Traduction de «Les services éconergétiques et le secteur résidentiel » (Français → Anglais) :

Bearing in mind that the Council conclusions of 10 June 2011 on the Energy Efficiency Plan 2011 stressed that buildings represent 40 % of the Union’s final energy consumption, and in order to capture the growth and employment opportunities in the skilled trades and construction sectors, as well as in the production of construction products and in professional activities such as architecture, consultancy and engineering, Member States should establish a long-term strategy beyond 2020 for mobilising investment in the renovation of residential and commercial buil ...[+++]dings with a view to improving the energy performance of the building stock.

16. While emphasising that SSGI must not be defined by their economic impact, notes the Commission's second biennial report and confirms that SSGI make a major economic contribution in terms of jobs, economic activity and purchasing power and that the health and social services sector accounts for 5% of economic output and employs 21.4 million people; notes that the CEEP, in its report, ‘Mapping of Public Services,’ also confirmed that health and social activities account for 9.6 % of EU employment, and 9.4 % of GDP; notes that the 2008 Labour Force Survey shows that women account for 79 % of the workforce in health services ...[+++], 81 % in residential care services and 83 % in non-residential care services; notes also that an SME representative body, UEAPME, takes the view that SMEs need high-quality, efficient SSGI in order to operate successfully; calls on the Member States also to take into account gender-equality principles; notes that the promotion of inclusive labour markets, prevention and rehabilitation will lead to cost savings and improve quality of delivery in the longer term;

16. While emphasising that SSGI must not be defined by their economic impact, notes the Commission’s second biennial report and confirms that SSGI make a major economic contribution in terms of jobs, economic activity and purchasing power and that the health and social services sector accounts for 5% of economic output and employs 21.4 million people; notes that the CEEP, in its report, ‘Mapping of Public Services,’ also confirmed that health and social activities account for 9.6 % of EU employment, and 9.4 % of GDP; notes that the 2008 Labour Force Survey shows that women account for 79 % of the workforce in health services ...[+++], 81 % in residential care services and 83 % in non-residential care services; notes also that an SME representative body, UEAPME, takes the view that SMEs need high-quality, efficient SSGI in order to operate successfully; calls on the Member States also to take into account gender-equality principles; notes that the promotion of inclusive labour markets, prevention and rehabilitation will lead to cost savings and improve quality of delivery in the longer term;

3. Points out that the expansion of social SGI has been a driving force in drawing more women into the labour force, refers to the 2008 Labour Force survey showing that 79% of the workforce in the human health services, 81% in residential care services and 83% in non-residential social work were women;

Energy Act III put an end to the existence of the public utility segment but nevertheless kept household customers and some commercial customers – as permitted by the second Electricity Directive (15) – under a universal service obligation.

As anticipated in the White Paper, total energy consumption in the domestic and services sectors can be reduced by 50% in the European Union by 2010, and half of this could be achieved by introducing passive and active solar technologies in buildings.