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RemovedRecital 5: (5) The “Fit for 55” legislative package announced in the European Commission 2021 Work Programme aims to implement those objectives. It covers a range of policy areas including energy efficiency, renewable energy, land use, land change and forestry, energy taxation, effort sharing, emissions trading and alternative fuels infrastructure. The revision of Directive 2010/31/EU is an integral part of that package. In addition, the communication of the Commission of 18 May 2022 entitled “REPowerEU plan” reviewed key provisions of the Fit for 55” package in light of the updated geopolitical context, requiring a revised political framework, with new legislative proposals and targeted recommendations to update the objectives, in particular by increasing ambition with regard to energy efficiency and savings and enhanced energy sovereignty, while moving away from fossil fuels. That communication also encouraged Member States to consider taxation measures so as to incentivise energy savings and reduce fossil fuels consumption, including tax deductions linked to energy savings.

Added2021/0426(COD)

RemovedRecital 6: (6) Buildings account for 40 % of final energy consumption in the Union and 36% of its energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Natural gas plays the largest role in heating of buildings, accounting for around 42% of energy used for space heating in the residential sectors. Oil is the second most important fossil fuel for heating, accounting for 14% and coal accounts for around 3%. Therefore, reduction of energy consumption , in line with the energy efficiency first principle as laid down in Article 3 [revised EED] and defined in Article 2(18) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 and the use of energy from renewable sources in the buildings sector constitute important measures needed to reduce the Union’s greenhouse gas emissions. Reduced energy consumption and an increased use of energy from renewable sources, especially solar energy, also have a key role to play in reducing the Union’s energy dependency on fossil fuel overall and on imports especially, promoting security of energy supply, in particular according to the objectives set out in the REPowerEU plan, and technological developments and in creating opportunities for employment and regional development, in particular in islands and rural areas.

AddedProposal for a

RemovedThe introduced amendment is inextricably linked to other provisions, notably Article 2 (50), Article 3, Article 16 and Annex I-III, as heating and cooling systems are an essential parameter, when establishing the energy performance and operational GHG emissions of buildings.

AddedDIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

RemovedRecital 6 a (new): (6a) The improvement of energy efficiency and energy performance of buildings through deep renovation has enormous social, economic and environmental benefits. Moreover, energy efficiency is the safest and most cost-efficient method by which to decrease the Union’s dependence on energy imports and to mitigate the negative impact of high energy prices. Furthermore, the reduction of energy consumption would significantly reduce the revenues of third countries that supply energy to the Union, which use the revenues from that supply to fund military adventurism. Investments in energy efficiency should therefore be regarded as a high priority at both private and public level.

Addedon the energy performance of buildings (recast)

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

RemovedRecital 6 b (new): (6b) In order to ensure that all citizens benefit from the improved energy performance of buildings and the associated living quality, environment, economic and health benefits, a proper regulatory, financial and advisory framework should be put in place to support renovations for low and medium-income households as well as households suffering from energy poverty, who often live in the worst-performing buildings in urban and rural areas.

AddedTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

RemovedThis Directive introduces provisions in relation to worst performing buildings in Articles 9, 15 and 16. This amendment is hence necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 194(2) thereof,

RemovedRecital 6 c (new): (6c) The introduction of minimum energy performance standards, accompanied by social safeguards and financial guarantees, are intended to improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable and poorest citizens.

AddedHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

RemovedThis Directive contains specific provisions in Articles 9, 15 and 26, to provide an adequate framework for the introduction of minimum energy performance standards. This article is hence inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

AddedAfter transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,

RemovedRecital 7: (7) Buildings are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions before, during and after their operational lifetime. The whole life-cycle emissions of buildings should therefore progressively be taken into account in line with a Union methodology to be established by the Commission, starting with new, then renovated buildings, for which Member States should establish whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emission reduction targets in accordance with that Union methodology. Buildings are a significant material bank, being repositories for resources over many decades, and the design options largely influence the whole life-cycle emissions both for new buildings and renovations. The whole life-cycle performance of buildings should be taken into account not only in new construction, but also in renovations through the inclusion of policies and reduction targets of whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions in Member States’ building renovation plans.

AddedHaving regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee,

RemovedRecital 7 a (new): (7a) The introduction of requirements on whole life-cycle emissions will encourage industrial innovation and local value creation, such as through an increase in the use of local, traditional natural materials, including stone and wood.

AddedHaving regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,

RemovedThis Directive introduces the framework for calculating lifecycle GWP in Article 7(2) and Annex III. Therefore, the amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedActing in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure,

RemovedRecital 8: (8) Minimizing the whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of buildings requires resource efficiency, sufficiency, circularity, and turning parts of the building stock into a carbon sink.

AddedWhereas:

RemovedRecital 8 a (new): (8a) Sufficiency policies are measures and daily practices that avoid the demand for energy, materials, land, water, and other natural resources over the lifecycle of buildings and goods while delivering wellbeing for all within planetary boundaries. Circularity principles avoid the linear use of materials and goods by applying some of the sufficiency principles at the level of product and construction materials. Measures to reduce the built floor area per capita, to increase co-working and co-living, to prioritise the use of empty buildings over the construction of new ones, and to use and extend the lifetime of secondary materials, are essential to ensure that the Union building sector contributes its fair share to the achievement of the climate neutrality objective. This Directive introduces requirements on Member States to set, in their national building renovation plans, five-year targets to reduce the overall energy, carbon, and environmental footprint of buildings, including through a higher rate of circularity and higher sufficiency, and renovations designed for the easy dismantling and reversibility of buildings. Those targets should lead to at least the doubling of the current rate of use of secondary materials for each material class by 2030, enabling the valorisation of locally sourced materials.

Added(1) Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council has been substantially amended several times. Since further amendments are to be made, that Directive should be recast in the interests of clarity.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(2) Under the Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), its Parties have agreed to hold the increase in the global average temperature well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levels. The parties to the Glasgow Climate Pact in November 2021 reaffirmed that keeping the increase in the global average temperature to 1,5°C above pre-industrial levels would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change, and undertook to strengthen their 2030 targets by the end of 2022. Reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement is at the core of the Commission communication on “The European Green Deal” of 11 December 2019. The Union committed itself to reduce the Union’s economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 below 1990 levels in the updated nationally determined contribution submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat on 17 December 2020.

RemovedRecital 8 b (new): (8b) The integration of green infrastructure, such as living roofs and walls, is a very effective tool for climate adaptation and to reduce the detrimental impacts of climate change in urban areas. Vegetated surfaces can help retain and detain rainwater, thus reducing urban runoff and improving storm water management. Green infrastructure also reduces the “urban heat island effect”, cooling buildings and their surroundings during summer and heat wave events. The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underlines that sustainable urban planning and infrastructure design, including green roofs and facades, can both mitigate climate change and increase the adaptability of buildings to climate change , reducing flood risks, the pressure on urban sewer systems and the urban heat island effects. Therefore, Member States should ensure that buildings integrate vegetated surfaces.

Added(3) As announced in the Green Deal, the Commission presented its Renovation Wave strategy on 14 October 2020. The strategy contains an action plan with concrete regulatory, financing and enabling measures, with the objective to at least double the annual energy renovation rate of buildings by 2030 and to foster deep renovations in more than 35 million buildings and the creation of up to 160 000 jobs in the construction sector. The revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive is necessary as one of the vehicles to deliver on the Renovation Wave. It will also contribute to delivering on the New European Bauhaus initiative and the European mission on climate-neutral and smart cities and should follow the pathway established by the New European Bauhaus initiative as a previous phase of the Renovation Wave. The New European Bauhaus initiative is intended to foster a more inclusive society that promotes the wellbeing of all in keeping with the historical Bauhaus, which contributed to social inclusion and the well-being of citizens, in particular worker communities. By facilitating training, networks and issuing guidelines to architects, artists, students, engineers and designers under the principles of sustainability, aesthetics, and inclusion, the New European Bauhaus initiative can empower local authorities to develop innovative and cultural solutions in creating a more sustainable built environment. Member States should support projects of the New European Bauhaus initiatives that enrich the cultural and built landscape of regions across Europe and help neighbourhoods and communities achieve the Union’s climate goals.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(4) Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the ‘European Climate Law’, enshrines in Union law the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest the aim of achieving and establishes a binding Union domestic reduction commitment of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) of at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030.

RemovedRecital 9: (9) The global warming potential over the whole life-cycle indicates the building’s overall contribution to emissions that lead to climate change. It brings together greenhouse gas emissions embodied in construction products with direct and indirect emissions from the use stage. A requirement to calculate the life-cycle global warming potential of new buildings therefore constitutes a first step towards increased consideration of the whole life-cycle performance of buildings and a circular economy. This calculation should be based on a harmonised methodology at Union level. As a second step, a reduction of the life cycle global warming potential (life-cycle GWP) of new and renovated buildings is required to ensure achieving the Union's climate objectives.

Added(5) The “Fit for 55” legislative package announced in the Commission’s 2021 Work Programme aims to implement those objectives. It covers a range of policy areas including energy efficiency, renewable energy, land use, land change and forestry, energy taxation, effort sharing, emissions trading and alternative fuels infrastructure. The revision of Directive 2010/31/EU is an integral part of that package. The communication of the Commission of 18 May 2022 entitled “REPowerEU plan” reviewed key provisions of the “Fit for 55” legislative package in light of the updated geopolitical context, requiring a revised political framework, with new legislative proposals and targeted recommendations to update the objectives, in particular by increasing ambition with regard to energy efficiency and savings and enhanced energy sovereignty, while moving away from fossil fuels. That communication also encouraged Member States to consider taxation measures to provide incentives for energy savings and reduce fossil fuels consumption, including tax deductions linked to energy savings.

RemovedRecital 9 a (new): (9a) In line with the energy efficiency first principle and in order to achieve higher levels of sufficiency and resource efficiency, Member States should minimise the number of unoccupied buildings. They should encourage the deep renovation and exploitation of such buildings, through special administrative and financial measures.

Added(5a) The revision of the EPBD should be consistent with the other proposals that are part of the “Fit for 55” legislative package, such as the proposed revisions of Directives 2003/87/EC, 2012/27/EU, (EU) 2014/94/EU and 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(5b) The renovation of monuments should always be carried out in compliance with the national rules on conservation, international conservation standards, including the 1964 Venice Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites, and the original architecture of the monuments concerned.

RemovedRecital 10 a (new): (10a) Management of energy demand is an important tool by which to enable the Union to influence the global energy market and thus the security of energy supply in the short, medium and long term.

Added(5c) For buildings that have historical or architectural merit, but are not officially protected, Member States should set criteria for the application of the highest energy performance class that is technically, functionally and economically feasible while maintaining the character of the building.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(6) Buildings account for 40 % of final energy consumption in the Union and 36% of its energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, while 75% of Union buildings are still energy-inefficient. Natural gas plays the largest role in heating of buildings, accounting for around 42% of energy used for space heating in the residential sector. Oil is the second most important fossil fuel for heating, accounting for 14% and coal accounts for around 3%. Therefore, reduction of energy consumption, in line with the energy efficiency first principle ▌, implemented in accordance with Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/1749 and the use of energy from renewable sources in the buildings sector constitute important measures needed to reduce ▌greenhouse gas emissions and energy poverty in the Union. Reduced energy consumption and an increased use of energy from renewable sources, especially solar energy, also have a key role to play in reducing the Union’s energy dependency on fossil fuel overall and on imports especially, promoting security of energy supply in line with to the objectives set out in the REPowerEU plan, integrating the energy system, contributing to system efficiency, fostering technological developments and in creating opportunities for employment and regional development, in particular in islands, rural areas and off grid communities.

RemovedRecital 11: (11) Measures to improve further the energy performance of buildings should take into account climatic conditions, including adaptation to climate change through green infrastructures, local conditions as well as indoor environmental quality, sufficiency and circularity. Such measures should be implemented in a way that maximises the co-benefits of other requirements and objectives concerning buildings such as accessibility, fire safety and seismic safety and the intended use of the building. Those co-benefits should be monetised in order to realistically determine the cost-optimality of further energy performance improvements. Moreover, they should ensure the improvement of the situation of vulnerable and low-income households, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing.

Added(6a) The improvement of energy efficiency and energy performance of buildings through deep renovation has enormous social, economic and environmental benefits. Moreover, energy efficiency is the safest and most cost-efficient method by which to decrease the Union’s dependence on energy imports and to mitigate the negative impact of high energy prices.Investments in energy efficiency should be high priority at both private and public level.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(6b) In order to ensure that all citizens benefit from the improved energy performance of buildings and the associated living quality, environmental, economic and health benefits, a proper regulatory, financial and advisory framework should be put in place to support building renovations. There should be a special focus on vulnerable and middle-income households, as these often live in worst-performing buildings, both in urban and rural areas.

RemovedRecital 12: (12) The energy performance of buildings should be calculated on the basis of a methodology, which may be supplemented at national and regional level. That includes, in addition to thermal characteristics, other factors that play an increasingly important role such as heating and air-conditioning installations, application of energy from renewable sources, building automation and control systems, energy recuperation, smart solutions, passive heating and cooling elements, shading, indoor environmental quality, adequate natural light and design of the building. The methodology for calculating energy performance should be based not only on the season in which heating or air-conditioning is required, but should cover the annual energy performance of a building. That methodology should take into account existing European standards. The methodology should ensure the representation of actual operating conditions and enable the requirement for the use of metered energy to verify correctness and for comparability, and the methodology should be based on hourly or sub-hourly time-steps. The methodology should also enable the on-site, remote and desktop validation of the assumptions behind the calculations, including thermal performance, materiality, system efficiency, and the configuration of controls, in the delivered building. In order to encourage the use of renewable energy on-site, and in addition to the common general framework, Member States should take the necessary measures so …

Added(6c) The introduction of minimum energy performance standards, accompanied by social safeguards and financial guarantees, are intended to improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable households and the poorest citizens.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(6d) In rural areas across the Union, there is potential for renewable energy generation that helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and that is cost-effective in powering and heating off-grid areas, while reducing import dependency and infrastructure lock-in, and that contributes to climate mitigation and improves air quality.

RemovedRecital 14: (14) Two-thirds of the energy used for heating and cooling of buildings still comes from fossil fuels. In order to reach zero-emissions, it is particularly important urgently to phase out fossil fuel in heating and cooling. In the light of the current context, changing the Union's landscape for decades and in line with the 2030 and 2050 energy and climate objectives, no financial incentives should be given for the installation of fossil fuel boilers after the transposition of this Directive. Member States should ban the installation of fossil fuel based technical building systems in new buildings and buildings undergoing renovation from the date of transposition of this Directive and phase out the use of fossil fuel based technical building systems from all buildings by 2035 at the latest. A clear legal basis for the ban of the use of heat generators in all other existing buildings by 2035 based on the type of fuel used should support national phase-out policies and measures. This will also help play a key role in decreasing the Union’s dependence on imports from third countries, lower citizens' energy bills and vulnerability to price fluctuations and halt the exceedances of air pollution limit values.

Added(7) Buildings and building elements and materials are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions before, during and after their operational lifetime. ▌The whole life-cycle emissions of buildings should therefore progressively be taken into account in line with a Union methodology to be established by the Commission, starting with new, then renovated buildings, for which Member States should establish whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emission reduction targets in accordance with that Union methodology. Buildings are a significant material bank, being repositories for resources over many decades, and the design options largely influence the whole life-cycle emissions both for new buildings and renovations. The whole life-cycle performance of buildings should be taken into account not only in new construction, but also in renovations through the inclusion of policies and reduction targets of whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions in Member States’ building renovation plans.

RemovedRecital 17: (17) [The Commission should lay down a comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements. A review of this framework should enable the calculation of both energy and emission performance and should take into account environmental and health externalities, as well as the ETS extension and carbon prices. Member States should use that framework to compare the results with the minimum energy performance requirements which they have adopted. Should significant discrepancies, i.e. exceeding 15 %, exist between the calculated cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements and the minimum energy performance requirements in force, Member States should justify the difference or plan appropriate steps to reduce the discrepancy. The estimated economic lifecycle of a building or building element should be determined by Member States, taking into account current practices and experience in defining typical economic lifecycles. The results of that comparison and the data used to reach those results should be regularly reported to the Commission. Those reports should enable the Commission to assess and report on the progress of Member States in reaching cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements.]

Added(7a) A link should be made with the principles of the circular economy and the leading role of the New European Bauhaus initiative, which aims to promote greater circularity in the built environment, by promoting renovation and adaptive re-use over demolition and new build, as appropriate.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(7b) The introduction of requirements on whole life-cycle emissions will encourage industrial innovation and value creation, such as through an increase in the use of circular and natural materials.

RemovedRecital 18: (18) Major renovations of existing buildings, regardless of their size, provide an opportunity to take cost-effective measures to enhance energy performance. For reasons of cost-effectiveness, it should be possible to limit the minimum energy performance requirements to the renovated parts that are most relevant for the energy performance of the building, while, on a mandatory basis, fully encompassing heating and cooling systems. Member States should be able to choose to define a ‘major renovation’ either in terms of a percentage of the surface of the building envelope or in terms of the value of the building. If a Member State decides to define a major renovation in terms of the value of the building, values such as the actuarial value, or the current value based on the cost of reconstruction, excluding the value of the land upon which the building is situated, could be used.

Added(7c) It is crucial to promote and include the use of more sustainable construction materials, in particular bio- and geo-sourced materials, as well as simple passive low-tech and locally tested building techniques to support and promote the use of and research into material technologies that contribute to the best possible insulation and structural support of buildings. In view of the climate crisis and the increased probability of summer heat waves, special consideration should be given to heat protection for buildings.

RemovedThe introduced amendment is inextricably linked to other provisions, notably Article 2 (50), Article 3, Article 16 and Annex I-III, as heating and cooling systems are an essential parameter, when establishing the energy performance and operational GHG emissions of buildings. As specific policies on heating and cooling systems are also linked to national renovation action plans, they should always be considered in renovations.

Added(8) Minimizing the whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of buildings requires resource efficiency , sufficiency, circularity and turning parts of the building stock into a ▌carbon sink.

RemovedRecital 21: (21) The necessary decarbonisation of the Union building stock requires energy renovation at a large scale: almost 75% of that building stock is inefficient according to current building standards, and 85-95% of the buildings that exist today will still be standing in 2050. However, the weighted annual energy renovation rate is persistently low at around 1%. At the current pace, the decarbonisation of the building sector would require centuries. Triggering and supporting building renovation, including a shift towards emission-free heating systems, is therefore a key goal of this Directive. Supporting renovations at district level, including through industrial or serial type renovations, offers benefits by stimulating the volume and depth of building renovations and will lead to a quicker and cheaper decarbonisation of the building stock.

Added(8a) The fact that buildings are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions even before their operational lifetime is the consequence of the carbon already embedded within all building materials. An increase in the use of sustainably and locally sourced nature-based building materials, in line with the principles of the New European Bauhaus initiative and the internal market, has the potential to substitute for more carbon intensive materials and to store carbon in the built environment via the use of wood-based materials.

RemovedRecital 24: (24) Minimum energy performance standards should create a pathway for the progressive increase of energy performance classes of buildings. When reviewing this Directive, the Commission should assess whether further Union-wide binding minimum energy performance standards need to be introduced in order to achieve a decarbonised building stock by 2050.

Added(8b) Sufficiency policies are measures and daily practices that avoid the demand for energy, materials, land, water, and other natural resources over the life-cycle of buildings and goods while contributing to delivering wellbeing for all within planetary boundaries. Circularity principles avoid the linear use of materials and goods by applying some of the sufficiency principles at the level of product and construction materials. Measures to use and extend the lifetime of secondary materials, are essential to ensure that the Union building sector contributes its fair share to the achievement of the climate neutrality objective. (8c) The integration of green infrastructure, such as living roofs and walls in urban planning and infrastructure design, can be an effective tool for climate adaptation and to reduce the detrimental impacts of climate change in urban areas. Member States should encourage the installation of vegetated surfaces which help retain and detain rainwater, thus reducing urban runoff and improving storm water management. Green infrastructure also reduces the “urban heat island effect”, cooling buildings and their surroundings during summer and heat wave events.(9) The global warming potential (GWP) over the whole life-cycle indicates the building’s overall contribution to emissions that lead to climate change. It brings together greenhouse gas emissions embodied in construction products with direct and indirect emissions from the use stage. A requirement to calculate the life-cycle GWP of new buildings therefore constitutes a first step towards increased consideration of the whole life-cycle performance of buildings and a circular economy. This calculation should be based on a harmonised framework at Union level. The Commission should provide a clear definition of the life-cycle approach. Member States should adopt a roadmap on a reduction of the life-cycle GWP of buildings.

RemovedRecital 28 a (new): (28a) There is an urgent need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels in buildings and to accelerate efforts to decarbonise and electrify their energy consumption. In order to enable the cost-effective installation of solar technologies at a later stage, all new buildings should be “solar ready”, that is, designed to optimise the solar generation potential on the basis of the site’s solar irradiance, enabling the fruitful installation of solar technologies without costly structural interventions. In addition, Member States should ensure the deployment of suitable solar installations on new buildings, both residential and non-residential, and on existing non-residential buildings. Large-scale deployment of solar energy on buildings would make a major contribution to shielding consumers more effectively from the increasing and volatile prices of fossil fuels, reduce the exposure of vulnerable citizens to high energy costs and result in wider environmental, economic and social benefits. In order to efficiently exploit the potential of solar installations on buildings, Member States should establish criteria for the implementation of, and possible exemptions from, the deployment of solar installations on buildings in line with the assessed technical and economic potential of the solar energy installations and the characteristics of the buildings covered by this obligation.

Added(9a) In line with the energy efficiency first principle and in order to achieve higher levels of sufficiency and resource efficiency, Member States should minimise the number of unoccupied buildings. They should encourage the deep renovation and exploitation of such buildings, through special administrative and financial measures, if cost effective, and construction, reconstruction and modification of the builing which leads to lower life-cycle GWP within the lifetime of a building. In addition, a significant share of any new builings should be carried out on brownfiled sites.

Removed(Recital 25 of Directive COM(2022) 222 (final) amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency.)

Added(9b) The circular economy rules for construction materials are set out in Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council together with a framework set out in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Definitions, methodologies and best approaches should be provided and consolidated in upcoming revision of those legislative acts to ensure a clear, consistent regulatory framework for construction materials.

RemovedThis amendment introduces the exact text of the amending Directive COM(2022) 222 (final) presented as part of the REPowerEU plan.

Added(10) Buildings are responsible for about half of primary fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions in the EU that cause premature death and illness. Improving energy performance and the use of nature-based solutions and sustainable materials in buildings can and should reduce pollutant emissions at the same time, in line with Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and the Council.

RemovedRecital 29: (29) To achieve a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock and the transformation of existing buildings into zero-emission buildings by 2050, Member States should establish national building renovation plans, which replace the long-term renovation strategies and become an even stronger, fully operational planning tool for Member States, with a stronger focus on financing and ensuring that appropriately skilled workers are available for carrying out building renovations, as well as on tackling energy poverty and improving the energy performance of worst performing buildings. In their building renovation plans, Member States should set their own national building renovation targets. In line with Article 21(b)(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and with the enabling conditions set under Regulation (EU) 2021/60 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Member States should provide an outline of financing measures, as well as an outline of the investment needs and the administrative resources for the implementation of their building renovation plans. Member States should consider using Union funding and financing mechanisms, in particular, the Resilience and Recovery Facility36a structural and cohesion funds and the Social Climate Fund36b,to fund the implementation of their building renovation plans. / 36a Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility (OJ L 57, 18.2.2021…

Added(10a) Management of energy demand is an important tool which enables the Union to influence the global energy market and thus the security of energy supply in the short, medium and long term.

RemovedRecital 32: (32) One-step deep renovation is the most cost-effective and lowest carbon budget option by which to achieve a fully decarbonised and zero-emitting Union building stock. In some cases, staged, deep renovation can be a solution to address the issue of high upfront costs and hassle for the inhabitants that may occur when renovating ‘in one go’. However, such staged, deep renovation needs to be carefully planned in order to avoid that one renovation step precludes necessary subsequent steps. Renovation passports provide a clear roadmap for staged deep renovation, helping owners and investors plan the best timing and scope for interventions. Therefore, renovation passports should be made available as part of Energy Performance Certificates to building owners across all Member States.

Added(11) Measures to improve further the energy performance of buildings should take into account climatic conditions, including adaptation to climate change through green infrastructures, local conditions as well as indoor environmental quality, sufficiency and circularity and energy savings, thus promoting more sustainable, inclusive and innovative ways of living in order to adapt to new needs. Such measures should be implemented in a way that maximises the co-benefits of other requirements and objectives concerning buildings such as accessibility, fire safety and seismic, heating and electrical installation safety and the intended use of the building. Those co-benefits should be monetised in order to realistically determine the cost-optimality of further energy performance improvements. Moreover, they should ensure the improvement of the situation of vulnerable households and people living in social housing.

RemovedRecital 33: (33) The concept of ‘deep renovation’ has not yet been defined in Union legislation. With a view to achieving the long-term vision for buildings, deep renovation should be defined as a renovation that transforms buildings into zero-emission buildings; in a first step, as a renovation that transforms buildings into nearly zero-energy buildings. This definition serves the purpose of increasing the energy performance of buildings. A deep renovation for energy performance purposes is a prime opportunity to address other aspects such as indoor environmental quality, living conditions of vulnerable households, sufficiency and circularity, increasing climate resilience, resilience against disaster risks including seismic resilience, fire safety, the removal of hazardous substances including asbestos, and accessibility for persons with disabilities, and enhancing carbon sinks, such as vegetated surfaces.

Added(11a) Member States should ensure that energy performance certificates accurately reflect the climate performance of buildings.

RemovedRecital 34: (34) In order to foster deep renovation, which is one of the goals of the Renovation Wave strategy, Member States should reserve the highest support tranche of financial and administrative support to the deep renovation of worst performing buildings or provide a premium in addition to such support, with a focus on low income households and those suffering from energy poverty.

Added(12) The energy performance of buildings should be calculated on the basis of a methodology, which may be supplemented at national and regional and local level. That includes, in addition to thermal characteristics, other factors that play an increasingly important role such as heating and air-conditioning installations, application of energy from renewable sources, building automation and control systems, heat recovery from wastewater, ventilation and cooling, energy recuperation, hydronic balancing, smart solutions, passive heating and cooling elements, shading, indoor environmental quality, adequate natural light and design of the building. The methodology for calculating energy performance should be based not only on the season in which heating or air-conditioning is required, but should cover the annual energy performance of a building. That methodology should take into account existing European standards. The methodology should ensure the representation of actual operating conditions and enable the use of metered energy to verify correctness and for comparability, and the methodology should be based on hourly or sub-hourly time-steps. The methodology should also enable the on-site, remote and desktop validation of the assumptions behind the calculations, including thermal performance, materiality, system efficiency, and the configuration of controls, in the delivered building. In order to encourage the use of renewable energy on-site, including roof solar panels in line with the European Solar Rooftops initiative, and in addition to the common general framework, Member States should take the necessary measures so that the benefits of maximising the use of renewable energy on-site, including for other-uses (such as electric vehicle charging points), are recognised and accounted for in the calculation methodology, taking into account current and future grid capacity.

RemovedRecital 35: (35) Member States should support energy performance upgrades of existing buildings that contribute to achieving a healthy indoor environmental quality, including through air cleaning, the removal of asbestos and other harmful substances, preventing the illegal removal of harmful substances, and facilitating compliance with existing legislative acts such as Directives 2009/148/EU37 and (EU) 2016/228438 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Added(13) Member States should set minimum requirements for the energy performance of buildings and building elements with a view to achieving the cost-optimal balance between the investments involved and the energy costs saved throughout the lifecycle of the building, without prejudice to the right of Member States to set minimum requirements which are more energy efficient than cost-optimal energy efficiency levels. Provision should be made for the possibility for Member States to review regularly their minimum energy performance requirements for buildings in the light of technical progress.

RemovedRecital 35 a (new): (35a) In order to support the multiplication and replicability of successful building renovation projects, in line with the New European Bauhaus initiative, in particular with its sustainability goal, Member States should put in place national industrial policies for the large-scale production of locally adaptable prefabricated building elements for building renovation that provide different functions, including aesthetics, insulation and energy generation and insulation and green infrastructures. They should also promote biodiversity, water management, accessibility and mobility.

Added(14) Two-thirds of the energy used for heating and cooling of buildings still comes from fossil fuels. In order to reach zero-emissions, it is particularly urgent to phase out fossil fuel in heating and cooling. Therefore, Member States should indicate their national policies and measures to phase out fossil fuels in heating and cooling in their building renovation plans, and no financial incentives should be given for the installation of fossil fuel boilers from the entry into force of this Directive. Member States should introduce measures to ensure that the use of fossil fuel heating systems in new buildings and buildings undergoing major renovation, deep renovation, or renovation of the heating system is not authorised from the date of transposition of this Directive and phase out the use of fossil fuel based heating systems from all buildings by 2035and if not feasible as demonstrated to the Commission, by 2040 at the latest. This will also play a key role in decreasing the Union’s dependence on imports from third countries, lower citizens' energy bills and vulnerability to price fluctuations and halt excess air pollution limit values.

RemovedThe Energy Performance of Buildings Directive is considered to contribute to the New European Bauhaus initiative (Recital 3), for example in the dimension of sustainability through enhanced energy performance and emission reductions as brought about through the EPBD. Annex VII requires Member States to define reference buildings to determine the energy and emission performance of buildings. Therefore the amendment is inextricably linked to AM 118.

Added(14a) The renovation of heating systems involves the replacement or refurbishment of the heating generator, and it may also involve other elements of the heating system, such as pumping equipment, insulation of pipework, controls or terminal units, such as radiators or fan coils. Despite their impact on the overall efficiency of the system, the replacement or refurbishment of individual elements without involving the heat generator, should not be considered as a renovation of the heating system, since these elements are independent of the energy source used. The renovation of heating system represents an opportunity to support the decarbonisation of heating across the Union.

RemovedRecital 36: (36) Electric vehicles are expected to play a crucial role in the decarbonisation and efficiency of the electricity system, namely through the provision of flexibility, balancing and storage services, especially through aggregation. This potential of electric vehicles to integrate with the electricity system and contribute to system efficiency and further absorption of renewable electricity should be fully exploited. Charging in relation to buildings is particularly important, since this is where electric vehicles park regularly and for long periods of time. Slow, smart and bi-directional charging is economical and the installation of recharging points in private spaces can provide energy storage to the related building and integration of smart and bi-directional charging services and system integration services in general. Especially during peak hours, electric vehicles enabled for bi-directional charging add on the capacity of buildings and the electricity system to balance power supply and demand at lower cost and empower users to actively providing such services against adequate remuneration.

Added(14b) Efficient use of waste heat from domestic hot water systems represents significant energy saving opportunity. Hot water preparation is the main source of energy consumption for new buildings and normally this heat is wasted and not reused. Knowing that most of the hot water consumed comes from showers, harvesting heat from shower drains in buildings could be a simple and cost-effective way to save final energy consumption and related CO2 and methane emissions of domestic hot water production.

RemovedRecital 37: (37) Combined with an increased share of renewable electricity production, electric vehicles produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Electric vehicles constitute an important component of a clean energy transition based on energy efficiency measures, alternative fuels, renewable energy and innovative solutions for the management of energy flexibility. Building codes can be effectively used to introduce targeted requirements to support the deployment of recharging infrastructure in car parks of residential and non-residential buildings. Member States should remove barriers such as grid connection and capacity bottlenecks, split incentives and administrative complications which individual owners encounter when trying to install a recharging point on their parking space.

Added(14c) To achieve a cost-efficient decarbonisation of the heating sector, Member States should ensure a level playing field among available technologies and support multi-vector solutions, by taking into consideration security of supply, cost-effectiveness and flexibility.

RemovedRecital 38: (38) Pre-cabling provides the right conditions for the rapid deployment of recharging points if and where they are needed. Readily available infrastructure will decrease the costs of installation of recharging points for individual owners and ensure that electric vehicle users have access to recharging points. Establishing requirements for electromobility at Union level concerning the pre-equipping of parking spaces and the installation of recharging points is an effective way to promote electric vehicles in the near future while enabling further development at a reduced cost in the medium to long term. Member States should ensure the accessibility of recharging points for persons with disabilities.

Added(15) Energy performance requirements for technical building systems should apply to whole systems, as installed in buildings, and not to the performance of standalone components, which fall under the scope of product-specific regulations under Directive 2009/125/EC. When setting energy performance requirements for technical building systems, Member States should use, where available and appropriate, harmonised instruments, in particular testing and calculation methods and energy efficiency classes developed under measures implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council▌ and Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council, with a view to ensuring coherence with related initiatives and minimise, to the extent possible, potential fragmentation of the market.

RemovedRecital 39: (39) Smart charging and bidirectional charging enable the energy system integration of buildings. Recharging points where electric vehicles typically park for extended periods of time, such as where people park for reasons of residence or employment, are highly relevant to energy system integration, therefore smart charging functionalities need to be ensured. As bidirectional charging assists the further penetration of renewable electricity by electric vehicle fleets in transport and the electricity system in general and is instrumental to peak shaving, thus lowering the need for power supply at peak hours and hence overall system costs, such functionality should also be made available, not least as it empowers owners of electric vehicles to make such functions available to play and active part in the energy system against adequate remuneration, in line with their right to generate, share, store or sell self produced energy.

Added(16) This Directive is without prejudice to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The term ‘incentive’ used in this Directive should not therefore be interpreted as constituting State aid.

RemovedRecital 40: (40) Promoting green mobility is a key part of the European Green Deal and buildings can play an important role in providing the necessary infrastructure, not only for recharging of electric vehicles but also for bicycles. A shift to active mobility such as cycling can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. With the increase in the sale of electric bicycles and electric cargo bikes, basic charging infrastructure for those vehicles should also be provided to facilitate their regular use. As set out in the 2030 Climate Target Plan, increasing the modal shares of clean and efficient private and public transport, such as cycling, will drastically lower pollution from transport and bring major benefits to individual citizens and communities. The lack of bike parking spaces is a major barrier to the uptake of cycling, both in residential and non-residential buildings. Union requirements and national building codes can effectively support the transition to cleaner mobility by establishing requirements for a minimum number of bicycle parking spaces, and building bicycle parking spaces and related infrastructure in areas where bicycles are typically less used as a means of transport can lead to an increase in their use as a form of mobility. The requirement to provide bicycle parking spaces should not be dependent on, or necessarily be linked to, the availability and supply of car parking spaces, which may in certain circumstances be unavailable. Building codes …

Added(17) The Commission should lay down a comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements. A review of that framework should enable the calculation of both energy and emission performance and should take into account monetisable environmental, social and health externalities. Member States should use that framework to compare the results with the minimum energy performance requirements which they have adopted. Should significant discrepancies, i.e. exceeding 15 %, exist between the calculated cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements and the minimum energy performance requirements in force, Member States should justify the difference or plan appropriate steps to reduce the discrepancy. The estimated economic lifecycle of a building or building element should be determined by Member States, taking into account current practices and experience in defining typical economic lifecycles. The results of that comparison and the data used to reach those results should be regularly reported to the Commission. Those reports should enable the Commission to assess and report on the progress of Member States in reaching cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements. In applying the comparative methodology, Member States should take into account that energy efficiency measures at building level do not include measures that imply the use of fossil fuels in new buildings, while considering a range of options, such as the supply of renewable energy on-site, including in particular heat pumps and solar technologies, via renewable energy self consumption, joint self consumption, energy sharing or the supply of renewable energy provided from an energy community, renewable and waste energy from an efficient district heating and cooling syste. The discount rate used for the calculation of the cost-optimal levels of energy performance, both for the macroeconomic and financial perspective, should not exceed an annual rate of 3 %. The optimisation method and the macroeconomic calculation of global costs should include the environmental and health externalities of energy use, and economy-wide macroeconomic benefits in terms of, for instance, job creation and GDP.

RemovedRecital 44: (44) Access to sufficient funding is crucial to meet the 2030 and 2050 energy efficiency targets as well as to reduce the number of people living in energy poverty. Union financial instruments and other measures have been put into place or adapted with the aim of supporting the energy performance of buildings and eliminating energy poverty. The most recent initiatives to increase the availability of financing at Union level include, inter alia, the ‘Renovate’ flagship component of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by Regulation (EU) 2041/241 of the European Parliament and the Council39 and the Social Climate Fund established by Regulation (EU) …/…. and the REPowerEU plan. Several other key EU programmes can support energy renovation under the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework, including the cohesion policy funds and the InvestEU Fund established by Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council40 . Through Framework Programmes for research and innovation, the Union invests in grants or loans to push the best technology and improve the energy performance of buildings, including through partnerships with industry and Member States such as the Clean Energy Transition and Built4People European Partnerships.

Added(18) Major renovations of existing buildings, regardless of their size, provide an opportunity to take cost-effective measures to enhance energy performance. For reasons of cost-effectiveness, it should be possible to limit the minimum energy performance requirements to the renovated parts that are most relevant for the energy performance of the building, while encompassing heating and cooling systems. Member States should be able to choose to define a ‘major renovation’ either in terms of a percentage of the surface of the building envelope or in terms of the value of the building. If a Member State decides to define a major renovation in terms of the value of the building, values such as the actuarial value, or the current value based on the cost of reconstruction, excluding the value of the land upon which the building is situated, could be used.

RemovedThe social dimension of EU energy policy has been recognised since 2016. The Fit for 55 package introduces a social climate fund through a Regulation (COM(2021) 568 final) and a definition of energy poverty through the energy efficiency directive (COM(2021) 558 final) and this Directive contains specific provisions in Articles 9, 15 and 26, to provide an adequate framework for the introduction of minimum energy performance standards. This article is hence inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(18a) To ensure decent housing for all, it is necessary to define vulnerable areas or neighbourhoods associated with energy poverty in a way that allows for more accurate detection of less developed micro-areas, both rural and urban, encompassed within more developed areas. That would contribute to the identification and location of the most vulnerable social sectors and those suffering from energy poverty, and households that are exposed to high energy cost and lack the means to renovate the builings they occupy, thus helping to fight against social inequalities that may arise from the application of the different climate action measures. Moreover, inefficient housing is a systemic cause of energy poverty, with 50 million people in the Union living in energy poverty, unable to adequately light, heat or cool their homes, and over 20 % of poor households in the Union live in a dwelling that has mould, damp or rot.

RemovedRecital 46: (46) Financial mechanisms, grants and subsidies, incentives and the mobilisation of financial institutions for energy renovations in buildings, tailored to the needs of different building owners and tenants, should play a central role in national building renovation plans and be actively promoted by Member States. Such measures should promote energy efficient mortgages with social safeguards for certified energy efficient building renovations, foster investments for public authorities in an energy efficient building stock, for example by public-private partnerships or energy performance contracts or reducing the perceived risk of the investments. Financial schemes should provide an important premium for deep renovations, especially of the worst performing buildings, in order to make them financially attractive and be designed to allow accessibility for groups having difficulties to obtain regular financing.

Added(19) The enhanced climate and energy ambition of the Union requires a new vision for buildings: the zero-emission building, the very low energy demand of which is fully covered by energy from renewable sources where technically feasible. All new buildings should be zero-emission buildings, and all existing buildings should be transformed into zero-emission buildings by 2050. Member States should take into account energy transition timing and social costs when they establish any target deadlines.

RemovedRecital 46 a (new): (46a) Member States should provide guarantees to financial institutions, in order to promote targeted financial products, grants and subsidies, for enhanced energy performance of buildings for people in energy poverty, vulnerable and low-income households, and other groups having difficulty to access finances or get traditional mortgages. Member States should ensure that those groups benefit from cost neutral renovation schemes, for instance through fully subsidised renovation schemes, or blends between grants and energy performance contracting and on-bill schemes. At Union level, special renovation instrument (the "EU Renovation Loan") should be established to provide homeowners with access to Union, long-term borrowing costs for deep renovation.

Added(20) Different options are available to cover the energy needs of an efficient building by energy from renewable sources: on-site renewables such as solar thermal, geothermal, solar photovoltaics, heat pumps hydroelectric power and biomass, renewable energy provided by renewable energy communities or citizen energy communities, and district heating and cooling based on renewables or waste heat recovery from waste water, sanitary hot water or air and renewable energy supplied from the energy grids.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(20a) With the increased electrification of heating and increase of renewable energy generation, energy efficiency in buildings is required to avoid creating excess pressure on grid capacity and oversizing generation capacity to manage peaks in electricity demand. Energy efficiency in buildings will support the grid and reduce generation capacity needs. This includes dealing with the seasonality of heating demand, which in many Member States is the main part of the energy system peak demand.

RemovedRecital 46 b (new): (46b) Green mortgage loans and green retail loans can significantly contribute to transforming the economy and reducing carbon emissions. Member States should adjust relevant legislation and develop supporting measures to facilitate the uptake of green mortgage loans and green retail loans as well as systematic data collection.

Added(20b) The Commission should assess the grid capacity that is necessary for integration of renewable energy and electrical heating solutions and identify remaining barriers to facilitate the development of renewable self-consumption, in particular those in vulnerable households.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(21) The necessary decarbonisation of the Union building stock requires energy renovation at a large scale: almost 75 % of that building stock is inefficient according to current building standards, and 85-95 % of the buildings that exist today will still be standing in 2050. However, the weighted annual energy renovation rate is persistently low at around 1 %. At the current pace, the decarbonisation of the building sector would require centuries. Triggering and supporting building renovation to at least triple the current renovation rate, including a shift towards emission-free heating systems, is therefore a key goal of this Directive. Supporting renovations at district level, including through industrial or serial type renovations, offers benefits by stimulating the volume and depth of building renovations and will lead to a quicker and cheaper decarbonisation of the building stock.

RemovedRecital 47: (47) Financing alone will not deliver on the renovation needs. Setting up accessible and transparent advisory tools and assistance instruments such as independent one-stop-shops that provide free integrated energy renovation services or facilitators and advice, as well as implementing other measures and initiatives such as those referred to in the Commission’s Smart Finance for Smart Buildings Initiative, is indispensable to provide the right enabling framework and break barriers to renovation. Local actors such as municipal authorities, energy agencies and renewable and citizen energy communities should be recognised as central to delivering national renovation needs. Other collaborative measures such as public-private partnerships play an important role and should be actively promoted and supported by Member States. In addition to financing and technical support, Member States should take up neighbourhood and district approaches to building renovation and renewable heating and cooling in their national building renovation plans and actively promoted them. Local initiatives, such as citizen-led renovation programmes at neighbourhood or municipal level, should also be provided with financial and technical support, as such initiatives enhance citizens’ engagement in the energy transition, preserve local social patterns, have an economy of scale effect and provide solutions fitting with the local context and needs.

Added(22) Minimum energy performance standards are the essential regulatory tool to trigger renovation of existing buildings on a large scale, as they tackle the key barriers to renovation such as split incentives and co-ownership structures, which cannot be overcome by economic incentives. The introduction of minimum energy performance standards should lead to a gradual phase-out of the worst-performing buildings and a continuous improvement of the national building stock, contributing to the long-term goal of a decarbonised building stock by 2050.

RemovedRecital 48: (48) Inefficient buildings are often linked to energy poverty and social problems. Vulnerable households are particularly exposed to increasing energy prices as they spend a larger proportion of their budget on energy products. By reducing excessive energy bills, building renovation can lift people out of energy poverty and also prevent it. At the same time, building renovation does not come for free, and it is essential to ensure that the social impact of the costs for building renovation, notably on vulnerable households, is limited. The renovation wave should leave no one behind and be seized as an opportunity to improve the situation of vulnerable and low-income households, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing, and a fair transition towards climate neutrality should be ensured. Therefore, financial incentives and other policy measures should as a priority target vulnerable and low-income households, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing, and Member States should outline in their national building renovation plans measures to be taken to prevent evictions because of renovation, such as rental price breaks and rent caps measures . The Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on ensuring a fair transition towards climate neutrality provides a common framework and shared understanding of comprehensive policies and investments needed for ensuring that the transition is fair.

Added(23) Minimum energy performance standards set at Union level should focus on the renovation of the buildings with the highest potential in terms of decarbonisation, energy poverty alleviation and extended social and economic benefits, in particular on the very worst-performing buildings, which need to be renovated as a priority.

RemovedRecital 49: (49) In order to ensure that the energy performance of buildings can be taken into account by prospective buyers or tenants early in the process, buildings or building units which are offered for sale or rent should have an energy performance certificate, and the energy performance class and indicator should be stated in all advertisements. The prospective buyer or tenant of a building or building unit should, in the energy performance certificate, be given correct information about the energy performance of the building and practical advice on improving such performance. The energy performance certificate should also provide information on its primary and final energy consumption, on its energy needs, on its renewable energy production, on its greenhouse gas emissions, on its indoor environmental quality, as well as recommendations for the improvement of the energy performance and the life-cycle GWP.

Added(23a) The Commission should publish a summary report on the situation and progress of the Union building stock at local, regional and national level, in particular regarding the worst-performing buildings in order to focus efforts and investments appropriately.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(24) Minimum energy performance standards should create a pathway, supported by financial mechanisms, for the progressive increase of energy performance classes of buildings, in particular with regards to rural and isolated areas. When reviewing this Directive, the Commission should assess whether further binding minimum energy performance standards need to be introduced in order to achieve a decarbonised building stock by 2050.

RemovedRecital 54: (54) A common approach to the energy performance certification of buildings , renovation passports, smart readiness indicators and the inspection of heating and air-conditioning systems, carried out by qualified or certified experts, whose independence is to be guaranteed on the basis of objective criteria, contribute to a level playing field as regards efforts made in Member States to energy saving in the buildings sector and will introduce transparency for prospective owners or users with regard to energy performance in the Union property market. In order to ensure the quality of energy performance certificates , renovation passports, smart readiness indicators and of the inspection of the thermal characteristics of the building heating and air-conditioning and controls systems throughout the Union, an independent control mechanism should be established in each Member State.

