2030 Framework Incomplete Without Heating and Cooling

摘要

»Europe's long-term climate and energy policies cannot be entirely convincing as long as they fail to properly address the question of heating and cool-ing«, Paul Voss of Euroheat & Power said following the publication of a Commission's Communication on the 2030 climate and energy goals on 22 January. Heating and cooling represent over 45% of final energy consumption in the European Union compared to 20% for electricity, 26% transport and 9% for »non-energy« use, yet they remain curiously peripheral features of EU energy policy.