3 Amendments of Peter JAHR related to 2015/2113(INI)
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance to treat energy efficiency as an energy source in its own right; therefore underlines that the Commission and the Member States shall embed the ‘Energy Efficiency First’ principle in all decision-making related to energy;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that the EU building stock is responsible for approximately 40% of final energy consumption, for the consumption of approximately 60% of EU gas imports and for 36% of CO2 emissions in the EU and that heating and cooling is the largest single source of energy demand in the EU, therefore calls on the Commission to address the potential of reduction of energy demand and efficiency gains in the building sector;
Amendment 189 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Highlights the fact that in a true circular economy waste has to feed back into the economy as raw material in order to keep the added value in the product for as long as possible and therefore preparation for reuse and recycling have a much higher priority than incineration; points to the fact that many Member States already have an overcapacity of incineration plants, stresses the need for better planning and information sharing and preventing lock-in effects; urges the Commission to take the link between the Energy Union and the circular economy into account;