Added(24a) This Directive should be consistent with the basic principles of the property and tenancy law of the Member States.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added(25) The introduction of minimum energy performance standards should be accompanied by an enabling framework including technical assistance and financial measures as well as policies that aim to enhance the skills of workers in the construction and renovation sector. Minimum energy performance standards set at national level do not amount to “Union standards” within the meaning of State aid rules, while Union-wide minimum energy performance standards might be considered constituting such “Union standards”. In line with revised State aid rules, Member States may grant State aid to building renovation to comply with the Union-wide energy performance standards, namely to achieve a certain energy performance class, until those Union-wide standards become mandatory. Once the standards are mandatory, Member States may continue to grant State aid for the renovation of buildings and building units falling under the Union-wide energy performance standards as long as the building renovation aims at a higher standard than the specified minimum energy performance class.

RemovedRecital 55 a (new): (55a) Taking a neighbourhood approach to renovations offers multiple solutions at a larger scale. Integrated renovation plans can adopt a more holistic approach that addresses the broader community ecosystem, such as transport needs and appropriate sustainable energy sources such as on-site and nearby renewables or district heating and cooling. Integrated renovation plans can also lead to benefits such as improved air quality improvements, district emission reduction, and the large-scale alleviation of energy poverty.

Added(26) The EU Taxonomy classifies environmentally sustainable economic activities across the economy, including for the building sector. Under the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act, building renovation is considered a sustainable activity where it achieves at least 30% energy savings, complies with minimum energy performance requirements for major renovation of existing buildings, or consists of individual measures related to the energy performance of buildings, such as the installation, maintenance or repair of energy efficiency equipment or of instruments and devices for measuring, regulating and controlling the energy performance of buildings, where such individual measures comply with the criteria set out. Building renovation to comply with Union-wide minimum energy performance standards is typically in line with the EU Taxonomy criteria related to building renovation activities.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added(27) The Union-wide minimum energy performance standards should be based on harmonised energy performance classes. By defining the lowest energy performance class G as the worst-performing 15% of each Member State’s national building stock, the harmonisation of energy performance classes ensures similar efforts by all Member States, while the definition of the best energy performance class A ensures the convergence of the harmonised energy performance class scale towards the common vision of zero-emission buildings.

RemovedRecital 57: (57) In order to further the aim of improving the energy performance of buildings, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the adaptation to technical progress of certain parts of the general framework set out in Annex I by 31 December 2026, [in respect of the details related to the establishment of a methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements], in respect of adapting the thresholds for zero-emission buildings and the calculation methodology for life-cycle GWP, in respect of minimum indoor environmental quality standards, in respect of the establishment of a common European framework for renovation passports and in respect of a Union scheme for rating the smart readiness of buildings. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level , and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making41 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts .

Added(28) Minimum energy performance requirements for existing buildings and building elements were already contained in the predecessors of this Directive and should continue to apply. While the newly introduced minimum energy performance standards set a floor for the minimum energy performance of existing buildings and ensure that renovation of inefficient buildings takes place, minimum energy performance requirements for existing buildings and building elements ensure the necessary depth of renovation when a renovation takes place.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(28a) There is an urgent need to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels in buildings and to accelerate efforts to decarbonise and electrify their energy consumption. In order to enable the cost-effective installation of solar technologies at a later stage, all new buildings should be “solar ready”, that is, designed to optimise the solar generation potential on the basis of the site’s solar irradiance, enabling the installation of solar technologies without costly structural interventions. In addition, Member States should ensure the deployment of suitable solar installations on new buildings, both residential and non-residential, and on existing non-residential buildings. Large-scale deployment of solar energy on buildings would greatly contribute to shielding more effectively consumers from increasing and volatile prices of fossil fuels, reduce the exposure of vulnerable households to high energy costs and result in wider environmental, economic and social benefits. In order to efficiently exploit the potential of solar installations on buildings, Member States should define criteria for the implementation of, and possible exemptions from, the deployment of solar installations on buildings in line with the assessed technical and economic potential of the solar energy installations and the characteristics of the buildings covered by this obligation.

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1: 1. This Directive promotes the improvement of the energy performance of buildings and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings within the Union, with a view to achieving a zero-emission building stock by 2050 taking into account outdoor climatic and local conditions, as well as indoor environmental quality requirements and cost-effectiveness.

Added(28b) This Directive should take full account of the communication of the Commission of 18 May 2022 entitled “EU Solar Energy Strategy” and in particular its European Solar Rooftops initiative. Solar photovoltaics and solar thermal technologies should be rolled-out rapidly to benefit both the climate and the finances of citizens and businesses. Member States should establish robust support frameworks for rooftop systems, including in combination with energy storage and heat-pumps, based on predictable payback times that should be shorter than 10 years. The Member States should implement the measures as a priority, using available Union funding, in particular the new REPowerEU chapters of their Recovery and Resilience Plans. The Commission should monitor progress in the implementation of the European Solar Rooftops initiative on an annual basis, with the European Parliament, the Member States and the sector’s stakeholders.

RemovedThis Directive recognises the importance of indoor climate conditions and a healthy indoor environment in Articles 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 11. Introducing the broader notion of environmental quality through this amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(29) To achieve a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock and the transformation of existing buildings into zero-emission buildings by 2050, Member States should establish national building renovation plans, which replace the long-term renovation strategies and become an even stronger, fully operational planning tool for Member States, with a stronger focus on financing and ensuring that appropriately skilled workers are available for carrying out building renovations, as well as on tackling energy poverty, ensuring electrical and fire safety and improving the energy performance of worst performing buildings. In their building renovation plans, Member States should set their own national building renovation targets. In line with Article 21(b)(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and with the enabling conditions set under Regulation (EU) 2021/60 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Member States should provide an outline of financing measures, as well as an outline of the investment needs and the administrative resources for the implementation of their building renovation plans. Member States should consider using Union funding and financing mechanisms, in particular, the Resilience and Recovery Facility established by Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council, structural and cohesion funds and the Social Climate Fund established by Regulation (EU) .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council [regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Social Climate Fund as proposed by COM(2021)0568], to fund the implementation of their building renovation plans.

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new): (da) a common general framework for considering the global warming potential over the life cycle (life-cycle GWP) of buildings;

Added(29a) In order to ensure that the Union’s workforce is fully prepared to actively work towards the achievement of the Union climate objectives, Member States should aim to lower gender disparity in the construction and building sector, including through their national energy and climate plans.

RemovedThis Directive introduces the framework for calculating lifecycle GWP in Article 7 § 2 and Annex III. Therefore, the amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(30) The national building renovation plans should be based on a harmonised template in order to ensure comparability of plans. In order to ensure the required ambition, the Commission should assess the draft plans and issue recommendations to Member States.

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new): (ga) the phase out of fossil fuel use in buildings;

Added(31) The national building renovation plans should be closely linked with the integrated national energy and climate plans under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, and progress in achieving the national targets and the contribution of the building renovation plans to national and Union targets should be reported as part of the biennial reporting under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. Considering the urgency to scale up renovation based on solid national plans, the date for the submission of the first national building renovation plan should be set as early as possible.

RemovedThis Directive introduces the provisions on phasing out fossil fuel use in buildings in Article 15 § 10, Article 26 § 2, and Article 11. Therefore, the amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(32) Staged deep renovation can be a solution to address▌ high upfront costs and hassle for the inhabitants that may occur when renovating ‘in one go’ and can allow for less disruptive and more cost-efficient renovation measures. However, such staged deep renovation needs to be carefully planned in order to avoid that one renovation step precludes necessary subsequent steps. One-step deep renovation can be more cost-effective and result in lower carbon budget options to achieve a fully decarbonised and zero-emitting Union building stock. One-step deep and staged deep renovations are both valid options for deep renovations as differing factors need consideration, when determining most suitable solutions for decarbonisation, such as cost-effectiveness, resulting carbon budget,building use, renovation time, existing condition of the building, extent of renovations and primary energy supply of a building. Renovation passports provide a clear roadmap for staged deep renovation, helping owners and investors plan the best timing and scope for interventions. Therefore, renovation passports should be encouraged and made available as a voluntary tool to building owners across all Member States. Member States should ensure that renovation passports do not create disproportionate burdens for the parties involved and are accompanied by adequate financial support for vulnerable households, in particular where the dwelling is their only residential property.

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 2 – point g b (new): (gb) the indoor environmental quality performance of buildings;

Added(32a) Long-term contracts are an important instrument to stimulate staged renovation. Member States should introduce mechanisms that allow the establishment of long-term contracts over the various stages of staged renovation. Where new and more effective incentives become available during the various stages of the renovation, access to those new incentives should be ensured by allowing beneficiaries to switch to new incentives.

RemovedThis Directive recognises the importance of indoor climate conditions and a healthy indoor environment in Articles 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 11. Introducing the broader notion of environmental quality through this amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(33) The concept of ‘deep renovation’ has not yet been defined in Union law. With a view to achieving the long-term vision for buildings, deep renovation should be defined as a renovation that transforms buildings into zero-emission buildings; in a first step, as a renovation that transforms buildings into nearly zero-energy buildings. This definition serves the purpose of increasing the energy performance of buildings. A deep renovation for energy performance purposes is a prime opportunity to address other aspects such as indoor environmental quality, living conditions of vulnerable households, sufficiency and circularity, increasing climate resilience, improving environmental and health standards resilience against disaster risks including seismic resilience, fire and electrical safety, the removal of hazardous substances including asbestos, and accessibility for persons with disabilities, and enhancing carbon sinks, such as vegetated surfaces.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2: 2. ‘zero-emission building’ means a building with a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with Annex I, where any very low residual amount of energy still required is fully covered by energy from renewable sources generated on-site, from a renewable energy community within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED] or from a district heating and cooling system, in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex III;

Added(33a) A deep renovations standard, if accompanied by adequate support and information, including technical assistance and training, can be a way to achieve higher emissions reduction. Local policymakers play an enabling role in designing the energy renovation market through local regulations, driving phase-out of inefficient heating and cooling systems, managing public procurement processes, and developing public-private partnerships. Renovations must be carried out to a high standard to effectively reduce emissions and avoid performance gaps that can make the targets harder to reach in the medium term.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new): 3a. ‘worst performing building’ means a building corresponding to energy performance classes E to G;

Added(34) In order to foster deep and staged deep renovation, which is one of the goals of the Renovation Wave strategy, Member States should reserve the highest support level of financial and administrative support to the deep renovation of worst performing buildings with a single dwelling.

RemovedThis Directive introduce provisions in relation to worst performing buildings in Article 9, 15 and 16, requiring its definition. It also deletes the provisions on worst performing segments of Article 2a d) as part of the recast. Therefore, this amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(35) Member States should support energy performance upgrades of existing buildings that contribute to achieving ▌ healthy indoor environmental quality, including healthy and affordable living space, the removal of asbestos and other harmful substances, preventing the illegal removal of harmful substances, and facilitating compliance with existing legislative acts such as Directives 2009/148/EU and (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new): 3b. 'energy plus building' means a building that is placed in energy performance class A+ because it meets all of the following conditions: / (a) high efficiency standards with energy needs for heating, cooling, ventilation and hot water no higher than 15 kWh/m2/year; / (b) the production of more kWh renewable energy on-site than is necessary for any residual energy needs; and / (c) carbon positivity regarding the building’s lifecycle GWP including building materials and energy installations during manufacturing, installation, use, maintenance, and demolition.

Added(35a) Integrated district or neighbourhood approaches allow for overall renovation concepts for buildings that are spatially related such as housing blocks. Such approaches to renovations offer multiple solutions at a larger scale. Integrated renovation plans can adopt a more holistic approach, which addresses the broader community ecosystem, such as transport needs and appropriate sustainable energy sources, including on-site and nearby renewables or district heating and cooling. Such plans allow for increased cost effectiveness of the works required, enhance connections between modes of transport and take account of existing infrastructure for the purpose of system optimisation as well as the preservation of cultural heritage. Therefore, this Directive should promote the wider use of integrated, participative and district-related approaches, which allow for synergies and potential energy savings that would remain untapped if the focus were exclusively on individual buildings. Integrated renovation plans can also lead to benefits such as improved air quality, a reduction in district emissions, and a large-scale alleviation of energy poverty. Districts should be established by local authorities, in accordance with local needs.

RemovedThis Directive introduces zero emission buildings in Article 7 and Annex III, allowing for residual energy needs. However, buildings with more ambitious standards exist, such as passive houses for example. They should be represented in the energy performance scale and defined. The amendment is hence inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(35b) In order to support the multiplication and replicability of successful building renovation projects, in line with the New European Bauhaus initiative, in particular with its sustainability goal, Member States should put in place national industrial policies for the large-scale production of locally adaptable prefabricated building elements for building renovation that provide different functions, including aesthetics, insulation and energy generation and insulation and green infrastructures. They should also promote biodiversity, water management, accessibility and mobility.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4: 4. ‘minimum energy performance standards’ means rules that require existing buildings to meet an energy performance requirement as part of a wide renovation plan for a building stock or at a trigger point on the market (sale or rent), in a period of time or by a specific date, and in line with the energy efficiency first principle, thereby triggering renovation of existing buildings;

Added(35c) Member States should develop national electrical inspections regimes in light of the fact that a high percentage of the domestic and accidental domestic fires have an electrical source and in order to ensure that electrical installations are safe and ready for new uses aiming to achieve zero-emissions buildings.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new): 4a. 'energy efficiency first' means energy efficiency first as defined in Article 2, point (18), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;

Added(35d) Consideration of the water-energy nexus is particularly important to address the interdependent energy and water use and the increasing pressure on both resources. The effective management and reuse of water can make a significant contribution to energy savings, yielding climate, but also economic and social, benefits.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added(36) Electric vehicles are expected to play a crucial role in the decarbonisation and efficiency of the electricity system, namely through the provision of flexibility, balancing and storage services, especially through the development of smart charging and aggregation. This potential of electric vehicles to integrate with the electricity system and contribute to system efficiency and further absorption of renewable electricity should be fully exploited including through the installation of a public charging infrastructure in parking spaces. Charging in relation to buildings is particularly important, since this is where electric vehicles park regularly and for long periods of time. Slow smart and bidirectional charging is economical and the installation of recharging points in private spaces can provide energy storage to the related building. Combined with data provided by smart meters and data produced by the vehicle, charging infrastructure for electric vehicles could also provide flexibility solutions and integration of smart and bidirectional charging services and system integration services in general. Electric vehicles capable of bidirectional charging add to the capacity of buildings and the electricity system to balance power supply and demand, especially during peak hours and at lower cost, and empower users to actively providing such services against adequate remuneration.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13: 13. ‘energy from renewable sources’ means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) , and geothermal energy , ambient energy, and, within the limits of sustainable availability, also tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, and biogas;

Added(37) Combined with an increased share of renewable electricity production, electric vehicles produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Electric vehicles constitute an important component of a clean energy transition based on energy efficiency measures, alternative fuels, renewable energy and innovative solutions for the management of energy flexibility. Building codes can be effectively used to introduce targeted requirements to support the deployment of recharging infrastructure in car parks of residential and non-residential buildings. Member States should remove barriers such as grid connection and capacity bottlenecks, split incentives and administrative complications which individual owners encounter when trying to install a recharging point on their parking space.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18: 18. ‘renovation passport’ means a document that provides a tailored roadmap for the deep renovation of a specific building in several steps aligned with a staged deep renovation that will transform the building into a zero emission building with significantly improved energy performance and reduced whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions;

Added(38) Pre-cabling provides the right conditions for the rapid deployment of recharging points if and where they are needed. Readily available infrastructure will decrease the costs of installation of recharging points for individual owners and ensure that electric vehicle users have access to recharging points. Establishing requirements for electromobility at Union level concerning the pre-equipping of parking spaces and the installation of recharging points is an effective way to promote electric vehicles in the near future while enabling further development at a reduced cost in the medium to long term. ▌ Member States should ensure the accessibility of recharging points for persons with disabilities.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – introductory part: 19. ‘deep renovation’ means a renovation in line with the energy efficiency first principle and efforts to reduce whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, which transforms a building or building unit

Added(39) Smart charging and bidirectional charging enable the energy system integration of buildings. Recharging points where electric vehicles typically park for extended periods of time, such as where people park for reasons of residence or employment, are highly relevant to energy system integration, therefore smart charging functionalities need to be ensured. As bidirectional charging assists the further penetration of renewable electricity by electric vehicle fleets in transport and the electricity system in general and is instrumental to peak shaving, thus lowering the need for power supply at peak hours and hence overall system costs, such functionality should also be made available, not least as it empowers owners of electric vehicles to make such functions available to play and active part in the energy system against adequate remuneration, in line with their right to generate, share, store or sell self-produced energy.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point a: (a) before 1 January 2025, into a nearly zero-energy building;

Added(40) Promoting green mobility is a key part of the European Green Deal and buildings can play an important role in providing the necessary infrastructure, not only for recharging of electric vehicles but also for bicycles. A shift to active mobility such as cycling can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. With the increase in the sale of electrically power-assisted bicycles and other L-category vehicle types and in order to facilitate the installation of recharging points at a later stage, pre-cabling for those vehicles should be required in new residential buildings and, where technically and economically feasible, pre-cabling or ducting should be required in residential buildings undergoing major renovation. As set out in the 2030 Climate Target Plan, increasing the modal shares of clean and efficient private and public transport, such as cycling, will drastically lower pollution from transport and bring major benefits to individual citizens and communities. The lack of bike parking spaces is a major barrier to the uptake of cycling, both in residential and non-residential buildings. Union requirements and nationalbuilding codes can effectively support the transition to cleaner mobility by establishing requirements for a minimum number of bicycle parking spaces, and building bicycle parking spaces and related infrastructure in areas where bicycles are less used can lead to an increase in their use. The requirement to provide bicycle parking spaces should not be dependent on, or necessarily be linked to, the availability and supply of car parking spaces, which may be unavailable in certain circumstances. Minimum car parking requirements in building codes should be replaced with maximum car parking requirements, particularly in those areas that are already well served by public transport and active mobility options. Member States should support local authorities in developing and implementing sustainable urban mobility plans with a particular focus on the integration of housing policies with sustainable mobility and urban planning, thereby ensuring and prioritising accessibility of all new major urban developments by active mobility and public transport.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point b: (b) from 1 January 2025, into a zero-emission building;

Added(40a) Technical support will also be needed to build the capacity of local authorities through trainings and workshops, for instance on designing procurements considering whole life-cycle data and to carry out the whole-life carbon monitoring.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new): 22a. ‘embodied greenhouse gas emissions’ means the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the extraction of the raw materials that are used in the construction of buildings, the material production and processing (pre-construction), the production and construction processes, including the wasted material, the maintenance and repair, the replacement of building elements, the renovation, the deconstruction of the building and reuse, recycling, other recovery and disposal of its materials;

Added(40b) When implementing the electromobility requirements in this Directive, Member States should particularly consider the economic situation of vulnerable households and vulnerable microenterprises and small enterprises and should be able to adjust the installation of the relevant infrastructure accordingly.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added(41) The agendas of the Digital Single Market and the Energy Union should be aligned and should serve common goals. The digitalisation of the energy system is quickly changing the energy landscape, from the integration of renewables to smart grids and smart-ready buildings. In order to digitalise the building sector, the Union’s connectivity targets and ambitions for the deployment of high-capacity communication networks are important for smart homes and well-connected communities. Targeted incentives should be provided to promote smart-ready systems and digital solutions in the built environment. This would offer new opportunities for energy savings, by providing consumers with more accurate information about their consumption patterns, and by enabling the system operator to manage the grid more effectively.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23: 23. ‘whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions’ means the sum of the operational and embodied greenhouse gas emissions associated with the building at all stages of its life-cycle, from the ‘cradle’ to the ‘grave’;

Added(42) In order to facilitate a competitive and innovative market for smart building services that contributes to efficient energy use and integration of renewable energy in buildings and support investments in renovation, Member States should ensure direct access to building systems’ data by interested parties. To avoid excessive administrative costs for third parties, Member States shall facilitate the full interoperability of services and of the data exchange within the Union.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26: 26. ‘energy poverty’ means energy poverty as defined in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) …/… [Social Climate Fund as proposed by COM(2021)0568];

Added(43) The smart readiness indicator should be used to measure the capacity of buildings to use information and communication technologies and electronic systems to adapt the operation of buildings to the needs of the occupants and the grid and to improve the energy efficiency and overall performance of buildings. The smart readiness indicator should raise awareness amongst building owners and occupants of the value behind building automation and electronic monitoring of technical building systems and should give confidence to occupants about the actual savings of those new enhanced-functionalities. The smart readiness indicator is particularly beneficial for large buildings with high energy demand. For other buildings, the scheme for rating the smart readiness of buildings should be optional for Member States.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27: 27. ‘vulnerable households’ means households in or at risk of energy poverty or households, including lower middle-income ones, that are particularly exposed to high energy costs and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy;

Added(44) Access to sufficient grants and funding is crucial to meet the 2030 and 2050 energy efficiency targets as well as to reduce the number of people living in energy poverty. Union financial instruments and other measures have been put into place or adapted with the aim of supporting the energy performance of buildings and eliminating energy poverty. The most recent initiatives to increase the availability of financing at Union level include, inter alia, the ‘Renovate’ flagship component of the Recovery and Resilience Facility ▌ and the Social Climate Fund and the REPowerEU plan. Several other key EU programmes can support energy renovation under the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework, including the cohesion policy funds and the InvestEU Fund established by Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Through Framework Programmes for research and innovation, the Union invests in grants or loans to push the best technology and improve the energy performance of buildings, including through partnerships with industry and Member States such as the Clean Energy Transition and Built4People European Partnerships. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the Commission should establish sector-specific energy transition partnerships within the building sector by bringing together key stakeholders.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: 31. [‘cost-optimal level’ means the energy performance level which leads to the lowest cost during the estimated economic lifecycle, where:]

Added(45) Union financial instruments should be used to give practical effect to the objectives of this Directive, without however substituting national measures. In particular, due to the scale of the renovation effort needed, they should be used for providing appropriate and innovative means of financing to catalyse investment in energy performance of buildings. They could play an important role in the development of national, regional and local energy efficiency funds, instruments, or mechanisms, which deliver such financing possibilities to private property owners, to small and medium-sized enterprises and to energy efficiency service companies.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(46) Financial mechanisms, Union grants and subsidies, incentives and the mobilisation of financial institutions for energy renovations in buildings, tailored to the needs of different building owners and tenants, should play a central role in national building renovation plans and be actively promoted by Member States. Such measures should promote energy efficient mortgages with social safeguards for certified energy efficient building renovations, foster investments for public authorities in an energy efficient building stock, for example by public-private partnerships or energy performance contracts or reducing the perceived risk of the investments. Financial schemes should provide an important premium for deep renovations, especially of the worst performing buildings, in order to make them financially attractive and be designed to allow accessibility for groups having difficulties to obtain regular financing.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part: (a) [the lowest cost is determined taking into account:]

Added(46a) Member States should provide guarantees to financial institutions in order to promote targeted financial products, grants and subsidies, to enhance the energy performance of buildings housing vulnerable households, as well as to owners in worst-performing multi-dwelling buildings and buildings in rural areas, and other groups having difficulty to access finances or get traditional mortgages. Member States should ensure that those groups benefit from cost neutral renovation schemes, for instance through fully subsidised renovation schemes, or blends between grants and energy performance contracting and on-bill schemes. It is necessary to provide for a special renovation instrument, the "EU Renovation Loan", at Union level, to provide homeowners with access to Union, long-term borrowing costs for deep renovation.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(46b) Financing plays a key role in achieving the Union 2030 energy and climate targets. To reduce the investment gap as well as to improve financing and to increase energy efficiency and the roll-out of renewable energy sources in buildings, a more cost-effective use of existing financing options is needed, as well as developing and introducing innovative financing mechanisms to support investments in building renovations and to assist homeowners as part of national initiatives. Financial mechanisms, incentives and the mobilisation of private investments from financial institutions for energy efficiency renovations in buildings should have a central role in national building renovation plans. Financial institutions should increase dissemination of information on their financial products to informbuildings owners, tenants and users about financial servicesto enhance energy performance. Financial institutions, including credit institutions and other financial market participants that invest in real estate-backed products, as well regulatory authorities should have access to information concerning the energy performance of buildings. Such institutions should be subject to the mortgage portfolio standards.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i: i) [the category and use of building concerned:]

Added(46c) Green mortgage loans and green retail loans can significantly contribute to transforming the economy and reducing carbon emissions. Member States should adjust the applicable legislation and develop supporting measures to facilitate the uptake of green mortgage loans and green retail loans as well as systematic data collection.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(46d) Member States should prioritise the allocation of part of the European Social Fund to the technical training of workers in energy efficiency for the construction and renovation sectors. Member States should establish registries of their construction value-chain professionals, detailing the availability of skills and skilled professionals on the market. Those registries should be be publicly accessible and updated regularly.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii: ii) [energy-related investment costs based on official forecasts ;]

Added(46e) The benefits of the ‘pay-as-you-save financial scheme’ in the medium-term, following the repayment of the loan, imply a net benefit for the household owners in terms of annual energy cost savings and an increased value of the property.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(47) Financing alone will not deliver on the renovation needs. ▌Setting up accessible and transparent advisory tools and assistance instruments such as independent one-stop shops that provide free integrated energy renovation services or facilitators and advice, as well as implementing other measures and initiatives such as those referred to in the Commission’s Smart Finance for Smart Buildings Initiative, is indispensable to provide the right enabling framework and break barriers to renovation. The central importance of local actors, such as municipal authorities, energy agencies and renewable and citizen energy communities, to delivering national renovation needs should be recognised. Other collaborative measures such as public-private partnerships play an important role and should be actively promoted and supported by Member States. In addition to financing and technical support, Member States should take up neighbourhood and district approaches to building renovation and renewable heating and cooling in their national building renovation plans and actively promoted them. Local initiatives, such as citizen-led renovation programmes at neighbourhood or municipal level, should also be provided with financial and technical support, as such initiatives enhance citizens’ engagement in the energy transition, preserve local social patterns, have an economy of scale effect and provide solutions fitting with the local context and needs.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iii: iii) [maintenance and operating costs, including energy costs taking into account the cost of greenhouse gas allowances;]

Added(47a) Access to trusted advice and information increases confidence and eases the process of improving energy efficiency in existing buildings, especially for private citizens. In that regard, one-stop shops could play an important role in connecting potential projects with market actors, including citizens, public authorities and project developers, in particular smaller-scale projects as well as guidance on permit procedures, promoting access to funding for building renovation, and helping to disseminate information on terms and conditions. Locally operated one-stop-shops could also help ensure coordination of supply and demand. They can help building owners and managers with the renovation projects and help integrate individual projects into the broader strategy of the cities. They can also help prioritise worst performance buildings by establishing timelines and providing targeted support to different portions of the building stock based on construction years. One-stop shops are also important to encourage citizens to start renovation projects by providing advice and research options, facilitating the search for contractors, helping to navigate through tenders and quotations, and providing support during the renovations. Increased technical assistance is necessary to set up and develop one-stop shops and mobilise the right expertise.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(48) Inefficient buildings are often linked to energy poverty and social problems. Vulnerable households are particularly exposed to increasing energy prices as they spend a larger proportion of their budget on energy products. By reducing excessive energy bills, building renovation can lift people out of energy poverty and also prevent it. At the same time, building renovation does not come for free, and it is essential to ensure that the social impact of the costs for building renovation, in particular on vulnerable households, is limited. The Renovation Wave should leave no one behind and be seized as an opportunity to improve the situation of vulnerable households and people living in social housing, and a fair transition towards climate neutrality should be ensured. Therefore, financial incentives and other policy measures should as a priority target vulnerable households ▌and people living in social housing, and Member States should outline in their national building renovation plans measures to be taken to prevent evictions because of renovation, such as rental price breaks and rent caps measures. The Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on ensuring a fair transition towards climate neutrality provides a common framework and shared understanding of comprehensive policies and investments needed for ensuring that the transition is fair.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point iv: iv) [environmental and health externalities of energy use;]

Added(48a) Energy poverty affects women disproportionately throughout the Union and therefore Member States should dedicate the necessary support to alleviate energy poverty among women. Member States should make more effort to compile gender-disaggregated data into theirnational building renovation plans in order to better target policies and measures.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(49) In order to ensure that the energy performance of buildings can be taken into account by prospective buyers or tenants early in the process, buildings or building units which are offered for sale or rent should have an energy performance certificate, and the energy performance class and indicator should be stated in all advertisements. The prospective buyer or tenant of a building or building unit should, in the energy performance certificate, be given correct information about the energy performance of the building and practical advice on improving such performance. The energy performance certificate should also provide information on its primary energy and final consumption, on its energy needs, on its renewable energy production on its greenhouse gas emissions, on its indoor environmental quality, as well as recommendations for the improvement of the energy performance and the life-cycle GWP.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point v: v) [earnings from energy produced on-site , where applicable;]

Added(49a) When considering support policies for minimum energy performance standards, special attention should be given to vulnerable households, particularly to those whose security of tenure might be put at risk or those exposed to high energy costs that lack the means to renovate the building they occupy. Member States should provide safeguards at national level, such as social support mechanisms.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(49b) The energy transition represents an opportunity to improve access to better quality housing, provided that renovation costs are balanced as much as possible with energy savings and security of tenure is ensured. It can also help lift households out of energy and transport poverty if subsidies and public funding are made available to those with reduced access to market-price loans. Also, for public housing and rented buildings, participative models are essential for tenants to work together with the housing companies, landlords and owners associations on the scope and cost of renovations. It can help balancing costs and reinforce security of tenure. Capacity-building opportunities for local housing providers should be created for better uptake of participative models and a more coordinated approach across sectors at national, regional and local level.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point vi: vi) [waste management costs, where applicable; and]

Added(50) The monitoring of the building stock is facilitated by the availability of data collected by digital tools, thereby reducing administrative costs. Therefore, national databases for energy performance of buildings should be set up, and the information contained therein should be transferred to the EU Building Stock Observatory.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(51) Buildings occupied by public authorities and buildings frequently visited by the public should set an example by showing that environmental and energy considerations are being taken into account and therefore those buildings should be subject to energy certification on a regular basis. The dissemination to the public of information on energy performance should be enhanced by clearly displaying those energy performance certificates, in particular in buildings of a certain size which are occupied by public authorities or which are frequently visited by the public, such as town halls, schools, shops and shopping centres, supermarkets, restaurants, theatres, banks and hotels.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – subparagraph 1 – point b: (b) [the estimated economic lifecycle is determined by each Member State and refers to the remaining estimated economic lifecycle of a building where energy performance requirements are set for the building as a whole, or to the estimated economic lifecycle of a building element where energy performance requirements are set for building elements.]

Added(51a) The Commission should establish technical guidelines for the renovation of historical heritage buildings and historic centres to ensure that ecological ambitions are met and cultural heritage is safeguarded. The establishment of national renovation plans must provide for the structured and permanent consultation of the representative organisations of the subjects operating in the construction sector, including with regard to historic buildings.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(51b) Existing exemptions for heritage and temporary buildings should be maintained for conservation and heritage buildings while new innovative solutions are developed and tested. An exemption should also be provided for heritage buildings that are in the process of becoming officially protected as well as other buildings requiring due conservation as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural and historic merit, if that process started before the entry into force of this Directive. Technical assistance is essential to boosting the renovation of public buildings, including financial support for replication and upscaling of pilots and demonstration projects, building on experiences developed with Horizon 2020 funding for smart cities. Member States should review their current national processes to class buildings as heritage and historic buildings to allow granting such status in a timely manner by the date of transposition of this Directive.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – subparagraph 2: [The cost-optimal level shall lie within the range of performance levels where the cost benefit analysis calculated over the estimated economic lifecycle is positive;]

Added(52) Recent years have seen a rise in the number of air-conditioning systems in European countries. That creates considerable problems at peak load times, increasing the cost of electricity and disrupting the energy balance. Priority should be given to strategies which enhance the thermal performance of buildings during the summer period. To that end, there should be focus on measures which avoid overheating, such as shading and sufficient thermal capacity in the building construction, and further development and application of passive cooling techniques, primarily those that improve indoor environment conditions and the micro-climate around buildings.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(53) Regular maintenance and inspection of heating, electrical installations, fire extinction, ventilation and air-conditioning systems by qualified personnel contributes to maintaining their correct adjustment in accordance with the product specification and in that way ensures optimal performance from an environmental, safety and energy point of view. An independent assessment of the entire heating, electrical installations, fire extinction, ventilation and air-conditioning system should occur at regular intervals during its lifecycle in particular before its replacement or upgrading. In order to minimise the administrative burden on building owners and tenants, Member States should endeavour to combine inspections and certifications as far as possible.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new): 32a. ‘electrical installation’ means a system composed of fixed components, including switchboards, electrical cables, earthing systems, sockets, switches and light fittings, which have the purpose of distributing electrical power within a building to all points of use or transmit electricity generated on-site;

Added(54) A common approach to the energy performance certification of buildings, renovation passports, smart readiness indicators and the inspection of heating ventilation, air-conditioning systems, electrical installations and air-conditioning systems, carried out by qualified or certified experts, whose independence is to be guaranteed on the basis of objective criteria, contribute to a level playing field as regards efforts made in Member States to energy saving in the buildings sector and will introduce transparency for prospective owners or users with regard to energy performance in the Union property market. In order to ensure the quality of energy performance certificates, renovation passports, smart readiness indicators and of the inspection of the thermal characteristics of the building heating and air-conditioning and controls systems throughout the Union, an independent control mechanism should be established in each Member State.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(55) Since local and regional authorities are critical for the successful implementation of this Directive, they should be consulted and involved, as and when appropriate in accordance with applicable national legislation, on planning issues, the development of programmes to provide information, training and awareness-raising, and on the implementation of this Directive at national or regional level. Such consultations may also serve to promote the provision of adequate guidance to local planners and building inspectors to carry out the necessary tasks. Furthermore, Member States should enable and encourage architects and planners to properly consider the optimal combination of improvements in energy efficiency, use of energy from renewable sources and use of district heating and cooling when planning, designing, building and renovating industrial or residential areas including via use of 3D based modelling and simulation technologies. In addition, the public consultation on the national building renovation plans should involve other socio-economic partners socio-economic partners including trade unions and housing cooperatives, building owners, landowners and construction industry, entities working with vulnerable households and homeless people, and other civil society partners such as tenants organisations and consumer organisations and establish multi-level dialogues.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36: 36. 'mortgage portfolio standards’ means mechanisms requiring any mortgage lenders including banks, investors, mortgage debt holders, and any other relevant financial institutions to increase the median energy performance of the portfolio of buildings covered by their mortgages and to ensure affordable and evidence-based solutions for their potential clients to make their property more energy-performant and less carbon emitting while factoring in improved solvency from energy retrofit to assess the resulting debt ratio, with particular regard to the worst performing buildings, in accordance with the Union’s decarbonisation ambition and relevant energy targets in the area of energy consumption and the life-cycle GWP of buildings provided for in this Directive;

Added(56) Installers and builders are critical for the successful implementation of this Directive. Therefore, an adequate number of installers and builders should, through training and other measures, have the appropriate level of competence for the installation and integration of the energy efficient and renewable energy technology required.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 37: 37. ‘digital building logbook’ means a common repository for all relevant building data, including data related to energy performance, life-cycle GWP, indoor environmental quality, circularity and sufficiency such as energy performance certificates, renovation passports, and smart readiness indicators, which facilitates informed decision making and information sharing within the construction sector, among building owners and occupants, financial institutions and public authorities;

Added(57) In order to further the aim of improving the energy performance of buildings, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the adaptation to technical progress of certain parts of the general framework set out in Annex I by 31 December 2026, in respect of the details related to the establishment of a methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements, in respect of the adaptation of the thresholds for zero-emission buildings and the calculation methodology for life-cycle GWP, in respect of minimum indoor environmental quality standards, in respect of the establishment of a common European framework for renovation passports and in respect of a Union scheme for rating the smart readiness of buildings. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 51: 51. ‘energy needs’ means the energy to be delivered to, or extracted from, a conditioned space to maintain the intended space conditions during a given period of time, adding transmission and ventilation losses and deducting solar and internal gains, disregarding any technical building system inefficiencies;

Added(58) In order to ensure an effective implementation of the provisions laid down in this Directive, the Commission supports Member States through various tools, such as the Technical Support Instrument providing tailor-made technical expertise to design and implement reforms, including those aimed at increasing the annual energy renovation rate of residential and non-residential buildings by 2030 and to foster deep energy renovations. The technical support relates to, for example, strengthening of administrative capacity, supporting policy development and implementation, and sharing of relevant best practices.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 51 a (new): 51a. ‘final energy’ means energy from a renewable or non-renewable source having undergone a conversion or transformation process to be ready for consumption and supplied to end-users;

Added(59) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely enhancing the energy performance of buildings and reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, due to the complexity of the buildings sector and the inability of the national housing markets to adequately address the challenges of energy efficiency, but can rather, by reason of the scale and the effects of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(60) The legal basis of this initiative is Article 194(2) TFEU, which empowers the Union to establish the measures necessary to achieve the objectives of the Union with regard to policy on energy. The proposal contributes to the Union’s energy policy objectives as outlined in Article 194(1) TFEU, in particular improving the energy performance of buildings and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, which contributes to preserve and improve the environment.

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 54: 54. ‘other on-site uses’ means energy used on-site for uses other than EPB services, and may include appliances, miscellaneous and ancillary loads, domestic batteries or electro-mobility charging points;

Added(61) In accordance with point 44 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making, Member States should draw up, for themselves and in the interest of the Union, their own tables, illustrating, as far as possible, the correlation between this Directive and the transposition measures, and make them public. In accordance with the Joint Political Declaration of 28 September 2011 of Member States and the Commission on explanatory documents, Member States have undertaken to accompany, in justified cases, the notification of their transposition measures with one or more documents explaining the relationship between the components of a directive and the corresponding parts of national transposition instruments. With regard to this Directive, the legislator considers the transmission of such documents to be justified, in particular following the judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case Commission vs Belgium (case C-543/17).

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 57 a (new): 57a. ‘indoor environmental quality’ means a set of parameters including indoor air quality, thermal comfort, lighting, and acoustic affecting the health and wellbeing of a building's occupants;

Added(62) The obligation to transpose this Directive into national law should be confined to those provisions which represent a substantive amendment as compared to the earlier Directive. The obligation to transpose the provisions which are unchanged arises under the earlier Directive.

RemovedThis Directive recognises the importance of indoor climate conditions and a healthy indoor environment in Articles 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 11. Introducing the broader notion of environmental quality through this amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(63) This Directive should be without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limits for the transposition into national law and the dates of application of the Directives set out in Annex VIII, Part B,

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 57 b (new): 57b. ‘bicycle parking space’ means a designated space for at least one bicycle that provides secure and easy storage for a variety of bicycle types, and, where feasible, is lit and protected from the weather;

AddedHAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

RemovedThis Directive introduces the notion of bicycle parking space in Article 12, requiring its definition.

AddedSubject matter

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 57 c (new): 57c. 'pre-cabling' means all measures that are necessary to enable the installation of electric vehicle recharging points, including cable routes, spaces for transformers and electricity meters, and potential revision of the electrical board;

Added1. This Directive promotes the improvement of the energy performance of buildings and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings within the Union, with a view to achieving a zero-emission building stock by 2050, taking into account the outdoor climatic conditions, the local conditions, the requirements for indoor environmental quality and the contribution of the building stock to demand-side flexibility for the purpose of improving energy system efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

RemovedThis Directive introduces the notion of pre-cabling in Article 12, requiring its definition.

Added2. This Directive lays down requirements as regards:

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 57 d (new): 57d. 'physically adjacent' means, when referring to a car park, one which is intended for the residents, visitors, or workers of a building, located within the property area of the building or in the direct vicinity of the building;

Added(a) the common general framework for a methodology for calculating the integrated energy performance of buildings and building units;

RemovedThis Directive introduces the notion of 'physically adjacenct car park' in Article 12, requiring its definition.

Added(b) the application of minimum requirements to the energy performance of new buildings and new building units;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 57 e (new): 57e. ‘circularity’ means the reduction of the need for extraction of virgin materials through the reduction of demand for new materials, through repair, reuse, repurposing, and recycling used materials and through the extension of the lifetime of products and buildings;

Added(c) the application of minimum requirements to the energy performance of:

RemovedThis Directive refers to the concept of circularity in recital 8, requiring its definition. This amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments in Article 7.4 and 8.4.

Added(i) existing buildings and building units that are subject to major renovation;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 57 f (new): 57f. ‘sufficiency’ means the minimisation of demand for energy, materials, land, water, and other natural resources over the lifecycle of buildings and goods, while guaranteeing wellbeing and comfort.

Added(ii) building elements that form part of the building envelope and that have a significant impact on the energy performance of the building envelope when they are retrofitted or replaced;

RemovedThis amendment is inextricably linked other admissible amendments.

Added(iii) technical building systems whenever they are installed, replaced or upgraded;

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part: Each building renovation plan shall be in line with the energy efficiency first principle and shall encompass:

Added(d) the application of minimum energy performance standards to existing buildings and existing building units, in accordance with Articles 3 and 9;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(da) a harmonised framework for assessing the life-cycle global warming potential;

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a: (a) an overview of the national building stock for different building types, including their relative percentages, in particular buildings categorised as officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historical merit, construction periods and climatic zones, based, as appropriate, on statistical sampling, energy and life-cycle GWP benchmarking, the digital building logbook including the national database for energy performance certificates pursuant to Article 19, an overview of market barriers and market failures, share of households in energy poverty, and an overview of the capacities in the construction, energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors, as well as the availability of one-stop-shops in accordance with Article 21 of Directive (EU) …/… [recast EED] per 50 000 inhabitants;

Added(db) solar energy in buildings;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments, notably to Article 15.

Added(dc) the phasing out of fossil fuel use in buildings;

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c: (c) an overview of implemented and planned policies and measures, supporting the implementation of the roadmap pursuant to point (b) of this subparagraph, including those outlined in the integrated national energy and climate plans notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999; and

Added(e) renovation passports;

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d: (d) an outline of the investment needs for the implementation of the building renovation plan, the financing sources and measures, and the administrative resources for building renovation, including those outlined in national energy and climate plans notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.

Added(f) national building renovation plans;

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new): (da) a roadmap on the reduction of energy poverty comprising of nationally established targets and an overview of implemented and planned policies and funding measures with a view to reducing and eliminating energy poverty;

Added(g) sustainable mobility infrastructure in and adjacent to buildings; and

RemovedThe social dimension of EU energy policy has been recognised since 2016. The Fit for 55 package introduces a social climate fund through a Regulation (COM(2021) 568 final) and a definition of energy poverty through the energy efficiency directive (COM(2021) 558 final) and this Directive contains specific provisions in Articles 9, 15 and 26. This amendment is hence inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(h) smart buildings;

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3: The roadmap referred to in point (b) shall include: / (a) national targets in accordance with the IPCC ratched-up mechanism and a 1,5-degree compliant EU WLC roadmap scenario to decarbonise the built environment, as regards to the annual energy renovation rate, rate of deep renovation, and WLC emissions for different building typologies; / (b) national targets for circular use of materials, recycled contents and secondary materials, and sufficiency every five years; / (c) the primary and final energy consumption of the national building stock; / (d) specific timelines for buildings to achieve higher energy performance classes than those pursuant to Article 9(1), by 2035 and every five years thereafter; / (e) national phase-out plans for fossil fuel based technical building systems in existing buildings by 2035 at the latest; / (f) a pathway with numerical targets for the deployment of solar energy and heat pumps in buildings; / (g) national targets on the construction and refurbishment of district level heating and cooling systems in accordance with Article 11b aligned with the comprehensive heating and cooling assessment referred to in Article 23 of Directive (EU) …/... [recast Energy Efficiency Directive]; / (h) an evidence-based estimate of expected energy savings, GHG emission reductions, and wider benefits; / (i) estimations for the contribution of the building renovation plan to achieving the Member State's binding national target for greenhouse gas emissions pursuant t…

Added(ha) nature-based solutions that reinforce the good use and adaptation of the public space surrounding the buildings with elements such as wood materials, greens roofs and facades and solutions that are inspired and supported by nature, which can simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits and help build resilience;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(i) energy performance certification of buildings or building units;

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new): Member States shall submit their first building renovation plan using the template in Annex II in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article and subject to the separate consultation in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article.

Added(j) regular inspection of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems in buildings;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(k) independent control systems for energy performance certificates, renovation passports, smart readiness indicators and inspection reports;

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 2: 2. Every five years, each Member State shall prepare and submit to the Commission a draft of its building renovation plan, using the template in Annex II. Each Member State shall submit its draft building renovation plan together with its draft integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and, where the Member States submits a draft update, its draft update referred to in Article 14 of that Regulation. By way of derogation from Article 9(1) and Article 14(1) of that Regulation, Member States shall submit the first draft building renovation plan to the Commission by 30 June 2024.

Added(ka) the indoor environmental quality performance of buildings.

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 3: 3. To support the development of its building renovation plan , each Member State shall carry out a public consultation on its draft building renovation plan prior to submitting it to the Commission. The public consultation shall involve in particular local and regional authorities and other socio-economic partners, including civil society and bodies working with vulnerable households. Each Member State shall annex a summary of the results of its public consultation to its draft building renovation plan and an explanation of how stakeholder positions have been incorporated.

Added3. The requirements laid down in this Directive are minimum requirements and shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or introducing more stringent measures. Such measures shall be compatible with the TFEU. They shall be notified to the Commission.

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point e a (new): (ea) the plans prioritise the worst-performing residential buildings;

AddedDefinitions

RemovedThis Directive introduce provisions in relation to worst performing buildings in Article 9, 15 and 16. The amendment is hence inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

AddedFor the purpose of this Directive, the following definitions apply:

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point e b (new): (eb) national and local authorities have access to technical assistance and technical support to facilitate the implementation of the plans.

Added1. ‘building’ means a roofed construction having walls, for which energy is used to condition the indoor environment;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added2. ‘zero-emission building’ means a building with a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with Annexes I and III, which contributes to the optimisation of the energy system through demand-side flexibility, where any very low residual amount of energy still required is fully covered by energy from:

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 5: 5. At each revision, Member State shall take due account of any recommendations from the Commission in its final building renovation plan. If the Member State concerned does not address a recommendation or a substantial part thereof, it shall provide a justification to the Commission and make public its reasons.

