Green houses, that’s why the gas, thermal and building construction associations are sounding the alarm on EU standards
Six associations (Proxigas, Assogasliquidi, Assotermica, Federcostruzioni, Ance and Applia Italia) express concern over the European Commission's guidelines on eco-design and energy labeling of heating systems
Uproar over green houses.
"The requirement that the European Commission is preparing to approve by setting an efficiency index of 115% for gas boilers effectively represents a ban on placing all boilers on the market and is not consistent with the opinion expressed by the European Parliament last 14 March on the proposal for a Directive on the energy performance of buildings”. This is what Proxigas (the association that brings together companies in the natural gas supply chain), Assogasliquidi (the Federchimica association that represents companies in the liquefied gas sector), Assotermica (the association of manufacturers of equipment and components for thermal ), Federcostruzioni (Construction Federation), Ance (the National Association of Building Builders) and Applia Italia (the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances and Professional Equipment).
CONCERN OF THE SIX ASSOCIATIONS ON ECO-FRIENDLY DESIGN AND ENERGY LABELING OF HEATING SYSTEMS
The six Associations express concern about the guidelines of the European Commission on eco-compatible design and energy labeling of heating systems which will be the subject of the Consultation Forum organized by the European Commission on 27 April.
"APPROACH IS BASED ON PROHIBITIONS THAT DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS OF ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND SOURCES AND OF THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBER STATES"
"On the merits, while sharing the objectives of reducing emissions and the importance of a common commitment at European level to achieve environmental targets, we express strong perplexities with respect to the approach adopted in declining them at a legislative level", highlight Proxigas , Assogasliquidi, Assotermica , Federcostruzioni, Ance and Applia Italia. "The approach is based on bans that do not take into account the prospects for the development of energy technologies and vectors and, above all, do not consider the specific characteristics of individual Member States".
THERE ARE IMPACTS ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE INDUSTRY, ON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR FAMILIES
“For our country, where gas is central to the domestic sector” – underline the associations – “there are prospects for repercussions on the competitiveness of the industry, on the economic and social sustainability of families, on the stability and resilience of the energy system. Critical issues that also risk compromising the concrete implementation of the decarbonisation process and which require specific attention from our institutions to substantially modify the approach of the new regulation".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/energia/case-green-ecco-perche-le-associazioni-gas-termico-e-costruzioni-edili-lanciano-lallarme-sulle-norme-ue/ on Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:52:41 +0000.