Low-key vote on dodgy boilers promises ‘massive’ CO2 cuts

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Series Details 08.04.13
Publication Date 08/04/2013
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A below-the-radar vote in an obscure EU committee to set new efficiency standards for central heating boilers has sealed energy savings that could equal 10% of Europe’s energy consumption by 2020, green groups say.

After more than five years of haggling, the Ecodesign directive’s regulatory committee in March voted through a text setting minimum green requirements for boilers and water heaters, which also forces them to be labelled for their energy savings potential.

Stéphane Arditi, a senior policy officer for the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), told EurActiv that the ensuing emissions reductions would be “massive”.

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