Activities of Elisabetta GARDINI related to 2016/2058(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU strategy on heating and cooling (A8-0232/2016 - Adam Gierek)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the widespread availability of solid biomass and the potential for district heating as a cost- efficient means of decarbonising the energy sector while also contributing to security of supply objectives; emphasises that a European gas crisis would be a heat crisisnumber of approaches to decarbonise the sector and that evidence shows that keeping a variety of options open in order to decarbonise heating is less challenging and potentially lower in cost than taking a narrow and limited approach;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes the EU Heating and Cooling Strategy's conclusions that states that "consumers must be at the centre of this strategy" and intends to enable them to use a variety of "modern technologies and innovative solutions to shift to a smart, efficient and sustainable heating and cooling system that can unlock energy and budgetary savings for companies and citizens".