Solar Heat News
Date: Friday 04. of March 2016
The ESTIF webinar on Global Solar Certification provided an in-depth insight into the ongoing cooperation of solar thermal stakeholders worldwide, facilitating cross-border trading, quality assurance and the improvement of the global market conditions for solar thermal.
The speakers, Jan Erik Nielsen (GSCN Manager) and Harald Drück (GSCN Chairman) minutely explained the concept of the Global Solar Certification Network (GSCN) and shared with ESTIF members which advantages and opportunities...
Date: Friday 04. of March 2016
On the 1st of March, ESTIF participated in the final conference of the project ‘Connecting People for Green Skills’, in Brussels. The project aims to detect the work and training factors that make it impossible for construction sector professionals to get jobs which require new qualifications and skills. Solar thermal installing skills were addressed and recognized as valuable assets for the employability in the construction sector.
The goal of the event, which gathered European...
Date: Friday 04. of March 2016
In view of the European Council meeting discussions on the post COP21 Paris deal, ESTIF has co-signed two separate letters to EU Heads of State and Government, Energy and Climate Ministers, the European Commission and the European Parliament. The letters signed come from two different initiatives, one being led by associations representing the energy efficiency community, and the other one led mostly by NGOs.
The first one, led by the European Alliance to Save Energy, gathered 70...
Date: Friday 04. of March 2016
On the 22nd of February, ESTIF participated in the ‘Investors Day’ organised by the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE). The event gathered the building sector financing community, which discussed strategies to increase energy investments within the European building sector.
Project developers, financial institutions, policy makers and other interested stakeholders present addressed a wide range of topics related to financing energy saving measures, including the...
Date: Friday 04. of March 2016
On February 23, ESTIF participated in the second EU Energy Summit in Brussels. The conference was intended to assess the outcomes of COP21 and to debate the orientations for the future EU energy policy. The discussion also took into account the decisions taken so far by the European Union aiming at organising its energy market under its “2030 Climate and Energy Framework”,
More than 300 energy stakeholders participated, and Commissioner Cañete gave an keynote...
