Activities of Manuel BOMPARD related to 2020/2070(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on maximising the energy efficiency potential of the EU’s building stock
Amendments (13)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the announcement of a renovation wave as part of the European Green Deal; reminds that buildings are responsible for approximately 40 % of energy consumption and 36 % of CO2 emissions in the EU; reminds that 75% of building stock is energy inefficient, 40 million Europeans can’t warm their home correctly in the winter and 98 million can’t cool it correctly in the summer; reminds that the current rate of renovation of EU buildings is about 1% each year; considers that renovation policies must be part of global urban planning aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of urban web; urges the Commission to present it as planned, given that it is a key element of the post-COVID- 19 recovery plan; calls on the Member States to step up large-scale renovation plans, to respect the Paris agreement which limits climate warming under 1,5°C, to step up large-scale renovation plans in order to reach an annual renovation rate of at least 3%, based on one shot but complete renovations which have the most efficient “savings energy/cost” rate, under the national energy and climate plans (NCEPs);
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that priority must be given to thermal insulation, and that the remaining heating and cooling needs, as well as the needs of other consumption items, must be covered as much as possible by renewable energies;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes theTakes note of Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan which highlights the role of construction and building materials in generating over 35 % of the EU’s total waste; notes that a streamlined approach should be taken in EU legislation to recovery, recycling, life- cycle assessment and to taking the embodied energy in building materials into account;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that a circular economy labelling system, based on environmental standards and criteria for materials linked to their potential for reintroduction into the value chain, should be established; calls for minimum binding percentages of reused and recycled materials coming from the destruction of other buildings; about new materials, calls for priority use of bio-based materials (wood, earth, straw) to renovate and build buildings;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that there is no common EU legislation on the management of bulky waste in general, and of polystyrene and stone wool or glass in particular; expresses its concern about the safe handling of insulation materials, given the possible inclusion of dangerous substances in them;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that building renovation projects should contribute to the potential for better health conditions; emphasiszes that the revision of air quality standards can lead to improvements in indoor environmental conditions and help tackle eEnergy poverty, by recovering heat of extracted air by ventilation (double flow CMV);
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. EmphasiStresses the potential, in terms of overcoming the current fragmentation in the market, of creating a common energy and environmental building passport; stresses further that it should include the circular capacity of materialsssibility to gradually make energy refurbishment mandatory when households are sent or rented, beginning with energy classes F and G;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that public buildings, because of how numerous they are and because of their high surfaces, are an important lever to renovate EU building stock; calls to make their renovation a priority, and same for private buildings which surface exceeds 5 000 m² 1a; this would allow a lot of energy savings, and would give a huge amount of work for SMB and crafts persons, especially after Covid-19 crisis; asks for generated jobs to have a good social welfare and to be subjected to sectoral collective agreements, involving trade unions of the sector; _________________ 1aThe surface of 90% of corporate offices exceed 1 000 m²; surfaces under 1 000 m² are considered as small, surfaces between 1 000 and 5 000 m² are considered as medium, and surfaces beyond 5 000 m² are considered as big.
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that social housings should be renovated first in order to eradicate energy precariousness;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses that one billboard which is constantly lit uses more electricity than one European citizen each year; suggests that neon signs and lit advertisements present on public or private buildings should be switched off outside office hours, and that numerical advertisements should be forbidden;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that homeowners and housing associations should be supported in climate-proofing their building stock, for example through grants or financial instruments based on the additionality of multiannual financial framework (MFF) funding, national budgets and private sector sources; energy is a basic necessity and access to energy should be free for first necessity needs which are vital for a decent life; stresses that homes which are the most poorly insulated from cold and hot are most of the time occupied by people in a position of economic insecurity, emphasizing this position because of high consumption of energy, and avoiding them from investing in renovation when these people own their home; considers that low income households shouldn’t support energy efficiency costs; reminds that paragraph 28 of European Parliament resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal states that low income households should not support the cost of energy efficiency renovations; stresses that homeowners and housing associations should be supported in climate-proofing their building stock, for example through grants or financial instruments based on the additionality of multiannual financial framework (MFF) funding, national budgets and private sector sources; using grants preferably, and interest-free loans for medium income households, from national finances and through a unique office, with adjustable duration so that the repayment deadlines would be lower than the energy savings, thus accelerating the eradication of energy precariousness2a; _________________ 2aTaking into account reduction of bills because of thermal insulation and monthly instalments of loans, households will save money as soon as the first month after renovation.
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the necessary public investments to rebuild European economies after the Covid-19 crisis and for a transition which would be just and respect the Paris agreement’s goal to limit climate warming under 1,5°C, are not compatible with the obligation to keep a public deficit under 3% of GDP; calls for these investments to be excluded from the calculation of the annual budget deficit of the Member States, because they are essential to achieve the objective of climate neutrality of the Union and to respect the Paris agreement which limits climate warming under 1,5°C;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the role of the European Investment Bank Group in providing loans, including interest-free loans, guarantees and financial instruments in order to finance small-scale and social housing renovation initiatives and services.