Added(a) renewable sources generated or stored on-site;

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 6: 6. Every five years, each Member State shall submit its building renovation plan to the Commission, using the template in Annex II. Each Member State shall submit its building renovation plan along with its integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and, where the Member States submits an update, its update referred to in Article 14 of that Regulation. By way of derogation from Article 3(1) and Article 14(2) of that Regulation, Member States shall submit the first draft building renovation plan to the Commission by 30 June 2024 and final plans by 30 June 2025

Added(b) renewable sources generated nearby off-site and delivered through the gridin accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED];

RemovedArticle 3 a (new): Article 3 a / An integrated district approach to building renovation / 1. Member States shall empower regional and local authorities to identify districts to roll-out integrated renovation programmes (IRPs) at district level. Such programmes shall encompass energy, mobility, social infrastructures and patterns, green infrastructures, waste and water management and other aspects of urban planning to be considered at a district level and shall draw from local and regional resources, including materials, also with a view to circularity and sufficiency. / 2. Member States shall carry out the comprehensive heating and cooling assessments and plans required pursuant to Article 14(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU by 1 January 2025, and include in those assessment the refurbishment or construction of efficient heating and cooling systems in accordance with Article 24 of Directive (EU) …/... [recast EED], the required infrastructure, as well as installations and infrastructures of renewable energy communities in their district level IRPs. / 3. Member States shall implement local level integrated mobility plans and Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans that are aligned with IRPs and encompass public transport planning and deployment with other means of active and shared mobility, as well as the related infrastructure for operating, recharging, storing and parking. / 4. Member States shall empower regional and local authorities to set up district level one-stop-shops pursuant to Article 26 of this…

Added(c) a renewable energy community within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED]; or

RemovedThis Directive requires Member States to set up national building renovation strategies (Article 3) and introduces the ZEB standard requiring any residual energy needs to be met through on-site or nearby renewables, notably energy communities or district heating systems (DHS), Article 7, Annex III. Renovation strategies, access to energy communities and DHS are often organised at district level, and one-stop-shops (Article 26), too. As required since the previous revision, a district approach (Article 25) is hence introduced through this Article.

Added(d) renewable energy and waste heat from an efficient district heating and cooling system within the meaning of Directive (EU) .../.... [recast EED], in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex III;

RemovedArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: 1. [Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that mandatory minimum energy performance requirements for buildings or building units are set with a view to at least achieving cost-optimal levels and higher reference values in line with zero-emission buildings requirements. The energy performance shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology referred to in Article 4.] [Cost-optimal levels shall be calculated in accordance with the comparative methodology framework referred to in Article 6.]

Added3. ‘nearly zero-energy building’ means a building with a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with Annex I, which cannot be lower than the 2023 cost-optimal level reported by Member States in accordance with Article 6(2) and where the nearly zero or very low amount of energy required is covered to a very significant extent by energy from renewable sources, including energy from renewable sources produced on-site or nearby;

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added3a. ‘worst performing building’ means a building classified in energy performance classes E, F or G;

RemovedArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: [Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that minimum energy performance requirements and renovation obligations are set for all building elements that form part of the building envelope and that have a significant impact on the energy performance of the building envelope when they are replaced or retrofitted, with a view to achieving at least cost-optimal levels.]

Added3b. ‘passive system’ means a design principle or a building element that maintains or improves energy performance or one or more indoor environment parameters with no assistance from an energy source;

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added4. ‘minimum energy performance standards’ means rules that require existing buildings to meet an energy performance requirement as part of a wide renovation plan for a building stock or at a trigger point on the market (sale or rent), in a period of time or by a specific date, in line with the energy efficiency first principle, thereby triggering renovation of existing buildings;

RemovedArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4: Those requirements shall take account of the need for appropriate indoor environmental quality conditions, as well as local conditions and the designated function and the age of the building.

Added4a. ‘energy efficiency first’ means energy efficiency first as defined in Article 2, point (18), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;

RemovedThe broader notion of environmental quality rather than indoor climate conditions is intrinsically linked to the definition in Article 2 and other provisions in the legislative part of this Directive.

Added5. ‘public bodies’ means public bodies as defined in Article 2, point (10), of Directive (EU) .../... [recast EED]; 6. ‘technical building system’ means technical equipment for space heating, space cooling, ventilation, domestic hot water, built-in lighting, building automation and control, electrically operated solar shading, electrical installations, electric-vehicles charging stations, on-site renewable energy generation and storage, or a combination thereof, including those systems using energy from renewable sources, of a building or building unit;

RemovedArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5: Member States shall review their minimum energy performance requirements at regular intervals which shall not be longer than five years and shall, if necessary, update them in order to reflect technical progress in the building sector, [the results of the cost-optimal calculation set out in Article 6,] and updated national energy and climate targets and policies.

Added6a. ‘demand-side flexibility’ means the capacity of active customers to react to external signals and adjust their energy generation and consumption, individually or through aggregation, in a dynamic time-dependent way, which may be provided by smart, decentralised energy resources, including demand management, energy storage, and distributed renewable generation, to support a more reliable, sustainable and efficient energy system;

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added6b. ‘cooling system’ means a combination of passive and active components required to provide a form of indoor air treatment by which the temperature is lowered;

RemovedArticle 5 – paragraph 2: 2. Member States may decide to adapt the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historical merit, once those buildings have reached at least EPC class D, and only in so far as compliance with further minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance.

Added6c. ‘electrical installation’ means a system composed of fixed components, including switchboards, electrical cables, earthing systems, sockets, switches and light fittings, which have the purpose of distributing electrical power within a building to all points of use or transmit electricity generated on-site;

RemovedArticle 6 – title: [Calculation of cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements]

Added6d. ‘system efficiency’ means the selection of energy-efficient solutions which enable a cost-effective decarbonisation pathway, additional flexibility and the efficient use of resources;

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added6e. 'ventilation system’ means a combination of components required to provide a renewal of indoor air by outdoor air;

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) from 1 January 2025, new buildings occupied, operated or owned by public authorities; and

Added7. ‘building automation and control system’ means a system comprising all products, software and engineering services that can support energy efficient, economical and safe operation of technical building systems through automatic controls and by facilitating the manual management of those technical building systems;

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b: (b) from 1 January 2025, all new buildings;

Added8. ‘energy performance of a building’ means the calculated or metered amount of energy needed to meet the energy demand associated with a typical use of the building, which includes, inter alia, energy used for heating, cooling, ventilation, hot water, ▌lighting and technical building systems;

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part: 2. Member States shall ensure that, from 1 January 2027, the life-cycle GWP is calculated for all new buildings, in accordance with Annex III and disclosed through the energy performance certificate of the building.

Added9. ‘primary energy’ means energy from renewable and non-renewable sources which has not undergone any conversion or transformation process;

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 2 – point a: deleted

Added9a. ‘final energy’ means energy from renewable or non-renewable sources that has undergone a conversion or transformation process for the purpose of ensuring that it is ready for consumption and supply to end-users;

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 2 – point b: (b) from 1 January 2027, for all new buildings.

Added9b. ‘metered’ means measured by a relevant device, such as an energy meter, a power meter, a power metering and monitoring device, or an electricity meter;

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2 a. By 31 December 2026, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive by setting out a harmonised methodology for the calculation of life-cycle GWP, developed in an inclusive stakeholder process and building on the LEVELs framework, as well as the EU-wide Life-carbon Roadmap and the Bill of Materials.

Added10. ‘non-renewable primary energy factor’ means non-renewable primary energy for a given energy carrier, including the delivered energy and the calculated energy overheads of delivery to the points of use, divided by the delivered energy;

Removed· This Directive introduces the framework for calculating lifecycle GWP in Article 7 § 2 and Annex III. Therefore, the amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added11. ‘renewable primary energy factor’ means renewable primary energy from an on-site, nearby or distant energy source that is delivered via a given energy carrier, including the delivered energy and the calculated energy overheads of delivery to the points of use, divided by the delivered energy;

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 4: 4. Member States shall ensure by ...[date of transposition of this Directive] that new buildings have high indoor environmental quality, a high capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change through, inter alia, green infrastructures such as vegetated surfaces, adhere to fire safety standards, mitigate risks related to intense seismic activity and prioritise accessibility for persons with disabilities. Member States shall also address carbon removals associated to carbon storage in or on buildings.

Added12. ‘total primary energy factor’ means the weighted sum of renewable and non-renewable primary energy factors for a given energy carrier;

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4 a. Member States shall introduce national measures to prohibit fossil fuel based technical building systems in new buildings by ... [insert date specified in Article 34].

Added13. ‘energy from renewable sources’ or ‘renewable energy’ means energy from renewable non-fossil sources as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;

RemovedThis Directive introduces the provisions on phasing out fossil fuel use in buildings in Article 15 § 10, Article 26 § 2, and Article 11. The amendment is hence inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added14. ‘building envelope’ means the integrated elements of a building which separate its interior from the outdoor environment;

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 4 b (new): 4 b. Member States shall ensure that: / (a) by 2025, at least 15% of secondary, locally sourced materials are used, based upon current average levels; / (b) by 2030, at least double the current rate of use of secondary materials for each material class; / (c) by 2025, the majority of new buildings are constructed on ‘brownfield’ sites; / (d) by 2025, upon completion of construction works, a Bill of Material is made available.

Added15. ‘building unit’ means a section, floor or apartment within a building which is designed or altered to be used separately;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added16. ‘building element’ means a technical building system or an element of the building envelope;

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 4 c (new): 4c. Member States shall set limits for life-cycle GWP of new buildings that decrease every five years, by 2030 based on the harmonised methodology at Union level.

Added17. ‘dwelling’ means a physical space consisting of a room or suite of rooms in a permanent building or a structurally separated part of a building which is designed for habitation by one private household to develop their basic life functions all year round;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added18. ‘renovation passport’ means a document that provides a tailored roadmap for the deep renovation of a specific building in a maximum number of steps that will transform the building into a zero emission building by 2050 at the latest;

RemovedArticle 7 a (new): Article 7a / New European Bauhaus / 1. Member States shall ensure that developers of building renovation projects receive information about the objectives and involvement opportunities in the New European Bauhaus initiative, at the moment of seeking advice, applying for funding and when introducing permits. / 2. Member States shall empower local authorities to develop dedicated support instruments for reference buildings according to Annex VII of this Directive that are culturally enriching, sustainable and inclusive in line with the New European Bauhaus. Instruments may encompass financial schemes for renovations showcasing how individual buildings or whole neighbourhoods can be transformed into zero emission buildings and districts in an affordable, sustainable and socially inclusive way, while maximising wider benefits, in a participatory and bottom-up approach. / 3. Member States shall put in place national industrial policies for the large-scale production of locally adaptable prefabricated building elements for building renovation that provide different functions, including aesthetics, insulation energy generation, and green infrastructures, and promote biodiversity, water management, accessibility and mobility.

Added19. ‘deep renovation’ means a renovation in line with the energy efficiency first principle and efforts to reduce whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions generated during the renovation, which focuses on essential building items, such as wall insulation, roof insulation, low floor insulation, replacement of external joinery, ventilation and heating or heating systems and treatment of thermal bridges, to ensure the necessary comfort of the occupants in summer and winter or a renovation resulting in a reduction of at least 60% primary energy demand for worst-performing buildings for which it is technically and economically not feasible to achieve a zero-emission building standard, and which transforms a building or building unit:

RemovedThe Energy Performance of Buildings Directive is considered to contribute to the New European Bauhaus initiative (Recital 3), for example in the dimension of sustainability through enhanced energy performance and emission reductions as brought about through the EPBD. Annex VII requires Member States to define reference buildings to determine the energy and emission performance of buildings. Therefore the introduced article is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments in those parts of the text.

Added(a) before 1 January 2027, into a nearly zero-energy building;

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. Member States shall ensure that the life-cycle GWP is calculated in accordance with Annex III and disclosed through the energy performance certificate of the building: / (a) from 1 January 2027, for all buildings undergoing major renovation; / (b) from 1 January 2030, for all buildings that are being issued Energy Performance Certificates.

Added(b) from 1 January 2027, into a zero-emission building;

RemovedThis Directive introduces the framework for calculating lifecycle GWP in Article 7 § 2 and Annex III. The amendment is hence inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added20. ‘staged deep renovation’ means a deep renovation carried out in a maximum number of steps, following the steps set out in a renovation passport in accordance with Article 10, which may include the use of energy performance contracts;

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall ensure, in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation, that the deployment of high-efficiency alternative systems is encouraged, in so far as that is technically, functionally and economically feasible. Member States shall ensure, major building renovations, address the issues of healthy indoor environmental quality conditions, high capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change though inter alia green infrastructures, carbon removals and carbon storage, adhere to fire safety standards, mitigate risks related to intense seismic activity and the removal of hazardous substances including asbestos. Member States shall ensure, in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation, and buildings undergoing renovations comprising commonly used spaces such as entries, staircases, lifts and parking, as well as toilets/sanitary areas, the accessibility for persons with disabilities.

Added21. ‘major renovation’ means the renovation of a building where either, depending on the choice of a Member State:

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text and because the amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(a) the total cost of the renovation relating to the building envelope or the technical building systems is higher than 25 % of the value of the building, excluding the value of the land upon which the building is situated; oror

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. Member States shall introduce national measures to prohibit fossil fuel based technical building systems in buildings undergoing major renovations by ... [date of entry into force of this recast Directive]. Member States shall ensure that renovations involving the replacement of fossil fuel based technical building systems prioritise vulnerable households and people living in social housing.

Added(b) more than 25 % of the surface of the building envelope undergoes renovation;

RemovedThis Directive introduces the provisions on phasing out fossil fuel use in buildings in Article 15 § 10, Article 26 § 2, and Article 11. The amendment is hence inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

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RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 3 b (new): 3b. By 1 January 2027, Member States shall take special administrative and financial measures to encourage the deep renovation and exploitation of buildings which are not currently used, especially in sparsely populated, remote and rural areas, as well as building units in worst-performing multi-apartment buildings. If a building is unoccupied for longer than two years, Member States shall ensure that it is renovated to comply with the relevant requirements and put at disposal of new occupants.

Added22. “operational greenhouse gas emissions” means greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy consumption of the technical building systems during use and operation of the building;

RemovedDue to the investment gap in social and affordable housing, financialisation of the sector and other factors of the housing crisis, there is not enough affordable housing in Europe. Renovation of unoccupied buildings can help to alleviate inadequate housing and homelessness. The amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added23. ‘whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions’ means the combined greenhouse gas emissions associated with the building at all stages of its life-cycle, considering the benefits from reuse and recycling at the end-of-life, from the ‘cradle’ (the extraction of the raw materials that are used in the construction of the building) over the material production and processing, and the building’s operation stage, to the ‘end of life’ (the deconstruction of the building and reuse, recycling, other recovery and disposal of its materials);

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 3 c (new): 3c. Member States shall ensure that, for buildings undergoing major renovation, the following requirements apply: / (a) by 2025, at least 15% of secondary, locally sourced materials are used in buildings based upon current average levels; / (b) by 2030, at least double the current rate of use of secondary materials for each material class;

Added24. ‘life-cycle global warming potential’ or ‘life-cycle GWP’ means an indicator which quantifies the global warming potential contributions of a building along its full life-cycle;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added25. ’split incentives’ means split incentives as defined in Article 2(52) of [recast EED];

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 3 d (new): 3d. Member States shall set limits for life-cycle GWP of renovated buildings that decrease every five years, by 1 January 2030, in accordance with the harmonised methodology set at Union level.

Added26. ‘energy poverty’ means energy poverty as defined in Article 2(49) of [recast EED];

RemovedThis Directive introduces the framework for calculating lifecycle GWP in Article 7 § 2 and Annex III. Therefore, the amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added27. ‘vulnerable households’ means households in or at risk of energy poverty or households, including lower middle-income ones, that are particularly exposed to high energy costs and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy;

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 3 e (new): 3e. Member States shall ensure that existing buildings are renovated to comply with the requirements of Article 9 and put at the disposal of new occupants in case they are unoccupied for longer than two years through special administrative and financial measures.

Added28. ‘European standard’ or ‘EN standard’ means a standard adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation or the European Telecommunications Standards Institute and made available for public use;

RemovedArticle 8 a (new): Article 8a / Social safeguards for building renovations / 1. By ... [date of transposition of this recast Directive ] Member States shall adopt a comprehensive set of legal, financial and regulatory measures to prevent and tackle detrimental effects which the implementation of energy efficiency measures may otherwise have on vulnerable households, including rising rent prices (social safeguards). / 2. Member States shall develop social safeguards as part of an inclusive stakeholder process encompassing social organisations, representatives of homeowners’ and tenants’ cooperatives and associations, housing providers, consumer organisations, women and accessibility organisations, local authorities, local energy, flexibility, and mobility providers and stakeholders from the construction, energy efficiency, and renewable industries. Member States shall ensure a mapping of all financial and non-financial barriers to the roll-out of minimum energy performance standards, in order to remove them through changes in their national frameworks. This shall comprise an impact analysis of the effects the implementation of the minimum energy performance standards on rent levels and on the situation of vulnerable households that are homeowners. / 3. Member States shall introduce a toolbox of effective social safeguards and guarantees, in particular to protect vulnerable households to ensure the protection of their rights and shield them from evictions. Such safeguards shall in particular addr…

Added29. ‘energy performance certificate’ means a certificate recognised by a Member State or by a legal person designated by it, which indicates the energy and climate performance of a building or building unit, calculated according to a methodology adopted in accordance with Article 4;

RemovedThe social dimension of EU energy policy has been recognised since 2016. The Fit for 55 package introduces a social climate fund through a Regulation (COM(2021) 568 final) and a definition of energy poverty through the energy efficiency directive (COM(2021) 558 final) and this Directive contains specific provisions in Articles 9, 15 and 26, to provide an adequate framework for the introduction of minimum energy performance standards. This article is hence inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added30. ‘cogeneration’ means simultaneous generation in one process of thermal energy and electrical or mechanical energy;

RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part: (a) buildings and building units owned, operated or occupied by public bodies achieve at the latest:

Added31. ‘cost-optimal level’ means the energy performance level which leads to the lowest cost during the estimated economic lifecycle, established by applying the cost-optimal methodology where:

RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i: (i) after 1 January 2027, at least energy performance class D; and

Added(a) the lowest cost is determined taking into account:

RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii: (ii) after 1 January 2030, at least energy performance class C;

Added(i) the category and use of building concerned:

RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point i: (i) after 1 January 2027, at least energy performance class D; and

Added(ii) energy-related investment costs based on official forecasts;

RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point ii: (ii) after 1 January 2030, at least energy performance class C;

Added(iii) maintenance and operating costs, including energy costs taking into account the cost of greenhouse gas allowances;

RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i: (i) after 1 January 2030, at least energy performance class D; and

Added(iv) environmental and health externalities of energy use;

RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii: (ii) after 1 January 2033, at least energy performance class C;

Added(v) earnings from energy produced on-site, where applicable;

RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall establish linear timelines for the buildings referred to in this paragraph to achieve higher energy performance classes, in line with the pathway for transforming the national building stock into zero-emission buildings and achieving the climate neutrality target.

Added(vi) waste management costs, where applicable; ▌

RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: 2. In addition to the minimum energy performance standards established pursuant to paragraph 1, each Member State shall establish minimum energy performance standards for the renovation of all other existing buildings.

Added(via) social externalities of building renovations, construction, demolition including the modification of built areas;(b) the estimated economic lifecycle is determined by each Member State and refers to the remaining estimated economic lifecycle of a building where energy performance requirements are set for the building as a whole, or to the estimated economic lifecycle of a building element where energy performance requirements are set for building elements.

RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: The minimum energy performance standards shall be designed with a view to the national roadmap and the quinquennial targets contained in the Member State’s building renovation plan and to the transformation of the national building stock into zero-emission buildings by 2050.

AddedThe cost-optimal level shall lie within the range of performance levels where the cost benefit analysis calculated over the estimated economic lifecycle is positive;

RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 3 – point c: (c) designing integrated financing schemes which provide incentives for deep renovations by providing the highest financial support to renovations bringing the building, especially worst performing ones, to the highest energy class;

Added32. ‘recharging point’ means a recharging point as defined in Article 2(41) of [AFIR];

RemovedArticle 9 – paragraph 5 – introductory part: 5. Member States may decide not to apply the minimum energy performance standards referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 to the following categories of buildings from the moment these buildings have achieved energy class D and in so far as compliance with higher standards would unacceptably alter their character or appearance:

Added32a. 'pre-cabling' means all measures that are necessary to enable the installation of recharging points, including data transmission, cable routes, spaces for transformers and electricity meters, and upgrade of the electrical board;

RemovedArticle 9 a (new): Article 9a / Solar energy in buildings / 1. Member States shall ensure that by 1 January 2025 all new buildings are designed to optimise their solar energy generation potential on the basis of the solar irradiance of the site and enable the cost-effective installation of solar technologies. / 2. Member States shall ensure that all existing buildings undergoing major renovation, renovation of the roof, or replacement of technical building systems are combined with the deployment of suitable solar energy installations. / 3. Member States shall ensure that suitable solar energy installations are deployed: / (a) by 1 January 2025, on all new public and commercial buildings with useful floor area larger than 250 square meters; / (b) by 31 December 2027, on all existing public and commercial buildings with useful floor area larger than 250 square meters; and / (c) by 31 December 2030, on all existing buildings. / Member States shall define and make publicly available national criteria for the practical implementation of these obligations, in accordance with the assessed technical and economic potential of the solar energy installations and the characteristics of the buildings covered by this obligation. / 4. Member States shall establish a pathway with numerical targets for their national contribution to the deployment of solar energy and heat pumps in buildings in their national building renovation plans in accordance with Article 3, with a view to reaching the Union’s objective o…

Added33. ‘micro isolated system’ means any system with consumption less than 500 GWh in the year 2022, where there is no connection with other systems;

RemovedDirective COM(2022) 222 (final) amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency introduces a new Article 9a on solar energy in buildings, also in line with the requirements for zero emission buildings spelled out in Article 7 and Annex III of this Directive. The amendment is hence inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added34. ‘smart charging’ means smart charging as defined in Article 2(14l) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED];

RemovedArticle 10 – paragraph 2: 2. By 1 July 2024, Member States shall introduce a scheme of renovation passports implementing the common framework established in accordance with paragraph 1.

Added35. ‘bidirectional charging’ means bidirectional charging as defined in Article 2(14n) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED];

RemovedArticle 10 – paragraph 3 – point a: (a) it shall be issued both digitally and in a design suitable for printing by a qualified and certified expert, following an on-site visit;

Added35a. ‘digitally connected recharging point’ means a recharging point that can send and receive information in real time, that can communicate bidirectionally with the electricity grid and the electric vehicle, and that can be remotely monitored and controlled, including to start and stop the recharging session and to measure electricity flows;

RemovedArticle 10 – paragraph 3 – point b: (b) it shall comprise a holistic renovation roadmap indicating a limited sequence of renovation steps building upon each other, with the objective to transform the building into a zero-emission building by 2050 at the latest and in line with the energy efficiency first principle;

Added36. 'mortgage portfolio standards’ means mechanisms requiring mortgage lenders, including banks, investors, and other relevant financial institutions, such as final holders of mortgages housed in special purpose vehicles, securitisation companies and other intermediate bodies, to establish a path to increase the median energy performance of the portfolio of buildings covered by their mortgages towards 2030 and 2050, with a view to ensuring reliable, evidence-based and affordable solutions for their clients, in line with the Union’s decarbonisation ambition and national building renovation plans and relevant energy targets in the area of energy consumption in buildings, relying on the definition of sustainable economic activities in the EU Taxonomy and in line with energy performance certificates and the life-cycle GWP, in accordance with this Directive; 36a. ‘pay-as-you-save financial scheme’ means a loan scheme dedicated exclusively to energy performance improvements, where the annualised repayments on the loan do not exceed the monetary equivalent of the yearly energy savings, taking into account the indexation of the energy cost and loan re-financing;

RemovedArticle 10 – paragraph 3 – point c: (c) it shall indicate the expected benefits in terms of individual or collective generation and self consumption of renewable energy, energy savings, savings on energy bills and whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emmissions reductions, the estimated costs for each renovation step, the Bill of Materials as well as wider benefits related to health, comfort, indoor environmental quality, safety such as fire, electrical, and seismic safety, and the improved adaptive capacity of the building to climate change, circularity and sufficiency; and

Added36b. ‘energy building benchmark’ means an information platform to publicly disclose energy performance and yearly consumptions of single and multi-unit buildings over time, compared to similar buildings or to modelled simulations of a reference building built to a specific standard, such as minimum energy performance standards, and using the range of energy performance classes;

RemovedArticle 10 – paragraph 3 – point d: (d) it shall contain information about potential financial and technical support and updated contact details of the nearest one-stop-shop.

Added37. ‘digital building logbook’ means a common repository for all relevant building data, including data related to energy performance such as energy performance certificates, renovation passports and smart readiness indicators, as well as on the life-cycle GWP and indoor environmental quality, which facilitates informed decision making and information sharing within the construction sector, among building owners and occupants, financial institutions and public authorities;

RemovedArticle 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: 1. Member States shall, for the purpose of optimising the energy use of technical building systems, set system requirements in respect of the overall energy performance, the proper installation, and the appropriate dimensioning, adjustment and control of the technical building systems especially for hydronic balancing which are installed in new or existing buildings. When setting up the requirements, Member States shall require the use of technologies that belong in the five highest efficiency classes in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation 811/20131a and Commission Delegated Regulation 812/20131b. / 1a Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013 of 18 February 2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of space heaters, combination heaters, packages of space heater, temperature control and solar device and packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device (OJ L 239, 6.9.2013, p. 1). / 1b Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 812/2013 of 18 February 2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of water heaters, hot water storage tanks and packages of water heater and solar device (OJ L 239, 6.9.2013, p. 83).

Added38. ‘air-conditioning system’ means a combination of the components required to provide a form of indoor air treatment, by which temperature is controlled or can be lowered;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added39. ‘heating system’ means a combination of the components required to provide a form of indoor air treatment, by which the temperature is increased;

RemovedArticle 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3: Member States shall set requirements related to the type of fuel used by heat generators in line with phasing out fossil fuels in heating and cooling by 2035 at the latest.

Added40. ‘heat generator’ means the part of a heating system that generates useful heat for uses identified in Annex I, using one or more of the following processes:

RemovedThis Directive introduces the provisions on phasing out fossil fuel use in buildings in Article 15 § 10, Article 26 § 2, and Article 11. Therefore, the amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(a) the combustion of fuels in, for example, a boiler;

RemovedArticle 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4: [Member States shall ensure that the requirements they set for technical building systems reach at least the latest cost-optimal levels.]

Added(b) the Joule effect, taking place in the heating elements of an electric resistance heating system;

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(c) capturing heat from ambient air, ventilation exhaust air, or a water or ground heat source using a heat pump;

RemovedArticle 11 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall require zero-emission buildings to be equipped with measuring and control devices for the monitoring and regulation of indoor environmental quality. In new and existing buildings undergoing a major renovation, the installation of such devices shall be required, where technically and economically feasible. When considering the economic feasibility of an installation, Member States shall also take fully account of health benefits of the renovation.

Added40a. ‘heat pump’ means a machine, a device or an installation that transfers heat from a source such as the air, water or the ground, to sinks such as buildings or industrial applications, for the purpose of providing heating, cooling or domestic hot water;

RemovedArticle 11 – paragraph 4: 4. Member States shall ensure that, when a technical building system is installed or partly altered, the overall energy performance of the altered part, and where relevant, of the complete altered system, is assessed. The results shall be documented and passed on to the building owner, so that they remain available and can be used for the verification of compliance with the minimum requirements laid down pursuant to paragraph 1 and the issue of energy performance certificates.

Added41. ‘energy performance contracting’ means energy performance contracting as defined in Article 2, point (29), of Directive (EU) …/… [recast Energy Efficiency Directive]

RemovedArticle 11 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. Member States shall implement measures with a view to the phase out of fossil fuel based technical building systems, in particular: / (a) a prohibition against the installation of fossil fuel infrastructure in new buildings from ... [the date of entry into force of this recast Directive]; / (b) a prohibition against the installation of fossil fuel based technical building systems in renovated buildings as ... [of the entry into force of this recast Directive]; / (c) a complete phase-out of the use of fossil fuel based technical building systems in all buildings by 2035 at the latest;

Added42. ‘boiler’ means the combined boiler body-burner unit, designed to transmit to fluids the heat released from burning;

RemovedThis Directive introduces the provisions on phasing out fossil fuel use in buildings in Article 15 § 10, Article 26 § 2, and Article 11. Therefore, the amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added43 ‘effective rated output’ means the maximum calorific output, expressed in kW, specified and guaranteed by the manufacturer as being deliverable during continuous operation while complying with the useful efficiency indicated by the manufacturer;

RemovedArticle 11 – paragraph 4 b (new): 4b. Member States shall require that, where technically and economically feasible, non-residential buildings are equipped with automatic lighting controls. / The automatic lighting controls shall be capable of: / (a) zoned occupancy control for indoor lighting with automatic detection; / (b) zoned automatic dimming of the lighting power based on daylight levels (when daylight is present); / (c) enabling continuous monitoring, logging and fault detection; / (d) allowing end-user control; and / (e) allowing communication with relevant connected technical building systems inside the building.

Added44. ‘district heating’ or ‘district cooling’ means the distribution of thermal energy in the form of steam, hot water or chilled liquids, from a central source of production through a network to multiple buildings or sites, for the use of space or process heating or cooling;

RemovedEfficient energy use for lightening is an important factor, especially in non residential buildings, and respective measures are necessary as part of the provisions on technical building systems. The amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added44a. ‘integrated district’ means a district selected on the basis of an analysis of building stock, taking into account the area-specific potentials for energy efficiency measures by means of clear and measurable objectives and that develops renovation road map templates for similar building types, following an adequate analysis of local conditions, with the aim of a rapid, resource-efficient and mutually coordinated transformation of buildings, as well as other aspects, such as the social structure, the economic and environmental conditions and the energy supply infrastructure of buildings;

RemovedArticle 11 a (new): Article 11a / Indoor environmental quality / 1. Member States shall set requirements for the implementation of adequate indoor environmental quality standards in buildings in order to maintain a healthy indoor environment quality. / 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive by establishing a methodology framework for calculating the indoor environmental quality standards. / 3. Member States shall ensure that, after buildings undergo major renovation, they comply with minimal indoor environmental quality standards.

Added45. ‘useful floor area’ means the area of the floor of a building needed as parameter to quantify specific conditions of use that are expressed per unit of floor area and for the application of the simplifications and the zoning and (re-)allocation rules, taking into account national, European and international standards;

RemovedThis Directive recognises the importance of indoor climate conditions and a healthy indoor environment in Articles 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 11. The new article is inextricably linked to the existing provisions and suggests an indicator and policy tool to advance work in this field in line with the named provisions and the subject matter of this Directive as spelled out in Article 1(1).

Added45a. ‘waste heat’ means unavoidable heat generated as by-product in industrial or power generation installations, or in the tertiary sector, which would be dissipated unused in air or water without access to a district heating or cooling system, where a cogeneration process has been used or will be used or where cogeneration is not feasible;

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 1. Member States shall ensure the following, by ... [ the date of transposition of this recast Directive], that new non-residential buildings and non-residential buildings undergoing major renovation, with three or more parking spaces, where: / (a) the car park is located inside the building, and, for major renovations, renovation measures include the car park or the electrical infrastructure of the building; / (b) the car park is physically adjacent to the building, and, for major renovations, renovation measures include the car park or the electrical infrastructure of the car park, or / (c) the renovation concerns the car park or the electrical infrastructure of the building:

Added46. ‘reference floor area’ means the floor area used as reference size for the assessment of the energy performance of a building, calculated as the sum of the useful floor areas of the spaces within the building envelope specified for the energy performance assessment;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added47. ‘assessment boundary’ means the boundary where the delivered and exported energy are measured or calculated;

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) the installation of at least one recharging point for every five parking spaces;

Added48. ‘on-site’ means the premises and the land on which the building is located and the building itself;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added49. ‘energy from renewable sources produced nearby’ means energy from renewable sources produced within a local or district level perimeter of the building assessed, which fulfils all the following conditions:

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c: (c) at least two bicycle parking space for every car parking space;

Added(a) it can only be distributed and used within that local and district level perimeter through a dedicated distribution network;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(b) it allows for the calculation of a specific primary energy factor valid only for the energy from renewable sources produced within that local or district level perimeter; and

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: deleted

Added(c) it can be used on-site of the building assessed through a dedicated connection to the energy production source, that dedicated connection requiring specific equipment for the safe supply and metering of energy for self-use of the building assessed;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added50. ‘energy performance of buildings (EPB) services’ means the services, such as heating, cooling, ventilation, domestic hot water and lighting and others for which the energy use is taken into account in the energy performance of buildings;

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 2: 2. With regard to all non-residential buildings with more than ten parking spaces, Member States shall ensure the installation of at least one recharging point for every ten parking spaces, and at least two bicycle parking space for every car parking space, by 1 January 2027. In case of buildings owned or occupied by public authorities, Member States shall ensure pre-cabling for at least one in two parking spaces by 1 January 2033.

Added51. ‘energy needs’ means the energy to be delivered to, or extracted from, a conditioned space to maintain the intended space conditions during a given period of time, taking into account transmission and ventilation losses and solar and internal gains in accordance with EN standards, disregarding any technical building system inefficiencies;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added52. ‘energy use’ means energy input to a technical building system providing a EPB-service intended to satisfy an energy need;

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 3: deleted

Added53. ‘self-used’ means part of on-site or nearby produced renewable energy used simultaneously by on-site technical systems for EPB services;

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: 4. Member States shall ensure the following, by ... [the date of transposition of this recast Directive] new residential buildings and residential buildings undergoing major renovation, with more than three parking spaces, where / (a) the car park is located inside the building, and, for major renovations, renovation measures include the car park or the electrical infrastructure of the building; / (b) the car park is physically adjacent to the building, and, for major renovations, renovation measures include the car park or the electrical infrastructure of the car park, or / (c) the renovation concerns the car park or the electrical infrastructure of the building.

Added54. ‘other on-site uses’ means energy used on-site for uses other than EPB services, and may include appliances, miscellaneous and ancillary loads, domestic batteries energy storage systems or electro-mobility charging points;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added55. ‘calculation interval’ means the discrete time interval used for the calculation of the energy performance;

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new): (b a) the installation of at least one recharging point for electric vehicles; / By way of derogation from paragraph 3, in new residential buildings with at least three dwellings and where there are no car parking spaces, Member States shall ensure at least two bicycle parking spaces for every dwelling.

Added56. ‘delivered energy’ means energy, expressed per energy carrier, supplied to the technical building systems through the assessment boundary, to satisfy the uses taken into account or to produce the exported energy;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added57. ‘exported energy’ means, expressed per energy carrier and per primary energy factor, the proportion of the renewable energy that is exported to the energy grid instead of being used on site for self-use or for other on-site uses.

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1: deleted

Added57a. ‘secondary material’ means material recovered from previous use or from waste which substitutes primary materials as defined in the construction framework standard EN 15643;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added57b. ‘bicycle parking space’ means a designated space for at least one bicycle, which provides secure and easy storage for a variety of bicycle types and which may be lit and protected from the weather;

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall ensure that the pre-cabling is dimensioned to enable the simultaneous use of recharging points on all parking spaces.

Added57c. ‘physically adjacent’ means a car park which is intended for the use of residents, visitors, or workers of a building, which is located within the property area of the building or which is in the direct vicinity of the building;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added57d. ‘circularity’ means the reduction of the need for extraction of virgin materials through the reduction of demand for new materials, through repair, reuse, repurposing, and recycling of used materials and through the extension of the lifetime of products and buildings;

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 5: deleted

Added57e. ‘sufficiency’ means the minimisation of demand for energy, materials, land, water, and other natural resources over the lifecycle of buildings and goods;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added57f. ‘bill of materials’ means a record of the type, source and quantity of construction products and materials that are used to construct or renovate a building, which affect its thermal performance and technical system efficiency in accordance with Annex I, as well as its fire performance and indoor environmental quality;

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 6: 6. Member States shall ensure that the recharging points referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 are capable of smart charging and bidirectional charging, and that they are operated based on non-proprietary and non-discriminatory communication protocols and standards, in an interoperable manner, and in compliance with any legal standards and protocols in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 19(6) and Article 19(7) of Regulation (EU) …/… [AFIR].

Added57g. ‘indoor environmental quality’ means a set of parameters relating to a building, including indoor air quality, thermal comfort, lighting, and acoustic affecting the health and wellbeing of its occupants;

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 7: 7. Member States shall ensure that operators of non-publicly accessible recharging points operate them in accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) .../….[AFIR], where applicable.

Added57h. ‘healthy indoor climate’ means the indoor environment of a building, which optimises the health, comfort and well-being of occupants in line with specific performance levels, including those related to daylight, indoor air quality and thermal comfort, such as mitigating overheating and enhancing acoustic quality.

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1: 8. Member States shall provide for measures in order to simplify the deployment of recharging points in new and existing residential and non-residential buildings and remove regulatory barriers, including permitting and approval procedures, and align property and tenancy law of the Member States with the ‘Right to Plug’ for all Europeans. Member States shall remove barriers to the installation of recharging points in residential buildings with parking spaces, in particular the need to obtain consent from the landlord or co-owners for a private recharging point for own use.

AddedNational building renovation plan

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added1. Each Member State shall establish a national building renovation plan to ensure the renovation of the national stock of residential and non-residential buildings, both public and private, into a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock by 2050, with the objective to transform existing buildings into zero-emission buildings.

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 a (new): For owners and tenants not having the possibility to install a recharging point at their place of residence, Member States shall provide for measures allowing them to request the installation of a publicly available recharging point near their place of residence, in accordance with the objectives of Regulation (EU) …/… [AFIR]. Member States shall provide for the appropriate measures to manage the number of publicly accessible recharging points installed according to the number of requests received within the same areas.

AddedEach building renovation plan shall comply with the energy efficiency first principle and shall encompass:

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(a) an overview of the national building stock for different building types, including their share in the building stock, in particular of buildings categorised as officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historical merit, construction periods and climatic zones of each Member State, based, as appropriate, on statistical sampling, energy and life-cycle GWP benchmarking and the national database for energy performance certificates pursuant to Article 19, an overview of market barriers and market failures, the share of vulnerable households and an overview of the capacities in the construction, energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors, as well as the availability of one-stop shops established pursuant to Article 15a of this Directive and to Article 21(2a) of Directive (EU) .../... [Recast EED];

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 9: 9. Member States shall ensure the coherence of policies for buildings, active and green mobility climate, energy, biodiversity and urban planning.

Added(aa) an overview of implemented and planned policies, including those pursuant to the Pact for Skills set out in the communication of the Commission of 1 July 2020 entitled “European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience”, to increase the availability of qualified professionals in the construction, efficiency, and renewable energy sectors, investments in the development of the required skills, including upskilling or reskilling and targeted training and education programmes, for both public and private stake holders, on the basis of a quantitative and qualitative assessment using key performance indicators as set out in Annex II, to meet the targets, in accordance with this Directive and the resulting market needs for skilled professionals in the construction and renovation sector;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(b) a roadmap with nationally established targets and measurable progress indicators, and specific timelines for all existing buildings to achieve higher energy performance classes by 2030, 2040 and 2050, with a view to the 2050 climate neutrality goal, in order to ensure a highly energy efficient and decarbonised national building stock and the transformation of existing buildings into zero-emission buildings by 2050;

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 9 a (new): 9 a. Member States shall update their national building codes in order to replace ‘minimum’ car parking requirements with ‘maximum’ car parking requirements, particularly in those areas that are already well served by public transport and active mobility options. / Member States shall support local authorities in developing and implementing sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPSs) with a particular focus on the integration of housing policies with sustainable mobility and urban planning, hereby ensuring and prioritising accessibility of all new major urban developments by active mobility and public transport.

Added(c) an overview of implemented and planned policies and measures including their duration in consistency with the implementation of the roadmap pursuant to point (b) of this subparagraph, including those set out in the integrated national energy and climate plans notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, with a particular focus on vulnerable households and people living in social housing;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(d) a detailed roadmap up to 2050 of the investment needs for the implementation of the building renovation plan, public and private financing sources and measures, and the administrative resources for building renovation, including those set out in national energy and climate plans notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;

RemovedArticle 13 a (new): Article 13a / Accessibility of common spaces in buildings / 1. Member States shall ensure that, by ... [the date referred to in Article 34], all commonly used spaces of new buildings, buildings undergoing major renovations, and buildings undergoing renovations concerning the commonly used spaces in and adjacent to buildings, such as entries, staircases and lifts, parkings, sanitary installations and other commonly used spaces, comply with norm EN 17210 on accessibility of the built environment. / 2. When laying down the relevant rules in building codes, Member States shall redefine existing parking spaces and other common use spaces in and adjacent to buildings as accessibility spaces, allowing for the use of accessibility and zero emission mobility solutions, including with wheelchairs, electric wheelchairs, tricycles, pushchairs and bikes. / 3. Member States shall ensure the accessibility of recharging points and plugs in parking spaces and accessibility spaces for persons with disabilities. / 4. Member States shall ensure the accessibility for persons with disabilities for public buildings, also when these are officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historical merit.

Added(da) a roadmap on the reduction of energy poverty and energy savings achieved among vulnerable households and people living in social housing comprising of nationally established targets and an overview of implemented and planned policies and funding measures supporting theelimination of energy poverty.

RemovedThis Directive requires accessibility for persons with disabilities in Articles 7, 8 and 26. The introduction of a dedicated article to spell out details to these provisions is therefore required for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added1a. The roadmap referred to in paragraph 1, second subparagraph, point (b), shall include:

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: 1. Member States shall ensure that the building owners, tenants and managers can have direct access to their building systems’ data. The building systems’ data shall be publicly available provided that the data is aggregated and anonymised. At their request, the access or data shall be made available to a third party. Member States shall facilitate the full interoperability of services and of data exchange within the Union in accordance with paragraph 5.

Added(a) national targets and whole life-cycle emissions for different building typologies to be set following the global stock-taking exercise, for the years 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040, in accordance with the ratchet mechanism set out in the Paris Agreement and a 1,5-degree compliant2050 whole life-cycle performance roadmap, as well as indicative national targets aiming to achieve the deep renovation of at least 35 million building units by 2030 to support reaching an annual energy renovation rate of 3 % or more for the period till 2050;

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: For the purpose of this Directive, building systems data shall include at least all data related to the energy performance of building elements, the energy performance of building services, the planned phase out of any fossil fuel based technical building system, building automation and control systems, meters and charging points for e-mobility.

Added(b) the estimated availability of construction materials, renovation materials, including prefabricated building elements, such as those with insulation, building integrated solar photovoltaics, materials with recycled contents, secondary building materials, and, if any, local sustainable materials, as well as national targets for the circular use of materials, recycled contents and secondary materials in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 [, and sufficiency for every five-year period;

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 2: 2. When laying down the rules regarding the management and exchange of data, Member States or, where a Member State has so provided, the designated competent authorities, shall specify the rules on the access to building systems data by eligible parties in accordance with this Article and the applicable Union legal framework. The rules on the access and any charges shall not constitute a barrier nor create discrimination for third parties to access the building’s data.

Added(c) the primary and final energy consumption of the national building stock and its operational greenhouse gas emission reductions;

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 3: 3. No additional costs shall be charged to the building owner, tenant or manager for access to their data or for a request to make their data available to a third party. Member States shall be responsible for setting the relevant charges for access to data by other eligible parties such as financial institutions, aggregators, energy suppliers, energy services providers and National Statistical Institutes or other national authorities responsible for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics. The rules on the access and any charges shall not constitute a barrier nor create discrimination for third parties to access the building’s data. Member States or, where applicable, the designated competent authorities, shall ensure that any charges imposed by regulated entities that provide data services are reasonable and duly justified.

Added(d) specific timelines for buildings to achieve higher energy performance classes than those pursuant to Article 9(1), by 2030 and every five years thereafter , in line with the pathway for transforming the national building stock into zero-emission buildings;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall provide appropriate financing, support measures and other instruments in combination with Union funding such as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Social Climate Fund and the cohesion policy funds. They shall ring-fence appropriate amounts in the implementation of Union programmes and in national financing schemes for renovations, and dedicate appropriate financing for the renovation of buildings inhabited by vulnerable households and people living in social housing.

Added(e) an overview of the cost effective potential, availability and expected production and consumption of renewable energy used for heating and cooling in buildings, disagreggated bytechnology and fuels;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 2: 2. Member States shall put in place and design simple procedures ensuring easy access to financing for households that are tailored to the needs of different building owners and tenants to address market barriers and stimulate the necessary investments in energy renovations in line with their national building renovation plan and with a view to the transformation of their building stock into zero-emission buildings.

Added(f) national targets on the construction and refurbishment of district level heating and cooling systems in accordance with the comprehensive heating and cooling assessment referred to in Article 23 of Directive (EU) …/... [recast Energy Efficiency Directive];

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. Member States shall ensure that energy performance certificates assessments and building renovation passports are made available for free for vulnerable households.

Added(g) a pathway with numerical targets for the deployment of solar energy and heat pumps in buildings in accordance with Article 9a;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall take appropriate regulatory measures to remove non-economic barriers to building renovation. With regard to buildings with more than one building unit, such measures shall include removing unanimity requirements in co-ownership structures, adapt the mandate and responsibilities of building managers in the handling of the energy renovation projects, or allowing co-ownership structures to be direct recipients of financial support.

