The Generalitat of Catalonia, invited to present in Paris and Trieste the Catalan Strategy for energy renovation of buildings in the framework of the Marie Project. • The Govern announced in France and Italy the document, signed by 61 organisations, to promote the Action Plan for Energy Renovation of Buildings in Catalonia. • The purpose of the Plan is to increase energy efficiency and to meet the criteria established by the European Union.

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The Generalitat of Catalonia, invited to
present in Paris and Trieste the Catalan
Strategy for energy renovation of buildings
in the framework of the Marie Project.
• The Govern announced in France and Italy the document, signed by
61 organisations, to promote the Action Plan for Energy Renovation
of Buildings in Catalonia.
• The purpose of the Plan is to increase energy efficiency and to meet
the criteria established by the European Union.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Improvement, Mr Carles Sala, and the
coordinator of the European Project Marie a Catalonia, Mr Xavier Martin, took
part today in Trieste (Italy) in the Technical Seminar on "Energy efficiency in
buildings: an opportunity for public and private agents" to present the project
Marie (Rethinking the Mediterranean buildings to improve their energy
efficiency) and its realisation in the Catalan Strategy for energy renovation of
buildings. The Catalan delegation will meet this afternoon the Minister of
Environment and Energy of the FVG (Friuli Venezia Giulia) Autonomous
Region, Ms Sara Vito, an initiative that is part of the government's foreign affairs
to find consensus on the application of criteria and strategies for energy
efficiency in residential buildings.
Lauds to the Catalan Government’s work.
Yesterday, in Paris, the Secretary of Housing presented the main lines of the
Catalan Strategy for energy renewal of buildings, signed past November 19th by
61 organisations and institutions of the Catalan public and private sector, thus
representing more than 100 public institutions and more than 4.000 private
companies.
The event was held under the Rencontres Effinergie frame, a partnership led by
the President of the Rhône-Alpes Region, Mr Jean- Queyranne Jak, who led the
conference, and which closed the French Minister of Housing, Ms Cécile Duflot.
The Minister congratulated and praised especially the work done in Catalonia
between the public and private sectors for the development of the Catalan
Strategy, a collaboration that was born under a first agreement signed by
twenty-five organisations and institutions last May, 2013 at the CONSTRUMAT
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trade show, and which, over time, has added up to more than 60 organisations
in signing the agreement.
In foreground, Mr Carles Sala converses with minister Ms Cécile Duflot.
The aim of the talks of the Generalitat in both Paris and Trieste is enforce the
nine European regions involved in the project Marie (mainly in France and Italy)
to reach a consensus to implement the October 2012 European Directive on
energy efficiency in public and private buildings. The project is part of the Marie
MED (Mediterranean Europe) program, which groups several measures to
renew and improve the energy condition, habitability and comfort of public and
private buildings.
February 13th, 2014
Oficina de Comunicació i Premsa
Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat
premsa.tes@gencat.cat
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