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ENERGY SAVINGS

It incorporates fresh data,
for example on Europe’s
building stock and its per-
formance and on the de-
carbonisation of the energy
mix, but its main innova-
tion is that it quantifies sav-
ings induced by increased
window replacement rates.
This allows to identify the
potential in window retro-
fitting, when equipped with
high-performance glazing,
whose properties were pro-
vided by Glass for Europe’s
experts.”
Christian Quenett, Chair-
man of Glass for Europe
and Head of Architectural
Glass Europe at the NSG
Group, declares: “This
study demonstrates once
more the massive energy
savings and induced CO
2
emission reduction that is
made possible thanks to
high-performance glazing,
which are readily available
in Europe. Most interest-
ingly, it highlights that
these long-lasting savings
could be realised rapidly
if building and energy-
efficiency policies across
Europe were effective at
supporting a doubling of
the building renovation rate
and the uptake of high-
performance glass prod-
ucts.”
Bertrand Cazes, Secre-
tary General of Glass for
Europe, adds: “When
Member States are busy
looking for effective cli-
mate mitigation measures
and designing long-term
plans for the renovation
of buildings, it arises from
this study that Member

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