Added(h) national phase-out plans for fossil fuel use in buildings with a view to a planned phase out by 2035 and if not feasible as demonstrated to the Commission, by 2040 at the latest;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 4: 4. To support the mobilisation of investments, Member States shall ensure the availability of the following enabling funding and financing tools to promote renovations: Energy efficiency loans and mortgages for building renovation, energy performance contracting, fiscal incentives, including reduced tax rates on renovation works and materials, on-tax schemes, on bill schemes, guarantee funds, funds targeting deep renovations, funds targeting deep renovations with energy savings corresponding to achieving zero emission building standard and the reduction of whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions in line with Annex III. All tools shall have a dedicated section for vulnerable groups and minimum funding targets reserved at a level in line with national percentages of groups that cannot access traditional mortgages or loans, such as low income, elderly, and single parent households and households at risk of or in energy poverty.

Added(i) an evidence-based estimate of expected energy savings, greenhouse gas emission reductions, and wider benefits, including indoor environmental quality, which may be based on an integrated district approach;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. By ... [the date the date of transposition of this recast Directive], the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive by establishing a common methodology for mortgage portfolio standards to align the energy and emissions performance of their portfolios with Union climate targets. / The delegated act shall ensure that mortgage portfolio standards: / (a) guide investments into a zero emission building stock by 2050, including for public buildings and in line with Eurostat guidance on the recording of Energy Performance Contracts in government accounts; / (b) are in line with National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan trajectories and reflect the urgency of delivering energy efficiency in the context of European energy security; and / (c) specify the criteria for complementary measures to Mortgage Portfolio Standards protective of low-income households, including both accuracy of the creditworthiness assessment regarding energy efficient renovation benefits and inclusion pathways for low-income households via complementary financial instruments like grants and guarantee funds, in line with the Directive 2014/17/EU. / 1a Directive 2014/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 (OJ L 60, 28.2.2014, p. 34).

Added(j) estimations for the contribution of the building renovation plan to achieving the Member State's binding national target for greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Regulation (EU).../… [revised Effort Sharing Regulation], the Union’s energy efficiency targets in accordance with Directive (EU) …/…. [recast EED], the Union’s renewable energy targets, including the ▌target for the share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector in accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED], and the Union’s 2030 climate target and 2050 climate neutrality goal in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added2. Every five years, each Member State shall prepare and submit to the Commission a draft of its building renovation plan, using the template in Annex II. Each Member State shall submit its draft building renovation plan together with its draft integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and its comprehensive heating and cooling assessment pursuant to Article 23 of Directive (EU)…/…[recast EED], and, where the Member States submits a draft update, its draft update referred to in Article 14 of ▌Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. By way of derogation from Article 9(1) and Article 14(1) of that Regulation, Member States shall submit the first draft building renovation plan to the Commission by 30 June 2024, and subject to the separate consultation provided for in paragraph 3 of this Article.

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 4 b (new): 4b. Member States shall ensure that the Mortgage Portfolio Standards are combined with other financial tools, including grants, subsidies, and guarantee funds and other enabling tools such as one-stop-shops, especially for low-income households’ inclusion and in line with the Article 22 of the Directive 2012/27/EU. Member States shall ensure that the combination covers both existing and newly contracted mortgages.

Added3. To support the development of its building renovation plan , each Member State shall involve regional and local authorities in drafting the building renovation plan to facilitate the inclusion of local actions plans or investments and they shall carry out a public consultation on its draft building renovation plan prior to submitting it to the Commission. The public consultation shall involve in particular local and regional authorities and other socio-economic partners including civil society and bodies working with vulnerable households. The public consultation shall cover ex-ante and ex-post evaluations of the building renovation plan and include options about the design of the public policies, programmes, incentives, as well as social safeguards, which may include those referred to in Article 15, to ensure the accessibility, convenience and affordability of the renovation solutions. Each Member State shall annex a summary of the results of its public consultation to its draft building renovation plan. Each Member State shall take due account of the stakeholders’ views expressed in the ex-ante and ex-post evaluations and explain how these were reflected in its final building renovation plan.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added4. The Commission shall assess the national draft building renovation plans, in particular whether:

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall facilitate the aggregation of projects to enable investor access as well as packaged solutions for potential clients. To ensure a level playing field and make maximum use of the available investment potential Member States shall ensure that such instruments are developed in a way that is accessible to organisations with lower administrative, financial, and organisational capacities, including but not limited to small and medium sized enterprises, energy communities, citizen-led initiatives, local authorities, and energy agencies. Member States shall provide support to local initiatives, such as citizen-led renovation programmes and programmes for renewable of heating and cooling at neighbourhood or municipal level.

Added(a) the level of ambition of the nationally established targets is sufficient and in line with the national commitments on climate and energy laid down in the national integrated energy and climate plans;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall adopt measures to ensure that energy efficiency and accessibility lending products for building renovations are offered widely and in a non-discriminatory manner by financial institutions and are visible and accessible to all consumers. Member States shall ensure that banks and other financial institutions and investors receive information on opportunities to participate in the financing of the improvement of energy performance of buildings and in the reduction GHG emissions from buildings.

Added(b) the policies and measures are sufficient to achieve the nationally established targets;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 6: 6. Member States shall ensure the establishment of technical assistance facilities, including through one-stop-shops, targeting all actors involved in building renovations, including home owners and administrative, financial and economic actors, including small- and medium-sized enterprises, energy communities, citizen-led initiatives, local authorities, and energy agencies.

Added(c) the allocation of budgetary and administrative resources is sufficient for the implementation of the plan;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 7: 7. Member States shall put in place measures and financing to promote education and training to ensure that there is a sufficient workforce with the appropriate level of skills corresponding to the needs in the building sector with due regard to the gender dimension.

Added(ca) the conditions for the functioning renovation financing schemes are adequate for the achievement of the national energy poverty mitigation target and for the successful inclusion of energy poor consumers and vulnerable households;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 8: 8. The Commission shall assist Member States in setting up national or regional financial support programmes with the aim of increasing the energy performance and reducing GHG emissions from buildings, especially of existing buildings, including by supporting the exchange of best practice between the responsible national or regional authorities or bodies.

Added(cb) the plan takes into account the objectives of Directive 2008/50/EC and ensures consistency with applicable legislation and the protection of the environment and human health;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 9 – introductory part: 9. Member States shall link proportionately their financial measures for energy performance improvements and reduced GHG emissions in the renovation of buildings to the targeted or achieved energy savings and improvements, as determined by one or more of the following criteria:

Added(cc) the plan prioritises worst performing buildings used for residential purposes;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(d) the public consultation pursuant to paragraph 3 has been sufficiently inclusive; ▌

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 9 – point a: (a) the energy performance and GHG reduction of the equipment or material used for the renovation; in which case, the equipment or material used for the renovation is to be installed by an installer with the relevant level of certification or qualification and shall comply with at least minimum energy performance or higher reference values requirements for building elements;

Added(e) the plan complies with the requirements of paragraph 1 and the template in Annex II;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(ea) national and local authorities need the technical assistance to facilitate the implementation of these plans;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 9 – point b: (b) standard values for calculation of energy and GHG emission savings in buildings;

Added(eb) the plan provides for sufficient skilled workers and effective skilling and training initiatives.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

AddedAfter consulting the Committee established by Article 30, the Commission may issue country-specific recommendations to Member States in accordance with Article 9(2) and Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 9 – point e: (e) the results of another relevant, transparent and proportionate method that shows the improvement in energy performance, including metered energy performance.

AddedWith regard to the first draft building renovation plan, the Commission may issue country-specific recommendations to Member States no later than six months after the Member State has submitted that plan.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added5. At each revision, Member State shall take due account of any recommendations from the Commission in its final building renovation plan. If the Member State concerned does not address a recommendation or a substantial part thereof, it shall provide a justification to the Commission and make public its reasons.

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 9 a (new): 9a. Member States shall ensure that the level of financing corresponds to the level of energy and GHG emission savings achieved, with the highest financial participation reserved for those renovations leading to a ZEB especially renovations of worst performing buildings leading to a ZEB, in accordance with Annex III.

Added6. Every five years, each Member State shall submit its building renovation plan to the Commission, using the template in Annex II. Each Member State shall submit its building renovation plan together with its integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and, where the Member States submits an update, its update referred to in Article 14 of that Regulation. By way of derogation from Article 3(1) and Article 14(2) of that Regulation, Member States shall submit the first draft building renovation plan to the Commission by 30 June 2024 and final building renovation plans by 30 June 2025.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added7 Each Member State shall annex the details of the implementation of its most recent long-term renovation strategy or building renovation plan to its ▌ final building renovation plan Each Member State shall state whether its national targets have been achieved.

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 10: 10. By ... [the date of entry into force of this recast Directvie], Member States shall not provide any financial incentives for the installation of boilers and other technical building installations powered by fossil fuels.

Added8. Each Member State shall include in its integrated national energy and climate progress reports, in accordance with Articles 17 and 21 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, information on the implementation of the national targets referred to in paragraph 1, point (b) of this Article and the contribution of the building renovation plan to achieving the Member State's binding national target for greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Regulation (EU).../… [revised Effort Sharing Regulation], the Union’s energy efficiency targets in accordance with Directive (EU)…/… [recast EED], the Union’s renewable energy targets, including the indicative target for the share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector in accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED], and the Union’s 2030 climate target and 2050 climate neutrality goal in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119.

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1: 11. Member States shall prioritise deep renovation, sizeable programmes that address a high number of buildings and, in particular, the worst performing buildings, including through integrated district renovation programmes. This shall result in all buildings attaining the ZEB standard in accordance with Annex III with higher financial, fiscal, administrative and technical support.

AddedAn integrated district approach to building renovation

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 12: 12. Financial incentives shall target as a priority vulnerable households, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing, in line with Article 22 of Directive (EU) .../…. [recast EED]. In particular, Member States shall ensure that lowest income households benefit from cost-neutral renovation schemes, for instance through fully publicly subsidised renovation schemes, or blends between grants and energy performance contracting and on-bill schemes.

Added1. Member States may empower regional and local authorities to identify integrated districts in order to roll-out integrated renovation programmes (IRPs) at district level. The IRPs shall address social pattern, energy, mobility, green infrastructures, waste and water treatment, and management and other aspects of urban planning to be considered at a district level, and shall take into account local and regional resources, circularity and sufficiency.

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 13: 13. When providing financial incentives to owners of buildings or building units for the renovation of rented buildings or building units, Member States shall ensure that the financial incentives benefit both the owners and the tenants. They shall introduce effective social safeguards and guarantees, in particular to protect vulnerable households by providing rent support or by imposing caps on rent increases, and by avoiding renoviction.

Added2. The IRPs shall take into account the comprehensive heating and cooling assessments referred to in Article 14(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU, the refurbishment or construction of efficient heating and cooling systems as referred to in Article 24 of Directive (EU) …/... [recast EED], and the required infrastructure, as well as installations and infrastructures of renewable energy communities. Member States shall consider at a district level the optimisation of the energy system in accordance with the energy efficiency first principle, while promoting demand-side flexibility.

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 13 a (new): 13a. Member States shall take appropriate measures to remove regulatory, statutory, and administrative barriers to the scaling up of not-for-profit housing cooperatives. Member States shall ensure the eligibility of such housing cooperatives to financial incentives. The Commission shall facilitate the exchange of best practices among Member States on the creation of an operational status for not for profit housing cooperatives and shall provide guidance on measures to streamline their introduction.

Added3. Member States shall implement local level integrated mobility plans and sustainable urban mobility plans that are aligned with IRPs and encompass public transport planning and deployment with other means of active and shared mobility, as well as the related infrastructure for operating, recharging, storing and parking.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added4. One-stop shops established pursuant to Articles 15a may inform decisions regarding the design of IRPs with a view to revitalising, targeting and supporting communities.

RemovedArticle 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: The energy performance certificate shall include the energy performance of a building expressed by a numeric indicator of primary and final energy use in kWh/(m2.y), and the life-cycle GWP by a numeric indicator of whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions in kgCO2e/m2 and reference values such as minimum energy performance requirements, minimum energy performance standards, nearly zero-energy building requirements and zero-emission building requirements in order to make it possible for owners or tenants of the building or building unit to compare and assess its energy performance. The energy performance certificate shall include additional numeric indicators notably total annual energy consumption (kWh/year), energy consumption per square metre per year (kWh/m2/year), and energy needs for heating, cooling, ventilation and hot water, deducting losses and adding gains according to EN ISO 52000 in kWh/m²/year, and may include additional efficiency and safety requirements for appliances.

AddedAdoption of a methodology for calculating the energy performance of buildings

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

AddedMember States shall apply a methodology for calculating the energy performance of buildings in accordance with the common general framework set out in Annex I. That methodology shall be adopted at national or regional level.

RemovedArticle 16 – paragraph 2: 2. By 31 December 2025 at the latest, the energy performance certificate shall comply with the template in Annex V. It shall specify the energy performance class of the building, on a closed scale using only the letters A+, A, B, C, D, E, F and G. The letter A+ shall correspond to 'energy plus buildings' as defined in Article 2, point 2b (new). The letter A shall correspond to zero-emission buildings as defined in Article 2, point (2) and the letter G shall correspond to the 15% worst-performing buildings in the national building stock at the time of the introduction of the scale. Member States shall ensure that the remaining classes (B to F) have an even bandwidth distribution of energy performance indicators among the energy performance classes. Member States shall ensure a common visual identity for energy performance certificates on their territory.

AddedSetting of minimum energy performance requirements

RemovedArticle 16 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall ensure the quality, reliability, and affordability of energy performance certificates. They shall ensure that energy performance certificates are issued in a clear and easily legible manner by independent experts following an on-site visit.

Added1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that minimum energy performance requirements for buildings or building units are set with a view to at least achieving cost-optimal levels and higher reference values such as nearly zero-energy building requirements and zero-emission buildings requirements. The energy performance shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology referred to in Article 4. Cost-optimal levels shall be calculated in accordance with the comparative methodology framework referred to in Article 6.

RemovedArticle 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1: The energy performance certificate shall include recommendations for the cost-optimal improvement of the energy performance and the reduction of operational greenhouse gases emissions of a building or building unit, unless the building or building unit already complies with the relevant zero-emission building standard.

AddedMember States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that minimum energy performance requirements and renovation obligations are set for all building elements that ▌ have a significant impact on the energy performance of the building ▌ when they are replaced or retrofitted, with a view to achieving at least cost-optimal levels and higher reference values, such as nearly zero-energy building requirements and zero-emission building requirements. The energy performance of building elements shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology referred to in Article 4.

RemovedArticle 16 – paragraph 6: 6. The recommendations shall include an assessment of the remaining economic lifetime of the technical building -systems, and an assessment of whether the heating or air conditioning system can be adapted to operate at more efficient temperature settings, such as low temperature emitters for water based heating systems, including the required design of thermal power output and temperature/flow requirements.

AddedWhen setting requirements, Member States may differentiate between new and existing buildings and between different categories of buildings.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

AddedThose requirements shall take account of healthy indoor climate conditions based on optimal indoor environmental quality as well as local conditions and the designated function and the age of the building.

RemovedArticle 16 – paragraph 7: 7. The energy performance certificate shall provide an indication as to where the owner or tenant can receive more detailed information, including as regards the cost optimality of the recommendations made in the energy performance certificate. The evaluation of cost optimality shall be based on a set of standard conditions in line with Article 6, such as the assessment of energy savings and underlying energy prices and a preliminary cost forecast. In addition, it shall contain information on the steps to be taken to implement the recommendations. Other information on related topics, such as energy audits or incentives of a financial or other nature and financing possibilities, or advice on how to increase the climate resilience of the building, and the safety of installed appliances may also be provided to the owner or tenant.

AddedMember States shall review their minimum energy performance requirements at regular intervals which shall not be longer than five years and shall , if necessary update them in order to reflect technical progress in the building sector, the results of the cost-optimal calculation set out in Article 6, and updated national energy and climate targets and policies.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added1a. Member States may adopt an intermediate minimum energy performance requirement, including the achievement of a minimum building envelope efficiency level, the maximum energy use per kWh/ m2/y, the readiness to operate low temperature heating, heat pumps or flexible electric space heating, and minimum demand response capacity.

RemovedArticle 16 – paragraph 7 a (new): 7a. Once the relevant reporting mechanisms and targets under Articles 7, 8 and 11a are in force, the energy performance certificate shall include recommendations for the improvement of indoor environmental quality, the cost effective improvement of the reduction of life-cycle and embodied greenhouse gases emissions and advice on how to increase the circularity, sufficiency, and climate resilience of the building.

Added2. Member States may decide to adapt the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historical merit, in so far as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance. Member States shall ensure that the renovation of monuments are carried out in accordance with national conservation rules, international conservation standards and the original architecture of the monuments concerned.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added3. Member States may decide not to set or apply the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to the following categories of buildings:

RemovedArticle 16 – paragraph 10: 10. The validity of the energy performance certificate shall not exceed five years. However for buildings with an energy performance class A+, A, B or C established pursuant to paragraph 2, the validity of the energy performance certificate shall not exceed 10 years.

Added(a) buildings used as places of worship and for religious activities;

RemovedArticle 16 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1: 11. Member States shall make simplified procedures for updating an energy performance certificate available where only individual elements are upgraded (single or standalone measures) in order to reduce the cost of issuing the updated certificate.

Added(b) temporary buildings with a time of use of two years or less, industrial sites, workshops, depots and non-residential service buildings with very low energy and heating or cooling demand, infrastructural supply stations, such as transformer stations, substations, pressure control plants, railway constructions, as well as non-residential agricultural buildings which are in use by a sector covered by a national sectoral agreement on energy performance;

RemovedArticle 16 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall make simplified procedures for updating an energy performance certificate available where measures identified in a renovation passport are put in place, in order to reduce the cost of issuing the updated certificate.

Added(c) residential buildings which are used or intended to be used for either less than four months of the year or, alternatively, for a limited annual time of use and with an expected energy consumption of less than 25 % of what would be the result of all-year use;

RemovedArticle 16 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 2 a (new): Member States shall ensure that renovations passports are easily available to building owners as part of the Energy Performance Certificates.

Added(d) stand-alone buildings with a total useful floor area of less than 50 m2.

RemovedArticle 17 – paragraph 7 a (new): 7a. Member States shall require that when the refinancing of a mortgage for individual homeowners or multi-unit buildings is opened, the owners benefit from properly factored in improved solvency from energy retrofit to assess the resulting debt ratio from their mortgage lender or intermediary, based on the energy performance certificate issued at that time.

AddedCalculation of cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text, linked to Article 15.

Added1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 supplementing this Directive by establishing a comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements for buildings and building elements. By 30 June 2024, the Commission shall revise the comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements in existing buildings undergoing major renovation and for individual building elements which are in line with the national pathways set out in the national energy and climate plans submitted to the Commission pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.

RemovedArticle 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: The database shall allow data to be gathered related to energy performance certificates, inspections, the building renovation passport, the smart readiness indicator and the calculated or metered energy consumption of the buildings covered. In order to augment this database, building typologies and energy building benchmarking may also be gathered.

AddedThe comparative methodology framework shall be laid down in accordance with Annex VII and shall differentiate between new and existing buildings and between different categories of buildings.

RemovedArticle 19 – paragraph 2: 2. The database shall be accessible by stakeholders who have a legitimate interest in the information contained therein, in compliance with Union and national data protection rules. Member States shall ensure access to the full energy performance certificate for building owners, tenants and managers, energy assessors who issue the Energy Performance Certificates, and to the public provided that the data is aggregated and anonymised as well as to financial institutions as regards the buildings in their investment portfolio in a machine readable format. For buildings offered for rent or sale, Member States shall ensure access to the full energy performance certificate for prospective tenants or buyers.

Added2. Member States shall calculate cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements using the comparative methodology framework established in accordance with paragraph 1, taking into account the life-cycle GWP, and relevant parameters, such as climatic conditions and the practical accessibility of energy infrastructure, and compare the results of that calculation with the minimum energy performance requirements in force

RemovedArticle 19 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall make publicly available information on the share of buildings in the national building stock covered by energy performance certificates and aggregated or anonymised data on the energy performance, life-cycle GWP, and energy consumption of the buildings covered. The public information shall be updated at least twice per year. Member States shall make anonymised or aggregated information available to public and research institutions such as National Statistics Institutes, upon request.

Added▌

RemovedArticle 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1: 5. The Commission shall, by 1 January 2024, adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive by establishing a common template for the transfer of the information to the Building Stock Observatory.

Added2a. In every report, Member States shall duly take into account in particular the influence of changes in energy prices, building materials and labour costs in comparison to the preceding report, with a view of adjusting the cost-optimal levels, where relevant. Member States shall correct their calculations for any difference between real market prices and temporary price regulations and direct income support measures and ensure using three-year averages for both energy prices from previous years and expected future prices in their calculations.

RemovedArticle 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2: deleted

Added3. If the result of the comparison performed in accordance with paragraph 2 shows that the minimum energy performance requirements in force are more than 15% less energy efficient than cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements, the Member State concerned shall adjust the minimum energy performance requirements in place within 12 months of the availability of the results of that comparison.

RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States may set different inspection frequencies depending on the type and effective rated output of the system whilst taking into account the costs of the inspection of the system and the estimated energy cost savings that may result from the inspection. Systems shall be inspected at least every five years. Systems with generators of an effective rated output of more than 290 kW and those based on fossil fuels of all sizes shall be inspected at least every two years.

Added4. The Commission shall publish a report on the progress of the Member States in reaching cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements. Member States shall report to the Commission and make use of the template provided in Annex III to the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 244/2012.

RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph: 6. Member States shall take measures to ensure the provision of advice to users concerning the replacement of generators, other modifications to the system and alternative solutions to assess the performance, efficiency and appropriate size of those systems.

AddedNew buildings

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added1. Member States shall ensure that from the following dates, new buildings are zero-emission buildings in accordance with Annex III:

RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2: deleted

Added(a) from 1 January 2026, new buildings occupied, operated or owned by public authorities; and

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added(b) from 1 January 2028, all new buildings;

RemovedArticle 21 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. The recommendations of the inspection report shall be implemented within a three year-period, accompanied by a verification process carried out by a certified professional.

AddedIn setting maximum limit values on the total cumulative life-cycle GWP, Member States shall determine appropriate benchmarks based on reported data for the relevant building types, as per the requirements set out in paragraph 2.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedThe Commission shall issue guidance, share evidence on existing national policies and offer technical support to Member States, at their request, for the purpose of determining appropriate national benchmark values.

RemovedArticle 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new): Thecompetences of professionals carrying out the verification process shall be assessed and broadened through national programmes and the EU Skills Act at least every three years, considering technological changes. Member States shall support training and education programmes, including with a gender dimension, and in accordance with Article 15.

AddedThose maximum limit values shall be in line with the Union’s objectives to achieve climate neutrality.

RemovedAmendment inextricably linked to other admissible amendments in Article 15 paragraph 7.

Added3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive in order to adapt Annex III to technological progress and innovation with a view to achieve climate neutrality, to set adapted maximum energy performance thresholds in Annex III to renovated buildings and to subsequently decrease considering cost optimality,the maximum energy performance thresholds for zero-emission buildings.

RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 1 a (new): As part of that review, the Commission shall assess the adequate level and timeline of reduction targets for the EU building stock life-cycle GWP based on the harmonised methodology.

Added4. By...[24 months after the date of entry into force], Member States shall ensure that new buildings have optimal indoor environmental quality levels, including air quality, thermal comfort, a high capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change through, inter alia, green infrastructure, adhere to fire safety and safety lighting standards, mitigate risks related to intense seismic activity and prioritise accessibility for persons with disabilities. Member States shall also address carbon removals associated to carbon storage in or on buildings.

RemovedThis Directive introduces the framework for calculating lifecycle GWP in Article 7 § 2 and Annex III, and the amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added4a. Member States shall introduce measures to ensure that the use of fossil fuelheating systems in new buildingsis not authorised from... [date of transpostion of this Directive]. Hybrid heating systems, boilers certified to run on renewable fuels and other technical building systems not exclusively using fossil fuels that comply with the requirements set out in Article 11(1) shall not be considered to be fossil heating systems for the purposes of this paragraph.

RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 2: As part of that review, the Commission shall assess whether the application of this Directive in combination with other legislative instruments addressing energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, notably through carbon pricing, deliver sufficient progress towards achieving a fully decarbonised, zero-emission building stock by 2050, or whether further binding measures at Union level, in particular mandatory minimum energy performance standards across the whole building stock, need to be introduced. The Commission shall also examine in what manner Member States could apply integrated district or neighbourhood approaches in Union building and energy efficiency policy, while ensuring that each building meets the minimum energy performance requirements, for example by means integrated renovation programmes applying to a number of buildings in a spatial context instead of a single building.

Added4b. By 1 January 2025, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act to supplement this Directive by setting out thresholds for newly constructed zero emission buildings for the purpose of Annex III of this Directive, including a description of the calculation methodology per building type and applied climate on the basis of Annex A of the key European standards on the energy performance of buildings in accordance with Annex I of this Directive. Member States shall notify the Commission about their corresponding national values, including a description of the calculation methodology per building type and applied climate, on the basis of Annex A of the key European standards on the energy performance of buildings in accordance with Annex I of this Directive.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text, notably linked to the provisions of Article 3, 3a, 7 and Annex III presenting integrated renovation programmes at district level as effective approach to nearby energy supply for ZEBs.

AddedNew European Bauhaus

RemovedArticle 26 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to inform the owners and tenants of buildings or building units and all relevant market actors, including local and regional authorities and energy communities, of the different methods and practices that serve to enhance energy performance such as energy management services, energy performance contracting, and one-stop-shops. In particular, Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide tailor-made information to vulnerable households. To that end, Member States shall ensure the creation of at least one one-stop shop per 50.000 inhabitants for the provision of technical, administrative and financial advice and assistance on energy efficiency, including energy renovations of buildings and the take-up of renewable energy for buildings to final customers and final users, especially household and small non-household ones. Such one-stop shops should be public, independent and free of charge and may be the same as those established under Article 21 of Directive (EU) .../... [recast EED].

Added1. Member States shall ensure that developers of building renovation projects are provided with information about the objectives and involvement opportunities in the New European Bauhaus initiative, when they seek advice, apply for funding and building permits.

Added2. Member States shall empower local authorities to develop dedicated support measures for reference buildings as referred to in Annex VII that are culturally enriching, sustainable and inclusive in line with the New European Bauhaus initiative. Such measures may encompass financial schemes for renovations showcasing how individual buildings or whole neighbourhoods can be transformed into zero emission buildings and districts in an affordable, sustainable and socially inclusive way, while maximising wider benefits, in a participatory and bottom-up approach.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text, notably linked to the provisions of Article 9 and Article 15 further underlining the role of one-stop shops in the revised Directive.

Added3. Member States shall put in place national industrial roadmaps to increase the availability for of locally adaptable prefabricated building elements for building renovation that provide different functions, including aesthetics, insulation energy generation, and green infrastructures, and promote biodiversity, water management, accessibility and mobility.

RemovedArticle 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall in particular provide information to the owners and tenants of buildings on energy performance certificates, including their purpose and objectives, on cost optimal measures and, where appropriate, financial instruments, to improve the energy performance of the building, and on replacing fossil fuel boilers with more sustainable alternatives. Member States shall provide the information through accessible and transparent advisory tools such as renovation advice and one-stop-shops.

AddedExisting buildings

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that when buildings undergo major renovation, the energy performance of the building or the renovated part thereof is upgraded in order to meet minimum energy performance requirements set in accordance with Article 5, in so far as that is technically, functionally and economically feasible.

RemovedArticle 26 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall ensure that guidance and training are made available for those responsible for implementing this Directive. Such guidance and training shall address the importance of improving energy performance, and shall enable consideration of the optimal combination of improvements in energy efficiency, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, use of energy from renewable sources and use of district heating and cooling when planning, designing, building and renovating industrial or residential areas. Such guidance and training shall also address structural improvements, adaptation to climate change, fire safety, risks related to intense seismic activity, the removal of hazardous substances including asbestos, air pollutant emissions (including fine particulate matter) and accessibility for persons with disabilities. Member States shall support local and regional authorities, renewable energy communities and citizen energy communities that are promoting energy performance improvements, energy efficiency, renewable energy and the reduction of GHG emissions at a neighbourhood level and in particular, towards vulnerable households.

AddedThose requirements shall be applied to the renovated building or building unit as a whole. Additionally or alternatively, requirements may be applied to the renovated building elements.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added2. Member States shall in addition take the necessary measures to ensure that when a building element that forms part of the building envelope and has a significant impact on the energy performance of the building envelope, is retrofitted or replaced, the energy performance of the building element meets minimum energy performance requirements in so far as that is technically, functionally and economically feasible.

RemovedArticle 26 – paragraph 4: 4. The Commission shall continuously improve its information services, in particular the website that has been set up as a European portal for energy efficiency in buildings directed towards citizens, professionals and authorities, in order to assist Member States in their information and awareness-raising efforts. Information displayed on that website might include links to relevant European Union and national, regional and local legislation, links to Europa websites that display the National Energy Efficiency Action Plans, links to available financial instruments, as well as best practice examples at national, regional and local level including on one-stop shops. In the context of the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the Just Transition Fund, the Social Climate Fund, and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Commission shall continue and further intensify its information services with the aim of facilitating the use of available funds by providing assistance and information including through the ELENA facility in cooperation with the European Investment Bank to interested stakeholders, including national, regional and local authorities, on funding possibilities, taking into account the latest changes in the regulatory framework.

Added2a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that when a technical building system is retrofitted or replaced, the energy performance of the system is optimised in accordance with Article 11.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added2b. Member States shall ensure that the life-cycle GWP of building parts and units undergoing major renovation is calculated on the basis of already available information on the materials supplied, or, if that is not technically or economically feasible, by means of reference values.

RemovedArticle 29 – paragraph 2: 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 6, 7, 11a, 10, 13, 15, 19 and 28 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [date of entry into force of this Directive] .

Added3. Member States shall ensure, in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation, that the deployment of high-efficiency alternative systems is encouraged, in so far as that is technically, functionally and economically feasible. Member States shall ensure in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation the implementation of passive heating and cooling elements, healthy indoor environmental quality standards, a high capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change through inter alia green infrastructures, carbon removals and carbon storage, compliance with fire safety standards, the mitigation of risks related to intense seismic activity and the removal of hazardous substances including asbestos. Member States shall ensure, in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation, and buildings undergoing renovations comprising spaces used jointly used spaces such as entries, staircases, lifts and parking, as well as sanitary areas, the accessibility for persons with disabilities.

RemovedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added3a. Member States shall encourage the use of digital technologies for analysis, simulation and management of buildings, including with regard to deep renovations.

RemovedArticle 29 – paragraph 3: 3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 6, 7, 11a, 10, 13, 15, 19 and 28 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

Added3b. Member States shall introduce measures to ensure that the use of fossil fuelheating systems in buildings undergoing major renovation, deep renovation or renovation of the heating systemis not authorised from ...[ date of transposition of this Directive]. Hybrid heating systems, boilers certified to run on renewable fuels and other technical building systems not exclusively using fossil fuels that comply with the requirements set out in Article 11(1) shall not be considered to be fossil heating systems for the purposes of this paragraph.

RemovedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedMember States shall ensure that renovations involving the replacement of fossil fuel based technical building systems prioritise vulnerable households and people living in social housing.

RemovedArticle 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Articles 1 to 3, 5 to 26, 29 and 32 and Annexes I to III and V to IX by 1 November 2023. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures and a correlation table to the Commission.

Added3c. By 1 January 2027, Member States shall take special administrative and financial measures to encourage the deep worst performing buildings with multiple dwellings. Article 9

RemovedAnnex I – point 1 – paragraph 1: 1. The energy performance of a building shall be determined on the basis of calculated or metered energy use and shall reflect typical energy use for space heating, space cooling, domestic hot water, ventilation, built-in lighting and other technical building systems. Member States shall ensure that the typical energy use is representative of actual operating conditions for each relevant typology and reflects the typical user behaviour. Typical energy use and typical user behaviour shall be based on available national statistics, building codes and metered data.

AddedMinimum energy performance standards

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added1. Member States shall ensure that all buildings comply with minimum energy performance standards, starting with the worst performing buildings.

RemovedAnnex I – point 1 – paragraph 4: The energy performance of a building shall be expressed by a numeric indicator of primary and final energy use per unit of reference floor area per year, in kWh/(m2.y) and an indicator of energy needs for heating, cooling, ventilation and hot water, including transmission and ventilation losses and deducting solar and internal gains according to ISO 52000 in kWh/m²/year for the purpose of both energy performance certification and compliance with minimum energy performance requirements. The methodology applied for the determination of the energy performance of a building shall be transparent and open to innovation.

Added1a. Member States shall ensure that:

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(a) buildings and building units owned by public bodies, including Union institutions, offices, bodies and agencies and those rented by such bodies after... [the date of entry into force of this Directive], achieve at the latest:

RemovedAnnex I – point 1 – paragraph 6: Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, where buildings are supplied by district heating or cooling systems, the benefits of such supply are recognised and accounted for in the calculation methodology, in particular the renewable energy share, through individually certified or recognised primary energy factors.

Added(i) from 1 January 2027, at least energy performance class E and

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(ii) from 1 January 2030, at least energy performance class D;

RemovedAnnex I – point 2 – paragraph 3: The calculation of primary energy shall be based on dynamic primary energy factors, (distinguishing non-renewable, renewable and total) per energy carrier, which have to be recognised by the national authorities and taking into account the expected energy mix based on its National Energy and Climate Plan. Those primary energy factors may be based on national, regional or local information. Primary energy factors may be set on an annual, seasonal monthly, daily or hourly basis or on more specific information made available for individual district systems.

Added(b) non-residential buildings and building units other than those referred to in point (a) achieve at the latest:

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(i) from 1 January 2027, at least energy performance class E; and

RemovedAnnex I – point 2 – paragraph 4: Primary energy factors or weighting factors shall be defined by Member States. The choices made and data sources shall be reported according to EN 17423 or any superseding document. Member States shall opt for a primary energy factor reflecting the electricity mix in the country. In the application of those factors to the calculation of energy performance, Member States shall ensure that the optimal energy performance of the building envelope is pursued.

Added(ii) from 1 January 2030, at least energy performance class D;

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(c) residential buildings and building units achieve at the latest:

RemovedAnnex I – point 3: 3. For the purpose of expressing the energy performance of a building, Member States shall define additional numeric indicators of total, non-renewable and renewable primary energy use, and of operational greenhouse gas emissions produced in kgCO2eq/(m2.y).

Added(i) from 1 January 2030, at least energy performance class E and

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added(ii) from 1 January 2033 at least energy performance class D;

RemovedAnnex I – point 4 – point b: (b) heating installation and hot water supply, including their insulation characteristics and heat recovery;

AddedIn their roadmap referred to in Article 3(1)(b), Member States shall establish linear trajectory for the progressive achievement of higher energy performance classes for buildings referred to in this paragraph ▌by 2040 and 2050, in line with the pathway for transforming the national building stock into zero-emission buildings and achieving the climate neutrality target.

RemovedThe amendment is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Added1b. Member States may exempt publicly owned social housing from the obligation referred to in paragraph 1a, point (a),where such renovations are not cost neutral or would lead to rent increases for people living in social housing beyond the economic savings on the energy bill.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point a – column 2 – row 1: Overview of the total share, number and location of unoccupied buildings, and vacant properties in common-property buildings

Added1c. The Commission may decide, upon a reasoned request by a Member State included in the national building renovation plan or a subsequent amendment thereto, to allow that a Member State adjust minimum energy performance standards for residential buildings and building units referred to in paragraph 1a, point (c) for specific parts or particular sub-segments of their building stock, for reasons of economic and technical feasibility and the availability of skilled workforce. Member States that intend to adjust their minimum energy performance standards shall notify the Comission of their projected measures and linear energy performance improvements, and report on the progress in achieving equivalent performance improvements in residential buildings as part of the reporting on the integrated national energy and climate progress reports referred to in Article 3(8). Member States shall not disproportionately exempt rental dwellings compared to other building segments when applying any adjustments of the minimum energy performance standards.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point a – column 2 – row 2: Number of buildings categorised as officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historical merit as compared to 2020

Added1d. The adjustment of minimum energy performance standards referred to in paragraphs 1a and 1b shall apply to a maximum of 22% of the total residential buildings referred to in paragraph 1a, point (c) and shall not apply after 1 January 2037.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point a – column 2 – row 3: — to nearly zero-energy and to zero-emission building levels

Added2. In addition to the minimum energy performance standards established pursuant to paragraph 1, each Member State shall establish minimum energy performance standards for the renovation of all other existing buildings.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point a – column 2 – row 5: Annual operational greenhouse gas emissions (kgCO2eq/(m2.y): / Annual operational greenhouse gas emission reduction (kgCO2eq/(m2.y): / Life-cycle GWP (kgCO2eq/m2): / — per building type / Life-cycle GWP reduction (kgCO2eq/m2): / — per building type

Added▌The minimum energy performance standards shall be designed with a view to the national roadmap and the ▌2040 and 2050 targets contained in the Member State’s building renovation plan and to the transformation of the national building stock into zero-emission buildings by 2050.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point a – column 2 – row 6: Number of: / — Energy service companies / — construction companies / — architects and engineers / — skilled workers / - Training programmes and facilities focused on energetic renovation / — one-stop-shops per 50 000 inhabitants / — SMEs in the construction/renovation sector / - Renewable energy communities and citizen energy communities providing educational, awareness, and technical support to households

Added3. In accordance with Article 15, Member States shall support compliance with minimum energy performance standards by all the following measures:

RemovedAnnex II – table – point a – column 3 – row 6: (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)

Added(a) providing appropriate financial measures, including grants, in particular those targeting vulnerable households, middle-income households and people ▌ living in social housing, in linewith Article 22 of Directive (EU).../…. [recast EED];

RemovedAnnex II – table – point a – column 2 – row 7: Energy poverty (disaggregated by gender):

Added(b) providing technical assistance, including information services, administrative support and integrated renovation services through one-stop-shops with a particular focus on vulnerable households and people living in social housing, in accordance with Article 22 of Directive (EU).../…. [recast EED];

RemovedAnnex II – table – point a – column 2 – row 9: - description of regions and number of zero emission buildings per climate zone

Added(c) designing integrated public and private financing schemes, which provide incentives for deep and staged deep renovations, pursuant to Article 15;

RemovedAnnex II – table – point a – column 2 – row 9 a (new): Number of new bicycle parking spaces, including for cargo bikes, and e-bike charging stations

Added(d) removing non-economic barriers, including split incentives; ▌

RemovedAnnex II – table – point a – column 2 – row 10: [Cost-optimal minimum requirements for new and existing buildings]

Added(e) monitoring social impacts, in particular on ▌the most vulnerable households;

RemovedAnnex II – table – point b – column 2 – row 11: — deep renovations / Targets for expected share (%) of renovated buildings: / — per building type / — per renovation depth

Added(ea) setting the framework to ensure that there is a sufficient and qualified workforce to enable the timely implementation of the minimum energy performance standards in accordance with the national building renovation plans, including by means of a strategy to facilitate the professional education of young people and requalification of workers and creation of more attractive employment opportunities.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point b – column 3 – row 11: deleted / (deleted) / (deleted)

Added4. Where a building is renovated in order to comply with a minimum energy performance standard, Member States shall ensure compliance with the minimum energy performance requirements for building elements pursuant to Article 5 and, in the case of major renovation, with the minimum energy performance requirements for existing buildings pursuant to Article

RemovedAnnex II – table – point b – column 2 – row 12: - share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector (MW generated) / - numerical targets for the deployment of solar energy and heat pumps in buildings / Milestones and trajectories for buildings to achieve the performance classes pursuant to Article 9(1) and higher energy performance classes in line with reaching the climate neutrality goal / Targets for increase of share of energy in line with the indicative target for the share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector set in Article 15a(1) of ... [amended RED] / Targets for the decarbonisation of heating and cooling, including through district heating and cooling networks using renewable energy and waste heat in line with the requirements set in Articles 23 and 24 of [amended EED] and requirements set in Articles 15, 15a, 20, 23 and 24 of ... [amended RED] / Targets for constructing bicycle parking spaces, developed in line with the relevant provisions of this Directive.

Added4a. Member States shall promote energy storage for renewable energy to enable renewable energy self-consumption and reduce volatility as well as promote and provide incentives for the cost-effective and early replacement of heaters, and any needed resulting optimisation of the related technical building systems.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point b – column 3 – row 12: deleted

Added5. Member States may decide not to apply the minimum energy performance standards referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 to the following categories of buildings:

RemovedAnnex II – table – point b – column 2 – row 13: Targets for expected operational greenhouse gas emissions (kgCO2eq/(m2.y): / Targets for expected operational greenhouse gas emission reduction (%): / Targets for expected whole lifecycle greenhouse gas emission (kgCO2eq/(m2.y) with five year milestones: / — per building type / Targets for expected whole lifecycle greenhouse gas emission reduction (%) with five year milestones: / — per building type / Targets for circular use of materials, recycled contents and secondary materials, and sufficiency with five year milestones / Targets to increase carbon removals associated to the temporary storage of carbon in or on buildings

Added(a) buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historical merit requiring due conservation, in so far as compliance with the standards would unacceptably alter their character or appearance;

RemovedAnnex II – table – point b – column 2 – row 14: - Reduction of costs for health systems due to health improvements caused by better indoor environmental quality after the renovation / — resource efficiency, including efficiency of water usage / — biodiversity / — indoor environment quality / — climate mitigation and adaptation

Added(b) buildings used as places of worship and for religious activities;

RemovedAnnex II – table – point b – column 3 – row 16: deleted / (deleted)

Added(c) temporary buildings with a time of use of two years or less, industrial sites, workshops, depots and non-residential infrastructural supply stations, such as transformer stations, substations, pressure control plants, railway constructions, as well as service buildings with very low energy and heating or cooling demand and non-residential agricultural buildings which are used by a sector covered by a national sectoral agreement on energy performance;

RemovedAnnex II – table – point b – column 2 – row 17: — against the mandatory target for the share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector

Added(d) residential buildings which are used or intended to be used for either less than four months of the year or, alternatively, for a limited annual time of use and with an expected energy consumption of less than 25 % of what would be the result of all-year use;

RemovedAnnex II – table – point c – column 2 – row 19 –point ca (new): (ca) high indoor environmental quality both in new and renovated buildings;

Added(e) stand-alone buildings with a total useful floor area of less than 50 m2.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point c – column 2 – row 19 – point e: (e) the creation of independent one-stop-shops for the provision of technical, administrative and financial advice and assistance and provision of educational and awareness activities;

Added6. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure the implementation of minimum energy performance standards referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, including appropriate monitoring mechanisms. Member States shall provide appropriate financial support frameworks and social safeguards in accordance with Article 15 to comply with minimum energy performance standards.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point c – column 2 – row 19 –point f a (new): (fa) the roadmap to the complete phase out of fossil fuels in heating and cooling by 2035 at the latest;

AddedThe measures of the financial support framework shall be sufficient, effective, transparent and non-discriminatory, shall support the execution of the substantial improvements in the energy performance of buildings where an improvement is not otherwise economically feasible and shall include targeted measures to support vulnerable households. The measures may include the establishment of an energy performance renovation fund, to act as a leverage for increasing private and public investments for projects improving energy performance of buildings, including energy efficiency and renewable energy in buildings or building components.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point c – column 2 – row 19 – point g: (g) the promotion of renewable energy sources in buildings in line with the mandatory target for the share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector set in Article 15a(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED];

AddedWhere appropriate, the Commission shall, as part of the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2028-2034, put forward legislative proposals to strengthen existing and propose additional Union financial instruments to support the implementation of this Directive.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point c – column 2 – row 19 –point ga (new): (ga) the deployment of solar energy installations on buildings;

AddedSolar Energy in buildings

RemovedAnnex II – table – point c – column 2 – row 19 –point h a (new): (ha) the reduction of the overall environmental footprint of all parts and components of buildings, including through the use of sustainable, secondary, locally sourced construction and renovation products;

Added1. By... [24 months after the date of entry into force], Member States shall ensure that all new buildings are designed to optimise their solar energy generation potential on the basis of the solar irradiance of the site, enabling the subsequent cost-effective installation of solar technologies.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point c – column 2 – row 19 –point i a (new): (ia) increase in the adoption of energy performance certificates including towards low income households;

Added2. Member States shall encourage, through information measures and streamlined permitting schemes, the deployment of suitable solar energy installations in all buildings undergoing major renovation or deep renovation in combination with the renovation of the building envelope, with the replacement of technical building systems and with the installation of equipment with electricity storage, EV-charging infrastructure, heat pump technology, and building automation and control systems.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point c – column 2 – row 19 –point n: (n) addressing skills gaps and mismatches in human capacities, and promoting education, training, upskilling and reskilling in the construction sector and energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors, including with a gender dimension; and

Added3. Member States shall ensure the deployment of suitable solar energy installations, if technically suitable and economically and functionally feasible, as follows:

RemovedAnnex II – table – point c – column 2 – row 19 –point o a (new): (oa) new the promotion of smart technologies for monitoring, analysis and simulation of buildings’ energy performance across the whole-life cycle, including 3D modelling technologies;

Added(a) by... [24 months after the date of entry into force], on all new public and new non-residential buildings;

RemovedAnnex II – table – point c – column 2 – row 19 –point o b (new): (ob) new inspection schemes including digital tools and checklists, to verify compliance with Building Automation and Control capabilities in Article 20;

Added(b) by 31 December 2026, on all existing public and non-residential buildings(c) by 31 December 2028, on all new residential buildings and roofed carparks;

RemovedAnnex II – table – point c – column 2 – row 19 –point o c (new): (oc) new development and support of citizen-led energy efficiency and renovation initiatives, in particular the role of renewable energy communities and citizen energy communities;

Added(d) by 31 December 2032, on all buildings undergoing major renovation.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point d a (new) – column 1 – row 20: (e) roadmap on energy poverty

Added4. Member States shall establish and make publicly available criteria at national level for the practical implementation of the deadlines set out in paragraph 3 and for possible exemptions for specific types of buildings, in accordance with the assessed technical and economic potential of the solar energy installations and the characteristics of the buildings covered by those obligations.5. The deployment of suitable solar energy installations on all new residential buildings and roofed carparks and on all buildings undergoing major renovation as set out in paragraph 3, points (c) and (d) shall be combined with attic and roof insulation where appropriate, taking into account the functioning of the building. The deployment of suitable solar energy installations as set out in paragraph 3 shall be combined with the permit-granting process for the installation of solar energy equipment in artificial structures laid down in Article 16c of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (amended RED as proposed by COM(2022)0222). For solar installations below 50 kW, Member States shall allow a simple-notification procedure as provided for in Article 17 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001. 6. Member States shall establish a pathway with numerical targets for their national contribution to the deployment of solar energy and heat pumps in buildings in their national building renovation plans.

