14 Amendments of Othmar KARAS related to 2021/0426(COD)
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) The introduction of requirements on whole life-cycle emissions will encourage industrial innovation and value chain creation such as through an increase in the use of circular and low- carbon materials.
Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Two-thirds of the energy used for heating and cooling of buildings still comes from fossil fuels. In order to decarbonise the building sector, it is of particular importance to phase out fossil fuel in heating and cooling. Therefore, Member States should indicate their national policies and measures to phase out fossil fuels in heating and cooling in their building renovation plans, and no financial incentives should be given for the installation of fossil fuel boilers under the next Multiannual Financial Framework as of 2027, with the exception of those selected for investment, before 2027, under the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund and of those that are ready to run on renewable energy sources. A clear legal basis for the ban of heat generators based on their greenhouse gas emissions or the type of fuel used should support national phase-out policies and measures.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) To achieve a cost-efficient decarbonisation of the heating sector, Member States should ensure a level playing field among available technologies and support multi-vectors solutions, by taking into consideration security of supply, cost-effectiveness and flexibility.
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 b (new)
Recital 20 b (new)
(20 b) Commission should assess the needed grid capacity for integration of renewable energy and electrical heating solutions and to identify remaining barriers to facilitate the development of renewable self-consumption, in particular those in low-income or vulnerable households.
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Promoting green mobility is a key part of the European Green Deal and buildings can play an important role in providing the necessary infrastructure, not only for recharging of electric vehicles but also for bicycles. A shift to soft mobility such as cycling can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. As set out in the 2030 Climate Target Plan, increasing the modal shares of clean and efficient private and public transport, such as cycling, will drastically lower pollution from transport and bring major benefits to individual citizens and communities. The lack of bike parking spaces is a major barrier to the uptake of cycling, both in residential and non-residential buildings. Building codes can effectively support the transition to cleaner mobility by establishing requirements for a minimum number of bicycle parking spaces. To ensure an effective combination on private e-mobility, active mobility and public transport, Member States should support local authorities in developing and implementing sustainable urban mobility plans. For that, a particular focus should be on integrating housing policy, sustainable mobility and urban planning.
Amendment 470 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive promotes the improvement of the energy performance of buildings and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings within the Union, with a view to achieving a zero- emission building stock by 2050 taking into account contribution of the buildings to demand side flexibility to improve energy system efficiency and cost- effectiveness, outdoor climatic and local conditions, as well as indoor climateenvironmental quality requirements and cost-effectiveness.
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. ‘zero-emission building’ means a building with a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with Annex I, where the very low amount of energy still required is fully covered by energy from renewable sources generated on-siter stored on-site, renewable sources from the grid, from a renewable energy community within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED] or from arenewable energy and waste heat from an efficient district heating and cooling system, in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex III; such a building shall contribute to the optimisation of the energy system in accordance with the energy efficiency first principle and promoting building demand flexibility;
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
13. ‘energy from renewable sources’ means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) , and geothermal energy , ambient energy, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, and biogasas defined in the Directive (EU) … [Recast RED];
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(d a) buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historical merit, in so far as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance
Amendment 1145 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that thechnical building owners, tenants and managsystem's customers can have direct access to their technical building systems’ data. AtUpon their request, the access orconsent, the data shall be made available to a third party. Member States shall subject to the existing contractual agreement. Member States shall mandate the use of international standards and management formats when data is exchanged and facilitate the full interoperability of services and of data exchange within the Union in accordance with paragraph 65.
Amendment 1152 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For the purpose of this Directive, building systems data shall include at least allmeans raw data related to the energy performance of building elements, the energy performance of building services, building automation and control systems, meters, sensors and charging points for e-mobility. Data that infringes the energy service provider’s intellectual property shall not be shared.
Amendment 1160 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. When laying down the rules regarding the management and exchange of data, Member States or, where a Member State has so provided, the designated competent authorities, shall specify the rules on the access to building systems data by eligible parties in accordance with this Articlefollow the harmonised Union rules set out in the implementing acts as specified in paragraph 5 and the applicable Union legal framework.
Amendment 1161 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. No additional costs shall be charged to the building owner, tenant or managcustomers for access to their technical building systems’ data or for a request to make their data available to a third party. Member States shall be responsible for setting the relevant charges for access to data by other eligible parties such as financial institutions, aggregators, energy suppliers, energy services providers and National Statistical Institutes or otheir ndational authorities responsible for the development, production and dissemination of European statisticsa available to a third party. Member States or, where applicable, the designated competent authorities, shall ensure that any charges imposed by regulated entities that provide data services are reasonable and duly justified. Member States shall incentivise the sharing of building systems data.
Amendment 1166 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts detailing interoperability requirements and non- discriminatory and transparent procedures for access to the data. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2) before December 31 2023. A consultation strategy shall be prepared setting out consultation objectives, targeted stakeholders and the consultation activities for preparing the implementing acts.