8 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2016/2058(INI)
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to fully utilise the heating and cooling sector in achieving cost-efficient gains in energy efficiency at system level by linking heat and power production, agricultural and industrial processes, waste management and demand-side management;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that 72 % of the heating and cooling demand of single family houses is consumed in rural and intermediate areas; notes that households in rural, remote and isolated locations may therefore require particular attention and unique solutions;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Notes that the combination of renewables with relatively low-carbon fuels such as LNG (natural gas) and LPG can often provide an efficient and available heating and cooling solution; thermosolar installations, biogas installations, hybrid boilers, micro-CHP, gas heat pumps and geothermal heat pumps representing some good examples for such combinations;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the widespread availability of solid biomassboth fluid and solid biomass, including manure, and the potential for district heating as a cost- efficient means of decarbonising the energy sector while also contributing to security of supply objectives; underlines the enormous potential of the use of biogas from manure processing; emphasises that a European gas crisis would be a heat crisis;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines - while safeguarding technology neutrality depending on the different socio-economic and geographical circumstances in Member States - the enormous potential of innovative energy-neutral homes as a cost-efficient means for decarbonising the construction sector and ordinary households;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and local authorities to address the specific problems of rural buildings that tend to be older, less energy efficient, less beneficial to health and provide lower thermal comfort;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission, Member States and local authorities to support so- called 'Green Deals' linking residual or waste heat, geothermal heat and forms of renewable energy production produced and used by agriculture, horticulture, industry, the public sector and ordinary households.
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission, Member States and local authorities, considering the risk of possible future gas supply crises, to fully integrate the production of biogas from manure processing in the implementation of the circular economy;