RemovedAnnex II – table – point d a (new) – column 2 – row 20: - Targets for reducing energy poverty rates / - number of households in energy poverty / - list implemented and planned policies to reduce energy poverty / - list of implemented and planned funding measures to reduce energy poverty

Added7. Member States shall ensure that their regulatory frameworks provide the necessary administrative, technical and financial capacities and incentives for the deployment of solar energy in buildings, including in combination with technical building systems such as domestic batteries, heat pumps for self consumption, or large-scale heat pumps distributing heat through district heating systems. Member States shall ensure an equal regulatory playing field for all solar and heating technologies.

RemovedAnnex III – point I – paragraph 1 a (new): Member States may choose to classify internal regions in different climatic zones so far as it complies with the table below.

Added8. Member States shall ensure that representatives of national regulatory authorities, distribution system operators, renewable energy communities, consumer organisations storage providers and other stakeholders assess the need for additional measures with regard to the distribution system to achieve the objectives of this Article. That assessment shall include the required connection and procurement of flexible distributed energy generation in line with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in particular considering a necessary levelplaying field and fair remuneration for active customers and energy communities.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added9. Member States shall encourage measures to ensure the fire safety of solar energy installations in buildings, including in combination with technical building systems such as domestic batteries or heat pumps for self-consumption.

RemovedAnnex III – point I – paragraph 5: Only where, due to the nature of the building or lack of access to renewable energy communities or eligible district heating and cooling systems, it is technically not feasible to partially or fully comply with the requirements under the first paragraph, the remaining share or all of the total annual primary energy use may also be covered by renewable energy from the grid documented with Guarantees of Origin.

AddedRenovation passport

RemovedAnnex III – point II – introductory part: II. Calculation of life-cycle GWP of buildings pursuant to Article 7 and 8.

Added1. By 31 December 2023, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 supplementing this Directive by establishing a common European framework for renovation passports, based on the criteria set out in paragraph 3 of this Article.

RemovedAnnex III – point II – paragraph 1: For the calculation of the life-cycle GWP of buildings pursuant to Article 7 and 8, the GWP is communicated as a numeric indicator for each life-cycle stage expressed as kgCO2e/m2 (of useful floor area) averaged for one year of a reference study period of 50 years. The data selection, scenario definition and calculations shall be carried out in accordance with EN 15978 (EN 15978:2011. Sustainability of construction works. Assessment of environmental performance of buildings. Calculation method). The scope of building elements and technical equipment is as defined in the Level(s) common EU framework for indicator 1.2. Where a national calculation tool exists, or is required for making disclosures or for obtaining building permits, that tool may be used to provide the required disclosure, if it fulfils the minimum criteria laid down by the Level(s) common EU framework until the adoption of a harmonised methodology. Data regarding specific construction products calculated in accordance with [revised Construction Products Regulation] and the Bill of Materials shall be used when available.

Added2. By 31 December 2024, Member States shall introduce a scheme of renovation passports implementing the common framework established in accordance with paragraph 1.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added2a. Member States shall ensure that renovation passports are financially supported as part of national building renovation plans in order to not create a barrier, in particular for homeowners who own only the dwelling in which they live. Member States shall ensure that building renovation passports are made available with due financial support for vulnerable households wishing to renovate their buildings in whole or in part.

RemovedAnnex IV – point 1 – paragraph 2 a (new): The methodology shall take into account the existence of a digital twin of the building allowing a better on-going reporting and operation of the building’s energy consumption.

Added3. The renovation passport shall comply with all of the following requirements:

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added(a) it shall be issued in a digital form suitable for printing by a qualified and certified expert, following an on-site visit;

RemovedAnnex V – point 1 – point i a (new): (i a) the calculated energy needs including transmission and ventilation losses and deducting solar and internal gains in kWh/m²/year;

Added(b) it shall comprise a holistic renovation roadmap indicating a maximum number renovation steps building upon each other in line with the energy efficiency first principle to achieve a deep renovation in line with the objective to transform the building into a zero-emission building by 2050 at the latest, outlining how to achieve minimum energy performance standards, and measures to reduce whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions in the renovation process;

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added(c) it shall indicate the expected benefits in terms of energy savings, savings on energy bills and whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions reductions, with an indication the renovation steps that are to lead to the relevant improvements;

RemovedAnnex V – point 1 – point i b (new): (i b) expected remaining economic lifetime of the space and water heating and/or cooling systems and appliances;

Added(ca) it shall contain information about a potential connection to an efficient district heating network, the share of individual or collective generation and self-consumption of renewable energy;

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added(cb) it shall contain information on a range of estimated costs for each recommended renovation step, as well as the estimated costs of a one-step deep renovation as a reference scenario;

RemovedAnnex V – point 1 – point i c (new): (i c) a clear mention indicating whether or not the current building or dwelling can operate flexibly.

Added(cc) it shall comprise the bill of materials, information on construction products circularity as well as wider benefits related to health, comfort, indoor environmental quality, safety such as fire, electrical, and seismic safety, and the improved adaptive capacity of the building to climate change;

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added(d) it shall contain information about potential financial and technical support and updated contact details of the nearest one-stop-shop established pursuant to Article 15a;

RemovedAnnex V – point 2 – introductory part: 2. In addition, the energy performance certificate shall include the following indicators:

Added(da) it shall contain information on any major renovations made to the building, as referred to in Article 8(1), and any retrofitting or replacement of a building element that forms part of the building envelope and has a significant impact on the energy performance of the building envelope, as referred to in Article 8(2).

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedThe renovation passport may contain additional information, taking into consideration the composition of the household and any planned renovations, including those not relating to energy, in accordance with national law and practice.

RemovedAnnex V – point 2 – point k: (k) the presence of fixed sensors that monitor the levels of indoor air quality (if available);

Added3a. Member States shall facilitate the integration of renovation passports in the digital building logbook, gathering technical and legal information with essential data for property owners to plan and execute deep and staged deep renovations.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedTechnical building systems

RemovedAnnex V – point 2 – point l: (l) the presence of fixed controls that respond to the levels of indoor environmental quality (if available);

Added1. Member States shall, for the purpose of optimising the energy use of technical building systems, set system requirements using energy saving technologies, in respect of the overall energy performance, the proper installation, and the appropriate dimensioning, adjustment and control of the technical building systems, and, where appropiate, hydronic balancing, which are installed in new or existing buildings. When setting up the requirements, Member States shall take account of design conditions and typical or average operating conditions and shall ensure the use of the equipment that meets the criteria for the highest available energy efficiency classes in accordance with the relevant legal acts of the Union on energy labelling, taking into account system efficiency and the energy efficiency first principle.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedSystem requirements shall be set for new, replacement and upgrading of technical building systems and shall be applied in so far as they are technically, economically and functionally feasible.

RemovedAnnex V – point 2 – point m: (m) number and type of charging points for electric vehicles (if available);

AddedMember States shall set requirements related to the greenhouse gas emissions of, or to the type of fuel used by heat generators provided that such requirements are technologically neutral and in line with the objective to phase out the use of fossil fuels in heating and cooling.Member States shall ensure that the requirements they set for technical building systems reach at least the latest cost-optimal levels and take into account the relevant economic and environmental optimisation standards for the dimensioning.

RemovedAnnex V – point 2 – point q: (q) metered energy consumption (if available);

AddedMember States shall ensure that the replacement of obsolete and inefficient technical building systems, where technically and economically feasible, is part of the steps set out in a renovation passport, in accordance with the energy efficiency first principle.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added2. Member States shall require new buildings ▌to be equipped with self-regulating devices for the separate regulation of the temperature in each room or, where justified, in a designated heated or cooled zone of the building unit and, where appropiate, with hydronic balancing. The installation of such self-regulating devices and, where appropiate, hydronic balancing in existing buildings shall be required when heat or cold generators are replaced, where technically and economically feasible.,.3. Member States shall require the installation of measuring and control devices for the monitoring and regulation of environmental quality at relevant unit level and, where technically and economically feasible, in the following buildings:(a) zero emission buildings;

RemovedAnnex V – point 2 – point q a (new): (qa) a yes/no indication whether the building has demand side flexibility capabilities;

Added(b) new buildings;

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added(c) existing buildings undergoing a major renovation;

RemovedAnnex V – point 2 – point q b (new): (qb) a yes/no indication whether a Bill of Materials is available for the building;

Added(d) non-residential buildings with an effective rated output for heating systems, cooling systems or systems for combined space heating and cooling over 70kW;

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added(e) public buildings and buildings providing social services of general interest, such as education, health and social assistance.

RemovedAnnex V – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new): (ca) contact details of the closest one-stop-shop for renovation advice.

AddedWhen considering the economic feasibility of an installation as referred to in the first subparagraph, Member States shall also take account of its measurable health benefits.

RemovedThis amendment is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedMember States shall ensure that data on indoor environmental quality and other relevant data collected through measuring and control devices is interoperable with the digital building logbooks pursuant to Article 19(6) and in accordance with Union and national data protection rules.

RemovedAnnex VII – subheading 1: [Comparative methodology framework to identify cost-optimal levels of energy performance requirements for buildings and building elements]

Added4. Member States shall ensure that, when a technical building system is installed or altered, the overall energy and, where applicable, life-cycle GWP performance of the ▌complete ▌system, is improved and, where applicable, evidenced by in-use performance data. The results shall be documented in a digital building logbook and passed on to the building owner and tenant, so that they remain available and can be used for the verification of compliance with the minimum requirements laid down pursuant to paragraph 1 and the issue of energy performance certificates.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

AddedMember States may adopt new incentives and funding to encourage the switch from fossil-fuelled heating and cooling systems to non-fossil fuel based systems, accompanied by investment in housing improving energy efficiency.

RemovedAnnex VII – paragraph 3: [The comparative methodology framework shall allow for taking into account use patterns, outdoor climate conditions and their future changes according to best available climate science , investment costs, building category, maintenance and operating costs (including energy costs and savings), earnings from energy produced, where applicable, environmental and health externalities of energy use, and waste management costs, where applicable. It should be based on relevant European standards relating to this Directive.]

Added4a. Member States shall lay down requirements to ensure that, where technically and economically feasible, non-residential buildings are equipped with building automation and control systems, as follows:

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(a) by 31 December 2024, non-residential buildings with an effective rated output for heating systems, cooling systems or systems for combined space heating and ventilation of over 290 kW;

RemovedAnnex VII – paragraph 5: [For the application of the comparative methodology framework by Member States, general conditions, expressed by parameters, shall be laid down at Member State level.]

Added(b) by 31 December 2029, non-residential buildings with an effective rated output for heating systems, cooling systems or systems for combined space heating and ventilation of over 70 kW.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

AddedMember States shall set out clear parameters for establishing the economic feasibility of equipping non-residential buildings with building automation and control systems.

RemovedAnnex VII – paragraph 6 – introductory part: [The comparative methodology framework shall require Member States to:

Added4b. The building automation and control systems referred to in paragraph 4a shall be capable of:

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(a) continuously monitoring, logging, analysing and allowing for adjusting energy use;

RemovedAnnex VII – paragraph 6 – indent 4: — calculate the costs (i.e. the net present value) of the energy efficiency measures (as referred to in the second indent) during the expected economic lifecycle applied to the reference buildings (as referred to in the first indent) by applying the comparative methodology framework principles.]

Added(b) benchmarking the building’s energy efficiency, detecting losses in efficiency of technical building systems, and informing the person responsible for the facilities or technical building management about opportunities for energy efficiency improvement;

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added(c) allowing communication with connected technical building systems and other appliances inside the building, and being interoperable with technical building systems across different types of proprietary technologies, devices and manufacturers;

RemovedAnnex VII – paragraph 7: [By calculating the costs of the energy efficiency measures during the expected economic lifecycle, the cost-effectiveness of different levels of minimum energy performance requirements is assessed by the Member States. That will allow the determination of cost-optimal levels of energy performance requirements.]

Added(d) effective monitoring of indoor environmental quality, to ensure occupants’ health and safety.

RemovedThe concept of “cost optimality” is insufficiently framed in this Directive and the empowerment should also be subject to review. The co-legislators should consider anchoring in the legislative act other general principles framing this concept.

Added4c. Member States shall lay down requirements to ensure that, where technically and economically feasible, from 1 January 2025, new residential buildings and residential buildings undergoing major renovations with an effective rated output for heating systems, cooling systems or systems for combined space heating, cooling and ventilation of over 70 kW are equipped with the following:

Added(a) the functionality of continuous electronic monitoring of systems in the building at the relevant building and unit level that measures efficiency and informs building owners or managers in the case of a significant variation and when system servicing is necessary;

Added(b) effective control and balancing functionalities to ensure optimum generation, distribution, storage and use of energy;

Added(c) demand-side flexibility;

Added(d) effective indoor environmental quality monitoring system, to ensure occupants’ health and safety.

Added4d. In addition to requirements set out in paragraph 4c, residential buildings with a useful floor area larger than 1 000 sqm shall also be equipped with functionality allowing both of the following:

Added(a) benchmarking of the building’s energy efficiency, detecting of losses in efficiency of technical building systems, and informing the person responsible for the facilities or technical building management about opportunities for energy efficiency improvement;

Added(b) communication with connected technical building systems and other appliances inside the building, and being interoperable with technical building systems across different types of proprietary technologies, devices and manufacturers.

Added4e. Member States shall require that, where technically and economically feasible, non-residential buildings are equipped with automatic lighting controls. The automatic lighting controls shall be capable of all of the following:

Added(a) zoned occupancy control for indoor lighting with automatic detection;

Added(b) zoned automatic dimming of the lighting power based on daylight levels in daylight;

Added(c) enabling continuous monitoring, logging and fault detection;

Added(d) allowing end-user control;

Added(e) allowing communication with relevant connected technical building systems inside the building

AddedIndoor environmental quality

Added1. Member States shall set requirements for the implementation of adequate indoor environmental quality standards in buildings in order to maintain a healthy indoor climate.

Added2. By... [ 24 months after the date of entry into force], Member States shall set requirements according to measurable indicators based on to those of the LEVELs framework.

AddedIndoor environmental quality indicators shall be measured inside the building and shall at least include:

Added(a) the level of carbon dioxide;

Added(b) the temperature and thermal comfort;

Added(c) the relative humidity;

Added(d) the level of daylight illumination or adequate daylight levels;

Added(e) the ventilation rate in air changes per hour;

Added(f) acoustic indoor comfort, such as the control of the reverberation time and background noise level and speech intelligibility.

AddedParticulate matter of emissions of indoor sources and target pollutant limits from indoor sources, on volatile organic compounds, classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic for reproduction according to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, including formaldehyde, shall be reported on the basis of the available data at product level, or direct measurement where available, of the relevant sources in relation to the indoor environment of the building.

Added3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive by establishing a methodology framework for calculating the indoor environmental quality standards.

Added4. Member States shall ensure that new buildings and buildings undergoing major renovation comply with adequate indoor environmental quality standards.

AddedInfrastructure for sustainable mobility

Added1. With regard to new non-residential buildings and non-residential buildings undergoing major renovation where that renovation includes the car park or the electrical installations of the building, with more than five parking spaces, where the car park is located inside the building, is physically adjacent to, or has a clear link with, the building,Member States shall ensure the installation of:

Added(a) ▌at least one recharging point for every five parking spaces;

Added(b) ▌pre-cabling for every parking space to enable the installation, at a later stage of recharging points for electric vehicles, electrically power-assisted cycles and other L-category vehicles types; and

Added(c) ▌ bicycle parking spaces representing at least 15% of total user capacity of non-residential buildings, taking into account the space required also for bicycles with larger dimensions than standard bicycles.

AddedMember States shall ensure that the pre-cabling is dimensioned so as to enable the simultaneous and efficient use of the expected number of recharging points and support, where appropriate, the installation of a load or charging management system, to the extent that this is technically and economically feasible and justifiable.

AddedBy way of derogation from the first subparagraph, point (a), for new office buildings and office buildings undergoing major renovation, with more than five parking spaces, Member States shall ensure the installation of at least one recharging point for every two parking spaces.

Added2. With regard to all non-residential buildings with more than twenty and, if technically and economically feasible, ten parking spaces, Member States shall ensure the installation, by 1 January 2027, of at least one recharging point for every ten parking spaces, and ▌bicycle parking space, representing at least 15% of the total user capacity of the building and with space required also for bicycles with larger dimensions than standard bicycles. In the case of buildings owned or occupied by public authorities, Member States shall ensure pre-cabling for at least one in two parking spaces by 1 January 2033.

Added3. Member States may, subject to an assessment by local authorities, taking into account local characteristics, including demographical, geographical and climate conditions, adjust requirements for the number of bicycle parking spaces in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 for specific categories of non-residential buildings ▌.

Added4. With regard to new residential buildings and residential buildings undergoing major renovation, where that renovation includes the car park or the electrical installations of the building, with more than three parking spaces, where the car park is located inside the building or the car park is physically adjacent to, or has a clear link with the building Member States shall ensure the installation:

Added(a) in new residential buildings, of pre-cabling for every parking space and, in residential buildings undergoing major renovation, of pre-cabling or, where technically and economically unfeasible, ducting for every parking space to enable the installation, at a later stage, of recharging points for electric vehicles and electrically power-assisted cycles and other L-category vehicle types; Member States shall ensure that the pre-cabling is dimensioned to enable the simultaneous use of recharging points on all parking spaces;

Added(aa) of at least one recharging point;

Added(b) at least two bicycle parking spaces for every dwelling in new residential buildings;

Added(ba) at least two bicycle parking spaces for every dwelling in residential buildings undergoing major renovation, where technologically and economically feasible;

Added(bb) in new residential buildings with at least three dwellings and where there are no car parking spaces, at least two bicycle parking spaces for every dwelling, where technologically and economically feasible.

AddedBy way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States may, subject to an assessment by local authorities and taking into account local characteristics, including demographical, geographical and climate conditions, adjust requirements for the number of bicycle parking spaces.

Added5. Member States may decide not to apply paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 to specific categories of buildings where the pre-cabling required would rely on micro isolated systems or the buildings are situated in the outermost regions within the meaning of Article 349 TFEU, if this would lead to substantial problems for the operation of the local energy system and would endanger the stability of the local grid.

Added5a. Following a reasoned request by a Member State, the Commission may decide to allow that Member State to adjust the requirements in paragraphs 1 and 2 for specific categories of buildings where:

Added(a) the building is owned and occupied by a microenterprise or a small or medium-sized enterprise, as defined in Article 2 of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/31/EC; or

Added(b) the buildings only have temporary use in accordance with Article 9.

Added6. Member States shall ensure that the recharging points referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of this Article are capable of smart charging and, where appropriate bidirectional charging, and that they are operated based on non-proprietary and non-discriminatory communication protocols and standards, in an interoperable manner, and in compliance with any legal standards and protocols in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 19(6) and Article 19(7) of Regulation (EU) …/… [AFIR].

Added7. Member States shall ensure that operators of non-publicly accessible recharging points operate them in accordance with Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU).../….[AFIR], where applicable.

Added8. Member States shall provide for measures in order to encourage, simplify, harmonise and accelerate the procedure for the installation of recharging points in new and existing residential and non-residential buildings, especially of co-owners associations, and remove regulatory barriers, including permitting and approval procedures from public authorities or grid operators, without prejudice to the property and tenancy law of the Member States and to allow the ‘right to plug’ for everyone in the Union. Member States shall remove barriers to the installation of recharging points in residential buildings with parking spaces, in particular the need to obtain consent from the landlord or co-owners for a private recharging point for own use. A request by tenants or co-owners to install charging equipment in a parking space may be refused if there are serious and legitimate grounds for such a refusal.

AddedMember States shall ensure that the time between the application for a recharging point by a tenant or an owner in a building and its installation is reasonable and in any event does not exceed six months.

AddedBy 1 January 2025, the Commission shall publish guidelines specifying the standards and protocol to be recommended to national and local public authorities for fire safety in roofed car parks.

AddedMember States shall ensure the availability of technical assistance for building owners and tenants wishing to install recharging points and bicycle parking spaces.

AddedWith regard to existing residential buildings with more than three parking spaces, Member States shall introduce measures to ensure the installation of pre-cabling for parking spaces, in proportion to with the number of battery electric light-duty vehicles registered in their territory.

Added8a. For owners and tenants of buildings, who do not have the possibility to install a recharging point at their place of residence, Member States shall introduce measures to allow them to request the installation of a publicly available recharging point near their place of residence, in accordance with the objectives of Regulation (EU) …/… [AFIR]. Member States shall introduce measures to ensure that the number of publicly accessible recharging points installed corresponds to the number of requests received within the same areas.

Added9. Member States shall ensure the coherence of policies for buildings, active and green mobility, climate, energy, biodiversity and urban planning.

AddedTo ensure an effective combination on private e-mobility, active mobility and public transport, Member States shall support local authorities in developing and implementing sustainable urban mobility plans with a particular focus on the integration of housing policies with sustainable mobility and urban planning.

AddedSmart readiness of buildings

Added1. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 concerning an optional common Union scheme for rating the smart readiness of buildings. The rating shall be based on an assessment of the capabilities of a building or building unit to adapt its operation to the needs of the occupant, in particular concerning indoor environmental quality and the grid and to improve its energy efficiency and overall performance.

AddedIn accordance with Annex IV, the optional common Union scheme for rating the smart readiness of buildings shall lay down:

Added(a) the definition of the smart readiness indicator; ▌

Added(b) a methodology by which it is to be calculated.

Added2. By 31 December 2024, the Commission shall ▌ adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 29, amending this Directive by requiring the mandatory application, by the same date, of the common Union scheme for rating the smart readiness of buildings, in accordance with Annex IV, to non-residential buildings with an effective rated output for heating systems, air-conditioning systems, and systems for combined space heating, air-conditioning and ventilation of over 290 kW. From 1 January 2030, the common Union scheme shall apply to non-residential buildings with an effective rated output of 70 kW.

Added3. The Commission shall, after having consulted the relevant stakeholders, adopt an implementing act detailing the technical modalities for the effective implementation of the scheme referred to in paragraph 1, including a timeline for a non-committal test-phase at national level, and clarifying the complementary relation of the scheme to the energy performance certificates referred to in Article 16.

AddedThat implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 30(3).

Added4. By 31 December 2024, the Commission shall, ▌after having consulted the relevant stakeholders, adopt an implementing act detailing the technical modalities for the effective implementation of the application of the scheme referred to in paragraph 2 to non-residential buildings with an effective rated output for heating systems, air-conditioning systems, or systems for combined heating, air-conditioning and ventilation of over 290 kW.

AddedThat implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 30(3).

AddedData exchange

Added1. Member States shall ensure that the building owners, tenants and managers can have direct access to their building systems data, including technical building systems data. Upon their consent, the access or data shall be made available to a third party, subject to the existing contractual agreement. Member States shall mandate the use of international standards and management formats for data exchanged and facilitate the full interoperability of services and of data exchange within the Union in accordance with paragraph5. The aggregated and anonymised building systems data shall be made publicly available.

AddedFor the purpose of this Directive, building systems data shall include relevant raw data related to the energy performance of building elements, the energy performance of building services, the projected lifespan of the heating systems, sensors, building automation and control systems, meters and charging points for e-mobility and be linked to the digital building logbook. Both processed and non-processed data shall be considered acceptable for the purposes of this Article, provided that they meet the requirements set out in the first subparagraph.

Added1a. Member States shall ensure that local authorities have access to data on energy performance of buildings on their territory as required to facilitate drafting of heating and cooling plans and include operational geographic information systems and the related databases, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Member States shall ensure that local authorities have the necessary resources for data and information management.

Added2. When laying down the rules regarding the management and exchange of data, Member States or, where a Member State has so provided, the designated competent authorities, shall comply with the harmonised Union rules set out in the implementing acts provided for in paragraph 5 and the applicable Union legal framework. The rules on the access and any charges shall not constitute a barrier or create discrimination for third parties to access building systems data.

Added3. No additional costs shall be charged to the building owner, tenant or manager for access to their data or for a request to make their data available to a third party subject to the existing contractual agreement. Member States shall be responsible for setting the relevant charges for access to data by other eligible parties such as financial institutions, aggregators, energy suppliers, energy services providers and National Statistical Institutes or other national authorities responsible for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics. Member States or, where applicable, the designated competent authorities, shall ensure that any charges imposed by regulated entities that provide data services are reasonable and duly justified. Member States shall incentivise the sharing of the building systems data.

Added4. The rules on access to data and data storage for the purpose of this Directive shall comply with the relevant Union law. The processing of personal data within the framework of this Directive shall be carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Added4a. By 31 December 2023, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive by establishing interoperability requirements and non-discriminatory and transparent procedures for access to the data referred to in this Article.

Added5. By 31 December 2023, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts detailing interoperability requirements and non-discriminatory and transparent procedures for access to the data referred to in this Article.

AddedThose implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2).

AddedThe Commission shall issue a consultation strategy, setting out consultation objectives, targeted stakeholders and the consultation activities for the development of the implementing acts.

AddedFinancial incentives, skills and market barriers

Added1. Member States shall provide appropriate financing and support measures in combination with other Union instruments such as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Social Climate Fund and the cohesion policy funds. They shall ring-fence appropriate amounts in the implementation of Union programmes and in national financing schemes for renovations and dedicate appropriate financing to address market barriers and stimulate the necessary investments in energy renovations in line with their national building renovation plan and with a view to the transformation of their building stock into zero-emission buildings by 2050 including by promoting and simplifying the use of public-private partnerships.

AddedMember States shall ensure that application and procedures for financing are simple and streamlined in order to facilitate the access to financing for households.

Added1a. Public financing shall address up-front costs associated with renovations faced by households. Member States shall facilitate the access to affordable bank loans, dedicated credit lines, or fully publicly financed renovations.

AddedFinancial incentives in the form of grants or guarantees shall take revenue-based parameters into account when allocating financial support to ensure that they target as a priority vulnerable households and people living in social housing, in accordance with Article 22 of Directive (EU).../…. [recast EED]. Member States shall develop dedicated schemes on energy efficiency renovations, in particular financial measures, and shall ensure that every national financial support programme contains dedicated amounts targeted at vulnerable households, , corresponding to their needs. Member States may use the national energy efficiency funds to finance dedicated schemes and programmes pursuant to Article 28 of Directive (EU) ..../…. [recast EED].

Added2. Member States shall take appropriate regulatory measures to remove non-economic barriers to building renovation. With regard to buildings with more than one building unit, such measures may include removing unanimity requirements in co-ownership structures, adapting the mandate and responsibilities of building managers for the handling of the energy renovation projects, or allowing co-ownership structures to be direct recipients of financial support such as loans and grants.3. Member States shall make best cost-effective use of national financing and financing available established at Union level, in particular the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Social Climate Fund, cohesion policy funds, InvestEU, auctioning revenues from emission trading pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC [amended ETS] and other public funding sources. Those funding sources shall be deployed consistently with a path to achieving a zero-emission building stock by 2050.

Added4. To support the mobilisation of investments, Member States shall ensure that enabling funding and financial tools are effectively put in place, namely energy efficiency loans and mortgages for building renovation, energy performance contracting, pay-as-you-save financial schemes, fiscal incentives, including reduced tax rates on renovation works and materials, on-tax schemes, on-bill schemes, guarantee funds, mortgage portfolio standards, economic instruments to provide incentives for the application of sufficiency and circular measures, funds targeting deep renovations, and funds targeting renovations with a significant minimum threshold of targeted energy savings and targeted whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emission reductions.

AddedMember States shall ensure that information about available funding and financial tools is made available to the public in an easily accessible and transparent manner, including by digital means.

AddedMember States and the relevant financial authorities shall review the applicable legislation and develop supporting measures to facilitate the uptake of renovation loans and energy efficiency mortgages, and the development of innovative lending products dedicated to the financing of deep renovation and staged deep renovation in line with the steps in renovation passports. The Commission and the European Investment Bank shall ensure access to finance at favourable conditions, facilitating the deployment of financial instruments and innovative schemes, such as a EU renovation loan or a European guarantee fund for building renovations.The enabling funding and financial tools shall also guide investments into an energy efficient public building stock, in line with Eurostat guidance on the recording of Energy Performance Contracts in government accounts.

Added4a. By... [12 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 29 to supplementing this Directive in order to ensure that mortgage portfolio standards effectively encourage financial institutions to increase volumes provided for renovations, to prescribe supportive measures for financial institutions and necessary safeguards against potential counter-productive lending behaviours such as reducing or refusing access to credit to households living in low energy performance class dwellings, or limiting their mortgage lending to consumers purchasing high energy performance class dwellings.

Added5. Member States shall facilitate the aggregation of projects to enable investor access as well as packaged solutions for potential clients. Member States shall adopt measures to ensure that energy efficiency and accessibility lending products for building renovations are offered widely and in a non-discriminatory manner by financial institutions and are visible and accessible to consumers. Member States shall ensure that banks and other financial institutions and investors receive information on opportunities to participate in the financing of the improvement of energy performance of buildings.▌

Added6. Member States shall monitor the availability of skills and skilled professionals in accordance with Article 3 and develop measures and financing to promote education and training programmes, including in digital technologies, to facilitate the professional requalification of workers and creation of employment opportunities to ensure that there is a sufficient workforce with the appropriate level of skills corresponding to the needs in the building sector. Member States shall put in place measures to promote participation in such programmes, in particular by microenterprises as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and with due regard to the gender dimension. One-stop-shops established pursuant to Article 15a may facilitate access to such programmes and the professional reskilling of workers.

Added7. The Commission shall develop common Union standards for innovative financial schemes, in particular a pay-as-you-save scheme, setting mandatory minimum requirements for public and private actors.

Added8. The Commission shall ▌assist Member States in setting up national or regional financial support programmes with the aim of increasing the energy performance and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, especially of existing buildings, including by supporting the exchange of best practice between the responsible national or regional authorities or bodies. To ensure a level playing field and make maximum use of the available investment potential Member States shall ensure that such programmes are developed in a way that is accessible to organisations with lower administrative, financial, and organisational capacities, such as microenterprises and SMEs, energy communities, citizen-led initiatives, local authorities, and energy agencies. Member States shall provide support to local initiatives, such as citizen-led renovation programmes and programmes for renewable of heating and cooling at neighbourhood or municipal level.

Added8a. Member States shall provide appropriate financing, support measures and other instruments for implementation of research and development results regarding energy efficient construction systems and materials including manufacturing, in particular by microenterprises and SMEs.

Added9. Member States shall link their financial measures for energy performance improvements and reduced greenhouse gas emissions in the renovation of buildings to the targeted and achieved energy savings and improvements, as determined by one or more of the following criteria:

Added(a) the energy performance and greenhouse gas reduction of the equipment or material used for the renovation; in which case, the equipment or material used for the renovation is to be installed by an installer with the relevant level of certification or qualification and shall comply with at least minimum energy performance or higher reference values for improved performance of buildings energy consumption;

Added(b) standard values for the calculation of energy and greenhouse gas emission savings in buildings;

Added(c) the improvement achieved due to such renovation by comparing energy performance certificates issued before and after renovation;

Added(d) the results of an energy audit;

Added(e) the results of another relevant, transparent and proportionate method that shows the improvement in energy performance, including by comparing the energy consumption before and after renovation with smart metering systems.

AddedRequirements set out in this paragraph shall not apply to financing dedicated to vulnerable households..

Added10. From 1 January 2024 at the latest, Member States shall not provide any financial incentives for the installation of boilers using fossil fuels ▌.

Added11. Member States shall incentivise deep renovation and sizeable programmes that address a high number of buildings, in particular the worst performing buildings, including through integrated district renovation programmes and result in an overall reduction of at least 60 % of primary energy demand with increasing financial, fiscal, administrative and technical support according to the level of performance achieved, with the higher financial participation reserved for deep renovations or for the groups referred to in paragraph 1a.

Added11a. Member States shall complement the promotion of financial incentives with policies and measures to avoid eviction because of renovation.▌

Added13. When providing financial incentives to owners of buildings or building units for the renovation of rented buildings or building units, Member States shall ensure that the financial incentives benefit both the owners and the tenants. Member States shall introduce effective social safeguards, to protect in particular vulnerable households, including by providing rent support or by imposing caps on rent increases, or by introducing a pay-as-you-save financial scheme for rent increases, ensuring that the rent increase does not exceed the savings on energy bills due to renovation energy savings.

Added13a. Member States shall take appropriate measures to remove regulatory, statutory, and administrative barriers to the scaling up housing cooperatives, including not-for-profit cooperatives. Member States shall ensure the eligibility of such housing cooperatives and integrated districts for financial incentives. The Commission shall facilitate the exchange of best practices among Member States on the creation of an operational status for not-for-profit housing cooperatives and shall provide guidance on measures to streamline their introduction.

AddedOne-stop-shops for energy efficiency in buildings

Added1. Member States shall ensure the establishment of technical assistance facilities, including through inclusive one-stop-shops for energy efficiency in buildings, targeting all actors involved in building renovations, including home owners and administrative, financial and economic actors, including microenterprises and SMEs. Member States shall ensure that the technical assistance facilities are equally available across their territory depending on population distribution by establishing at least one one-stop-shop per region and in any event per 45 000 inhabitants.

AddedThe Commission shall cooperate with the European Investment Bank, Member States and regions to facilitate the functioning and continuity of funding of one-stop-shops for energy efficiency in buildings until at least 31 December 2029.

Added2. Member States shall cooperate with relevant regional and local authorities as well as private stakeholders for the purpose of establishing one-stop shops for energy efficiency in buildings at national, regional and local levels. Member States may designate the one-stop shops established pursuant to Article 21(2a) of Directive (EU).../... [recast EED] as one-stop shops for the purposes of this Article.

AddedOne-stop shops for energy efficiency in buildings shall be independent public entities, cross-sectorial and interdisciplinary and shall provide their service free of charge for the users. They shall provide tailor made advice to different target groups on energy efficiency in buildings and may accompany integrated district renovation programs. One-stop shops may cooperate with private actors that provide and promote services relevant for energy renovation, such as financing solutions and the execution of energy renovations, and, where appropriate, that connect potential projects, in particular smaller-scale projects, with market actors.

AddedTo facilitate the establishment and services of one-stop shops for energy efficiency in buildings, Member States shall review their public procurement rules for energy efficiency renovations tendering.

AddedOne-stop shops shall support locally developed projects by providing technical, administrative and financial advice and assistance, such as:

Added(a) providing legal assistance, reinforced protection to overcome split-incentives in privately rented homes, streamlined information on technical support, tailor-made financial assistance and available funding opportunities in particular grant and subsidy schemes, and solutions to households, microenterprises and SMEs, and public bodies;

Added(b) connecting potential projects, in particular smaller-scale projects, with market actors;

Added(c) advising on energy consumption behaviour with the aim of actively engaging the consumers, providing access to affordable energy offers;

Added(d) providing information and access to training programmes and education, including for local authorities and social services to provide technical assistance, to ensure more energy efficiency professionals and to re-skill and up-skill professionals in order to meet the market needs;

Added(e) collecting and submitting typology aggregated data to the Commission from energy efficiency projects, facilitated by the one-stop shops,, which shall be published by the Commission in a report by ... [date of transposition of this Directive] and every two years thereafter in order to exchange knowledge and enhance cross-border cooperation between Member States for the purpose of promoting best practice examples from different building, housing and enterprise typologies;

Added(f) supporting awareness-raising activities, including information on incentives for regulating indoor environmental quality and installing the necessary devices during major renovations;

Added(g) providing and developing holistic support to all households, with a special attention to vulnerable householdsand to people living in social housing as well as to those with health problems linked to the worst performing buildings, as well as to accredited companies and installers providing renovation services, adapted to different housing typologies and geographical scope, and providing support covering the different stages of the renovation project in particular to facilitate the implementation of the minimum energy performance standards laid down in Article 9;

Added(h) providing information on accessibility, availability of renewable energy self consumption, renewable energy communities and other alternatives to fossil heating and cooling in buildings, and information on materials and solutions on energy efficiency, energy storage and renewable energy technologies for buildings;

Added(i) supporting engagement with relevant local stakeholders and citizens in the evaluation of the impact of minimum energy performance standards on housing affordability and quality.

AddedMember States shall cooperate with local and regional authorities to encourage cooperation among public bodies, energy agencies and community-led initiatives and to promote, develop and up scale one-stop shops through an integrated process. The Commission shall provide guidelines to Member States to develop those one-stop shops with the aim of creating a harmonised approach throughout the Union.

AddedEnergy performance certificates

Added1. ▌ The energy performance certificate shall include the energy performance of a building expressed by a numeric indicator of primary and final energy use in kWh/(m2.y), and the life-cycle GWP by a numeric indicator of whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions in kgCO2eq/(m2)and reference values such as minimum energy performance requirements, minimum energy performance standards, nearly zero-energy building requirements and zero-emission building requirements, in order to make it possible for owners or tenants of the building or building unit to compare and assess its energy performance. The energy performance certificate shall include additional numeric indicators, in particular total annual energy consumption (kWh/year), annual energy needs for heating, cooling, ventilation and hot water, energy consumption per square metre per year (kWh/(m2.y), annual non-renewable primary energy use in kWh/(m2.y), and final energy for heating, cooling, domestic hot water, ventilation, built-in lighting and other building services, and may include additional efficiency and safety requirements for appliances.

Added2. By 31 December 2025, the energy performance certificate shall comply with the template in Annex V.

AddedBy way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States that have revised their system of certification of the energy performance of buildings between 1 January 2019 and ... [date of entry into force of this Directive], may continue to use that system to comply with Article 9(1), and may determine their worst performing buildings using data from their building stock between 1 January 2019 and ... [date of entry into force of this Directive] as a baseline, renovating at least the equivalent number or the equivalent useful floor area of worst performing buildings identified in Article 9(1a), or the equivalent level of energy performance improvement. Where a Member State benefits from the derogation provided for in the second subparagraph, it shall, by 1 January 2030, update its performance classes in accordance with the first subparagraph on the basis of the performance of their national building stock between 1 January 2019 and ... [date of entry into force of this Directive].

AddedPursuant to the first subparagraph of this paragraph, Member States shall specify the energy performance class of the building, on a closed scale using only letters ▌A to G. The letter A shall correspond to zero emission buildings as defined in Article 2, point (2). Member States may define an A+ energy performance class for buildings that meet all of the following conditions:

Added(a) high efficiency standards with energy needs for heating, cooling, ventilation and hot water no higher than 15 kWh/m2/year;

Added(b) higher production of kWh renewable energy on-site, based on a monthly average;

Added(c) carbon positivity regarding the building’s life-cycle GWP including building materials and energy installations during manufacturing, installation, use, maintenance, and demolition.

AddedThe letter G shall correspond to the 15% worst-performing buildings in the national building stock at the time of the introduction of the scale. Member States shall ensure that the remaining classes A to F have an even bandwidth distribution of energy performance indicators among the energy performance classes. Member States shall ensure a common visual identity for energy performance certificates on their territory.

Added2a. Member States may finance the roll out of energy performance certificates as a measure under Article 8 of Directive (EU) ..../…. [recast EED].

Added2b. Member States shall compile a register of energy performance certificates in accordance with Article 19, including in order to facilitate integrated district renovation schemes in line with the Union’s climate objectives.

Added3. Member States shall ensure the quality, reliability and affordability of energy performance certificates. They shall ensure that energy performance certificates are affordable and at no cost for vulnerable households and issued by independent experts following an on-site visit. The energy performance certificates shall be clear and easily legible and be available in a machine-readable format and in accordance with Annex V.

Added4. The energy performance certificate shall include recommendations for the cost effective improvement of the energy performance to cost optimal level and the reduction of whole life-cycle greenhouse gases emissions, the improvement of indoor environmental quality of a building or building unit, and recommendations to improve the smart readiness level pursuant to Article 13, unless the building or building unit already complies with the relevant zero-emission building standard.

AddedThe recommendations included in the energy performance certificate shall cover:

Added(a) measures carried out in connection with a major renovation of the building envelope or technical building ▌systems; and

Added(b) measures for individual building elements independent of a major renovation of the building envelope or technical building ▌systems.

Added5. The recommendations included in the energy performance certificate shall be technically feasible for the specific building and shall provide an estimate for the energy savings and the reduction of operational greenhouse gas emissions over the expected service life of the building and the improvement of indoor environmental quality performance indicators. They may provide an estimate for the range of payback periods or cost-benefits over its economic lifecycle and information on available financial incentives, administrative and technical assistance along with financial benefits, which are broadly associated with the achievement of the reference values.Once the relevant reporting mechanisms and targets set out in Articles 7, 8 and 11a are in force, the energy performance certificate shall include relevant recommendations.

Added6. The recommendations shall include an assessment of the remaining lifespan of the space heating systems and the air conditioning systems, and an assessment of whether the space and water heating or air conditioning system can be adapted to operate at more efficient temperature settings, such as low temperature emitters for water based heating systems, including the required design of thermal power output and temperature/flow requirements.

Added6a. The recommendations shall indicate possible alternatives for the replacement of the technical building systems for heating and cooling where relevant, in line with the 2030 and 2050 climate targets, suitable to that type of building and taking into account local and system-related circumstances.

Added7. The energy performance certificate shall provide an indication, where the owner or tenant can receive more detailed information, including as regards the cost optimality of the recommendations made in the energy performance certificate, and the contact information and address of the closest one-stop shop established pursuant to Article 15a. The evaluation of cost optimality shall be based on a set of standard conditions in accordance with Article 6, such as the assessment of energy savings and underlying energy prices and a preliminary cost forecast. In addition, it shall contain information on the steps to be taken to implement the recommendations, and on any available financial support. Other information on related topics, such as energy audits or incentives of a financial or other nature and financing possibilities, or advice on how to increase the climate resilience of the building and the safety of installed appliances, may also be provided to the owner or tenant.

Added8. Certification for building units may be based:

Added(a) on a common certification of the whole building; or

Added(b) on the assessment of another representative building unit with the same energy relevant characteristics in the same building.

Added9. Certification for single-family houses may be based on the assessment of another representative building of similar design and size with a similar actual energy performance quality if such correspondence can be guaranteed by the expert issuing the energy performance certificate.

Added9a. The Commission shall, after consulting the relevant stakeholders and reviewing existing methodologies and tools, develop a European certification scheme for energy efficiency meters. That certification scheme may be used by Member States to encourage the use of certified energy efficiency metering technologies, and to strengthen energy performance certificates with real-time measurement.

Added10. The validity of the energy performance certificate shall not exceed five years. However for buildings with an energy performance class A+, A, B or C established pursuant to paragraph 2, the validity of the energy performance certificate shall not exceed 10 years.

Added11. Member States shall make simplified procedures for updating an energy performance certificate available where only individual elements are upgraded (single or standalone measures) in order to reduce the cost of issuance of the updated certificate.

AddedMember States shall make simplified procedures for updating an energy performance certificate available where measures identified in a renovation passport are put in place in order to reduce the cost of issuance of the updated certificate, or where a building digital twin is used, and data of building performance can be updated.

AddedIssue of energy performance certificates

Added1. Member States shall ensure that a digital energy performance certificate is issued for:

Added(a) buildings or building units which are constructed, have undergone a major renovation, are sold or rented out to a new tenant or for which a rental contract is renewed or which a mortgage is refinanced;

Added(b) buildings owned or occupied by public bodies .

AddedThe requirement to issue an energy performance certificate shall not apply where a certificate, issued in accordance with either Directive 2010/31/EU or this Directive, for the building or building unit concerned is available and valid. Member States shall ensure that vulnerable households receive financial support for issuing energy performance certificates.

Added2. Member States shall require that, when buildings or building units are constructed, have undergone a major renovation, are sold or rented out or when rental contracts are renewed , or which have their mortgage refinanced the energy performance certificate is shown to the prospective tenant or buyer and handed over to the buyer or tenant.

Added3. Where a building is sold or rented out in advance of construction or major renovation, Member States may require the seller to provide an assessment of its future energy performance, as a derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2; in that case, the energy performance certificate shall be issued at the latest once the building has been constructed or renovated and shall reflect the as-built state.

Added4. Member States shall require that buildings or buildings units which are offered for sale or for rent have a valid energy performance certificate,and that the energy performance indicator and class of the energy performance certificate of the building or the building unit, as applicable, is stated in online and offline advertisements, including in property search portal websites .

AddedMember States shall carry out sample checks or other controls to ensure compliance with these requirements.

Added5. The provisions of this Article shall be implemented in accordance with applicable national rules on joint ownership or common property.

Added6. The possible effects of energy performance certificates in terms of legal proceedings, if any, shall be decided in accordance with national rules.

Added7. Member States shall ensure that all energy performance certificates issued are uploaded to the database for energy performance of building referred to in Article 19. The upload shall contain the full energy performance certificate, including all necessary data required for the calculation of the energy performance of the building.

AddedDisplay of energy performance certificates

Added1. Member States shall ▌ensure that where a non-residential building or a building for which an energy performance certificate has been issued in accordance with Article 17(1) is occupied by public authorities and frequently visited by the public, the energy performance certificate is displayed in a prominent place clearly visible to the public.

Added2. Member States shall require that where a total useful floor area over 500 m2 of a building for which an energy performance certificate has been issued in accordance with Article 17(1) is frequently visited by the public, the energy performance certificate is displayed in a prominent place clearly visible to the public.

Added3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 do not include an obligation to display the recommendations included in the energy performance certificate.

AddedDatabases for energy performance of buildings

Added1. Each Member State shall set up a national database for energy performance of buildings which allows data to be gathered on the energy performance of individual buildings and on the overall energy performance of the national building stock.

AddedThe database shall be interoperable with other relevant online platforms and public services and shall allow data to be gathered from all relevant sources related to energy performance certificates, inspections, the building renovation passport, the smart readiness indicator, energy building benchmarks and the calculated or metered energy consumption of the buildings covered. In order to populate the database, building typologies and energy building benchmarking may also be gathered. Data may also be gathered and stored on both operational and embodied emissions and overall life-cycle GWP, using metrics based on the LEVELs Framework.

