Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

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.