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137 Amendments of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) Under the Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), its Parties have agreed to hold the increase in the global average temperature well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levels. By adopting the Glasgow Climate Pact in November 2021, its Parties recognised that keeping the increase in the global average temperature to 1,5°C above pre- industrial levels would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change, and committed to strengthen their 2030 targets by the end of 2022 in order to accelerate climate action in this critical decade and to close the ambition gap with the 1,5°C target. Reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement is at the core of the Commission Communication on “The European Green Deal” of 11 December 201929 . The Union committed itself to reduce the Union’s economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 below 1990 levels in the updated nationally determined contribution submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat on 17 December 2020. __________________ 29 The European Green Deal, COM(2019) 640 final.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council31 , the ‘European Climate Law’, enshrines the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and of achieving negative emissions thereafter in legislation and establishes a binding Union domestic reduction commitment of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) of at least 55 % below 1990 levels by 2030. __________________ 31 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) The REPower EU Plan, launched by the EU Commission on 18 May 2022 to rapidly reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels and fast forward the green transition, has energy efficiency of buildings as well as building-integrated renewable energy, at its core. In its Communication of 18 May 2022 entitled “REPowerEU Plan”, the Commission invited the Parliament and Council to enable additional savings and energy efficiency gains in buildings through the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) Buildings account for 40 % of final energy consumption in the Union and 36% of its energy-related greenhouse gas emissions . Therefore, reduction of energy consumption , in line with the energy efficiency first principle as laid down in Article 3 [revised EED] and defined in Article 2(18) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 and the use of energy from renewable sources in the buildings sector constitute important measures needed to reduce the Union’s greenhouse gas emissions. Reduced energy consumption and an increased use of energy from renewable sources also have an important part to play in reducing the Union’s energy dependency, promoting security of energy supply, in particular the ambitions set out in REPowerEU, and technological developments and in creating opportunities for employment and regional development, in particular in islands and rural areas. __________________ 32 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)

(6a) The improvement of energy efficiency and energy performance of buildings through deep renovations has enormous social, economic and environmental benefits. Moreover, energy efficiency is the safest and most cost- efficient measure to decrease Europe’s energy dependency and mitigate the negative impact of high energy prices. Furthermore, the reduction of energy consumption significantly curbs revenues for Europe’s energy supplying countries which use these revenues to fund military adventurism. Investments in energy efficiency should therefore be regarded as high priority at both private and public level.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 b (new)

(6b) In order to ensure that all citizens benefit from improved energy performance of buildings, and associated living quality, environmental, economic and health benefits, a proper regulatory and financial framework should be put in place to support renovations for low and medium-income households and households suffering from energy poverty, who often live in the worst-performing buildings in both urban and rural areas.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 c (new)

(6c) The introduction of minimum energy performance standards, accompanied with social and financial safeguards, will improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable and poorest citizens.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) Buildings are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions before, during and after their operational lifetime. The 2050 vision for a decarbonised building stock goes beyond the current focus on operational greenhouse gas emissions. The whole life-cycle emissions of buildings should therefore progressively be ~~taken into~~reduced, with targets to be set by the Commission on the basis of ac co~~unt, starting with new buildings~~mmon and harmonised methodology. Buildings are a significant material bank, being repositories for resources over many decades, and the design options largely influence the whole life-cycle emissions both for new buildings and renovations. The whole life-cycle performance of buildings should be taken into account not only in new construction, but also in renovations through the inclusion of policies ~~for the~~and reduction targets of whole life- cycle greenhouse gas emissions in Member States’ building renovation plans.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)

(7a) The introduction of whole life- cycle requirements will encourage industrial innovation, local value creation and circularity, for instance through the increase in the use of local, traditional natural materials, such as stones and wood as well as secondary raw materials.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8

(8) Minimizing the whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of buildings requires resource efficiency ~~and circularity. This can also be combined with~~, sufficiency, circularity, and turning parts of the building stock into a ~~temporary~~ carbon sink.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)

