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The European Union’s new strategy on heating and cooling explores the potential of natural cooling methods

On February 16, 2016, the European Commission announced a new initiative in its community strategy on issues such as heating and cooling systems inside buildings.  The objective is to propel and accelerate the renovation of these new mechanisms.  For this, a list of natural cooling methods has been created that present great opportunities for energy saving.

The European Commission presented the first strategy for heating and cooling elements never before approached in the European Union.  The initiative’s objective is to create the most intelligent, most energy efficient and sustainable heating and cooling systems in buildings and the industry ever.  This may represent a great opportunity for the industry of natural cooling methods, as Europe wants to free its stock of community buildings from carbon derived elements by the year 2050.

90% of houses in the European Union are currently inefficient energy-wise.  This is easily understood as half the building stocks in existence were built before there were community regulations on this issue, and Europe has a building refitting rhythm that does not even reach 1%.

To prepare the transition toward low carbon consumption heating and cooling, the European Commission will review the Directive on energy efficiency, the directive on energy efficiency in buildings, and the initiative of intelligent financing for smart buildings launched in 2016.

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The European Commission looks for the opinion of experts to establish a Board for European Innovation

Europe has carried out great advances in the last years to improve the degree of technological innovation, amongst which there are increases in investment, improvements in the regulations that affect this activity, strengthening of innovation markets and the creation of measures that support these initiatives at the level of the different states, like the structural funds for European investment.

Even with these efforts and the fact that Europe is a land of innovation, it is losing the race before other geographical areas such as China and especially the United States, which are capable of introducing more disruptive novelties created by their own markets.

The board wishes to include the community within the common objective of easing the situation and has called for an online survey so that all types of innovators, including those who do not normally work with projects related to the European Commission, may present their points of view with respects to the launch of the European Board of Innovation which may be designed to improve Europe’s capacity to generate and amplify the vanguard of innovations.

This European Board of Innovation could bring together and simplify all helping processes for innovation, help the new projects that arise from it, and provide guidance on how to improve the environment in the European Union, in areas such as politics, regulations and its practices.

By following the link you will find more details on the initiative and how to participate in the survey , which is open until 29 April 2016.

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