Activities of Adam GIEREK related to 2016/2058(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on an EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling PDF (368 KB) DOC (156 KB)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas 50% of the energy used for heating and cooling in the EU is primaryfinal energy;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the energy efficiency of buildings that have been through a complex thermomodernisation process for the sake of thermal comfort or comfort cooling also depends on the use of adequate energy systems that provide for the effective conversion and distribution of energy from primary sources;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas architecture, urban planning, location-dependent heat flux density and the diversity of European climate zones must be taken into account in the planning of energy-efficient, low- emission public and residential buildings with maximum thermal comfort or comfort cooling;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas there are currently major differences in annual expenditure on energy for heating purposes between the various climate zones in Europe, with an average of 60 to 90 kWh/m2 in southern European countries and 175 to 235 kWh/m2 in central and northern Europe;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the efficiency of extracting and using energy from various sources, discharging energy (cooling) and preventing energy from flowing from areas of a higher temperature to areas of a lower temperature, using thermally insulated partitions that pose maximum resistance to that flow, are a fundamental elementspriority in the EU's strategy for using the best possible heating and cooling strategytechnologies;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fundamental role of RES, and in particular photovoltaic cells linked up to batteries and solar panels, used in the heating of water and, in the provision of thermal comfort in buildings (heating and cooling), in conjunction with thermal storage facilities that can be used at nightused for daily or seasonal balancing;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on local authorities to assess existing heating and cooling potential in their areas, as well as future heating and cooling needs, taking into account the potential of locally available renewable energy sources, thermal energy from cogeneration and district heating volumes;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that outdated heating plants with low energy efficiency should be replaced by small, environmentally- friendly CHP plants that use natural gas or other green fuels or by heat from large energy-efficient heating systems and CHP plants and from cooling installations;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses the view that, in Europe’s temperate climate zone, reversecombined systems for heating (winter) and cooling (summer) using heat pump, as well as reversible heat pumps and/or integrated district heating and cooling systems could become very important;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes the view that the Member States should explore the possibility of using heat from geothermal waters directly orand from other sources indirectlylower-temperature heat sources, for example the heat contained in deep-sea mines for heating (cooling), which could, with the help of huge heat pumps, heat whole towns, not just individual buildings;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses the view that heat storage facilities, for example in the form of thermally, environmentally insulated water tanks that use electric resistance to stay hot overnight (outside the hours of peak demand) and thereby improve the quality ofor heat storage facilities installed in CHP plants which improve the performance of the electricity system and take advantage of daily price fluctuations in the electricity supplymarket, could play a very important role in heating;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes the view that the waste heat obtained through cogeneration in the production of electric energy in conventional power plants and from residential buildings using recuperative methodsdischarged into the environment and heat from the ventilation systems of residential buildings using recuperation methods and their replacement by efficient heating solutions which exploit the potential of locally available renewable heat sources (biomass and geothermal and solar energy) should play a much greater role in heating and cooling than before;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to take administrative steps to ban the useorder the phasing- out of outdated furnaces that generate ‘low height’ emissions – releasing into the atmosphere natural pyrolytic gases from incomplete combustion, NOx, soot and fly ash dispersed by convection – in the heating of urban agglomerations and to replace them with efficient installations using fuels under controlled conditions;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that theat exchangers can play a vital role in local cooling via the expansion of liquefied natural gas in LNG terminals; increasing need for cooling requires further consideration of this issue, including an integrated approach to the entire cooling chain –from demand for industrial cooling from high temperatures to cooling for households and cooling requirements in the food industry
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that heat exchangers can play a vital role in cooling in the decarbonisation of the food industry in transferring heat to natural bodies of water (free cooling) located close to sites at which cooled products are stored, the temperature of which does not exceed 6°C throughout the yearas well as the use for this purpose of renewable cooling sources, such as LNG terminals;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recommends that individual thermal renovinsulation systems be designed for architectural landmarks, with a particular focus on insulating roofs and replacing windows so as not to spoilin conjunction with efficient heating and cooling which does not change the unique architectural style of the buildings concerned;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Notes that the architectural design of intelligent buildings should take a holistic approach to ensuring thermal comfort (cooling) through the shape and mass of buildings, the adaptation of space and the adjustment of parameters such as the amount of daylight and ventilation and recuperation intensity, while at the same time having low running costs;
Amendment 389 #
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 th, including from the ERDF (regional development funding) and funding for major EFSI projects (Juncker Plan), for the cost- effective comprehensive thermal renovation of buildings; takes the view that the restrictionlimits 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 number of buildings and entire housing estates built using large- panel system building methods;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. The modernisation and thermal insulation of buildings should generally take precedence over other thermal renovation activities in terms of priority access to funding, not least because of the strong potential to create many new jobs;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view that consumers must be made fully aware of the technological and economic benefits of newmore sustainable heating and cooling systems, so as to enable them to make the best possible choices in this regard;
Amendment 424 #
26a. Considers the continuing training of experts assessing the thermal condition of buildings and the efficiency of the way in which they are heated (cooled) to be essential; believes that optimally located service groups which are accessible to end users are becoming a necessity;
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that the key to combating energy poverty is to cut heating prices by ensuring that there isthrough a significant increase in energy efficiency at the three main stages of energy use: during conversion from primary energy to useful energy, during further transport of that energy, and, in particular, during use by the end user;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Believes that the European Union strategy on innovative heating and cooling requires intensive research, as a basis for creating industries making environmentally-friendly equipment to serve this purpose.