!!Online Event: Energy efficiency: A science advice perspective\\Monday 28 March 2022, 12:00 – 14:00 CEST

__Join the ‘Energy efficiency: A science advice perspective’ webinar.__
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__The future of energy efficiency is the theme of the upcoming European Parliament Intergroup webinar, hosted on 28 March 2022. The online event will bring together scientific experts, policy advisors, stakeholders, and citizen representatives to address the Commission’s proposals for new measures to revise the Energy Efficiency Directive.__
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__This event will also present recent evidence and policy recommendations delivered by the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism, based on our report on ''A systemic approach to the energy transition in Europe'' and the corresponding Scientific Opinion.__
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__The webinar is hosted by MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Co-chair of the European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’.
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!About the webinar

If ‘energy efficiency’ was a fuel, it would be the single largest source of energy in the EU. Improvements in energy efficiency since 1990 have reduced primary energy demand by more than 30%. But, while energy efficiency has continued to improve in recent years, this improvement is getting harder and harder to sustain — partly because we are running out of low-hanging fruit.
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Households have been responsible for nearly half of the energy reductions since 2000, while contributions from industry and transport have so far been much lower. In response to this, the Commission’s proposal to revise the Energy Efficiency Directive focuses on sectors which still have potential for dramatic savings, such as heating and cooling of buildings, industry, and energy services.
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These new measures must clearly be sustainable and inclusive — as is made explicit, for example, in the New European Bauhaus. But will they be effective? And are they enough to get us where we need to go?
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This European Parliament Intergroup webinar will bring together scientific experts, policy advisors, stakeholders and citizen representatives to discuss the future of energy efficiency. Last but not least, this online event will also present recent evidence and policy recommendations delivered by the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism.

!Final Agenda:

__12:00 – 12:10:__ Opening remarks by MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Co-Chair, European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’
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__12:10 – 12:20:__ Joana Drake, Deputy Director General, DG RTD, European Commission
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12:20 – 12:30: [Diana Ürge-Vorsatz|Member/Ürge-Vorsatz_Diana] MAE, SAPEA Working Group Member and Vice-Chair of IPCC Working Group 3
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__12:30 – 12:40:__ __Nebojsa Nakicenovic__, Deputy Chair of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission
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__12:40 – 12:50:__ __Tudor Constantinescu__, Advisor to the Director General, DG ENER, European Commission
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__12:50 – 13:20:__ Interventions from representatives of civil society & industry associations:
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__Małgosia Rybak__, Climate Change & Energy Director, Cepi\\
__Quentin de Hults__, Director Green & Healthy Buildings, European Copper Institute\\
__Verena Bax__, Energy Savings Policy Coordinator, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe
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__13:20 – 13:25:__ Reaction from MEP __Radan Kanev__, Rapporteur for the ENVI Opinion on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
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__13:25 – 13:50:__ Q&A discussion with the audience
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__13:50 – 14:00:__ Closing remarks by MEP __Petros Kokkalis__
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