APPLiA Director General elected Steering Committee member of the Coalition for Energy Savings

The General Assembly of the Coalition for Energy Savings elected APPLiA Director General Paolo Falcioni as a Steering Committee member for a one year term mandate. The Coalition is a European non-for profit association that advocates energy efficiency as the driving force towards a secure, competitive, sustainable and climate neutral European Union. It unites businesses, local authorities, energy agencies, energy communities and civil society organisations in pursuit of this goal. As highlighted by Falcioni, energy efficiency is the frontrunner to fight climate change and decarbonise our economy, in Europe and globally. The demand for energy is increasing around the world and energy prices are rising accordingly, outweighing the available supply. The stock of appliances is also rising due to the increasing number of households, which continues to grow as the global population also continues to increase. All these upward activity pressures are driving up energy consumption and emissions. Energy efficiency is a very important element in counter-balancing those upward pressures.