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Job Creation Potential of Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Job Creation Potential of Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Jenny Holland European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings. What is EuroACE?. The European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

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Job Creation Potential of Energy Efficiency in Buildings

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  1. Job Creation Potential of Energy Efficiency in Buildings Jenny Holland European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

  2. What is EuroACE? • The European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings • Founded in 1998 by 20 of Europe’s leading companies involved with the manufacture, distribution and installation of energy saving goods and services • EuroACE works together with the European institutions to help Europe move towards a more sustainable pattern of energy use in buildings, thereby contributing significantly towards reducing carbon dioxide emissions

  3. Current EuroACE membership • Acciona • Aereco • Armacell International • BING • BPB • CRH • Danfoss • Grundfos • Honeywell • Hunter Douglas • Huntsman Polyurethanes • Illbruck • Kingspan Insulated Panels • Knauf Insulation • Paroc • Philips Lighting • Pilkington • Rockwool International • Saint-Gobain Isover • Siemens • Skanska • URSA • VELUX A/S

  4. Full range of energy saving products: • Insulation • Heating/cooling controls and equipment • Shading • Glazing • Lighting • Ventilation

  5. Total EU turnover: • 36,860 million euros Total EU employment: • 173,557 people The Tip of the Jobs Iceberg

  6. ACE-led Study: “National and local employment impacts of energy efficiency investment programmes”[European Commission-funded, 2000] • 44 case studies of actual energy efficiency investment programmes in 9 EU member states • Programmes covered residential, commercial and industrial sectors

  7. Types of Programme: • Fiscal, e.g. tax rebates, grant schemes • Regulatory, e.g. building standards • Information • Other, e.g. third party financing, regional programmes

  8. All 44 programmes undertaken for reasons other than employment generationBUT 38 out of 44 programmes generated additional jobs

  9. Job Creation: • Every 1 million euros of investment created between 8 and 14 person years of employment (at 1995 prices) Cost per job: • Between 71,000 euros per job per year and 110,000 euros per job per year

  10. Sectors: • Residential – more jobs, but energy savings less cost-effective • Commercial – fewer jobs, but energy savings more cost-effective • Industrial – mid-range employment gains, but energy savings very cost-effective

  11. Policies: • Fiscal – high employment gains (but high Government expenditure) • Regulatory – medium employment gains (medium-low Government expenditure) • Information – low employment gains (low Government expenditure)

  12. Types of employment: • In buildings – mostly manual, e.g. delivery and installation of products • In industrial process – mostly engineers, consultants and technicians • Residential energy efficiency programmes lasted typically between 1 and 10 years. Jobs of equivalent duration

  13. Types of employment, continuedResidential programmes yielded: • High levels of direct employment • New employment for small local firms • Spending within local economy of money saved on fuel bills

  14. ETUC/SDA Study on Employment and Climate Change:Findings broadly in line with ACE-led study

  15. If implementation were accelerated (2006-2030), new jobs created per year would increase to 274,000-856,250 (hypothesis 1) or 2,585,000 (hypothesis 2)

  16. EuroACE campaigns vigorously for ambitious energy saving policies and high job creation • We support the expansion of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and call for the abolition of the 1000m2 threshold (as envisaged by Scenario 2)

  17. We welcomed the European Commission’s announcement in the Energy Efficiency Action Plan that they would be proposing an expansion of the EPBD in 2009 • BUT we must all work together to provide them with the job creation data they need to convince member states that an expanded Directive is necessary

  18. Jenny Holland, Adviser to EuroACE European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Avenue Louise 375 - Bte 4, BE-1050 BRUSSELS Tel.: +32 2 639 10 10 Fax: +32 2 639 10 15 www.euroace.org info@euroace.org jenny@ukace.org

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