17 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2011/0172(COD)
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The rate of building renovation needs to be increased, as the existing building stock represents the single biggest potential sector for energy savings. Moreover, buildings are crucial to achieving the EU objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990. To ensure this, it is essential that this Directive maintains a long-term view and establishes roadmaps for drastically reducing the energy use of both private and public buildings by 2050. Buildings owned or occupied by public bodies account for a considerable share of the building stock and have high visibility in public life. It is therefore appropriate to set an annual rate of renovation of all long-term target and an annual rate of energy performance improvement for buildings owned or occupied by public bodies to upgrade their energy performance. This renovation rate. This measure would require an increased renovation rate and deep renovations, while it should be without prejudice to the obligations with regard to nearly- zero energy buildings set in Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings27 it will in fact serve to facilitate meeting these obligations. The obligation to renovate public buildings complements the provisions of that Directive, which requires Member States to ensure that when existing buildings undergo major renovation their energy performance is upgraded so that they meet minimum energy performance requirements.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure the achievement of the Union'’s target of 20% primary energy savings by 2020, which amounts to an annual primary energy consumption of 1474 Mtoe in 2020, and to pave the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
12. ‘energy audit’ means a systematic procedurehigh quality investment grade audit to obtain adequate knowledge of the existing energy consumption profile of aactual energy performance of industrial facilities, industrial processes and buildings, or group of buildings, an industrial or commercial operation or installation or a private or public service, identify and quantify cost-effective energy savings opportunita private or public service. The audit identifies and quantifies cost-effective savings, and makes recommendations for realizing these savings and improving energy performance. The basis for these calculations must be life-cycle costs and benefits, while also taking into account variable elements such as user or occupiers’ behaviour. This provides facility and buildings owners and managers, utilities, energy services companies, and report the findings;investors with a high level of certainty about project costs and expected savings and risks.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
27 a. (new) “Deep renovation” means a comprehensive energy refurbishment of a building or group of buildings, improving the energy performance by at least 75% as compared to pre-renovation levels.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set aadopt a binding national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020. When setting tThese targets, they shall take into account the Union's target of 20 % energy savings, the measures provided for in this Directive, the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC and other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union levelbe set according to the methodology set out in Annex Ia (new).
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a - Building stock 1. Member States shall draft national strategies to reduce the energy consumption of the national existing building stock. 2. The national strategies shall include legislative, financial, and training measures to achieve a reduction of energy consumption of the exsiting building stock by 80% compared to 2010 levels by 31 December 2050, mainly through deep renovations.. 3. The national strtegies shall also include the following intermediate objectives: (a) A reduction of energy consumption of the exsiting building stock by 30% compared to 2010 levels by 31 December 2030. (b) A reduction of energy consumption of the exsiting building stock by 60% compared to 2010 levels by 31 December 2040. 4. Member States may adopt differentiated approaches for commercial, residential and public buildings and may start by tackling the worst performing buildings first.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. W1. In order to reach the long-term target mentioned in Article 3a (new) and without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31 /EU, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3% of the total floor area owned by their public bodies is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. The 3% rate shall be calculatimplement dedicated national roadmaps for the renovation of the buildings owned or occupied by public bodies. These roadmaps shall ensure measured reductions of delivered or final energy consumption (kWh and KWh/m² or equivalent), as defined in Directive 2010/31 EU, Annex I, of at least 20%, 40% and 80% by 2020, 2030 and 2045, respectively. As part of these plans, all buildings owned or occupied onby the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m2 owned by the public bodies of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, does not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. national, regional and local authorities which - as from 1 January 2014 - are subject to periodic modernization works (for instance, because of age, poor quality or bad performance) will also be subject to energy renovation leading to the reduction of energy consumption mentioned above. 2. When fulfilling requirements set out in paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that deep renovations are carried out whenever technically feasible, starting first with the worst performing buildings, and encompassing all economically justifiable measures. These renovations shall be carried out at a rate and a depth that leads to a deemed or estimated annual cumulative energy performance improvement of at least 3.5% on average per year for the stock of public buildings as a whole until 2030, and beyond.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall promote the availability to all final customers of energy audits which are affordableinvestment grade audits in order to assess and ensure the energy performance of industrial facilities, industrial processes and buildings.These audits will be economically and technically adapted to each industrial facility or building, depending on the complexity of the audited facility, process or building, and carried out in an independent manner by qualified or accredited experts.
