Date: Friday, May 23, 2008 - 15:00

Duration / timezone: 1 hour / Central European Time (Brussels, Paris, Berlin)

Moderators: Fernando Nuno and Hans De Keulenaer, Leonardo ENERGY

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On the 23rd of January, the European Commission launched a proposal for a Directive on promoting the use of renewable energy. The Directive is designed to address [...]

“The market is a good servant but a bad master”. That is at least the way an old saying has it. Often attributed to Vaclav Havel, but also to the former Danish Energy minister Svend Auken. Whoever is to take credit this saying comes to mind when reading The Economist, where the issue is [...]

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Is ‘enlargement’ of the labeling scheme beneficial?
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How to design schemes to phase-out old appliances?
How to certify and harmonize testing centers?
Financial incentives to stimulate efficient products in the market.
The role of differential taxation.

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The UK is taking the lead in sustainable building. In 2007, new housing regulations were agreed upon and go into full force in stages over the upcoming years. The regulations stipulate that from 2016 on, all new homes in the UK will [...]

Based on a Discussion Webinar, Friday 29 February 2008
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A report from the Discussion Webinar, Friday 22 February 2008

On the 23th of January, the European Commission launched its final proposal for a Directive on the Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewable Sources.
Leonardo Energy addressed this proposal on a Discussion Webinar on 15 February 2008. Focus was on the Guarantees of Origin (GoO) [...]