“All the elements are there,” says José-Michaël Chenu, FIEC President of the Technical Commission, speaking about the Renovation Wave, for which the Communication was published in October last year. “We just need to be sure that in the push for the renovation of 35M buildings, to beyond mere energy efficiency improvements, the experts are left to decide with the customer, which materials and processes are selected to make their building efficient, structurally safe, accessible and smart.”

Today, in the European Parliament’s committee on budgets, members heard Ms Sandra Gallina, director for health and food safety (DG SANTE) at the European Commission on the clarity needed in relation to the financing of its Covid-19 strategy.

The European Rental Association, the voice of the European equipment rental industry, has today launched the ERA Equipment CO₂ Calculator, an independent and free-to-use online tool to enable equipment stakeholders to make more sustainable choices when using construction equipment.

CEN and CENELEC are proud to announce the publication of their new Strategy 2030. This high-level, forward-looking document will help guide and shape the work of the two European standardization organisations and their 44 members across 34 European countries throughout the decade to come.

Brussels, 26 January 2021 – NGVA Europe’s Board of Directors has appointed Dr Jens Andersen as new Secretary General of the association. He will succeed Andrea Gerini, who has led the association since 2017, as of 1 March 2021.