This PDF is the latest negotiation document to come out of the EU institutions. It indicates that the likely compromise over the energy performance level of future new buildings will revolve around the concept of “very low energy” (see Article 9).
Most important changes are highlighted in the opening pages of the document. Most provisions , [...]
Extract from the Council progress report document on the “energy efficiency package”, dated 29th May 2009:
The draft Directive on the energy performance of buildings (recast) was welcomed, with
many delegations expressing support for the general aims of the draft Directive. Several
delegations underlined however that the administrative burden should not be significantly
increased on account of this Directive, [...]
Provisional text of revised EPBD directive, adopted in the EP plenary on 23 April 2009
31 March: ITRE Committee adopts amendments to Commission proposal
The ITRE Committee adopted a series of amenments to the Commission’s proposal for a revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).
The most notable changes concern the drive towards “zero net energy” buildings, defined [...]