Added2. The aggregated and anonymised data of building stock shall be made publicly available, in compliance with Union and national data protection rules. The data stored shall be machine-readable and accessible via an appropriate digital interface. Member States shall ensure easy and free-of-charge access to the full energy performance certificate for building owners, tenants and managers, certified experts, and to financial institutions as regards the buildings exposure to residential or commercial property which have been assigned to their non-trading book. For buildings offered for rent or sale, Member States shall ensure access to the full energy performance certificate for prospective tenants or buyers that have been authorised by the owner of the building.

Added3. Member States shall make publicly available information on the share of buildings in the national building stock covered by energy performance certificates and aggregated or anonymised data on the energy performance, the energy consumption and the life-cycle GWP of the buildings covered. The public information shall be updated at least twice per year. Member States shall make anonymised or aggregated information available to public and research institutions such as National Statistics Institutes, upon request.

Added4. At least once per year, Member States shall ensure the transfer of the information in the national database to the Building Stock Observatory.

Added5. The Commission shall, by 30 June 2024, adopt an implementing act for a common template for the transfer of the information to the Building Stock Observatory with the possibility for constant real-time updates.

AddedThat implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 30(3).

Added6. For the purpose of ensuring coherence and consistency of information, Member States shall ensure that the national database for energy performance of buildings is interoperable and integrated with other administrative databases containing information on buildings, such as the national building cadastre and digital building logbooks.

Added6a. By 31 December 2024, the Commission shall, adopt implementing acts to support the efficient functioning of digital building logbooks by establishing a common template for:

Added(a) a standardised approach for data collection, data management and interoperability and its legal framework;

Added(b) linking existing databases.

AddedThose implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2).

Added6b By... [24 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive], and every two years thereafter, the Commission shall publish by a summary report on the situation and progress of the Union building stock at local, regional and national level. Member States shall use the summary report to target renovations for clusters of inefficient buildings as a means of reducing energy poverty.

AddedInspections

Added1. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to establish regular inspections of heating , ventilation and air conditioning systems with an effective rated output of over 70 kW.The effective rating of the system shall be based on the sum of the rated output of the heating and air-conditioning generators.

Added2. Member States may establish separate inspection schemes for the inspections of residential and non-residential systems.

Added3. Member States may set different inspection frequencies depending on the type and effective rated output of the system whilst taking into account the costs of the inspection of the system and the estimated energy cost savings that may result from the inspection. Systems shall be inspected at least every five years. Systems with generators of an effective rated output of more than 290 kW and those emitting carbon monoxide shall be inspected at least every two years, for safety reasons.

Added4. The inspection shall include the assessment of the heat and air-conditioning generator or generators, circulation pumps, components of ventilation systems, all air and water distribution systems, hydronic balancing systems, where appropriate, and control system. Member States may decide to include in the inspection schemes any additional building systems identified under Annex I.

AddedThe inspection shall include an assessment of the efficiency and sizing of the heat and air-conditioning generator or generators and of its main components compared with the requirements of the building and consider the capabilities of the system to optimise its performance under typical or average operating conditions, using available energy saving technologies, and under changing conditions due to use variation. Where relevant, the inspection shall assess the feasibility of the system to operate under different and more efficient temperature settings, such as at low temperature for water-based heating systems, including via the design of thermal power output and temperature and flow requirements, while ensuring the safe operation of the system. The inspection shall also assess the readiness of technical building systems to work with renewable energy sources and, where relevant, be operated on low temperatures.

AddedThe inspections scheme shall include the assessment of the sizing of the ventilation system compared with the requirements of the building and consider the capabilities of the ventilation system to optimise its performance under typical or average operating conditions.

AddedWhere no changes have been made to the system or to the requirements of the building following an inspection carried out pursuant to this Article, Member States may choose not to require the assessment of the main component sizing or the assessment of operation under different temperatures to be repeated.

AddedMember States shall ensure that an assessment of the energy efficiency of electrical installations of non-residential buildings is made as part of existing safety inspections schemes, with due regard to the available standard for their optimal design, dimensioning, management and monitoring.

Added5. Technical building systems that are explicitly covered by an agreed energy performance criterion or a contractual arrangement specifying an agreed level of energy efficiency improvement, such as energy performance contracting, or that are operated by a utility or network operator and therefore subject to performance monitoring measures on the system side, shall be exempt from the requirements laid down in paragraph 1, provided that the overall impact of such an approach is equivalent to that resulting from paragraph 1.

Added6. ▌Member States may ▌ take measures to ensure the provision of advice to users concerning the replacement of generators, other modifications to the system and alternative solutions to assess the ▌efficiency and appropriate size of those systems.

Added▌

Added9. Buildings that comply with Article 11(4b) or ( 4c) shall be exempt from the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article.

Added10. Member States shall put in place inspection schemes ▌ including digital tools for industry size installations, and checklists, to verify compliance with the capability requirements set out in Article 11(4b) and (4c), and to certify that the delivered construction and renovation works meet the designed energy performance and are compliant with the minimum energy performance requirements operational greenhouse gas emissions, indoor environmental quality, and fire safety requirements as laid down in by the building codes or equivalent regulations.

Added11. Member States shall include a summarised analysis of the inspection schemes and their results as an annex to the building renovation plan referred to in Article 3. Article 21

AddedReports on the inspection of heating , ventilation and air-conditioning systems

Added1. An inspection report shall be issued after each inspection of a heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, or building automation and control system. The inspection report shall contain the result of the inspection performed in accordance with Article 20 and include recommendations for the cost-optimal improvement of the energy performance and safety of the inspected system.

AddedThose recommendations may be based on a comparison of the energy performance of the system inspected with that of the best available feasible system, using energy saving technologies, and a system of similar type for which all relevant components achieve the level of energy performance required by the applicable legislation.

Added2. The inspection report shall be handed over to the owner or tenant of the building.

Added2a. In the case of fossil fuel powered technical building systems, the recommendations shall provide for alternative renewables based systems or, for any residual demand, for connections to efficient district heating and cooling systems. The recommendations shall consider the economic lifetime of the current installation.

Added3. The inspection report shall be uploaded into the national database for energy performance of buildings pursuant to Article 19.

AddedIndependent experts

Added1. Member States shall ensure that the energy performance certification of buildings, the establishment of renovation passports, the smart readiness assessment, the inspection of heating systems and air-conditioning systems are carried out in an independent manner by qualified or certified companies and experts, using test equipment certified in accordance with EN standards, whether operating in a self-employed capacity or employed by public bodies or private enterprises.

AddedExperts shall be certified in accordance with Article 26 of Directive (EU) …/… [recast EED] taking into account their competence.

Added2. Member States shall make available to the public information on training and certifications. Member States shall ensure that either regularly updated lists of qualified or certified experts or regularly updated lists of certified companies which offer the services of such experts are made available to the public.

AddedCertification of building professionals

Added1. By ...[date set out in Article 26(4) [recast EED]], Member States shall establish a national action plan to provide a sufficient and adequately skilled workforce and ensure the appropriate level of competence for building professionals and construction companies, carrying out integrated renovation works in line with the established targets and measurable progress indicators pursuant to Article 3(1) of this Directive and Article 26 of [recast EED].

Added1a. To achieve a sufficient number of professionals in accordance with paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that sufficient training programmes leading to qualification and certification covering integrated works, including the latest innovative solutions therefore, are made available. Member States shall put in place measures to promote participation in such programmes, in particular by microenterprises, SMEs and self-employed persons.

Added2. Where appropriate and feasible, Member States shall ensure that certification or equivalent qualification schemes are available for providers of integrated renovation works, such as construction companies, where this is not covered by Article 18(3) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED] or Article 26 of Directive (EU) …/….[recast EED].

AddedIndependent control system

Added1. Member States shall ensure that independent control systems for energy performance certificates are established in accordance with Annex VI, and that independent control systems for renovation passports, smart readiness indicators and reports on the inspection of heating and air-conditioning systems are established. Member States may establish separate systems for the control of energy performance certificates, renovation passports, smart readiness indicators and reports on the inspection of heating and air-conditioning systems.

Added2. The Member States may delegate the responsibilities for implementing the independent control systems.

AddedWhere the Member States decide to do so, they shall ensure that the independent control systems are implemented in compliance with Annex VI.

Added3. Member States shall require the energy performance certificates, the renovation passports, the smart readiness indicators and the inspection reports referred to in paragraph 1 to be made available to the competent authorities or bodies on request.

AddedReview

AddedThe Commission, assisted by the Committee referred to in Article 30, shall review this Directive by the end of 2027 at the latest, in the light of the experience gained and progress made during its application, and, if necessary, make proposals.

AddedAs part of that review, the Commission shall:

Added(a) assess whether the application of this Directive in combination with other legislative instruments addressing energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, in particular through carbon pricing, deliver sufficient progress towards achieving a fully decarbonised, zero-emission building stock by 2050, or whether further binding measures at Union level, in particular mandatory minimum energy performance standards across the whole building stock, need to be introduced;

Added(b) assess the adequate legal instrument, level and timeline of reduction targets for the Union building stock life-cycle GWP, on the basis of the harmonised framework referred to in Article 1(2), point (da);

Added(c) determine how to take into account in all measures at Union level a holistic approach at all spatial scales, including landscape architecture, urban planning, infrastructure, and design, thus promoting a sustainable built environment.

AddedThe Commission shall ▌examine in what manner Member States have applied integrated district or neighbourhood approaches in Union building and energy efficiency policy, while ensuring that each building meets the minimum energy performance requirements, and including how such approaches can be used to meet Union standards by means of IRPs applying to a number of buildings in a spatial context instead of a single building.

AddedInformation

Added1. Member States shall prepare and carry out information and awareness-raising campaigns on an ongoing basis in order to promote public interest and support for the improvement of energy efficiency of buildings and the achievement of the objectives of this Directive. They shall take the necessary measures to inform the owners and tenants of buildings or building units and all relevant market actors, including local and regional authorities and energy communities, of the different methods and practices that serve to enhance energy performance, such as energy management services, energy performance contracting, and the one-stop shops established pursuant to Article 15a. In particular, Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide tailor-made information to vulnerable households. That information shall also be passed through local authorities and civil society organisations.

AddedMember States shall inform the owners, tenants and facility managers of buildings of the different methods and practices that serve to enhance the energy and emission performance, fire, electrical, and seismic safety of a building.

Added2. Member States shall in particular provide information to the owners or tenants of buildings on energy performance certificates, including their purpose and objectives, on cost-optimal measures and, where appropriate, financial instruments, to improve the energy performance of the building, and on replacing fossil fuel boilers with more sustainable alternatives. Member States shall provide the information through accessible and transparent advisory tools such as renovation advice and the one-stop shops established pursuant to Article 15a, paying particular attention to vulnerable households.

AddedAt the request of the Member States, the Commission shall assist Member States in staging information campaigns for the purposes of paragraph 1 and the first subparagraph of this paragraph, which may be dealt with in Union programmes.

Added3. Member States shall ensure that guidance and training, including a gender perspective, are made available, for those responsible for implementing this Directive. Such guidance and training shall address the importance of improving energy performance, and shall enable consideration of the optimal combination of improvements in energy efficiency, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, [use of energy from renewable sources and use of district heating and cooling] when planning, designing, building and renovating industrial or residential areas. Such guidance and training shall also address structural improvements, adaptation to climate change, fire safety, risks related to intense seismic activity, the removal of hazardous substances including asbestos, air pollutant emissions (including fine particulate matter), indoor environmental quality and accessibility for persons with disabilities. Member States shall endeavour to allocate funding for training to local and regional authorities, renewable energy communities and citizen energy communities that promote energy performance improvements, energy efficiency, renewable energy and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions at a neighbourhood level and in particular, to vulnerable households.

Added4. The Commission shall continuously improve its information services, in particular the website that has been set up as a European portal for energy efficiency in buildings directed towards citizens, professionals and authorities, in order to assist Member States in their information and awareness-raising efforts. Information displayed on that website might include links to relevant ▌Union law and national, regional and local rules, links to Europa websites that display the National Energy Efficiency Action Plans, links to available financial instruments, as well as best practice examples at national, regional and local level, including with regard to the one-stop shops established pursuant to Article 15a. In the context of the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the Just Transition Fund, the Social Climate Fund, and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Commission shall continue and further intensify its information services with the aim of facilitating the use of available funds by providing assistance and information, including through the European Local Energy Assistance facility in cooperation with the European Investment Bank to interested stakeholders, including national, regional and local authorities, on funding possibilities, taking into account the latest changes in the regulatory framework.

AddedConsultation

AddedIn order to facilitate the effective implementation of this Directive, Member States shall consult the stakeholders involved, including local and regional authorities, in accordance with the national legislation applicable and as relevant. Such consultation is of particular importance for the application of Article 26.

AddedAdaptation of Annex I to technical progress

AddedThe Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29:

Added(a) amending this Directive by adapting points 4 and 5 of Annex I to technical progress; and

Added(b) Supplementing this Directive by including guidance to Members States about the assessment of the energy performance of transparent building elements that form part of the building envelope.

AddedExercise of the delegation

Added1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

Added2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 6 7, 10, 11a, 13, 14(4a), 15 and 28 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from ... [date of entry into force of this Directive].

Added3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 6,7, 10, 11a, 13, , 14(4a), 15 and 28 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

Added4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.

Added5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

Added6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 6, 7, 10, 11a, 13, 14(4a), 15, or 28 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

AddedCommittee procedure

Added1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

Added2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Added3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Added▌

AddedTransposition

Added1. Member States shall, bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Articles 1 to 3, 5 to 26, 29 and 32 and Annexes I to III and V to IX by ... [24 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive]. They shall immediately communicate the text of those measures and a correlation table to the Commission.

AddedWhen Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. They shall also include a statement that references in existing laws, regulations and administrative provisions to the Directive repealed by this Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made and how that statement is to be formulated.

Added2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

AddedRepeal

AddedDirective 2010/31/EU, as amended by the acts listed in Annex VIII, Part A, is repealed with effect from […], without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the timelimits for the transposition into national law and the dates of application of the Directives set out in Annex VIII, Part B.

AddedReferences to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IX.

AddedEntry into force

AddedThis Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

AddedArticles 4, 27, 28, 30, 31 and 33 to 35 and Annex IV shall apply from [the day after the date of transposition/24 months after the date of entry into force plus 1 day].

AddedAddressees

AddedThis Directive is addressed to the Member States.

AddedDone at,

AddedFor the European Parliament For the Council

AddedThe President The President

AddedCommon general framework for the calculation of energy performance of buildings

Added1. The energy performance of a building shall be determined on the basis of calculated or metered energy use and shall reflect typical energy use for space heating, space cooling, domestic hot water, ventilation, built-in lighting and other technical building systems. Member States shall ensure that the typical energy use is representative of actual operating conditions for each relevant typology and reflects the typical user behaviour. ▌ Typical energy use and typical user behaviour shall be based on available national statistics, building codes and metered data.

AddedWhere metered energy is the basis for calculating the energy performance of buildings, the calculation methodology shall be capable of identifying the influence of the behaviour of occupants and the local climate, which shall not be reflected in the result of the calculation. Metered energy to be used for the purposes of calculating the energy performance of buildings shall require readings of at least hourly intervals and must differentiate between energy carriers.

AddedMember States may use metered energy consumption under typical operating conditions to verify the correctness of the calculated energy use and enable comparison between calculated and actual performance. Metered energy consumption for the purposes of verification and comparison may be based on monthly readings.

AddedThe energy performance of a building shall be expressed by a numeric indicator of primary energy use per unit of reference floor area per year, in kWh/(m2.y) for the purpose of both energy performance certification and compliance with minimum energy performance requirements. Numeric indicators of final energy use per unit of reference floor area per year, in kWh/(m2.y) and of energy needs according to ISO 52000 in kWh/(m².y) shall be used. The methodology applied for the determination of the energy performance of a building shall be transparent and open to innovation and reflect best practices, in particular from additional indicators.

AddedMember States shall describe their national calculation methodology based on Annex A of the key European standards on energy performance of buildings, namely EN ISO 52000-1, EN ISO 52003-1, EN ISO 52010-1,EN ISO 52016-1, EN ISO 52018-1,EN 16798-1, EN 52120-1 and EN 17423 or superseding documents This provision shall not constitute a legal codification of those standards.

AddedMember States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, where buildings are supplied by district heating or cooling systems, the benefits of such supply are recognised and accounted for in the calculation methodology in particular the renewable energy share through individually certified or recognised primary energy factors.

Added2. The energy needs and energy use for space heating, space cooling, domestic hot water, ventilation, lighting and other technical building systems shall be calculated using hourly or sub-hourly time calculation intervals in order to account for varying conditions that significantly affect the operation and performance of the system and the indoor conditions, and to optimise costs, health, indoor environmental quality and comfort levels defined by Member States at national or regional level. The calculation shall include an estimation of the thermal responsiveness of the building and its capacity to offer flexibility to the energy grid.

AddedWhere product-specific regulations for energy-related products adopted under Regulation 2009/125/EC include specific product information requirements for the purpose of the calculation of energy performance and life-cycle GWP under this Directive, national calculation methods shall not require additional information.

AddedThe calculation of primary energy shall be based on dynamic and forward-looking primary energy factors, (distinguishing non-renewable, renewable and total) per energy carrier, which have to be recognised by the national authorities and taking into account the expected energy mix on the basis of its national energy and climate plan. Those primary energy factors may be based on national, regional or local information. Primary energy factors may be set on an annual, seasonal, monthly,daily or hourly basis or on more specific information made available for individual district systems

Added▌The choices made and data sources shall be reported according to EN 17423 or any superseding document. Member States shall use a primary energy factor for electricity ▌reflecting the electricity mix in the country. When defining those factors, Member States shall ensure that the optimal energy performance of the building envelope is pursued.

Added3. For the purpose of expressing the energy performance of a building, Member States shall define additional numeric indicators of total, non-renewable and renewable primary energy use, and of operational and embodied greenhouse gas emissions produced in kgCO2eq/(m2.y) over the expected service life of the building.

Added3a. In the calculation of the primary energy factors for the purpose of calculating the energy performance of buildings, Member States may take into account renewable energy sources supplied and renewable energy sources that are generated and used onsite.

Added4. The methodology shall be laid down taking into consideration at least the following aspects:

Added(a) the following actual thermal characteristics of the building including its internal partitions:

Added(i) thermal capacity;

Added(ii) insulation;

Added(iii) passive heating;

Added(iv) cooling elements;

Added(v) thermal bridges;

Added(b) heating installation and hot water supply, including their insulation characteristics;

Added(ba) capacity of installed on-site renewables, bidirectional electric vehicle charging infrastructure, demand-response and storage;

Added(c) air-conditioning installations;

Added(d) natural and mechanical ventilation which may include air-tightness and heat recovery;

Added(e) built-in lighting installation (mainly in the non-residential sector);

Added(f) the design, positioning and orientation of the building, including outdoor climate;

Added(g) passive solar systems and solar protection;

Added(h) indoor climatic conditions, including the designed indoor climate;

Added(i) internal loads;

Added(ia) building automation and control systems and their capabilities to monitor, control and optimise energy performance;

Added(ib) efficiency of electrical installations (IEC EN 60364-8-1).

Added5. The positive influence of the following aspects shall be taken into account:

Added(a) local solar exposure conditions, active solar systems and other heating and electricity systems based on energy from renewable sources;

Added(b) electricity produced by cogeneration;

Added(c) district or block heating and cooling systems;

Added(d) natural lighting;

Added(da) demand-side flexibility capability (EN 50491-12-1).

Added6. For the purpose of the calculation buildings should be adequately classified into the following categories:

Added(a) single-family houses of different types;

Added(b) apartment blocks;

Added(c) offices;

Added(d) educational buildings;

Added(e) hospitals;

Added(f) hotels and restaurants;

Added(g) sports facilities;

Added(h) wholesale and retail trade services buildings;

Added(i) other types of energy-consuming buildings

AddedTemplate for the national building renovation plans

AddedRequirements for new and renovated zero-emission buildings and calculation of life-cycle GWP

AddedI. Requirements for zero-emission buildings

AddedThe total annual primary energy use of a new zero-emission building shall comply with the maximum thresholds indicated in the table below.

AddedMember States may choose to classify internal regions in different climatic zones on the basis of Eurostat data on climatic conditions, in so far as it complies with the table below.

Added*Note: the threshold should be smaller than the threshold for total primary energy use established at the Member State level for nearly zero-energy non-residential buildings type other than offices

AddedThe total annual primary energy use of a new or renovated zero-emission building shall be fully covered, on a net annual or seasonal basis, by

Added– energy from renewable sources generated or stored on-site and fulfilling the criteria of Article 7 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED],

Added– energy for self-consumption and joined self-consumption within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED] or local sharing of renewable energy production, including through a third-party market actor, or from a renewable energy community within the meaning of Article 22 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED], or

Added– renewable energy from district heating and cooling system or waste heat.

AddedA zero-emission building shall not cause any on-site carbon emissions from fossil fuels.

AddedWhere, due to the nature of the building or lack of access to renewable energy communities or eligible district heating and cooling systems or waste heat, it is technically not feasible to fully comply with the requirements under the first paragraph, the remaining share or all of the total annual primary energy use may also be covered by renewable energy from the grid, documented with power purchase agreements and renewable heating and cooling purchase agreements as referred to in Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED], or renewable energy from an efficient district heating and cooling system in accordance with Article 24(1) of Directive (EU) …/… [recast EED].. The Commission shall issue guidance on how to implement and verify the those criteria with special attention to technical feasibility.

AddedII. Calculation of life-cycle ▌GWP ▌of new buildings pursuant to Article 7(2).

AddedFor the calculation of the life-cycle ▌GWP ▌ of new buildings pursuant to Article 7(2), the GWP is communicated as a numeric indicator for each life-cycle stage expressed as kgCO2e/m2 (of useful floor area) averaged for one year of a reference study period of 50 years. The data selection, scenario definition and calculations shall be carried out in accordance with EN 15978 (EN 15978:2011. Sustainability of construction works. Assessment of environmental performance of buildings. Calculation method). The scope of building elements and technical equipment is as defined in the Level(s) common EU framework for indicator 1.2. Where a national calculation tool exists, or is required for making disclosures or for obtaining building permits, that tool may be used to provide the required disclosure Other calculation tools may be used if they fulfill the minimum criteria laid down by the Level(s) common EU framework data regarding specific construction products and technical building systems as well as their environmental product declarations, and calculated in accordance with [revised Construction Products Regulation] shall be used when available.

AddedCOMMON GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR RATING THE SMART READINESS OF BUILDINGS

Added1. The Commission shall establish the definition of the smart readiness indicator and a methodology by which it is to be calculated, in order to assess the capabilities of a building or building unit to adapt its operation to the needs of the occupant and of the grid and to improve its energy efficiency and overall performance.

AddedThe smart readiness indicator shall cover features for enhanced energy savings, benchmarking and flexibility, enhanced functionalities and capabilities resulting from more interconnected and intelligent devices.

AddedThe methodology shall take into account the existence of a digital twin of the building allowing a better ongoing reporting and management of the building’s energy consumption.

AddedThe methodology shall take into account features such as smart meters, building automation and control systems, self-regulating devices for the regulation of indoor air temperature, built-in home appliances, recharging points for electric vehicles, energy storage and detailed functionalities and the interoperability of those features, as well as benefits for the indoor climate condition, energy efficiency, performance levels and enabled flexibility.

Added2. The methodology shall rely on the following key functionalities relating to the building and its technical building systems:

Added(a) the ability to maintain energy performance and operation of the building through the adaptation of energy consumption for example through use of energy from renewable sources;

Added(b) the ability to adapt its operation mode in response to the needs of the occupant while paying due attention to the availability of user-friendliness, maintaining healthy indoor climate conditions and the ability to report on energy use; and

Added(c) the flexibility of a building’s overall energy demand, including its ability to enable participation in active and passive as well as implicit and explicit demand response, and through storing and releasing energy back to the grid, for example through flexibility and load shifting capacities and energy storage;

Added(ca) the ability to improve its energy efficiency and overall performance through the use of energy saving technologies.

Added3. The methodology may further take into account:

Added(a) the interoperability between systems (smart meters, building automation and control systems, built-in home appliances, self-regulating devices for the regulation of indoor air temperature within the building and indoor air quality sensors and ventilations); and

Added(b) the positive influence of existing communication networks, in particular the existence of high-speed-ready in-building physical infrastructure, such as the voluntary ‘broadband ready’ label, and the existence of an access point for multi-dwelling buildings, in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2014/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 2.

Added4. The methodology shall not negatively affect existing national energy performance certification schemes and shall build on related initiatives at national level, while taking into account the principle of occupant ownership, data protection, privacy and security, in compliance with relevant Union data protection and privacy law as well as best available techniques for cyber security.

Added5. The methodology shall set out the most appropriate format of the smart readiness indicator parameter and shall be simple, transparent, and easily understandable for consumers, owners, investors and demand-response market participants.

AddedTEMPLATE FOR ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES

Added1. On its front page, the energy performance certificate shall display at least the following elements:

Added(a) the energy performance class;

Added(b) the calculated annual primary energy use in kWh/(m2 year);

Added(c) the calculated annual primary energy consumption in kWh or MWh;

Added(d) the calculated annual final energy use in kWh/(m2 year);

Added(e) the calculated annual final energy consumption in kWh or MWh;

Added(f) renewable energy production in kWh or MWh;

Added(g) renewable energy in % of energy use;

Added(h) operational greenhouse gas emissions (kg CO2/(m2 year));

Added(i) the greenhouse gas emission class (if applicable);

Added(ia) the calculated energy needs in accordance with EN standards in kWh/(m2.y) and final energy consumption in kWh or MWh;

Added(ib) expected remaining economic lifetime of the space and water heating and/or cooling systems and appliances;

Added(ic) a clear mention indicating whether or not the current building or dwelling can flexibly use energy.

Added2. In addition, the energy performance certificate shall include the following indicators:

Added(a) energy use, peak load, size of generator or system, main energy carrier and main type of element for each of the uses: heating, cooling, domestic hot water, ventilation and in-built lighting;

Added(b) renewable energy produced on site, main energy carrier and type of renewable energy source;

Added(c) a yes/no indication whether a calculation of the life-cycle GWP has been carried out for the building;

Added(d) the value of the life-cycle GWP (if available);

Added(e) information on carbon removals associated to the temporary storage of carbon in or on buildings;

Added(e) a yes/no indication whether a renovation passport is available for the building;

Added(f) the average U-value for the opaque elements of the building envelope;

Added(g) the average U-value for the transparent elements of the building envelope;

Added(h) type of most common transparent element (e.g. double glazed window);

Added(i) results of the analysis on overheating risk (if available);

Added(j) the presence of fixed sensors that monitor the levels of indoor environmental quality;

Added(k) the presence of fixed controls that respond to the levels of indoor environmental quality;

Added(l) number and type of charging points for electric vehicles;

Added(m) presence, type and size of energy storage systems;

Added(n) feasibility of adapting the heating system and domestic hot water system to operate at more efficient temperature settings;

Added(o) feasibility of adapting the air-conditioning system to operate at more efficient temperature settings;

Added(p) metered energy consumption;

Added(pa) a yes/no indication whether the heat distribution system inside the building is designed to work at low temperature levels;

Added(pb) the presence of a connection to a district heating and cooling network, including up-coming the evolution of nearby energy grids within the following five years;

Added(pc) local primary energy factors and related carbon emission factors of the connected local district heating and cooling network;

Added(q) operational fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions and performance indicators for the main categories of indoor environmental quality once the relevant provisions apply;

Added(qa) a yes/no indication whether the building has demand side flexibility capabilities;

Added(qb) contact details of the closest one-stop shop for renovation advice;

AddedThe energy performance certificate shall include the following links with other initiatives in so far as the following apply▌:

Added(a) a yes/no indication whether an smart readiness assessment has been carried out for the building;

Added(b) the value of the smart readiness assessment (if available), including the value of supporting energy saving technologies;

Added(c) a yes/no indication whether a digital building logbook is available for the building.

AddedPersons with disabilities shall have equal access to the information in energy performance certificates.

Added2 a. The energy performance certificate shall include a dedicated section on financing, listing available financing options and grouping indicators most relevant to financial institutions, mortgage providers, national promotional banks and other relevant institutions providing access to funding.

AddedINDEPENDENT CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES

Added1. Definition of quality of energy performance certificate

AddedMember States shall provide a clear definition of what is considered a valid energy performance certificate.

AddedThe definition of a valid energy performance certificate shall ensure:

Added(a) a validity check of the input data (including on-site checks) of the building used to issue the energy performance certificate and the results stated in the certificate;

Added(b) the validity of the calculations;

Added(c) a maximum deviation for the energy performance of a building, preferably expressed by the numeric indicator of primary energy use (kWh/(m2 year));

Added(d) a minimum number of elements differing from default or standard values.

AddedMember States may include additional elements in the definition of a valid energy performance certificate, such as maximum deviation for specific input data values.

Added2. Quality of the control system for energy performance certificates

AddedMember States shall provide a clear definition of the quality objectives and the level of statistical confidence that the energy performance certificate framework should achieve. The independent control system shall ensure at least 90% of valid issued energy performance certificates with a statistical confidence of 95% for the evaluated period, which shall not exceed one year.

AddedThe level of quality and the level of confidence shall be measured using random sampling and shall account for all elements provided in the definition of a valid energy performance certificate. Member States shall require third-party verification for the evaluation of at least 25% of the random sample when the independent control systems have been delegated to non-governmental bodies.

AddedThe validity of the input data shall be verified with information provided by the independent expert. Such information may include product certificates, specifications or building plans that include details on the performance of the different elements included in the energy performance certificate.

AddedThe validity of the input data shall be verified by on-site visits in at least 10% of the energy performance certificates that are part of the random sampling used to assess the overall quality of the scheme.

AddedIn addition to the minimum random sampling to determine the overall level of quality, Member States may use different strategies to specifically detect and target poor quality in energy performance certificates with the objective to improve the overall quality of the scheme. Such targeted analysis cannot be used as the basis to measure the overall quality of the scheme.

AddedMember States shall deploy pre-emptive and reactive measures to ensure the quality of the overall energy performance certificate framework. Those measures may include additional training for independent experts, targeted sampling, obligation to re-submit energy

Addedperformance certificates, proportional fines and temporary or permanent bans for experts.

AddedWhere information is added to a database it shall be possible for national authorities to identify the originator of the addition, for monitoring and verification purposes.

Added3. Availability of energy performance certificates

AddedThe independent control system shall verify the availability of energy performance certificates to prospective buyers and tenants in order to ensure that it is possible to consider the energy performance of the building in their decision to buy or rent.

AddedThe independent control system shall verify the visibility of the energy performance indicator and class in advertising media.

Added4. Treatment of building typologies

AddedThe independent control system shall account for different building typologies, particularly for those building typologies that are most prevalent in the real estate market, such as single residential, multi-residential, offices or retail.

Added5. Public disclosure

AddedMember States shall regularly publish, on the national database on energy performance certificates, at least the following information on the quality system:

Added(a) the definition of quality in energy performance certificates;

Added(b) quality objectives for the energy performance certificate scheme;

Added(c) results of the quality assessment, including number of certificates evaluated and relative size to the total number of issued certificates in the given period (per typology);

Added(d) contingency measures to improve the overall quality of energy performance certificates.

AddedCOMPARATIVE METHODOLOGY FRAMEWORK TO IDENTIFY COST-OPTIMAL LEVELS OF ENERGY PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS AND BUILDING ELEMENTS

AddedThe comparative methodology framework shall enable Member States to determine the energy and emission performance of buildings and building elements and the economic aspects of measures relating to the energy and emission performance, and to link them with a view to identifying the cost-optimal level to achieve the 2030 emission reduction and climate neutrality goals, as well as a zero emission building stock by 2050 at the latest.

AddedThe comparative methodology framework shall be accompanied by guidelines outlining how to apply that framework in the calculation of cost-optimal performance levels.

AddedThe comparative methodology framework shall allow for taking into account use patterns, outdoor climate ▌conditionsand their future changes according to best available climate science, investment costs, building category, maintenance and operating costs (including energy costs and savings), earnings from energy exported, where applicable, environmental, economic and health externalities of energy use, social externalities of building renovations, construction, demolition or the modification of residential area and waste management costs, where applicable and technological developments. It should be based on relevant European standards relating to this Directive.

AddedAs regards the wider environmental, economic and health externalities of improved building performance, these shall include at least:

Added- reduced greenhouse gas emissions from buildings;

Added- reduced pollution from buildings and its effects at building and local level, improved air quality;

Added- improvement on standards of living and productivity due to better indoor environmental quality resulting in better living and working conditions;

Added- reduced costs for health and social security systems;

Added- integration of buildings in the energy grid through grid flexibility, including through the use of smart charging points for electric vehicles;

Added- increased security of supply through higher energy performance and the deployment of solar technologies on buildings;

Added- reduced negative externalities such as avoided cost of carbon emissions, avoided climate change impacts and damage (climate mitigation and adaptation);

Added- impact on carbon pricing, including levels, volatility and sensitivity;

Added- stimulation of the local, regional and national economies, including local job creation and with a specific focus on microenterprises and SMEs in the construction and renovation sectors.

AddedThe environmental, energy, economy and health externalities shall be calculated starting from the report due in 2025.

AddedThe Commission shall also provide:

Added– guidelines to accompany the comparative methodology framework; those guidelines will serve to enable the Member States to undertake the steps listed below;

Added– information on estimated long-term energy and green-house gas emission price developments as well as volatility and sensitivity.

AddedThe energy and emission performance shall be carried out using the calculation methodology on the basis of this Directive. For the application of the comparative methodology framework by Member States, general conditions, expressed by parameters, shall be laid down at Member State level. The Commission shall issue recommendations to Member States regarding their cost optimality levels and their coherence with the climate trajectories

AddedThe comparative methodology framework shall require Member States to:

Added– define reference buildings that are characterised by and representative of their functionality and geographic location, including indoor and outdoor climate conditions. The reference buildings shall cover residential and non-residential buildings, both new and existing ones;

Added– define energy efficiency measures to be assessed for the reference buildings. Those may be measures for individual buildings as a whole, for individual building elements, or for a combination of building elements;

Added– assess the final and primary energy need and resulting emissions of the reference buildings with the defined energy efficiency measures applied;

Added– calculate the costs (i.e. the net present value) of the energy efficiency measures (as referred to in the second indent) during the expected economic lifecycle applied to the reference buildings (as referred to in the first indent) by applying the comparative methodology framework principles;

Added– calculate the global costs from a financial and macroeconomic perspective.

AddedBy calculating the costs of the energy efficiency measures during the expected economic lifecycle, the cost-effectiveness of different levels of minimum energy performance requirements is assessed by the Member States. That will allow the determination of cost-optimal levels of energy performance requirements.

AddedRepealed Directive with list of the successive amendments thereto (referred to in Article 33)

AddedTime-limits for transposition into national law and dates of application

AddedAmendments to parts of the proposal which remain unchanged ('white parts') were necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text or because the amendments are inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

AddedDear Mr Chair,

AddedThe Committee on Legal Affairs has examined the proposal referred to above pursuant to Rule 110 on Recasting of Parliament's Rules of Procedure.

AddedParagraph 3 of that Rule reads as follows:

Added“If the committee responsible for legal affairs considers that the proposal does not entail any substantive changes other than those identified as such in the proposal, it shall inform the committee responsible for the subject matter thereof.

AddedIn such a case, over and above the conditions laid down in Rules 180 and 181, amendments shall be admissible within the committee responsible for the subject-matter only if they concern those parts of the proposal which contain changes.

AddedHowever, amendments to parts of the proposal which remain unchanged may, by way of exception and on a case-by-case basis, be accepted by the Chair of the committee responsible for the subject matter if he or she considers that this is necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text or because the amendments are inextricably linked to other admissible amendments. Such reasons must be stated in a written justification to the amendments.”

AddedFollowing the here attached opinion of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, which has examined the recast proposal, and in keeping with the recommendations of the Rapporteur, the Committee on Legal Affairs considers that the proposal in question does not include any substantive changes other than those identified as such and that, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier act with those substantive amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing text, without any change in its substance.

AddedIn conclusion, at its meeting of 27 October 2022, the Committee on Legal Affairs, with 21 votes in favour, none against and two abstentions decided to recommend that the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), as the committee responsible, proceed to examine the above proposal in accordance with Rule 110.

AddedYours sincerely,

AddedAdrián Vázquez Lázara

AddedAnnex

AddedBrussels, 29 September 2022

AddedOPINION

AddedFOR THE ATTENTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

AddedTHE COUNCIL

AddedTHE COMMISSION

AddedProposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (recast)

AddedCOM(2021)802 of 15.12.2021 – 2021/0426(COD)

AddedHaving regard to the Inter-institutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts, and in particular to point 9 thereof, the Consultative Working Party consisting of the respective legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission met on 11 and 30 March 2022 for the purpose of examining, among others, the aforementioned proposal submitted by the Commission.

AddedAt those meetings, an examination of the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council recasting Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings resulted in the Consultative Working Party’s establishing, by common accord, that the following should have been marked with the grey-shaded type generally used for identifying substantive amendments:

Added- in recital 57, the adding of the initial words ‘In order to further the aim of improving the energy performance of buildings’;

Added- in recital 61, the replacement of the indication ‘point 34’ with ‘point 44’, and of the words ‘are encouraged to’ with the word ‘should’;

Added- in Article 12(1), first subparagraph, the deletion of Article 8(2), first subparagraph, point (a), of Directive 2010/31/EU;

Added- in Article 12(4), first subparagraph, the deletion of Article 8(5), point (a), of Directive 2010/31/EU;

Added- in Article 17(1), first subparagraph, point (b), the replacement of the words ‘a public authority’ with the words ‘public bodies’·,

Added- in Article 20(4), second subparagraph, the deletion of the word ‘heat’ appearing before the word ‘generator’ in Article 14(1), first subparagraph, of Directive 2010/31/EU;

Added- in Article 20(4), second and fourth subparagraphs, the deletion of the word ‘heating’ appearing before the words ‘requirements’ and ‘system’ in Article 14(1), first and second subparagraphs, of Directive 2010/31/EU;

Added- in Article 20(6), first subparagraph, the deletion of the initial wording ‘As an alternative to paragraph 1’ and of the words ‘heat’ preceding ‘generators’ and ‘heating’ preceding ‘system’ in Article 14(3), first subparagraph, of Directive 2010/31/EU;

Added- in Article 27, the deletion of a reference to Article 9 of Directive 2010/31/EU currently contained in Article 20 of that act.

AddedIn consequence, examination of the proposal has enabled the Consultative Working Party to conclude, without dissent, that the proposal does not comprise any substantive amendments other than those identified as such. The Working Party also concluded, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier act with those substantive amendments, that the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing legal text, without any change in its substance.

AddedF. DREXLER T. BLANCHET D. CALLEJA CRESPO

AddedJurisconsult Jurisconsult Director-General

AddedSHORT JUSTIFICATION

AddedBuildings are responsible for 40% of total energy consumption and respective share of overall household spending and 36% of energy-related Greenhouse Gas emissions in the EU. Therefore, the building stock is of vital importance to deliver on net neutrality in 2050. Besides achieving our international commitments, a more energy-efficient building stock leads to improved energy security and reduced imports of energy to the EU, lower energy bills for consumers, healthier living conditions as well as increased growth, avant-garde technologies and jobs made in Europe.

AddedSeveral aspects are currently hindering the full energy savings potential from being untapped:

AddedThe complex interplay between EU legislation, national building codes, behavioural practices, economic and financial barriers and the diverging ownership structure of the building stock in the Member States (split-incentives) leave the deep renovation - which reduces energy consumption by at least 60% - at a rate of 0.2% of the building stock per year.

AddedAffordability - Pay-as-you-Save

AddedRenovation is key for reducing the energy consumption of buildings, for bringing down emissions and for reducing rising energy bills. According to the Renovation Wave Communication 275 billion Euros per year of additional investments are needed to meet the building renovation contribution to the 2030 emission reduction target of 55% Greenhouse Gas Emissions in comparison to 1990. These costs might be borne by every day European citizens: renters - young and elderly alike - or single-family households. The Rapporteur is convinced that the transformation of the EU building stock will only succeed with a large support of EU citizens. To make renovations more attractive he proposes a novel financial support instruments - the so-called “Pay-as-you-Save”, guaranteeing that the repayment bills on the loan never exceed energy savings. The implementation by Member States is a prerequisite for the renovation obligation of existing one-family buildings. He adds economical safeguards in regards to the requirements for deep renovation to zero emission buildings as of 2030: These renovations should transform a building to a zero-emission building or the best results that a renovation costing up to 50% of the value of the respective building could provide for. For the rapporteur it is clear that vulnerable households and low-income owners should be given the clear priority when it comes to financial support and technical assistance. As these groups tend to live in worst-performing buildings, the Rapporteur changes the definition of class G (worst performing buildings) - from “the last 15%” to "minimum last 15%".

AddedHolistic tailor-made local approach

AddedClimatic difference, local conditions and diverging building stocks necessitate for a holistic tailor-made approach - at local level instead of one-size-fits-all approach -. The Rapporteur thus introduces the consideration of such factors as well as the possibility for a different approach in regards to historic buildings and the prioritizing of renovations of public buildings such as schools and hospital. He strengthens the role of the one-stop-shops to support renovations of multi-apartment buildings and privately rented homes. Lastly, he takes due account of Member Sates’ different renewable mix in order to promote all renewables - including the ones from the grid. . While emphasizing a local implementation, the rapporteur sees the necessity for the Member States to provide an adequate framework to incentivize renovations: For him, it is vital to extent the national renovation strategies to include corrections measures in case of underachievement and sufficient financial support.

AddedIndoor Air Quality

AddedToday, people spend a considerable time indoors. The pandemic has intensified the concept of working-and-living under the same roof. According to estimates, tens of millions of Europeans suffer from bad indoor air quality. This can have several reasons such as mould or dampness. Construction and maintenance of buildings can thus have huge effects on public health and the well-being of the whole population. The rapporteur thus proposes a holistic definition of indoor air quality.

AddedAMENDMENTS

AddedThe Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety calls on the Committee on the Industry, Research and Energy, as the committee responsible, to take into account the following amendments:

AddedRecital 2 a (new): (2a) Climate change is a challenge that transcends borders and requires immediate and ambitious action. The transition to a climate-neutral economy by 2050 represents a great opportunity as well as a challenge for the Union, its Member States, citizens and business from every sector. To this aim, cohesion policy is a crucial tool in delivering a fair transition to a climate-neutral economy by leaving no one behind.

AddedRecital 3: (3) As announced in the Green Deal, the Commission presented its Renovation Wave strategy on 14 October 202030 . The strategy contains an action plan with concrete regulatory, financing and enabling measures, with the objective to at least double the annual energy renovation rate of buildings by 2030 and to foster deep renovations by more than 35 million building and the creation up to 160 000 jobs in the construction sector, making renovation affordable for all households, including those with a limited ability to cover upfront costs. The revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive is necessary as one of the vehicles to deliver on the Renovation Wave. It will also contribute to delivering on the European mission on climate-neutral, green and smart cities, and should follow the pathway drawn by the New European Bauhaus as a previous phase of the Building Renovation Wave. With the New European Bauhaus, three core pillars should be respected as a holistic approach for achieving a better energy performance of buildings and a decarbonised building stock by 2050 at the latest: a) sustainability, i.e. climate goals, circular economy, zero pollution, greening and biodiversity; b) aesthetics, i.e. quality of experience and style beyond functionality; c) inclusion, i.e. valuing diversity and social progress, secure accessibility and affordability for all; the New European Bauhaus movement will set the basis for new ways of thinking that are clear and inclusive, generatin…

AddedRecital 4: (4) Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 , the ‘European Climate Law’, enshrines the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and of achieving negative emissions thereafter in legislation and establishes a binding Union domestic reduction commitment of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) of at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030.

AddedRecital 5: (5) The “Fit for 55” legislative package announced in the European Commission 2021 Work Programme aims to implement those objectives. It covers a range of policy areas including energy efficiency, renewable energy, land use, land change and forestry, energy taxation, effort sharing, emissions trading and alternative fuels infrastructure. The revision of Directive 2010/31/EU is an integral part of that package. As the energy efficiency first principle is at the core of a more circular economy system, the Commission should pay greater attention to the building sector which accounts for more than 40 % of final energy consumption in the Union, not to mention that 75 % of Union buildings are still energy-inefficient. By better integrating circularity in the building sector, the infrastructures and technical capabilities of a building in an overall holistic approach would secure longer life spans as well as lower energy consumption, while setting concrete decarbonisation and depollution pathways for this sector. The revision of Directive 2003/87/EC (EU-ETS) to expand carbon emissions trading to road transport and buildings, with the view of aiming for a carbon price signal for the whole economy, has the potential to replace costly and ineffective regulatory requirements for energy efficiency in buildings in the long term.

AddedRecital 5 a (new): (5a) The dilemma between affordable housing and climate protection requires technological neutrality and the innovative power of business and science. The price signal of carbon emission trading unleashes competition and guides action so that emission reduction takes place where it is most cost-effective, thus reducing the overall cost of the climate transition for the Union and its citizens. Under the European Green Deal, the Commission therefore proposed revising Directive 2003/87/EC (EU-ETS) to expand carbon emissions trading to road transport and buildings, with the view of aiming for a carbon price signal for the whole economy. This inclusion of buildings in emissions trading has the potential to replace costly and ineffective regulatory requirements for energy efficiency in buildings in the long term.

AddedThe EU Emission Trading System is a cornerstone of the EU's policy to combat climate change and its key tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions cost-effectively.

AddedRecital 5 b (new): (5b) The REPower EU Plan, launched by the Commission on 18 May 2022 to rapidly reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels and fast forward the green transition, has energy efficiency of buildings as well as building-integrated renewable energy, at its core. In its communication of 18 May 2022 entitled “REPowerEU Plan”, the Commission invited the European Parliament and Council to enable additional savings and energy efficiency gains in buildings through the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.

