Energy performance of buildings: Press conference with EP rapporteur Ciáran Cuffe

When: Tuesday 12 March 2024, 15.00 – 15.30
Where: European Parliament, Strasbourg, press troom Daphne Caruana Galizia, WEISS N -1/201

You can watch the webstreaming of the press conference here.

The press conference with rapporteur Ciáran Cuffe (Green/EFA, IE) will take place in the press room and via interactio. Journalists wishing to actively participate and ask questions, please connect via Interactio by using this link.

The revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, agreed with the Council in December, aims to substantially reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy consumption in the EU building sector by 2030, and have it achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The new rules also mean more of the worst-performing buildings will undergo renovation, and information-sharing on energy performance will be improved.

New buildings must be zero-emission as of 2030, and new buildings occupied or owned by public authorities must be zero-emission as of 2028. For residential buildings, member states have to put in place measures to ensure a reduction in the average level of primary energy used of at least 16% by 2030 and at least 20-22% by 2035.

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