Joint position – Trilogues on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Buildings make up to 40% of the EU's emissions. Despite this, the EU has almost no climate-focused building policies, and no overarching building decarbonisation policy to date. Together with EEB, we're calling on energy ministers and national representatives to agree on a comprehensive Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) package of Whole Life Carbon (WLC) measures to guide Europe towards a climate-neutral building stock.
Most notably, it will highlight that renovation over new construction is a critical piece of climate action.
How?
WLC measures will enable long-term decarbonisation actions to address the impacts of heating, energy, building materials, and other processes in any building or geographical context. An agreement to calculate, target, and set limits on the climate impacts of buildings will ensure the EU meets its goal of a climate neutral building stock by 2050, and in turn delivering on EU climate commitments.
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