Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

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;

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RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 11: 11. 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.

Added2. 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 ▌as of 1 January 2027, for all new builings.

RemovedArticle 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new): In the case of fossil fuel based technical building systems, the recommendations shall provide for alternative renewables based systems or connections to efficient district heating and cooling systems for any residual demand and consider the economic lifetime of the current installation and the planned phase out.

Added2a. By 31 December 2025 the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive by setting out a harmonised EU framework for the calculation of life-cycle GWP, developed in an inclusive stakeholder process and building on the LEVELs framework and standard EN 15978.

RemovedThis Directive introduces the provisions on phasing out fossil fuel use in buildings in Article 15 § 10, Article 26 § 2, and Article 11. This amendment is hence necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text.

Added2b. By 1 January 2027, to ensure reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, Member States shall publish a roadmap detailing the introduction of limit values on the total cumulative life-cycle GWP of all new buildings and set targets for new buildings from 2030, considering a progressive downward trend, as well as maximum requirements, detailed for different climatic zones and building typologies.

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.

Removed(Article 21, (2), second paragraph, i, [recast EED])

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.