Energy efficiency
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The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) welcomes the opinion of the Committee of the Regions on energy efficiency, adopted in the plenary session on 15th December. It reflects, in major part, the views expressed in the CEMR position paper on this issue.
CEMR welcomes the proposals of the Committee of the Regions aimed at encouraging local governments to implement alternative measures to meet the target of 20% of reduction of energy consumption by 2020, without imposing binding targets, as it is originally the case in the Directive proposal. The European Commission indeed states that, as from 1st January 2014, 3% of the total floor area owned by public bodies ...
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