AddedNecessary to reflect latest developments.

AddedRecital 6: (6) Buildings account for 40 % of final energy consumption in the Union and respective share of overall household spending and 36% of its energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, reduction of energy consumption and household energy spending, including the use of energy from renewable sources in the buildings sector, constitute important measures needed to reduce the Union’s greenhouse gas emissions and the extent of energy poverty. Reduced energy consumption coupled with an increased use of energy from renewable sources also have an important part to play in reducing the Union’s energy dependency, promoting security of energy supplies, in particular the ambitions set out in REPowerEU, cost efficiency of heating and cooling of buildings and technological developments and in creating opportunities for employment and regional development, in particular in islands and rural areas.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text. The "energy efficiency first" principle should not be an end in itself. The reduction of energy consumption can be a possible instrument to achieve the EU climate targets. However, it is not necessarily the most cost-effective and can lead to considerable inefficiencies. With the Emission Trading System, the EU already has a cost-effective instrument to decarbonise.

AddedEnergy poverty and the high costs of renovations especially for vulnerable groups are important issue that should be consistently addresses throughout this Directive.

AddedRecital 6 a (new): (6a) The European housing stock is very diverse in terms of age, size, use, insulation level, heating sources, demand and access to energy. Several factors, such as the broad variety of technical issues, the high costs entailed and the number of stakeholders involved contribute to making the decarbonisation of buildings a complex and sensitive topic. A one-size-fits-all approach to decarbonising buildings would fail to meet consumers' needs and to address decarbonisation concerns. A more tailored strategy that takes into account both local and system-level factors is needed.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text. The flexibility in the array of measures proposed in this recast should be reflected in the recital accordingly.

AddedRecital 6 b (new): (6b) Energy efficiency of the building stock and renovation of buildings play an enormous social, economic and environmental role and has a significant positive impact on national and Union-level efforts to reduce energy dependency and thus promote national security. Investment in energy efficiency should therefore be regarded as high priority at both private and public level.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedRecital 6 c (new): (6c) In order to ensure that all citizens benefit from improved energy performance of buildings, and associated living quality, environmental, economic and health benefits, a proper regulatory and financial framework should be put in place to support renovations for low and medium-income households and households suffering from energy poverty, who often live in the worst-performing buildings in both urban and rural areas.

AddedNecessary for the internal logic of the text.

AddedRecital 6 d (new): (6d) It should be taken into account, however, that the social and economic effect of building renovation and increasing of energy performance standards depend on the incentives and investment capabilities of low-income households, who suffer from energy poverty and in general live in the least-performing buildings in both urban and rural areas. Furthermore, the number of buildings with poor energy performance is much higher than the number of those with better standards, thus contributing far more for increased energy consumption and additional greenhouse gas emissions.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedRecital 6 e (new): (6e) The introduction of minimum energy performance standards, accompanied with social and financial safeguards, will improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable and poorest citizens.

AddedNecessary for the internal logic of the text.

AddedRecital 6 f (new): (6f) It is essential, therefore, that the public effort is directed towards the increase of the energy efficiency and energy performance of least-performing buildings, in which the lower two deciles of the population of each Member States lives.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedRecital 7: (7) Buildings are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions before, during and after their operational lifetime. The 2050 vision for a decarbonised building stock goes beyond the current focus on operational greenhouse gas emissions. The whole life-cycle emissions of buildings should therefore progressively be reduced, with targets to be set by the Commission on the basis of a common and harmonised methodology. Buildings are a significant material bank, being repositories for resources over many decades, and the design options largely influence the whole life-cycle emissions both for new buildings and renovations. The whole life-cycle performance of buildings should be taken into account not only in new construction, but also in renovations through the inclusion of policies and reduction targets of whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions in Member States’ building renovation plans.

AddedRecital 7 a (new): (7a) Member States should take into account the impact and the whole life-cycle (WLC) of its buildings material-bank within the calculations and indicators of the incidence of energy efficiency in buildings in order to aim for more reuse and recycling as outlined in the principles of the circular economy. In this regard, a link should be made with the leading role of the New European Bauhaus that wants to promote greater circularity in the built environment, by promoting renovation and adaptive re-use over demolition and new built, as appropriate.

AddedRecital 7 b (new): (7b) The introduction of whole life-cycle requirements will encourage industrial innovation, local value creation and circularity, for instance through the increase in the use of local, traditional natural materials, such as stones and wood as well as secondary raw materials.

AddedNecessary for the internal logic of the text.

AddedRecital 7 c (new): (7c) It is crucial to promote and include the use of more sustainable construction materials, in particular bio-and geo-sourced materials, as well as simple passive low-tech and locally tested building techniques to support and promote the use of and research into material technologies that contribute to the ideal insulation and structural support of buildings, thus achieving a reduction in energy consumption that translates into energy efficiency and more resilient buildings. In view of the climate crisis and the increased probability of summer heat waves, special consideration should be given to heat protection for buildings.

AddedRecital 7 d (new): (7d) A holistic approach of addressing the energy performance of buildings includes environmental, social and economic benefits and impacts. Renovations in the building sector should be a holistic reform of the whole building structure such as building envelopes (roof and facade), shading and ventilation control. It would lead to lower energy demand, especially in buildings constructed since World War II, thus taking into account in a more efficient way the population at risk of exclusion, avoiding a possible imposition of more expensive housing prices and the consequent greenhouse gas emission impact by increasing the use of private transport.

AddedRecital 7 e (new): (7e) High-quality built environment is the result of the work of skilled professionals in the construction sector and creative and cultural industries that can only be the outcome of quality processes, in particular public procurement procedures.

AddedRecital 8: (8) Minimizing the whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of buildings requires resource efficiency, sufficiency, and circularity. This can also be combined with turning parts of the building stock into a temporary carbon sink by adding recycled and nature-based solution elements such as wood materials, greens roofs and facades and solutions that are inspired and supported by nature, which are cost-effective, simultaneously provide environmental, social and economic benefits and help build resilience. Such solutions bring more diversity, nature and natural features and processes into cities, landscapes and seascapes, through locally adapted, resource-efficient and systemic interventions by respecting as well biodiversity.

AddedRecital 9: (9) The global warming potential over the whole life-cycle indicates the building’s overall contribution to emissions that lead to climate change. It brings together greenhouse gas emissions embodied in construction products with direct and indirect emissions from the use and deconstruction stage. A requirement to calculate the life-cycle global warming potential of new buildings therefore constitutes a first step towards increased consideration of the whole life-cycle performance of buildings and a circular economy. Deconstruction stage recycling capability of materials should therefore be also accounted for.

AddedRecital 10: (10) Buildings are responsible for about half of primary fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions in the EU that cause premature death and illness. Improving energy performance and the use of adequate nature-based and healthier constructions materials of buildings can and should reduce pollutant emissions at the same time, in line with Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and the Council33.

AddedRecital 10 a (new): (10a) Management of energy demand is an important tool enabling the Union to influence the global energy market and hence the security of energy supply in the medium and long term.

AddedReintroduction of recital removed by the Commission

AddedRecital 10 b (new): (10b) The promotion of deep and efficient research in new material technologies may help with this purpose.

AddedRecital 11: (11) Measures to improve further the energy performance of buildings should take into account climatic conditions, including adaptation to climate change, and local conditions, as well as indoor climate, indoor environmental quality, sufficiency and circularity and cost-effectiveness. Those measures should go hand in hand with other requirements concerning buildings such as accessibility, fire, heating and electrical installation safety and seismic safety and the intended use of the building. Moreover, they should ensure that the situation of vulnerable and low-income households, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing is improved.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedRecital 12: (12) The energy performance of buildings should be calculated on the basis of a methodology, which may be differentiated at national and regional level. That includes, in addition to thermal characteristics, other factors that play an increasingly important role such as heating and air-conditioning installations, application of energy from renewable sources, building automation and control systems, smart solutions, heat recovery from wastewater, ventilation and cooling passive heating and cooling elements, shading, indoor air-quality, adequate natural light and design of the building. The methodology for calculating energy performance should be based not only on the season in which heating or air-conditioning is required, but should cover the annual energy performance of a building. That methodology should take into account existing European standards. The methodology should ensure the representation of actual operating conditions and enable the use of metered energy to verify correctness and for comparability, and the methodology should be based on hourly or sub-hourly time-steps. In order to encourage the use of renewable energy on-site including roof solar panels in line with the European Solar Rooftops Initiative, and in addition to the common general framework, Member States should take the necessary measures so that the benefits of maximising the use of renewable energy on-site, including for other-uses (such as electric vehicle charging points), are recognised and acco…

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedRecital 14: (14) Two-thirds of the energy used for heating and cooling of buildings still comes from fossil fuels, which are further more characterized by price volatility and insecurity of supply. This is especially valid for buildings with poor energy performance, in which low-incomes households live, thus increasing social inequalities and the risk of social exclusion, especially in times of high energy prices and increasing cost of living. In order to decarbonise the building sector, it is of particular importance to phase out fossil fuel in heating and cooling, to set clear and effective strategies for this phasing-out process, to define the best techniques for it. Therefore, Member States should indicate their national policies and measures to phase out fossil fuels in heating and cooling in their building renovation plans, and no financial incentives should be given for the installation of fossil fuel boilers as of 2024, with the exception of those selected for investment, before 2024, under the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund and of those that are able to run on renewable energy sources. A clear legal basis for the ban of heat generators based on their greenhouse gas emissions or the type of fuel used should support national phase-out policies and measures.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text. The rapid decarbonisation of heating and cooling requires a technological neutral approach. Boilers that are able to run on renewable energy sources constitute a cost-efficient way to decarbonise and should, thus, remain eligible for financial incentives.

AddedRecital 14 a (new): (14a) Efficient use of waste heat from domestic hot water systems represents significant energy saving opportunity. Hot water preparation is the main source of energy consumption for new buildings and normally this heat is wasted and not reused. Knowing that most of the hot water consumed comes from showers, harvesting heat from shower drains in buildings could be a simple and cost-effective way to save final energy consumption and related CO2 and methane emissions of domestic hot water production.

AddedRecital 17: (17) The Commission should lay down a comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements. A review of this framework should enable the calculation of both energy and emission performance and should take into account environmental, safety and health externalities, as well as the possibility of the ETS extension and carbon prices, if applicable. The New European Bauhaus has the potential to reshape the way policies are conceived to define the environment of the future by meeting the need for spaces adapted to new ways of life. Member States should use that framework to compare the results with the minimum energy performance requirements which they have adopted. Should significant discrepancies, i.e. exceeding 15 %, exist between the calculated cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements and the minimum energy performance requirements in force, Member States should justify the difference or plan appropriate steps to reduce the discrepancy. The estimated economic lifecycle of a building or building element should be determined by Member States, taking into account current practices and experience in defining typical economic lifecycles. The results of that comparison and the data used to reach those results should be regularly reported to the Commission. Those reports should enable the Commission to assess and report on the progress of Member States in reaching cost-optimal levels of minimum energy p…

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text. NEB should be taken into account when defining regulatory frameworks which affect to building sector, as it can provide information in areas that are outside the scope of purely energy regulation.

AddedRecital 19: (19) The enhanced climate and energy ambition of the Union requires a new vision for buildings: the zero-emission building, the very low energy demand of which is fully covered by energy from renewable sources where technically feasible. All new buildings, prioritizing schools, kindergartens and hospitals should be zero-emission buildings, and all existing buildings should be transformed into zero-emission buildings by 2050.

AddedRecital 19 a (new): (19a) As up to 90 % of the 2050 built environment already exists, more ambitious efforts are needed to accelerate the rate of renovating and decarbonising the existing building stock. The incentives and standards set today will ultimately define whether the Union will reach its long-term climate and energy goals.

AddedRecital 19 b (new): (19b) Affordability and social fairness is key to achieve a green and just transition for a decarbonised building stock by 2050 at the latest. Creditworthiness of consumers needs to be assessed in line with current Union legislation. It is crucial that the scope of financial instruments fits the needs of the potential beneficiaries: lowest income and most vulnerable households should benefit from 100 % subsidised retrofit works.

AddedRecital 19 c (new): (19c) The principle of “pay-as-you-save” should ensure social fairness and economic attractiveness and has to be seen as an accompanying measure without undermining the overall climate ambitions. The Commission should ensure when establishing standards for pay-as-you-save that the priorities as set out in the European Climate Law and the strategy "A Renovation Wave for Europe – Greening our buildings, creating jobs, improving lives” are not jeopardised.

AddedRecital 20: (20) Different options are available to cover the energy needs of an efficient building by energy from renewable sources: on-site renewables such as solar thermal, solar photovoltaics, heat pumps and biomass, renewable energy provided by renewable energy communities or citizen energy communities, or other partners in the neighbourhood, district heating and cooling based on renewables or waste heat recovery from waste water, sanitary hot water or air, and distributed grid-based renewables.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text. Large companies are excluded from participation in energy communities according to RED. This disadvantage should be levelled out by allowing other forms of shared energy use within the neighbourhood, besides energy communities.

AddedRecital 21: (21) The necessary decarbonisation of the Union public and private building stock including the buildings of the Union institutions, bodies and agencies, requires energy renovation at a large scale: almost 75% of that building stock is inefficient according to current building standards, and 85-95% of the buildings that exist today will still be standing in 2050. However, the weighted annual energy renovation rate is persistently low at around 1%. At the current pace, the decarbonisation of the building sector would require centuries. Triggering and supporting building renovation, including a shift towards emission-free heating systems, is therefore a key goal of this Directive.

AddedRecital 22: (22) Minimum energy performance standards are the essential regulatory tool to trigger renovation of existing buildings on a large scale, as they tackle the key barriers to renovation such as split incentives and co-ownership structures, which cannot be overcome by economic incentives. The introduction of minimum energy performance standards should lead to a gradual phase-out of the worst-performing buildings and a continuous improvement of the national building stock including the Union institutions and bodies, contributing to the long-term goal of a decarbonised building stock by 2050.

AddedRecital 23: (23) Minimum energy performance standards set at Union level should focus on the renovation of the buildings with the highest potential in terms of decarbonisation, energy poverty alleviation and extended social and economic benefits, in particular on the very worst-performing buildings, which need to be renovated as a priority, including the possibility for hybrid heat pumps when no other feasible fossil-free solution is available.

AddedRecital 23 a (new): (23a) In order to achieve a complete and detailed map of the current situation of the building stock which allows to determine exactly where the worst-performing buildings are located, an audit of the Union building stock should be done by the Commission in order to focus well on the Union efforts and investments.

AddedRecital 25: (25) The introduction of minimum energy performance standards should be accompanied by an enabling framework including technical assistance and financial measures, with a specific consideration for renovation programmes for low-income, vulnerable and energy poor households. Minimum energy performance standards set at national level do not amount to “Union standards” within the meaning of State aid rules, while Union-wide minimum energy performance standards might be considered constituting such “Union standards”. In line with revised State aid rules, Member States may grant State aid to building renovation to comply with the Union-wide energy performance standards, namely to achieve a certain energy performance class, until those Union-wide standards become mandatory. Once the standards are mandatory, Member States may continue to grant State aid for the renovation of buildings and building units falling under the Union-wide energy performance standards as long as the building renovation aims at a higher standard than the specified minimum energy performance class or is following a renovation passport scheme.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text. Financial measures shall cover buildings with clear roadmap of achieving zero-emission level within a set timeframe. Renovation Passport scheme is a framework to secure it by indicating a sequence of renovation steps building upon each other, with the objective to transform the building into a zero-emission building by 2050 at the latest

AddedRecital 26: (26) The EU Taxonomy classifies environmentally sustainable economic activities across the economy, including for the building sector. Under the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act, building renovation is considered a sustainable activity where it achieves at least 30% energy savings, complies with minimum energy performance requirements for major or significant renovation of existing buildings, or consists of individual measures related to the energy performance of buildings, such as the installation, maintenance or repair of energy efficiency equipment or of instruments and devices for measuring, regulating and controlling the energy performance of buildings, where such individual measures comply with the criteria set out. Building renovation to comply with Union-wide minimum energy performance standards is typically in line with the EU Taxonomy criteria related to building renovation activities.

AddedRecital 29: (29) To achieve a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock and the transformation of existing buildings into zero-emission buildings by 2050, Member States should establish national building renovation plans, which replace the long-term renovation strategies and become an even stronger, fully operational planning tool for Member States, with a stronger focus on administrative support, financing and ensuring that highly qualified workers from the construction sector and creative and cultural industries, are available for carrying out building renovations and quality processes, in particular public procurement procedures. In their building renovation plans, Member States should set their own national building renovation targets. In line with Article 21(b)(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and with the enabling conditions set under Regulation (EU) 2021/60 of the European Parliament and of the Council36, Member States should provide an outline of financing measures, as well as an outline of the investment needs and the administrative resources for the implementation of their building renovation plans.

AddedRecital 32: (32) One-step deep renovation is the most cost-effective and lowest carbon budget option for the timely achievement of the objectives of turning Europe’s building stock. Staged renovation can be a solution to address the issues of high upfront costs and hassle for the inhabitants that may occur when renovating ‘in one go’. However, such staged renovation needs to be carefully planned in order to avoid that one renovation step precludes necessary subsequent steps. Renovation passports provide a clear roadmap for staged renovation, helping owners and investors plan the best timing and scope for interventions. Therefore, renovation passports should be made available as a voluntary tool to building owners across all Member States. Renovation passports should not become an economic or administrative burden for building owners and should be provided without cost to all low-income property owners and to all owners of a property which constitutes their principal residence. To minimise bureaucracy and avoid duplications, Member States may decide to integrate building renovation passports into energy performance certificates.

AddedRecital 33: (33) The concept of ‘deep renovation’ has not yet been defined in Union legislation. With a view to achieving the long-term vision for buildings, deep renovation should be defined as a renovation that transforms buildings into zero-emission buildings; in a first step, as a renovation that transforms buildings into nearly zero-energy buildings. This definition serves the purpose of increasing the energy performance of buildings. A deep renovation for energy performance purposes is a prime opportunity to address other aspects such as the Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), living conditions of vulnerable households, increasing climate resilience, resilience against disaster risks including seismic resilience, fire, heating and electrical installations safety and ventilation, the removal of hazardous substances including asbestos, and accessibility for persons with disabilities and the elderly. Deep renovations that improve the energy performance of a building by at least 60 % are currently annually carried out only in 0.2 % of the building stock, and in only a fifth of the cases, energy efficiency is significantly improved.

AddedRecital 34: (34) In order to foster deep renovation, which is one of the goals of the Renovation Wave strategy, Member States should prioritise enhanced financial and administrative support for deep renovation, with focus on citizens suffering from energy poverty and low income households, as well as on the worst-performing buildings.

AddedRecital 35 a (new): (35a) The Commission should establish technical guidelines on historical buildings to facilitate and ensure the implementation of this Directive while safeguarding cultural heritage.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedRecital 35 b (new): (35b) The Commission should establish technical guidelines on historical heritage buildings and historic centres to ensure that ecological ambitions are met and cultural heritage is safeguarded.

AddedRecital 35 c (new): (35c) Building renovation to increase energy efficiency often involves handling materials such as roofs, walls or electric settings, which could contain asbestos if they were constructed before the Union and national regulation or ban of the use of asbestos. The introduction of requirements for the safe removal of asbestos must be socially fair and must be accompanied by appropriate measures to support building owners to finance the needed renovations, as well as accompanying capacity-building measures for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) conducting works. The European Strategy for the Removal of All Asbestos should include a proposal to update Directive 2009/148/EC in order to strengthen Union measures for protecting workers from the threat of asbestos and to prevent a new wave of asbestos victims in the course of the Renovation Wave, as well as a proposal to update Directive 2010/31/EU with a view to introducing a requirement for the mandatory screening and subsequent removal of asbestos and other dangerous substances before renovation works can start, in order to protect the health of construction workers.

AddedRecital 35 d (new): (35d) There is an urgent need to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels in buildings and to accelerate efforts to decarbonise and electrify their energy consumption. In order to enable the cost-effective installation of solar technologies at a later stage, all new buildings should be “solar ready”, that is, designed to optimise the solar generation potential on the basis of the site’s solar irradiance, enabling the fruitful installation of solar technologies without costly structural interventions. In addition, Member States should ensure the deployment of suitable solar installations on new buildings, both residential and non-residential, and on existing non-residential buildings. In order to efficiently exploit the potential of solar installations on buildings, Member States should define criteria for the implementation of, and possible exemptions from, the deployment of solar installations on buildings in line with the assessed technical and economic potential of the solar energy installations and the characteristics of the buildings covered by this obligation.

AddedRecital 35 e (new): (35e) Consideration of the water-energy nexus is particularly important to address the interdependent energy and water use and the increasing pressure on both resources. The effective management and reuse of water can make a significant contribution to energy savings, yielding climate, but also economic and social, benefits.

AddedRecital 35 f (new): (35f) When assessing the potential for efficient heating and cooling, Member States should take wider environmental, health and safety aspects into account. Due to the role of heat pumps for realising energy efficiency potentials in heating and cooling, the risks of negative environmental impacts from refrigerants that are persistent, bioaccumulative or toxic should be minimised.

AddedRecital 37: (37) Combined with an increased share of renewable electricity production, electric vehicles produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Electric vehicles constitute an important component of a clean energy transition based on energy efficiency measures, alternative fuels, renewable energy and innovative solutions for the management of energy flexibility. Building codes can be effectively used to introduce targeted requirements to support the deployment of recharging infrastructure in car parks of residential and non-residential buildings. Member States should remove barriers such as grid connection and capacity bottlenecks, split incentives and administrative complications which individual owners encounter when trying to install a recharging point on their parking space.

AddedRecital 39: (39) Smart charging and bidirectional charging enable the energy system integration of buildings. Recharging points where electric vehicles typically park for extended periods of time, such as where people park for reasons of residence or employment, are highly relevant to energy system integration, therefore smart charging functionalities need to be ensured in case of all new recharging points in and adjacent to buildings. In situations where bidirectional charging would assist further penetration of renewable electricity by electric vehicle fleets in transport and the electricity system in general, such functionality should also be made available.

AddedRecital 40: (40) Promoting green mobility is a key part of the European Green Deal and buildings can play an important role in providing the necessary infrastructure, not only for recharging of electric vehicles but also for bicycles. A shift to active mobility such as cycling can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. With the rapid uptake of the sales of electric bicycles and electric cargo bikes, space and basic charging infrastructure for these types of vehicles also need to be provided to facilitate their regular use. As set out in the 2030 Climate Target Plan, increasing the modal shares of clean and efficient private and public transport, such as cycling, will drastically lower pollution from transport and bring major benefits to individual citizens and communities. The lack of bike parking spaces is a major barrier to the uptake of cycling, both in residential and non-residential buildings. Building codes can effectively support the transition to cleaner mobility by establishing requirements for a minimum number of bicycle parking spaces.

AddedRecital 40 a (new): (40a) Member States should support local authorities in developing and implementing Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) with a particular focus on the integration of housing policies, sustainable mobility, the uptake of energy storage facilities to support EV integration and urban planning.

AddedRecital 41: (41) The agendas of the Digital Single Market and the Energy Union should be aligned and should serve common goals. The digitalisation of the energy system is quickly changing the energy landscape, from the integration of renewables to smart grids and smart-ready buildings. In order to digitalise the building sector, the Union’s connectivity targets and ambitions for the deployment of high-capacity communication networks are important for smart homes and well-connected communities. Targeted incentives should be provided to promote smart-ready systems and digital solutions in the built environment. Energy security and efficiency should be promoted by encouraging investment and incentivising low-tech, low-energy solutions and could facilitate the digital transition by improving connectivity to mitigate the digital divide. Thus, the collaboration of the New European Bauhaus is important to this and to fight against energy poverty through innovative solutions for the building, construction, industrial and materials sectors. This would offer new opportunities for energy savings, by providing consumers with more accurate information about their consumption patterns, and by enabling the system operator to manage the grid more effectively.

AddedRecital 42: (42) In order to facilitate a competitive and innovative market for smart building services that contributes to efficient energy use and integration of renewable energy in buildings, including rooftop solar panels and support investments in renovation, Member States should ensure direct access to building systems’ data by interested parties. To avoid excessive administrative costs for third parties, Member States shall facilitate the full interoperability of services and of the data exchange within the Union.

AddedRecital 43: (43) The smart readiness indicator should be used to measure the capacity of buildings to use information and communication technologies and electronic systems to adapt the operation of buildings to the needs of the occupants and the grid and to improve the energy efficiency and overall performance of buildings. The smart readiness indicator should raise awareness amongst building owners and occupants of the value behind building automation and electronic monitoring of technical building systems and should give confidence to occupants about the actual savings of those new enhanced-functionalities. The smart readiness indicator is particularly beneficial for large buildings with high energy demand. For other buildings, the scheme for rating the smart readiness of buildings should be optional for Member States, while respecting data protection legislation.

AddedRecital 44: (44) Access to sufficient funding is crucial to meet the 2030 and 2050 energy efficiency targets. Union financial instruments and other measures have been put into place or adapted with the aim of supporting the energy performance of buildings . The most recent initiatives to increase the availability of financing at Union level include, inter alia, the ‘Renovate’ flagship component of the Recovery and Resilience Facility established by Regulation (EU) 2041/241 of the European Parliament and the Council39 and the Social Climate Fund established by Regulation (EU) …/…. Several other key EU programmes can support energy renovation under the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework, including the cohesion policy funds and the InvestEU Fund established by Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council40 . Through Framework Programmes for research and innovation, the Union invests in grants or loans to push the best technology and improve the energy performance of buildings, including through partnerships with industry and Member States such as the Clean Energy Transition and Built4People European Partnerships. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council40a, the Commission should establish sector-specific energy transition partnerships within the building sector by bringing together key stakeholders. / 40a Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the …

AddedAccording to the European Climate Law, the Commission should facilitate sector-specific climate dialogues and partnerships also within the building sector.

AddedRecital 46: (46) Financial mechanisms, grants and subsidies, incentives and the mobilisation of financial institutions for energy renovations in buildings, tailored to the needs of different building owners and tenants, should play a central role in national building renovation plans and be actively promoted by Member States. Such measures should include encouraging energy efficient mortgages for certified energy efficient building renovations, promoting investments for public authorities in an energy efficient building stock, for example by public-private partnerships or energy performance contracts or reducing the perceived risk of the investments. Financial schemes should give an important premium to deep renovations, so as to make them financially attractive.

AddedRecital 46 a (new): (46a) Green mortgage loans and green retail loans can significantly contribute to transforming the economy, reducing carbon emissions. The Mortgage Credit Directive does not hinder the uptake of green mortgages, but it also does not provide any specific measures to encourage their uptake. Moreover, not many mortgage credit providers systematically collect the data for which a mortgage loan was taken. The lack of systematic data on energy efficiency or “greenness” of residential real estate cause issues that may hinder achieving the objectives of European Green Deal. The Union and Member States should adjust relevant legislation and develop supporting measures to facilitate the uptake of green mortgage loans and green retail loans as well as data collection.

AddedRecital 46 b (new): (46b) No Union financial instrument is provided for Pay-as-you-Save financial schemes, but the Commission should develop a common Union standard for Pay-as-you-Save financial schemes, setting mandatory minimum requirements for public and private actors, in order for this standard to be granted.

AddedRecital 47: (47) Financing alone will not deliver on the renovation needs. Together with financing, setting up accessible and transparent advisory tools and administrative assistance instruments such as one-stop-shops that provide integrated energy renovation services or facilitators, as well as implementing other measures and initiatives such as those referred to in the Commission’s Smart Finance for Smart Buildings Initiative, is indispensable to provide the right enabling framework and break barriers to renovation. One-stop-shops should be equipped to support renovations of multi-apartment buildings and privately rented homes. Support to local initiatives, such as citizen-led renovation programmes and programmes for the decarbonisation of heating and cooling at neighbourhood or municipal level, should also be provided, as such programmes enhance citizen’s engagement in the energy transition, have an economy of scale effect and provide solutions fitting with the local context and needs.

AddedRecital 48: (48) Inefficient buildings are often linked to energy poverty and social problems. Vulnerable households are particularly exposed to increasing fossil-based energy prices as they spend a larger proportion of their budget on energy products. By reducing excessive energy bills, building renovation can lift people out of energy poverty and also prevent it. At the same time, building renovation does not come for free, and it is essential to ensure that the social impact of the costs for building renovation, notably on vulnerable households, is kept in check. The renovation wave should leave no one behind and be seized as an opportunity to improve the situation of vulnerable and low-income households, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing, and a fair transition towards climate neutrality should be ensured. Therefore, financial incentives and other policy measures should as a priority target vulnerable and low-income households, people affected by energy poverty, low-income property owners, elderly and retired property-owners and people living in social housing, and Member States should take measures to prevent evictions because of renovation. The Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on ensuring a fair transition towards climate neutrality provides a common framework and shared understanding of comprehensive policies and investments needed for ensuring that the transition is fair.

AddedRecital 49: (49) In order to ensure that the energy performance of buildings can be taken into account by prospective buyers or tenants early in the process, buildings or building units which are offered for sale or rent on a commercial basis should have an energy performance certificate, and the energy performance class and indicator should be stated in all advertisements. The prospective buyer or tenant of a building or building unit should, in the energy performance certificate, be given correct information about the energy performance of the building and practical advice on improving such performance. The energy performance certificate should also provide information on its primary energy consumption, existing Pay-as-you-Save financial schemes for the property, on its renewable energy production and on its operational greenhouse gas emissions.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedRecital 50: (50) The monitoring of the building stock is facilitated by the availability of data collected by digital tools, development and maximization of digital technologies to achieve more efficient, inclusive, accessible and eco-sustainable solutions: stresses that such technologies should be used to improve the social well-being of citizens and do not translate into the creation of digital surveillance of people and thereby reducing administrative costs. Therefore, national databases for energy performance of buildings should be set up, and the information contained therein should be transferred to the EU Building Stock Observatory.

AddedRecital 51: (51) Buildings occupied by public authorities and buildings frequently visited by the public should set an example by showing that environmental and energy considerations are being taken into account and therefore those buildings should be subject to energy certification on a regular basis. The dissemination to the public of information on energy performance should be enhanced by clearly displaying those energy performance certificates, in particular in buildings of a certain size which are occupied by public authorities or which are frequently visited by the public, such as town halls, schools, shops and shopping centres, supermarkets, restaurants, theatres, banks and hotels. To ensure the exemplary role of public authorities and promote visibility of sustainability measures, public governmental buildings without historic or cultural value should strive towards setting up solar panels on their respective buildings.

AddedVisibility of the energy transition should be enhanced by using buildings of public authorities as an exemplary example.

AddedRecital 51 a (new): (51a) The Union and its Member States need to take note of the readiness and attitudes of the general public for engaging in renovation of the buildings;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedRecital 53: (53) Regular maintenance and inspection of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems, and electrical installations by qualified personnel contributes to maintaining their correct adjustment in accordance with the product specification and in that way ensures optimal performance from an environmental, safety and energy point of view. An independent assessment of the entire heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system and electrical installations should occur at regular intervals during its lifecycle in particular before its replacement or upgrading, free of charge for tenants, low-income owners and all owners, without prejudice to income criteria, for the property which constitutes their principal residence. In order to minimise the administrative burden on building owners and tenants, Member States should endeavour to combine inspections and certifications as far as possible.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text. Energy poverty and the high costs of renovations especially for vulnerable groups are important issue that should be consistently addresses throughout this Directive. Regular maintenance, inspection and independent assessment of electrical systems ensure optimal performance from an environmental, safety and energy point of view.

AddedRecital 53 a (new): (53a) Poor ventilation in confined indoor spaces is associated with the increased transmission of respiratory tract infections such as influenza, tuberculosis and rhinovirus infection. Similarly, SARS-CoV-2 transmission is particularly effective in closed spaces. Therefore, indoor air quality is key for preventing the spreading of air-transmissible diseases. Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems can provide a good indoor air quality and decrease the transmission of diseases in closed indoor spaces by increasing the rate of air exchange, decreasing recirculation of air and increasing the use of outdoor air, and using adequate types of filter.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text. The amendment supports the requirements on ventilation - as set out already under the old EPBD.

AddedRecital 54: (54) A common approach to the energy performance certification of buildings , renovation passports, smart readiness indicators and the inspection of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning systems and electrical installations carried out by qualified or certified experts, whose independence is to be guaranteed on the basis of objective criteria, contribute to a level playing field as regards efforts made in Member States to energy saving in the buildings sector and will introduce transparency for prospective owners or users with regard to energy performance in the Union property market. In order to ensure the quality of energy performance certificates , renovation passports, smart readiness indicators and of the inspection of heating and air-conditioning systems throughout the Union, an independent control mechanism should be established in each Member State.

AddedInspections must also cover electrical installations so as to improve energy efficiency according to available standard (IEC/HD 60364-8-1:2019). Ventilation is covered by Article 20 but missing in this Recital.

AddedRecital 57: (57) In order to further the aim of improving the energy performance of buildings, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the adaptation to technical progress of certain parts of the general framework set out in Annex I, in respect of the establishment of a methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements , in respect of adapting the thresholds for zero-emission buildings and the calculation methodology for life-cycle Global Warming Potential, in respect of the establishment of a common European framework for renovation passports and in respect of a Union scheme for rating the smart readiness of buildings, and approving of standards for Pay-as-you-Save financial schemes. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level , and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making41 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts .

AddedRecital 58: (58) In order to ensure an effective implementation of the provisions laid down in this Directive, the Commission supports Member States through various tools, such as the Technical Support Instrument42 providing tailor-made technical expertise to design and implement reforms, including those aimed at increasing the annual energy renovation rate of residential and non-residential buildings to at least 3 % from 2025 and to foster deep energy renovations. The technical support relates to, for example, strengthening of administrative capacity, supporting policy development and implementation, and sharing of relevant best practices. Member States should ensure the accessibility of technical support to low income households.

AddedIn order to stay in line with the long-term 2050 target of achieving net zero emissions in the EU, the building sector must raise its ambition by increasing the annual renovation rates to at least 3 %.

AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1: 1. This Directive promotes the improvement of the energy performance of buildings and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings within the Union, with a view to achieving a zero-emission and a smarter and more sustainable building stock by latest 2050 taking into account outdoor climatic and local conditions, as well as indoor climate requirements, indoor environmental quality, the socioeconomic impact and cost-effectiveness.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 2 – point f: (f) national building renovation plans, for both public and private buildings which should contain measures for circularity improving the main building components such as the facade and the roof;

AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new): (fa) the phase out of fossil fuel based technical building systems;

AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 2 – point g: (g) sustainable and active mobility infrastructure in and adjacent to buildings; and

AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new): (ha) smart and sustainable buildings for achieving the digital and sustainable transition goals;

AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 2 – point k a (new): (ka) minimum requirements for the electric grids in order to ensure the effectiveness and the capacity for efficiently implementing building renovation measures.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2: 2. ‘zero-emission building’ means a building with a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with Annex I, where the very low amount of energy still required is fully covered by energy from renewable sources generated on-site, from a renewable energy community within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED], or renewable energy and waste heat from an efficient district heating and cooling system, or subsidiarily distributed grid-based renewables certified in accordance with Directive(EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED], in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex III or stored on-site;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3: 3. ‘nearly zero-energy building’ means a building with a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with Annex I , which cannot be lower than the 2023 cost-optimal level reported by Member States in accordance with Article 6(2) and where the nearly zero or very low amount of energy required is covered to a very significant extent by energy from renewable sources, including energy from renewable sources produced on-site, nearby or from a efficient district heating and cooling system in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex III, or subsidiarily from the grid certified in accordance with Directive(EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED] or stored on-site;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4: 4. ‘minimum energy performance standards’ means rules that require existing buildings to meet an energy performance requirement as part of a wide renovation plan for a building stock or at a trigger point on the market (sale or rent), in a period of time or by a specific date, thereby triggering renovation of existing buildings that respects the Energy Efficiency First Principle as defined by [recast EED]

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new): 4a. ‘New European Bauhaus’ means to connect to the Renovation Wave as a preliminary phase, taking advantage of the innovative solutions that the project offers in the comprehensive renovation of our building stock, going beyond energy efficiency, accessibility, and security, achieving a truly holistic and quality renovation of the building stock, mindful of the site specific contexts and surrounding neighbourhood by respecting sustainability, aesthetics and inclusion;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6: 6. ‘technical building system’ means technical equipment for space heating, space cooling, ventilation, indoor air quality, domestic hot water, built-in lighting, building automation and control, solar shading, electrical installations, monitoring of electrical installations, electric-vehicles bidirectional charging stations, if economically feasible, on-site renewable energy including rooftop solar panels generation, storage, energy from renewable sources produced nearby that can be used on-site of the building assessed through a dedicated connection to the energy production source, waste heat recovery system or a combination thereof, including those systems using energy from renewable sources, of a building or building unit;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8: 8. ‘energy performance of a building’ means the calculated or metered amount of energy needed to meet the energy demand associated with a typical use of the building, which includes, inter alia, energy used for heating, cooling, ventilation, hot water and lighting and technical building systems;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new): 9a. ‘Metered’ means the measurement of energy by a relevant device, an energy meter, a power meter, a power metering and monitoring device, or an electricity meter;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11: 11. ‘renewable primary energy factor’ means renewable primary energy from an on-site, nearby or distant energy source that is delivered via a given energy carrier, including the delivered energy and the calculated energy overheads of delivery to the points of use, divided by the delivered energy, including rooftop solar panels;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13: 13. ‘energy from renewable sources’ means energy from renewable sources as set out in Directive (EU) .../….[amended RED];

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18: 18. ‘renovation passport’ means a document that provides a tailored roadmap for the renovation of a specific building in one or a few steps that will significantly improve its energy performance, its indoor environmental quality;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – introductory part: 19. ‘deep renovation’ means a renovation focused on the following essentials items: wall insulation, roof insulation, low floor insulation, replacement of external joinery, airtightness, vapour permeability, treatment of thermal bridges, ventilation and heating/cooling systems, and building automation. Treating these items would therefore ensure healthy environmental indoor air quality, a non-pathogenic environment, and the comfort of the occupants in summer and winter with transparent information tools that the user of buildings assess their actual energy performance:

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point a: (a) before 1 January 2028, into a nearly zero-energy building;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point b: (b) as of 1 January 2028, into a zero-emission building;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point b a (new): (ba) enhances in a holistic approach the Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) and ensuring healthy indoor air quality, a free pathogenic environment and the necessary comfort of the occupants in summer and winter with special consideration to heat protection for buildings in summer;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20: 20. ‘staged deep renovation’ means a deep renovation carried out in a few steps, following the steps set out in a renovation passport in accordance with Article 10, and may include hybrid heat pumps if no other feasible fossil-free solution is available;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20 a (new): 20a. ’one-step deep renovation’ means a deep renovation carried out in one step, following objectives set out in a renovation passport in accordance with Article 10, and a proper detailed project of the building;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21 – subparagraph 2: Member States may choose to apply option (a), (b) or both.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23: 23. ‘whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions’ means the combined greenhouse gas emissions associated with the building at all stages of its life-cycle, the materials used in one-site or off-site parking spaces, also considering the benefits from reuse and recycling at end-of-life, from the ‘cradle’ (the extraction of the raw materials that are used in the construction of the building) over the material production and processing, and the building’s operation stage, to the ‘end of life’ (the deconstruction of the building and reuse, recycling, other recovery and disposal of its materials);

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24: 24. ‘Life-cycle Global Warming Potential (GWP)’ means an indicator which quantifies the global warming potential contributions of a building along its whole life-cycle;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26: 26. ‘energy poverty’ means energy poverty as set out in [recast EED];

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26 a (new): 26a. ‘indoor environmental quality' means a set of parameters including indoor air quality, thermal comfort, lighting, damp conditions and acoustic with the view of improving the health and wellbeing of occupants as described in standard EN 16798-1 and standard EN 16516 and standardised in-situ testing methods where available to ensure a healthy indoor climate;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27: 27. ‘vulnerable households’ means households in risk of energy poverty or households, including lower middle-income ones, that are particularly exposed to high energy costs and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy as defined with the indicators of Article 8(3) [recast EED];

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new): 27a. ‘nature-based solutions’ means to reinforce in a holistic manner, in accordance with recital 8, the good use and adaptation of the public space surrounding the buildings.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 29: 29. ‘energy performance certificate’ means a certificate recognised by a Member State or by a legal person designated by it, which indicates the energy performance of a building or building unit, calculated according to a methodology adopted in accordance with Article 4, as well as recommendations for the improvement of the energy performance and the GWP;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – point a – point iii: iii) maintenance and operating costs, including energy costs in the whole lifecycle of the building taking into account the cost of greenhouse gas allowances as well as the cost associated with materials and processes needed to maintain the building during use, for example renovations;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – point a – point iv: iv) environmental and health externalities of energy use and the cost of fulfilling indoor environmental quality performance requirements;

AddedNecessary for the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – point a – point v: v) earnings from energy produced on-site, where applicable, and savings resulting from the fulfilment of indoor environmental quality performance requirements;

AddedNecessary for the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36 a (new): 36a. ‘digitally-connected recharging point’ means a recharging point that can send and receive information in real time, communicate bi-directionally with the electricity grid and the electric vehicle, and that can be remotely monitored and controlled, including to start and stop the recharging session and to measure electricity flows;

AddedIn order to ensure alignment of definitions between the EPBD, AFIR and RED proposals.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 37: 37. ‘digital building logbook’ means a common repository for all relevant building data, including data related to indoor environmental quality energy performance such as energy performance certificates, renovation passports and smart readiness indicators, which facilitates informed decision making and information sharing within the construction sector, among building owners and occupants, financial institutions and public authorities;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 37 a (new): 37a. ‘bicycle parking space’ means a designated space for one bicycle;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 40 – introductory part: 40. ‘heat generator’ means the part of a heating system that generates or captures useful heat for uses identified in Annex I, using one or more of the following processes:

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 40 – point c: (c) capturing heat from the ambient environment and from within a building or a building unit, from air, including, ventilation exhaust air, or water, including wastewater and sanitary hot water, or ground heat source, including when using a heat pump;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 40 a (new): 40a. ‘electrical installation’ means the system composed of all the fixed components, such as switchboards, cables, earthing systems, sockets, switches and light fittings, aiming to distribute electrical power within a building to all points of use or transmit electricity generated on-site;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 40 b (new): 40b. ‘waste heat recuperation’ means a device or system used to capture and transmission of energy within the indoor environment of buildings or building units and allows for use of this energy;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 41 a (new): 41a. ‘Pay-as-you-Save financial scheme’ means a loan scheme dedicated exclusively or solely to energy performance enhancement, guaranteeing that the repayment costs on the loan does not exceed energy saving on a monthly or yearly average in order to ensure and facilitate the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘European Climate Law’);

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 42 a (new): 42a. ‘heat pump’ means a machine, a device or installation that transfers heat from/to sources/sinks such as air, water or ground to or from buildings, for the purpose of providing heating, cooling or domestic hot water;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 49 – introductory part: 49. ‘energy from renewable sources produced nearby’ means energy from renewable sources produced within a local or district level perimeter of the building assessed, including rooftop solar panels, which fulfils all the following conditions:

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 50: 50. ‘energy performance of buildings (EPB) services’ means the services which aim is to improve the optimization of system usage, such as heating, cooling, ventilation, domestic hot water and lighting and others which improve in the energy use is taken into account in the energy performance of buildings;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 53: 53. ‘self-used’ means part of on-site or nearby produced renewable energy used by on-site technical systems for EPB services, including rooftop solar panels;

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 57 a (new): 57a. ‘circularity measures’ means the measures aiming at reducing the need and extraction of virgin materials by reducing demand for new materials, by rethinking, repairing, reusing, repurposing, and recycling used materials and by extending the lifetime of products and buildings.

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: Each Member State shall establish a national building renovation plan to support reaching an annual deep renovation rate, including staged deep renovation, of at least 2.5 % per year or on average per year, in line with the Commission communication from the Commission of 14 October 2020 entitled ‘A Renovation Wave for Europe - greening our buildings, creating jobs, improving lives’ on the Renovation Wave* to ensure the renovation of the national stock of residential and non-residential buildings, both public and private, into a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock by 2050, with the objective to transform existing buildings into zero-emission and, if technically feasible, positive energy buildings in a cost optimal way. The building renovation plan shall provide higher targets for each next consecutive period of time within the timeframe of the plan, based on increased economic capacity for deep renovation, aiming at an average deep renovation rate of 3 % or more for the period till 2050. Such plan shall guarantee that renovations of residential buildings with low economic value are affordable for example by not exceeding half of the value of the building or building unit for the households occupying those buildings. Prior to the preparation of the national plan, each Member State as well as the Union institutions shall carry out an audit of the building stock including energy efficiency emissions and other environmental parameters; / *COM 2020/662 final.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part: Each building renovation plan shall be aligned with the energy efficiency first principle, as defined in Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and outlined in Directive [recast EED] and shall encompass:

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c: (c) an overview of implemented and planned policies and measures, supporting the implementation of the roadmap pursuant to point (b) including measures for the reduction of the overall environmental footprint of the components of buildings and the promotion of the use of sustainable, secondary, locally sourced construction and renovation products and

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d: (d) an outline of the investment needs for the implementation of the integral building renovation plan, the financing sources and measures for each type of building in the national plan and the financial models used, in particular if economic operators are involved, and the administrative resources for building renovation.

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new): (da) Minimum requirements for the electric grids in order to ensure the effectiveness and the capacity for efficiently implementing building renovation measures;

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d b (new): (db) A detailed overview of the total share, number and location of unoccupied buildings, and vacant properties in common-property buildings and a national draft strategy for full-fledged participation of the owners of such properties in building renovation measures.

