day, benefit by benefit, the Renovate Europe building showed that “It’s More than Renovation”; it’s indeed energy security, an investment opportunity, local jobs and growth, health and well-being, smart development and CO2 reductions.
The high point was reached at REDay2015, when the main entrance of the Renovate Europe building opened.
More than 140 attendees, high-level speakers, successful best practices from all over Europe, political support from three Commissioners, 5 National events approaching made REDay2015 a successful conference.
REDay2015 also showed that more can still be done.
A coherent ambitious legislative framework, innovative financing mechanisms and a mix of ambition at the top level, supporting bottom-up approaches are the solutions proposed that will bring Europe closer to the ambition of the Campaign to reduce the energy demand of the existing building stock by 80% by 2050.
Ahead of what may be another cold winter, REDay2015 delivered solutions to make the best out of the building stock, showing all the multiple benefits of energy efficient renovation.
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