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European Energy Efficiency Rules Bear Repeating

By Daniel Stouffer

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The European Union has been one of the most proactive governmental blocks when it comes to climate change and emissions control and they continue to set the standard for efficiency and progress. They have recently issued new energy efficiency rules that expand the need to display labels on industrial, commercial and household appliances and machines. This is part of a sweeping roster change, aimed at ensuring that energy efficiency is at the top of the commercial agenda going forward.

Energy efficiency rules introduced by the European Parliament insist that all new buildings constructed after the year 2020 will have to be, at least in part, fueled by renewable energy. Buildings account for a significant proportion of greenhouse gases emitted and it has long been recognized that stringent action should be taken to apply energy efficiency rules for new building stock.

The European Union has been one of the most proactive governmental blocks when it comes to climate change and emissions control and they continue to set the standard for efficiency and progress. They have recently issued new energy efficiency rules that expand the need to display labels on industrial, commercial and household appliances and machines. This is part of a sweeping roster change, aimed at ensuring that energy efficiency is at the top of the commercial agenda going forward.

As buildings tend to last for 50 years or longer, the impact on the environment cannot be underestimated. Renovation and retrofitting can only go so far and new emphasis is being placed on sustainable efforts during the process of construction, as well as during the design phase. The European Union's energy efficiency rules dictate that all buildings made after 2020 will conform to this philosophy.

The European Parliament is convinced that education is paramount when it comes to achieving high energy efficiency standards and as such, labels must now be attached to energy consuming products for industrial or commercial use across the Union. Windows and framework must also be appropriately labeled, so that users can see how much energy they are responsible for and can choose wisely, in advance.

If consumers, individuals or corporations are in possession of all the right information, they can choose to include appliances that work well according to their sustainability objectives. Each appliance or asset must perform with ultimate energy efficiency in the "carbon era" of tomorrow, or the user will be responsible for additional fees in one way or another.

The concept of carbon taxation or "cap and trade" restrictions is not new in the European Union, as their Energy Efficiency Scheme has been in place since 2005. These concepts are only beginning to dawn in the United States, where legislation is finally under consideration, part of which will likely include cap and trade the taxation in that country.

Systems and procedures should be implemented at boardroom level for every organization, to provide granular information about energy use and carbon emissions. Quite apart from greenhouse gas reduction, energy efficiency drives savings, which every organization should be focusing on these days.

Around the world, governments tend to agree that we must aim for as much as an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as based on 1990 levels, by the time we get to 2050. If not, considerable and detrimental change could be caused to climate and weather patterns. This level of change will, nevertheless, call for consistent and urgent action and implementation of new energy efficiency rules, everywhere.

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