22 Amendments of Flavio ZANONATO related to 2016/2058(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication entitled 'Roadmap for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 5 February 2014 on a 2030 framework for climate and energy policies,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 9 July 2015 on resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regard to the Paris Agreement made in December 2015 at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the UNFCCC,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas 50% of the energyfinal energy demand is used for heating and cooling in the EU is primary energyof which 80% is used in buildings;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. reminds that 50% of our necessary cuts in emissions, to live up to our COP21 engagements, must come from energy efficiency, and given that buildings consume 40% of final energy and cause 36% of CO2 emissions, stresses that lowering energy demand in buildings is the most direct and cost-effective way to actually reach our climate ambitions, meanwhile boosting the EU's energy security and re-industrialisation;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. points out that the demand for heating and cooling highly depends on local circumstances and that 90% of renewable energy is connected to the distribution grid, implicating the importance of the local dimension and distribution grids when talking about heating and cooling;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the share of primary energy from fossil fuels in heating and cooling is 75% and does not guarantee decarbonisation, thereby accelerating climate change, thus running contrary to the efficient transition towards decarbonized and resilient heating and cooling systems and causing significant harm to the environment;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Points out the necessity to take along specific measures for heating and cooling when revising the energy efficiency directive (2012/27/EU) and the renewable energy directive (2009/28/EC) as well as the energy performance of buildings directive (2010/31/EU);
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Calls for specific sustainable heating and cooling strategies to be developed at national level, giving special attention to combined heat and power, cogeneration, district heating and cooling preferably based on renewables, as is stated in art 14 of the EED (2012/27/EU);
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fundamental role of RES, and in particularsuch as photovoltaic cells and solar panels and geothermal energy, in the heating of water and the provision of thermal comfort in buildings on a local or micro level, in conjunction with thermal storage facilities that can be used at night;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on local authorities to take the necessary steps towardsPoints out the local character and potential for heating and cooling and calls on local authorities to map local heating and cooling demands as well as available renewable and industrial heating and cooling sources in order to promote the thermomodernisation of existing public or residential buildings with low thermal comfort or comfort cooling in the most sustainable, cost-optimal and efficient way;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that in dense urban agglomerations it is imperative that the use of individualefficient individual and district heating systems tshat depenll be modernised oin fossil fuels be restricted and replaced with large-scale local cogenorder to shift to high- efficiency and increase the contribution of renewable alternation systems that produce heat and electricityves towards the transition to a decarbonized and resilient heating and cooling systems;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Highlights the huge potential of clustering energy and resource flows to save primary energy use, especially in industrial environments, where, according to the cascading system, excess heat or cold from one process can be re-used in another one which demands less extreme temperatures, and, where possible, up to heating and cooling buildings via district heating systems;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to use legal and economic means to accelerate the gradual phasing-out of outdated solid-fuel furnaces with an energy efficiency level of less than 80% and to replace them, where possible, with efficient, sustainable heating systems at local level (such as district heating systems) or micro level (such as geothermal and solar systems);
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that biogas represents an important sustainable source for heating and cooling systems. For this reason it is necessary to set up a clear target for organic recycling in order to incentivise investments in the collection and treatment of bio-waste;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for specific attention in the existing and new European funding programmes, such as the EFSI, for innovative and sustainable heating and cooling projects such as micro-generation and storage, refurbishments and development of district heating and especially for clustering small-scale projects into larger, bankable clusters; points out in this regard the importance of well-functioning technical assistance;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Takes the view that there should be no restrictions on EU funding that is used for the thermal renovation of buildings; takes the view that the restrictions that have been in place thus far on ERDF funding for this purpose have had an adverse effect in hampering these processes, in particular as regards the large n. Considers that Structural Funds and EFSI funding of energy efficiency projects should target those consumber of buildings and entire housing estas more sensitive to energy costs relating to heating and cooling systems built using large-panel system building methodssuch as industry at risk of carbon leakage, SMEs and households at risk of energy poverty;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines that 85% of the energy consumption within a building is required for space heating and domestic hot water and that it is therefore necessary to enable consumers to accelerate the modernisation of their old and inefficient heating systems in Europe in order to deliver at least 20% energy efficiency gains by 2020 with available technologies, including renewable heating systems;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Emphasises the active role that consumers can play in the path to a sustainable European heating and cooling system. An efficient outcome of the new regulation on "energy labelling", where scales of the new labels are forward-looking and allow to highlight the differences in terms of energy efficiency of the different products, can improve consumers´ possibility to address their choices in terms of energy savings and to reduce their bills; Highlights that specific instruments - such as smart meters and domotic controls - can improve consumers´ consumption patterns.
Amendment 431 #
26c. Urges the Commission and the Member States to come up with specific strategies to tackle the ever growing problem of energy poverty in order to help all consumers, especially the most vulnerable, to ameliorate their housing, heating and cooling conditions, on an individual or collective basis, whether they are home owners or tenants;