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d c (new): (dc) the reskilling and upskilling of workers, in particular in jobs related to building renovation including sustainable working techniques;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3: The roadmap referred to in point (b) shall include national targets for 2030, 2040 and 2050 as regards the annual energy renovation rate, the primary and final energy consumption of the national building stock and its operational greenhouse gas emission reductions, the share of renewable energy, the phase-out of financial support for fossil fuels for heating by 2024; specific milestones for buildings to achieve higher energy performance classes than those pursuant to Article 9(1), by 2040 and 2050, in line with the pathway for transforming the national building stock into zero-emission buildings; an evidence-based estimate of expected energy savings and wider benefits; such as those related to health and indoor air quality; and estimations for the contribution of the building renovation plan to achieving the Member State's binding national target for greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Regulation (EU) .../… [revised Effort Sharing Regulation], the Union’s energy efficiency targets in accordance with Directive (EU) …/…. [recast EED], the Union’s renewable energy targets, including the indicative target for the share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector in accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED], and the Union’s 2030 climate target and 2050 climate neutrality goal in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119. The roadmap referred to in point (b) shall also set out national targets for constructing bicycle parking spaces.

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new): The roadmap shall include an overview of the air quality indicators for the zones and agglomerations, including the colour coding map indicating the zones and agglomerations where certain type of renewables in heating and cooling or in co-generation may create disproportionate costs to ensure that concentrations of PM2.5 in ambient air do not exceed the target value in accordance with Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality.

AddedEnsuring synergies and coherence with environmental acquis related to air quality, and applicable for the Annex II- Table

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new): (aa) the plan duly takes into account the objectives of the Directive 2008/50/EC and ensures the coherence with the respective legislation and high level of the protection of the environment and human health;

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a b (new): (ab) renewable energy sources for heating and cooling have been sufficiently considered and analysed;

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new): (ca) the conditions under the functioning renovation financing schemes are adequate for the execution of the national energy poverty mitigation target and for the successful inclusion of energy poor and vulnerable consumers so that no one is left behind;

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 6: 6. Every five years, each Member State shall submit its building renovation plan to the Commission, using the template in Annex II. Each Member State shall submit its building renovation plan as part of its integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and, where the Member States submits an update, its update referred to in Article 14 of that Regulation. By way of derogation from Article 3(1) and Article 14(2) of that Regulation, Member States shall submit building renovation plan to the Commission by 30 June 2025. Member States shall ensure the alignment and integration of their building renovation plan with the Union renovation finance received from the entry into force of this Directive until the official submission of their plan.

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 7: 7. Each Member State shall annex the details of the implementation of its most recent long-term renovation strategy or building renovation plan to its next final building renovation plan. Each Member State shall state whether its national targets have been achieved, and which correction measures are provisioned in case of underachievement.

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 7 a (new): 7a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the implementation of the measures included in the building renovation plans, foreseeing appropriate monitoring mechanisms and penalties, in accordance with Article 31.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 3 – paragraph 8 a (new): 8a. The Commission shall establish a European energy transition partnership within the building sector by bringing together key stakeholders in an inclusive and representative manner. The partnership shall facilitate climate dialogues and encourage the sector to draw up an "energy transition roadmap" in order to map available measures and technological options to improve the energy performance and indoor climate of buildings as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings. Such a roadmap could make a valuable contribution in assisting the sector in planning the necessary investments needed to reach the objectives of this directive and the EU Climate Target Plan;

AddedArticle 4 – paragraph 1: Member States shall apply a methodology for calculating the energy performance of buildings and building elements that form part of the building envelope, in accordance with the common general framework set out in Annex I.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that minimum energy performance requirements are set for building elements that form part of the building envelope and that have a significant impact on the energy performance of the building envelope when they are replaced or retrofitted, with a view to achieving at least cost-optimal levels. The energy performance of building elements shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology referred to in Article 4.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new): Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that minimum and reference energy performance requirements are set for the building systems that have a significant impact on the energy performance of the building when they are replaced or modernised, with a view to achieving at least cost-optimal levels.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4: Those requirements shall take account of the necessity to ensure appropriate indoor climate conditions based on optimal indoor environmental quality levels, in order to ensure healthy indoor climate and environment quality conditions and avoid possible negative effects due to inadequate ventilation, lack of daylight, overheating, noise, humidity as well as local conditions and the designated function and the age of the building.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 5 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new): (aa) single buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or cultural and historical merit, representing the European culture, identity and values, in so far as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance and where alternatives have been assessed, where compliance can only be achieved by highly disproportionate measures and while taking into account the ecological ambition;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 5 – paragraph 3 – point b: (b) temporary buildings with a time of use of two years or less, industrial sites, workshops, depots and non-residential agricultural and service buildings with low energy and heating or cooling demand, infrastructural supply stations, such as transformer stations, substations, pressure control plants, railway constructions, as well as non-residential agricultural buildings which are in use by a sector covered by a national sectoral agreement on energy performance;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 7 – paragraph 2 – point b: (b) as of 1 January 2029 for all new buildings and major renovations ,including staged, of public buildings and public projects and buildings with a useful floor area larger than 2 000 square meters.

AddedArticle 7 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. Investment projects for new buildings shall take into account the technical, environmental and economic feasibility of alternative high-efficiency installations and systems for: / (a) decentralized production and consumption of energy from renewable sources; / (b) highly-efficient co-generation of heat and electricity; / (c) central or local heating and cooling, including full or partial use of renewable energy; / (d) heat pumps; / (e) centralized heating or cooling, mounted horizontally over each floor; / (f) domestic hot water.

AddedArticle 7 – paragraph 3: 3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive in order to adapt Annex III to technological progress and innovation, to set minimum indoor environmental quality standards applicable to zero-emission buildings, to set adapted maximum energy performance thresholds in Annex III to renovated buildings, to set lower maximum energy performance thresholds for zero-emission buildings.

AddedArticle 7 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. After the entry into force of the revision of the construction product Regulation (2019/1020) and at the latest by 31 December 2028, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive by setting out a Union-wide methodology for the calculation of whole life-cycle GWP, including embodied carbon, developed in an inclusive stakeholder process and building on the LEVELs framework according to standard EN 15978, as well as the EU Whole Life Carbon Roadmap and the Bill of Materials. / Five years after the adoption of this delegated act at the latest, Member States shall introduce maximum limits on the total cumulative life-cycle global warming potential that are allowed in new buildings. On this basis, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to set targets for the cumulative life-cycle GWP including embodied carbon for new buildings. / The Commission shall issue guidance, share evidence on existing national policies and offer technical support to Member States as requested for the purpose of determining appropriate national limits.

AddedArticle 7 – paragraph 4: 4. Member States shall address that new buildings have high indoor climate conditions, optimal indoor environmental quality levels, adaptation to climate change, through, inter alia, nature-based solutions, fire safety and emergency lighting, risks related to intense seismic activity and provide easy accessibility to persons with disabilities. Member States shall also address linearity to achieve higher levels of circularity for example by requirements for the use of secondary material and carbon removals associated to carbon storage in or on buildings through for example vegetated surfaces.

AddedArticle 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that when buildings undergo major renovation, the energy performance of the building or the renovated part thereof is significantly upgraded in order to meet minimum energy performance requirements set in accordance with Article 5 and low temperature heating fit in so far as that is technically, functionally and economically feasible. The renovation shall be reported as a step in the staged deep renovation passport scheme in accordance with Article 10.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 8 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall encourage, in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation, high-efficiency alternative systems, in so far as that is technically, functionally and economically feasible. / This includes an assessment of the technical,environmental and economic feasibility of alternative high-efficiency installations and systems for: / (a) decentralized production and consumption of energy from renewable sources; / (b) highly-efficient co-generation of heat and electricity, including full or maximum use of renewable energy, in line with (recast Directive 2018/2002 on Energy Efficiency); / (c) central or local heating and cooling, including full or maximum use of renewable energy; / (d) heat pumps; / (e) centralized heating or cooling, mounted horizontally over each floor; / (f) domestic hot water. / Member States shall ensure that buildings undergoing major renovation have increased indoor air quality according to minimal indoor environmental quality standards and adaptation to climate change, through, inter alia, nature-based solutions, improved fire safety, and are more resilient to risks related to intense seismic activity, do not contain hazardous substances including asbestos, provide easy accessibility to persons with disabilities. Member States shall encourage low emissions renovations, renovations which are designed for easy dismantling and reversibility of buildings, and renovations using secondary material, to achieve high levels of circularity.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 8 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. Member States shall encourage the renovation and exploitation of buildings, which are not currently used, especially in sparsely populated, remote and rural areas, as well as building units in worst-performing multi-apartment buildings, through special financial measures.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 8 – paragraph 3 b (new): 3b. Member States shall ensure that electrical installations of all dwellings are inspected during normatively required building inspections and also when important pieces of electrical equipment are added, such as electrical vehicle charging points, home batteries, photovoltaic installations, heat pumps, etc.

AddedIt is estimated that a minimum of 130 million dwellings*, built before 1990, have not undergone an electrical system upgrade, readiness of existing electrical installations to cope with new renewable, energy efficiency, and e-vehicle charging demands is not proven in the EU domestic building stock. While the energy transition, decarbonisation and energy efficiency will drive electrification of buildings the integration of highly efficient equipment or on-site renewable generation & storage can be impossible with obsolete electrical installations. European building stock renovation must therefore integrate electrical inspection regime and upgrades.*source: https://www.feedsnet.org/

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part: (a) buildings and building units owned by public bodies, including buildings owned, operated or occupied by Union institutions and agencies, achieve at the latest

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i: (i) after 1 January 2027 , at least energy performance class E; and

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii: (ii) after 1 January 2033 at least energy performance class D;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii a (new): (iia) after 1 January 2035, at least energy performance class C;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point i: (i) after 1 January 2029 at least energy performance class E;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point ii: (ii) after 1 January 2033, at least energy performance class D;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point ii a (new): (iia) after 1 January 2035, at least energy performance class C;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – introductory part: (c) residential buildings and building units achieve based on the principle of cost-optimality and in line with Article 15 at the latest

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i: (i) after 1 January 2030 at least energy performance class E; and

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii: (ii) after 1 January 2035 at least energy performance class D;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new): (iia) after 1 January 2037 at least energy performance class C;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: In their roadmap referred to in Article 3(1)(b), Member States shall establish linear trajectories with milestones for the buildings referred to in this paragraph to achieve higher energy performance classes by 2040 and 2050, in line with the pathway for transforming the national building stock into zero-emission buildings. In this regard, the compliance to minimum performance standards shall be governed by renovation passports, in accordance with Article 10.

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new): At the request of a Member State, the Commission may allow Member States a derogation up to a maximum of 3 years to adjust the minimum energy performance standards by setting different deadlines or adjusting requirements for energy performance classes for specific segments of the building stock. In such cases the Member State shall propose alternative measures with at least equivalent or stronger effect on the overall performance of the national building stock, while providing owners and/or tenants of the building stock affected by the derogation with compensation measures under, inter alia, Regulation (Social Climate Fund). The Commission shall decide on the request of the Member State within three months of its receipt. Member States shall document the equivalence in their roadmap referred to in Article 3(1)(b).

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 3 – point a: (a) providing appropriate financial measures, in particular those targeting vulnerable, low- and medium-income households, people affected by energy poverty or living in social housing, in line with Article 22 of Directive (EU) .../…. [recast EED];

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 3 – point b: (b) providing technical assistance, including information services, administrative support and integrated renovation services through one-stop-shops at a neighbourhood level to reach out to energy poor households, with a particular attention to low-income and vulnerable homeowners and renovation passport scheme;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new): (ba) extending the use of building renovation passports in accordance with Article 10 at no cost to low and medium income households, vulnerable customers, including final users, people facing or risking energy poverty and people living in social housing;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 3 – point c: (c) designing integrated financing schemes, which incentivise deep renovations including, inter alia, Pay-as-you-Save financial schemes covering the common Union standard;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new): (ea) setting the framework to ensure that there is a sufficient workforce with the appropriate level of skills to allow for the timely implementation of the requirements.

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 3 – point e b (new): (eb) promoting and incentivising the cost-effective early replacement of heaters, and any needed resulting optimisation of the related technical building systems.

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 3 – point e c (new): (ec) promoting nature-based solutions primarily for climate change adaptation.

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 3 – point e d (new): (ed) promoting energy storage for renewable energy to enable renewable energy self-consumption and reduce volatility;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 5 – point b: (b) buildings used as places of worship and for religious activities in so far as compliance with the standards would unacceptably alter their character or appearance;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 5 – point c: (c) temporary buildings with a time of use of two years or less, industrial sites, workshops and depots, non-residential buildings such as service buildings with low energy and heating or cooling demand and infrastructural supply stations, such as transformer stations, substations, pressure control plants, railway constructions, as well as agricultural buildings which are used by a sector covered by a national sectoral agreement on energy performance;

AddedArticle 9 – paragraph 5 a (new): 5a. Members States shall establish the necessary actions to: / a) preserve the historical and cultural heritage; / b) renovate their historical buildings and to this, it is essential to apply methodologies to preserve the interior, in order to stimulate the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage considered to be of extraordinary value to humanity;

AddedArticle 9 a (new): Article 9a / Solar energy in buildings / In line with the EU Solar Energy Strategy, Member States shall ensure that all new buildings are designed to optimise their solar energy generation potential on the basis of the solar irradiance of the site, enabling the cost-effective installation of solar technologies. / Member States shall ensure the deployment of suitable solar energy installations: . / (a) by the date of transposition of this Directive on all new public and commercial buildings with useful floor area larger than 250 square meters; / (b) by 31 December 2026, on all existing public and commercial buildings with useful floor area larger than 250 square meters; and / (c) the date of transposition of this Directive, on all new residential buildings. / Member States shall define, and make publicly available, criteria at national level for the practical implementation of these obligations, and for possible exemptions for specific types of buildings, in accordance with the assessed technical and economic potential of the solar energy installations and the characteristics of the buildings covered by this obligation.

AddedArticle 10 – paragraph 3 – point b: (b) it shall comprise a renovation roadmap as a part of the energy performance certificate, indicating the renovation, in line with the energy efficiency first principle, to transform the building into a zero-emission building by 2050 at the latest;

AddedArticle 10 – paragraph 3 – point c: (c) it shall indicate the expected cost of investments as well as the expected benefits in terms of energy savings, savings on energy bills and operational greenhouse emission reductions as well as wider benefits related to health, safety (fire, electrical and seismic) and comfort in terms of indoor environmental quality, indoor air quality, thermal and acoustic comfort, daylight conditions and the improved adaptive capacity of the building to climate change, and

AddedArticle 10 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. Member States shall ensure that the renovation passport does not create an economic or non-economic barrier for building owners, particularly for low and medium income households, vulnerable customers, including final users, people facing or risking energy poverty and people living in social housing low-income and vulnerable households, and–that renovation passports are specifically issued free of charge to homeowners, for which the dwelling is a sole residential property.

AddedArticle 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall, for the purpose of optimising the energy use of technical building systems, set system requirements in respect of the overall energy performance, the proper installation, and the appropriate dimensioning, adjustment and control of the technical building systems which are installed in new or existing buildings. When setting up the requirements, Member States shall require the use of technologies in the five highest efficiency classes as per REG 811/2013 and REG 812/2013.

AddedArticle 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3: Member States may set requirements related to the greenhouse gas emissions of, or to the type of fuel used by heat generators, in line with Articles 3 and 15, provided that such requirements do not constitute an unjustifiable market barrier and are technologically neutral.

AddedArticle 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4: Member States shall ensure that the requirements they set for technical building systems reach at least the latest cost-optimal levels and point to the relevant economic and environmental optimisation standards for their dimensioning when available.

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 1 – point c: (c) at least one bicycle parking space for every car parking space, and at least a bicycle parking space for every car parking space in all office buildings and buildings owned or occupied by public authorities;

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new): (ca) for every 10 bicycle parking spaces there shall be one parking space designed for bicycles with larger dimensions than standard bicycles, such as cargo bikes, tricycles, and bicycles with trailers, with a minimum of one space;

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: where the car park is physically inside or adjacent to the building, and, for major renovations, renovation measures include the car park or the electrical infrastructure of the car park.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall ensure that the pre-cabling and the electrical installation is dimensioned so as to enable economically optimised the simultaneous use of the expected number of recharging points.

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 2: 2. With regard to all non-residential buildings with more than twenty parking spaces, and buildings owned by public authorities with more than 10 parking spaces, Member States shall ensure by 1 January 2027: / (a) the installation of at least one recharging point for every ten parking spaces; / (b) at least one bicycle parking space for every car parking space; / (c) at least for every 10 bicycle parking spaces, one shall be designed for bicycles with larger dimensions than standard bicycles, such as cargo bikes, tricycles, and bicycles with trailers. / In case of buildings owned or occupied by public authorities, Member States shall ensure pre-cabling for at least one in two parking spaces by 1 January 2033.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States may adjust requirements for the number of bicycle parking spaces in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 for specific categories of non-residential buildings where bicycles are typically less used as a means of transport and according to local needs and characteristics. Member States applying such adjustments shall do so after consultation with active mobility experts and civil society.

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new): (aa) that in communal bike parking spaces for every 10 bicycle parking spaces there shall be one parking space designed for bicycles with larger dimensions than standard bicycles, such as cargo bikes, tricycles, and bicycles with trailers, with a minimum of one space;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b: deleted

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2: the car park is physically inside or adjacent to the building, and, for major renovations, renovation measures include the car park or the electrical infrastructure of the car park.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3: Member States shall ensure that the pre-cabling and electrical installation is dimensioned to enable economically optimised the simultaneous use of recharging points on all parking spaces. Where, in the case of major renovation, ensuring two bicycle parking spaces for every dwelling is not feasible, Member States shall ensure as many bicycle parking spaces as appropriate.

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 5: 5. Member States may decide not to apply paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 to specific categories of buildings where the pre-cabling required would rely on micro isolated systems or the buildings are situated in the outermost regions within the meaning of Article 349 TFEU, if this would lead to substantial problems for the operation of the local energy system and would endanger the stability of the local grid considering the potential of energy storage facilities.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 6 a (new): 6a. Existing private recharging points and recharging points referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 shall be subject to an assessment by the regulatory authority in consultation with relevant stakeholders, such as distribution system operators, e-mobility operators and flexibility aggregators, to determine if the installation of bidirectional recharging functionalities and supporting energy storage facilities are appropriate.

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall provide for measures in order to simplify the deployment of recharging points and bicycle parking spaces in new and existing residential and non-residential buildings and remove regulatory barriers, including permitting and approval procedures, without prejudice to the property and tenancy law of the Member States. Member States shall remove barriers to the installation of recharging points and bicycle parking spaces in residential buildings and/or housing with parking spaces, in particular the need to obtain consent from the landlord or co-owners for a private recharging point for own use.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall ensure the availability of technical assistance for building owners and tenants wishing to install recharging points and bicycle parking spaces..

AddedArticle 12 – paragraph 9: 9. Member States shall ensure the coherence of policies for buildings, active and green mobility and urban planning. Member States shall introduce amendments to existing building codes on the technical requirements for the installation of bicycle parking spaces in all new residential and non-residential buildings.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall ensure that the building owners, tenants and managers can have direct access to the respective building systems’ data. At their justified request, the access or data shall be made available to a third party. Member States shall facilitate the full interoperability of services and of data exchange within the Union in accordance with paragraph 6.

AddedArticle 14 – paragraph 5: 5. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts detailing interoperability requirements and non-discriminatory and transparent procedures for access to the data. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2) before 31 December 2023. A consultation strategy shall be prepared setting out consultation objectives, targeted stakeholders and the consultation activities for preparing the implementing acts.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall provide appropriate subsidies and financing schemes, support measures and other instruments, tailored to the needs of different building owners and tenants, able to address market barriers and stimulate the necessary investments in energy renovations and low lifecycle emissions construction using clean energy in line with their national building renovation plan and with a view to the transformation of their building stock into zero-emission buildings by 2050 and with a view to reaching high levels of circularity. In case of deep renovation in residential buildings costing more than 50 % of value of the building or building unit, Member States shall provide a specific funding mechanism. Priority shall be given to low and medium income households, vulnerable customers, including final users, people facing or risking energy poverty and people living in social housing.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 4: 4. To support the mobilisation of investments, Member States shall promote the roll-out of enabling funding and financial tools, such as energy efficiency loans and mortgages for building renovation, energy performance contracting, Pay-as-you-Save financial scheme, fiscal incentives, conditioned to the positive evolution of the energy efficiency certificate of the building that wants to benefit from this incentive, on-tax schemes, on-bill schemes, guarantee funds, funds targeting deep renovations, funds targeting renovations with a significant minimum threshold of targeted energy savings and mortgage portfolio standards and economic instruments to provide incentives for the application of circular measures such as the comprehensive list sets out in Annex II. They shall guide investments into an energy efficient public building stock, in line with Eurostat guidance on the recording of Energy Performance Contracts in government accounts. Member States shall ensure that information about available funding and financial tools are made available to the public in an easily accessible and transparent manner.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall facilitate the aggregation of projects to enable investor access as well as packaged solutions for potential clients. Member States shall provide support to local initiatives, such as citizen-led renovation programmes and programmes for the decarbonisation of heating and cooling at neighbourhood or municipal level.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall adopt measures to ensure that energy efficiency lending products for building renovations are offered widely and in a non-discriminatory manner by financial institutions and are visible and accessible to consumers. Member States shall ensure that banks and other financial institutions and investors receive information on opportunities to participate in the financing of the improvement of energy performance of buildings and develop specific products for low and medium income households, vulnerable customers, including final users, people facing or risking energy poverty and people living in social housing.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 6: 6. Member States shall ensure the establishment of technical assistance facilities, including through all-inclusive one-stop-shops, targeting all actors involved in building renovations, including home owners and administrative, financial and economic actors, including small- and medium-sized enterprises. / Member States shall ensure the functioning of at least one one-stop-shop per region across the Union. The Commission shall work closely with the European Investment Bank, Member States, and regions to ensure the continuity of funding for one-stop-shops throughout the duration of the Renovation Wave.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 a (new): Member States shall prioritise the allocation of part of the European Social Fund to the upskilling of blue-collar workers in energy efficiency for the construction sector including sustainable working techniques with a focus on health aspects such as asbestos. Member States shall establish registries of their construction value-chain professionals, detailing the availability of skills and skilled professionals on the market. These registries shall be updated annually, and their data shall be publicly accessible.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 8 a (new): 8a. The Commission shall develop a common Union standard for “Pay-as-you-Save” financial schemes in line with Article 2 of this Directive, setting mandatory minimum requirements for public and private actors.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 9 – introductory part: 9. Member States shall link their financial measures for energy positive improvement of energy performance proved by the appropriated certificates which allows improvements in the renovation of buildings to the targeted and achieved energy savings, as determined by one or more of the following criteria:

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 9 – point a: (a) the energy performance of the equipment or material used for the renovation; in which case, the equipment or material used for the renovation is to be installed by an installer with the relevant level of certification or qualification and shall comply with minimum energy performance requirements for improved performance of buildings energy consumption;

AddedFinancial measures are paramount to stimulate the energy renovation market. Such supportive measures have to go beyond the system of energy-savings obligations. (since energy savings obligation usually target commoditized products and not look at the overall performance/management of building). A report by the Building Performance Institute in Europe found that a combination of different tools may be more effective than single measures over the long-term. Attention shall be paid to the effective leverage of public money spend on energy efficiency measures in buildings. A recent study by the European Court of Auditors show that it is not possible to know how much energy will have been saved by investing a total of €6.6 billion of 2014-2020 public spending in residential buildings at EU level since the cost-effectiveness of the investments have not been measured.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 9 – point d a (new): (da) the results of ex-post monitoring;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 9 – point d b (new): (db) the results of achieved smart readiness indicator (SRI) performance;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 9 – point e a (new): (ea) improved indoor environmental quality.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 10: 10. From 1 January 2024 at the latest, Member States shall not provide any financial incentives for the installation of boilers that are not certified to run on renewable and decarbonised energy and are powered by fossil fuels, with the exception of those selected for investment, before 2024, in accordance with Article 7(1)(h)(i) third hyphen of Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 of the European Parliament and the Council45 on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund and with Article 73 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and the Council46 on the CAP Strategic Plans. / Boilers, to be installed in combination with renewable technologies (not 'stand-alone'), shall always be eligible for incentives.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text. While accelerating fuel switching in buildings is essential, all technologies ready to use renewable and decarbonise energy should be able to contribute to buildings' decarbonisation. It is important to distinguish between technologies and the fuels they utilise: boilers on the market today can already use 100 % renewable energies (biomethane) and variable shares of hydrogen. It is essential to ensure that boilers that work in combination with renewable-based technologies and support the increasing uptake of renewable energy, such as hybrid heaters and solar thermal systems, remain fully eligible for incentives.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 10 a (new): 10a. Member States shall not provide any financial incentives for the installation of certain type of heat generators in zones and agglomerations where it may create disproportionate costs to ensure that concentrations of PM2.5 in ambient air do not exceed the target value, in accordance with Directive 2008/50/EC, or in zones and agglomerations where exceedance has been measured, in order to ensure high level of protection of the environment and human health.

Addedensuring synergies and coherence with environmental acquis related to air quality. air pollution is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths in the EU. renovation wave and dedicated funding should not exacerbate the problem of air pollution and should provide only for win win solutions.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall prioritise deep renovation and sizeable programmes that address a high number of buildings and result in an overall reduction of at least 40 % , of primary energy demand with higher financial, fiscal, administrative and technical support. Member States shall ensure that deep or staged-deep renovations bringing buildings to class A or B - if A is not technically feasible - receive the highest public financing rate.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 12: 12. Financial incentives shall target as a priority low and medium income households, vulnerable customers, including final users, people facing or risking energy poverty and people living in social housing ,, in line with Article 22 of Directive (EU) .../…. [recast EED]. Member States shall ensure that these consumers benefit from cost neutral renovation schemes.

AddedArticle 15 – paragraph 13: 13. When providing financial incentives to owners of buildings or building units for the renovation of rented buildings or building units, Member States shall ensure that the financial incentives benefit both the owners and the tenants, in particular by providing rent support or by introducing, in line with Article 2 of this Directive, Pay-as-you-Save financial schemes conditionality on rent increases, guaranteeing that the rent increase does not exceed the savings, due to renovation energy savings. They shall introduce effective social safeguards and guarantees, in particular to protect vulnerable households and households suffering from energy poverty.

AddedArticle 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to establish a system of certification of the energy performance of buildings, with the goal to cover the entire building stock at latest by 2035 in an affordable and efficient manner.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: The energy performance certificate shall include the energy performance of a building expressed by a numeric indicator of primary and final energy use in kWh/(m2.y), and reference values such as minimum energy performance requirements , minimum energy performance standards, nearly zero-energy building requirements and zero-emission building requirements, in order to make it possible for owners or tenants of the building or building unit to compare and assess its energy performance.

AddedArticle 16 – paragraph 2: 2. By 31 December 2025 at the latest, the energy performance certificate shall comply with the template in Annex V. It shall specify the energy performance class of the building, on a closed scale using only letters from A to G. The letter A shall correspond to zero-emission buildings as defined in Article 2, point (2) and the letter G shall correspond to the minimum of the 15% worst-performing buildings in the national building stock at the time of the introduction of the scale. Member States shall ensure that the remaining classes (B to F) have an even bandwidth distribution of energy performance indicators among the energy performance classes. Member States shall ensure a common visual identity for energy performance certificates on their territory. Member States shall add an additional class A+ to correspond to positive energy buildings without prejudice to zero-emission buildings as defined in Article 2 of this Directive. Member States shall set a letter in the medium classes to correspond to performance levels allowing for minimum demand response capacity, reflecting the implementation of sufficient envelope efficiency by latest 2035 for residential and 2032 for non-residential buildings. This envelope shall be suitable either for the installation of flexible electric space heating, water heating and air conditioning systems or for the connection to a low-temperature district heating, to allow for both thermal comfort and flexible operation of the power grids. The Commi…

AddedArticle 16 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall ensure the quality, reliability and affordability of energy performance certificates. They shall ensure that energy performance certificates are affordable for low-income households and for all units, used as a sole residence, without prejudice to the income criteria, and issued by qualified and independent experts following an on-site visit and that the template for energy performance certificates is based on clear logos, pictograms and easily readable sections indicating a range of projected costs. / After the adoption of the delegated act in accordance with Article 7, the energy performance certificates shall encompass additional information on the Global Warming Potential, in line with Article 7, for new buildings and buildings owned, operated or occupied by Union institutions and agencies in a comprehensive manner in order to achieve a simple and unified certificate.

AddedArticle 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1: The energy performance certificate shall include recommendations for the cost-effective improvement of the energy performance and the reduction of greenhouse gases emissions of a building or building unit, unless the building or building unit already complies with the relevant zero-emission building standard, and the improvement of the smart readiness indicator score for buildings which have to be equipped with the indicator as required by the article 13 of this Directive.

AddedArticle 16 – paragraph 5: 5. The recommendations included in the energy performance certificate shall be technically feasible for the specific building and shall provide an estimate for the energy savings and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. They shall provide an estimate for the range of payback periods or cost-benefits over its economic lifecycle.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 16 – paragraph 6: 6. The recommendations shall include a well-displayed indication of the remaining lifespan of the space and water heating systems and the air conditioning systems, and an assessment of whether the space and water heating or air-conditioning system can be adapted to operate at more efficient temperature settings, such as low temperature emitters for water based heating systems, including the required design of thermal power output and temperature/flow requirements.

AddedArticle 16 – paragraph 10: 10. The validity of the energy performance certificate shall not exceed 7 years. However for buildings with an energy performance class A, B or C established pursuant to paragraph 2, the validity of the energy performance certificate shall not exceed 10 years.

AddedArticle 16 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall make simplified procedures for updating an energy performance certificate available where only individual elements are upgraded (single or standalone measures) in order to reduce the cost of issuance of the updated certificate.

AddedArticle 16 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall make simplified procedures for updating an energy performance certificate available where measures identified in a renovation passport are put in place, or in cases where a Building Digital Twin is used, in order to reduce the cost of issuance of the updated certificate.

AddedArticle 16 – paragraph 11 a (new): 11a. In addition to the energy performance certificates framework referred to in this article, Member States shall define standards for different building archetypes as well as maximum limits on energy need for heating that would allow buildings to be heated with low temperatures heating by 31 December 2025 at the latest. The Commission shall publish guidance for the development of such a metric.

AddedArticle 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) buildings or building units which are constructed , have undergone a major renovation, are sold or rented out to a new tenant; and

AddedArticle 17 – paragraph 2: 2. Member States shall require that, when buildings or building units are constructed, sold or rented out, the energy performance certificate is shown to the prospective tenant or buyer and handed over to the buyer or tenant.

AddedArticle 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1: The Commission shall, by 30 June 2024, adopt an implementing act with a common template for the transfer of the information to the Building Stock Observatory. By this date, the Member States shall initiate, based on Commission guidance, an audit of the state of the Union stock in order to determine where the vulnerable areas with low socio-economic indicators and poor energy performing buildings are located, in line with the EED. In this way, the effort of economic and professional support will target to the most vulnerable society promoting an increase in the rate of renovation of buildings in the Union, equitable and harmonised for all Member States.

AddedArticle 19 – paragraph 6 a (new): 6a. The Commission will publish every 2 years, starting with the second year after publication of this Directive, a summary report on the situation and progress of the Union building stock at local, regional and national level.

AddedArticle 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3: The inspections scheme shall include the assessment of the sizing of the ventilation system compared with the requirements of the building and consider the capabilities of the ventilation system to optimise its performance under typical or average operating conditions. The inspections shall also include an assessment of the indoor air quality.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 20 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall lay down requirements to ensure that, where technically and economically feasible, non-residential buildings with an effective rated output for heating systems, cooling systems or systems for combined space heating, cooling and ventilation of over 290 kW are equipped with building automation and control systems 31 December 2024 by. The threshold for the effective rated output shall be lowered to 70 kW by31 December 2029.

AddedThe scope (290kW) in the current EPBD is calculated referring to space heating and ventilation (Art. 14, par.4) but it also covers space cooling (Art.15, par.4). The proposed revision does not match the current BACS provisions, which the Member States are already implementing

AddedArticle 22 – paragraph 2: 2. Member States shall ensure that the certification or equivalent qualification schemes for independent experts providing energy performance certification of buildings, the establishment of renovation passports, the smart readiness assessment, the inspection of heating systems and air-conditioning systems are accessible, affordable and properly functioning, and shall make available to the public the information on training and certifications opportunities. Member States shall ensure that either regularly updated lists of qualified or certified experts or regularly updated lists of certified companies which offer the services of such experts are made available to the public.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 23 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall ensure a national plan for developing high skill competences for building professionals carrying out integrated renovation works in line with Article 26 [recast EED].

AddedArticle 23 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. Member States shall promote programs for requalification schemes for employees in fossil fuels mining, energy production, distribution and energy accounting firms whose production of energy and activities will be subject to subsequent phasing-out in the light of Union decarbonization efforts. Such an approach shall integrate in a positive way those important stakeholders in the process of the Union energy sector decarbonisation.

AddedArticle 25 – paragraph 2: As part of that review, the Commission shall assess whether the application of this Directive in combination with other legislative instruments addressing energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, notably through carbon pricing, deliver sufficient progress towards achieving a fully decarbonised, zero-emission building stock by 2050, or whether further binding measures at Union level, in particular mandatory minimum energy performance standards across the whole building stock, need to be introduced. In addition to this, a holistic approach at all spatial scales, including: landscape architecture, urban planning, infrastructure, design, thus promoting more sustainable, inclusive and innovative ways of living in line with the evolution of our built environment, in order to adapt to new needs and ensure decent and quality housing for all, should be taken into account in the measures at Union level. The Commission shall also examine in what manner Member States could apply integrated district or neighbourhood approaches in Union building and energy efficiency policy, while ensuring that each building meets the minimum energy performance requirements, for example by means of overall renovation schemes applying to a number of buildings in a spatial context instead of a single building.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 26 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall endorse information and awareness-rising campaigns in order to promote the interest and the support of the public for the improvement of the energy efficiency of buildings directive and take the necessary measures to inform the owners or tenants of buildings or building units and all relevant market actors of the different methods and practices that serve to enhance energy performance. In particular, Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide tailor-made information to vulnerable households, households suffering from energy poverty, people living in social housing, vulnerable areas in line with the EED, and to provide information at neighbourhood level to reach out to these consumers.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedArticle 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall in particular provide information to the owners or tenants of buildings on energy performance certificates, including their purpose and objectives, on cost-effective measures and, where appropriate, financial instruments, to improve the energy performance of the building, and on replacing fossil fuel boilers with more sustainable alternatives. Member States shall provide the information through accessible and transparent advisory tools such as renovation advice and one-stop-shops. Access to such advisory tools shall be specifically adapted to low-income and vulnerable households, households suffering from energy poverty, people living in social housing.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedAnnex I – point 1 – paragraph 3: The energy performance of a building shall be expressed by a numeric indicator of primary and final energy use per unit of reference floor area per year, in kWh/(m2.y) for the purpose of both energy performance certification and compliance with minimum energy performance requirements. The methodology applied for the determination of the energy performance of a building shall be transparent and open to innovation.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text in order to have greater clarity for tenants and thereby foster energy efficiency and renovations.

AddedAnnex I – point 1 – paragraph 4: Member States shall describe their national calculation methodology based on Annex A of the key European standards on energy performance of buildings , namely EN ISO 52000-1, EN ISO 52003-1, EN ISO 52010-1, EN ISO 52016-1, EN ISO 52018-1, EN ISO 52120-1, EN 16798-1 and EN 17423 or superseding documents . This provision shall not constitute a legal codification of those standards.

AddedBACS impact is essential for the energy performance of buildings. EN ISO 52120-1 is an EPB standard within the M480 mandate and provides important inputs in the calculation of energy performance in buildings. Moreover, as buildings electrification is expected to increase, new electrical loads will add to the energy consumption.

AddedAnnex I – point 3: 3. For the purpose of expressing the energy performance of a building, Member States shall define additional numeric indicators of total, non-renewable and renewable primary energy use, and of operational and embodied greenhouse gas emissions in over the expected service life of the building.

AddedThis amendment is necessary to ensure that the EPBD covers both energy performance and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as indicated in Art 1, paragraph 1. Include additional numeric indicators of greenhouse gas embodied emissions (production and/or construction of buildings) in the aspects to consider to assess the energy performance of buildings and the obligation to provide information on embodied emissions related to the use of construction products and materials.

AddedAnnex I – point 4 – point b: (b) heating installation and hot water supply, including their insulation and heat recovery characteristics;

Addedheat recovery can be an important part of the measures leading to energy efficiency and energy savings, but might be less attractive if their benefit is not considered when calculating the energy consumption of the building according to the EPBD.

AddedAnnex I – point 4 – point b a (new): (ba) capacity of installed decentralised energy resources, including on-site renewables, bidirectional electric vehicle charging infrastructure, demand-response and storage;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedAnnex I – point 4 – point h: (h) indoor climatic conditions, including the designed indoor climate and indoor air quality;

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text in regards to ventilation and public health.

AddedAnnex I – point 4 – point i a (new): (ia) building automation and technical building management capabilities to monitor, control and optimize energy performance;

AddedMonitoring is key to spark continuous improvement of energy performance, especially in regard to the rise of EV charging stations at home. Monitoring typically could lead in average to 10% energy savings; however, energy monitoring is not yet recognized as a Technical Building System in the current EPBD definition

AddedAnnex I – point 4 – point i b (new): (ib) efficiency of electrical installations (IECEN 60364-8-1).

AddedIn order to cover efficiency of electrical installations, an obligation to minimize energy losses in the electrical installations should be introduced, alongside performance requirements for those solutions in line with existing and recognized standards (IEC EN 60364-8-1).

AddedAnnex II – column 2 – point a – row 7 – indent 3: - population living in inadequate dwelling conditions (e.g. leaking roof, unsafe electrical installations or with inadequate thermal comfort conditions

AddedPTFE and PVC are not considered as a green listed waste at the international level. Both are subject to scrutiny in the EU because of their properties. The PTFE is in scope of the current PFAS restriction work, while there is also ongoing work on the restriction of PVC.

AddedAnnex II – column 2 – point a – row 9: Definition of nearly-zero energy and zero-emission building for new and existing buildings

AddedAnnex II – column 2 – point b – row 1: Targets for expected share (%) of renovated buildings: / - per building type / - per renovation depth

AddedAnnex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d: (d) empowering and protecting vulnerable customers and the alleviation of energy poverty, including a set of measures for preferential financing of building renovation for energy poor and vulnerable households and a national target for energy poverty mitigation via building renovation measures pursuant to Article 22 of Directive (EU) …/… [recast EED], and housing affordability;

AddedAnnex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e: (e) the creation of local-level one-stop-shops or similar mechanisms for the provision of tailored technical, administrative and financial advice, assistance and integrated building renovation services to property owners;

AddedAnnex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point n: (n) addressing skills gaps and mismatches in human capacities, and promoting education, training, upskilling and reskilling in the construction, sector and energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors by obligatory implementation of continuous professional development systems, skills registers, and national targets for qualification and upskilling of building professionals, alligned, where applicable, to national qualification roadmaps developed under the EU BUILD UP Skills initiative and/or under the Construction Blueprint initiative.

AddedAnnex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point o: (o) large-scale awareness raising campaigns promoting the benefits of buildings’ efficiency and the accessible support measures conducted at national, regional, local and community level, as well as other advisory tools.

AddedAnnex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 2: — Monitoring mechanisms / — Penalties in case of non-compliance and/or underperformace

Added1) subparagraph d) is amended to ensure the practical implementation of national-level financial schemes targeted to energy poor and vulnerable households as per the applicable definition pursuant to the proposed amendments of the EED

Added2) subparagraph e) is amended to ensure accessible tailored services efficiently reaching the local communities, which are the main beneficiaries of the OSS concept. The suggested amendments also include the provision of integrated renovation services overcoming the issues related to the fragmentation of the construction sector in general and specifically of the renovation process, which is often cited as one of the major barriers to large-scale building retrofitting.

Added3) subparagraph n) is amended to ensure the application of streamlined instruments which are key for the life-long learning progress and regular upgrade of the skills and knowledge of building professionals in a quickly changing technological environment. Additionally, it brings coherence with the most effective and widely recognized EU initiatives in the area, thus avoiding duplication of measures and reduction of costs.

Added4) subparagraph o) is amended to ensure ambitious scope and outreach of the communication and awareness raising campaigns, which are expected to integrate national coverage by the public media and local community-oriented communication action to achieve highest impact.

Added5) additionally, monitoring mechanisms and penalties in case of non-compliance or underperformance are required to ensure coherent implementation at national level

AddedAnnex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new): (fa) the modernization of the heating and cooling stock via the installation of technologies ready to work with renewables and decarbonized energy sources;

AddedAnnex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f b (new): (fb) the increase of electrical safety;

AddedAnnex III – point I – paragraph 3 – indent 1: — energy from renewable sources generated on-site or supplied from the grid and fulfilling the criteria of Article 7 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED],

AddedAnnex III – point I – paragraph 4: A zero-emission building shall not cause any emissions from fossil fuels.

AddedAnnex III – point II – paragraph 1: For the calculation of the life-cycle global warming potential (GWP) of new buildings pursuant to Article 7(2), the GWP is communicated as a numeric indicator for each life-cycle stage also considering the benefits from reuse and recycling at end-of-life, expressed as kgCO2e/m2 (of useful floor area) averaged for one year of a reference study period of 50 years. The data selection, scenario definition and calculations shall be carried out in accordance with EN 15978 (EN 15978:2011. Sustainability of construction works. Assessment of environmental performance of buildings. Calculation method). The scope of building elements and technical equipment is as defined in the Level(s) common EU framework for indicator 1.2. Where a national calculation tool exists, or is required for making disclosures or for obtaining building permits, that tool may be used to provide the required disclosure. Other calculation tools may be used if they fulfil the minimum criteria laid down by the Level(s) common EU framework. Data regarding specific construction products calculated in accordance with [revised Construction Products Regulation] shall be used when available.

AddedConsidering the importance to promote a circular building ecosystem, it is essential to also report the additional environmental benefits resulting from reuse and recycling at the end of life stage of the building

AddedAnnex IV – point 2 – point c a (new): (ca) the ability of a building to store energy and release it back into the building or to the grid as electricity when it is required allowing for the active participation of buildings in the electricity system.

AddedAmendment necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

AddedAnnex V – point 1 – point h a (new): (ha) operational fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions;

Addedindicators moved from paragraph 2 as an element to be displayed mandatorily.

AddedAnnex V – point 1 – point i: (i) the greenhouse gas emission class.

AddedAnnex V – point 1 – point i a (new): (ia) energy use, peak load, size of generator or system, main energy carrier and main type of element for each of the uses: heating, cooling, domestic hot water, ventilation and in-built lighting;

Addedindicators moved from paragraph 2 of Annex V as an element to be displayed mandatorily.

AddedAnnex V – point 1 – point i b (new): (ib) Status of electricalinstallation (reference to latest inspection);

AddedAnnex V – point 2 – point b: (b) renewable energy produced on site, main energy carrier and type of renewable energy source and readiness to install new renewable generation capacity (e.g. available space, orientation, electrical system);

AddedAnnex V – point 2 – point g: (g) the average U-value and the average g-value for the opaque elements of the building envelope;

AddedNational requirements too often focus on insulation (U-value) while other aspects are equally important to assess the performance of transparent elements of the building envelope, in particular the solar energy transmittance (g-value).

AddedAnnex V – point 2 – point j a (new): (ja) result of the analysis of indoor air quality;

AddedStudies show that indoor climate improvements are among the key incentives for building owners to conduct energy renovations.

AddedAnnex V – point 2 – point j b (new): (jb) result of analysis of daylight conditions;

AddedStudies show that indoor climate improvements are among the key incentives for building owners to conduct energy renovations.

AddedAnnex V – point 2 – point m: (m) number and type of charging points for electric vehicles and readiness of electrical infrastructure toad new charging points; ;

AddedEnergy Performance Certificates (EPCs) must integrate information about the latest inspection of the electrical installations and its readiness to install new major equipment. The proposed template for EPCs suggests including information about the presence of heat-pump, EV charging, storage or on-site renewable generation, but should also include information about the readiness and latest safety check of the electrical installations to integrate such equipment. Every dwelling owner or tenant should have an easy access to information about the status and readiness of the electrical installations particularly in the view of electrification of heating and transport and the possibility to add new equipment, such as EV charging point, heat pump, on-site renewable generation, and storage.

AddedAnnex V – point 2 – point n: (n) presence, type and size of energy storage systems and readiness to add new storage capacity;

AddedEnergy Performance Certificates (EPCs) must integrate information about the latest inspection of the electrical installations and its readiness to install new major equipment. The proposed template for EPCs suggests including information about the presence of heat-pump, EV charging, storage or on-site renewable generation, but should also include information about the readiness and latest safety check of the electrical installations to integrate such equipment. Every dwelling owner or tenant should have an easy access to information about the status and readiness of the electrical installations particularly in the view of electrification of heating and transport and the possibility to add new equipment, such as EV charging point, heat pump, on-site renewable generation, and storage.

AddedAnnex V – point 2 – point r a (new): (ra) readiness to switch off fossil fuels;

AddedEnergy Performance Certificates (EPCs) must integrate information about the latest inspection of the electrical installations and its readiness to install new major equipment. The proposed template for EPCs suggests including information about the presence of heat-pump, EV charging, storage or on-site renewable generation, but should also include information about the readiness and latest safety check of the electrical installations to integrate such equipment. Every dwelling owner or tenant should have an easy access to information about the status and readiness of the electrical installations particularly in the view of electrification of heating and transport and the possibility to add new equipment, such as EV charging point, heat pump, on-site renewable generation, and storage.

AddedAnnex V – point 2 – point r b (new): (rb) the flexibility of a building’s overall electricity demand, including its ability to demand response in relation to the grid, and load shifting capacities.

AddedEnergy Performance Certificates (EPCs) must integrate information about the latest inspection of the electrical installations and its readiness to install new major equipment. The proposed template for EPCs suggests including information about the presence of heat-pump, EV charging, storage or on-site renewable generation, but should also include information about the readiness and latest safety check of the electrical installations to integrate such equipment. Every dwelling owner or tenant should have an easy access to information about the status and readiness of the electrical installations particularly in the view of electrification of heating and transport and the possibility to add new equipment, such as EV charging point, heat pump, on-site renewable generation, and storage.