Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

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.