Building efficiency: too little leeway f • Table.Briefings

The poor energy efficiency of the building stock makes the sector the biggest energy consumer in the EU. This not only creates energy poverty in many regions. The sector is also responsible for around a third of all greenhouse gas emissions. With the revision of the Buildings Directive, the EU wants to address the problems, but for many the requirements go too far.

With the presentation of its Fit for 55 package last summer, the EU Commission put a comprehensive first package of measures on the table to achieve the European climate targets. Now the Brussels authority wants to follow up and present a further legislative package on December 14th, including a new version of the directive on energy efficiency in buildings.

Building efficiency: too little leeway for nation states?

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