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. (new) Member States shall ensure that national incentive schemes are put in place to refund audit costs to those companies that implement an acceptable share of proposed measures from the recommendations of their energy audits, and to provide further incentives to implement those measures.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. No later than 6 months after the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt a decision to reduce the number of allowances pursuant to Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC by 1.4bn allowances so as to maintain the incentives for investment in energy efficiency measures and low carbon technologies and the level of ambition envisaged in Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a Funds 1. Without prejudice to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, Member States shall establish a fund or funds to subsidise the delivery of energy efficiency improvement programmes and measures, to promote the development of a market for energy efficiency measures and to offer technical assistance. Such measures may include the promotion of energy auditing and financial instruments for energy savings, support the deep renovation of buildings particularly for low-income households. The fund may, among other sources, include the revenues generated by the auctioning under the ETS, financing from the Structural and Cohesion Funds, eventual financial contributions derived from the obligation schemes referred to in Article 6 of this Directive. 2. The funds shall be used to attract private investment into the energy efficiency space, by means of loan guarantees and other financial engineering mechanisms. 3. When funds subsidise the delivery of energy efficiency improvement measures, access to funds shall be made conditional upon the actual realisation of energy savings or energy efficiency improvements. This shall be proved by appropriate means, such as energy performance certificates for buildings or energy labels for products. 4. The funds shall also provide technical assistance for third parties, such as consumers, small and medium size enterprises and other investors, to support the market penetration of good quality energy efficiency programmes and measures. 5. Funds may be linked to dedicated agencies or programmes which help to direct monies to appropriate projects and to carry out the functions described in paragraphs 3 and 4.
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. By 30 April each year, Member States shall report on the progress achieved towards their binding national energy efficiency targets, in accordance with Annex XIV(1).
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 30 April 2014, and every three years thereafter, Member State shall submit supplementary reports with information on national energy efficiency policies, action plans, programmes and measures implemented or planned at national, regional and local level to improve energy efficiency in view of achieving the national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1) and of implementing the targets referred to in Article 3a (new). The reports shall be complemented with updated estimates of expected overall primary energy consumption in 2020, as well as estimated levels of primary energy consumption in the sectors indicated in Annex XIV(1).
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall evaluate the annual reports and supplementary reports and assess the extent to which Member States have made progress towards the achievement of the national energy efficiency targets required by Article 3(1), towards the target established in Article 3a (new), and towards the implementation of this Directive. The Commission shall send its assessment to the European Parliament and the Council. Based on its assessment of the reports the Commission may issue recommendations to Member States.
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Commission’s assessment of the first supplementary report shall include an assessment of the energy efficiency levels of existing and new installations undertaking the combustion of fuels with a total rated thermal input of 50 MW or more and installations undertaking the refining of mineral oil and gas, in the light of the relevant best available techniques as developed in accordance with Directive 2010/75/EU and Directive 2008/1/EC. Where this assessment identifies significant discrepancies between the actual energy efficiency levels of such installations and energy efficiency levels associated with the application of the relevant best available techniques, the Commission shall propose, by 31 December 2015, if appropriate, requirements to improve the energy efficiency levels achieved by such installations or that the use of such techniques shall in future be a condition for the permitting of new installations and for the periodic review or updating of the permits for existing installations.
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22a - Amendments to Directive 2003/87/EC In Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC the following paragraph shall be added after the second paragraph : ‘From 2014 onwards the linear reduction factor shall be 2.25%.’