(8a) Sufficiency policies are a set of measures and daily practices that avoid the demand for energy, materials, land, water, and other natural resources over the lifecycle of buildings and goods while delivering wellbeing for all within planetary boundaries. Circularity principles avoid the linear use of materials and goods by applying some of the sufficiency principles at the product and construction materials levels. Measures to reduce the built floor area per capita, to increase co-working and co- living, to prioritise the use of empty buildings over the construction of new ones, and to use secondary materials and extend their lifetime are essential to make the Union building sector contribute its fair share to the achievement of climate neutrality. This Directive introduces requirements on Member States, in their national building renovation plans, to set 5-year targets until 2050 to reduce the overall environmental footprint of buildings, including through higher circularity and higher sufficiency and renovations which are designed for easy dismantling and reversibility of buildings. These targets should at least double the current rate of use of secondary materials for public renovated buildings by 2030 for each material class, allowing the valorisation of locally sourced materials.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)

(8b) The integration of green infrastructure, such as living roofs and walls, is recognised as a very effective tool to reduce the detrimental impacts of climate change in urban areas. Indeed, vegetated surfaces can help retain and detain rainwater, thus reducing urban runoff and improving stormwater management. Green infrastructure also reduces the “urban heat island effect”, cooling the building and its surroundings during summer time and heat wave events. Recent analyses show that greening 35% of the Union’s impervious urban surfaces would decrease the summer temperature of urban surfaces by 2,5-6 °C; it would also transpire about 10 km3 year−1 of rainwater, turning into “green” water about 17,5% of the “blue” water that is now urban runoff, helping reduce pollution of the receiving water bodies and urban flooding1a. The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III underlines that sustainable urban planning and infrastructure design, including green roofs and facades, can deliver both mitigation and adaptation benefits in settlement, reducing flood risks, pressure on urban sewer systems, and urban heat island effects. This Directive therefore requires Member States to ensure that all new buildings integrate vegetated surfaces on their roof or facade and that renovated buildings do so where possible. __________________ 1a "Water, energy and climate benefits of urban greening throughout Europe under different climatic scenarios", Emanuele Quaranta, Chiara Dorati & Alberto Pistocchi, 2021: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598- 021-88141-7

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) Management of energy demand is an important tool enabling the Union to influence the global energy market and hence the security of energy supply in the medium and long term.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) Measures to improve further the energy performance of buildings should take into account climatic conditions, including adaptation to climate change, and local conditions, as well as indoor climate, indoor environmental quality, sufficiency and circularity and cost- effectiveness. Those measures should ~~not affect~~go hand in hand with other requirements concerning buildings such as accessibility , fire safety and seismic safety and the intended use of the building. Moreover, they should ensure that the situation of vulnerable and low-income households, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing is improved.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) In line with the energy efficiency first principle, and to achieve higher levels of sufficiency and resource efficiency, Member States should minimise the number of unoccupied buildings. They should encourage the renovation and exploitation of such buildings, through special administrative and financial measures.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14

(14) Two-thirds of the energy used for heating and cooling of buildings still comes from fossil fuels. In order to reach a zero-emission, fully decarbonise ~~the~~d building sector, it is of particularly importancet and urgent to phase out fossil fuels in heating and cooling. ~~Therefore,~~ Member States should ~~indicate their national policies and measures to phase out fossil fuels in heat~~phase out subsidies to fossil fuel technical building systems and ban the installation of such systems in new buildings 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. 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 polbuildings undergoing renovation as of the entry into force of this Directive, and they should phase out fossil fuel based technical building systems from all buildings by 2035 at the latest. This will help halt the exceedances of air pollution limit values, particularly particulate matter, in Southern and Eastern Europe. This will also play a key role in decreasing Europe’s dependency on imports from third countries and lower its energy bill and vulnerability to price fluctuations, as recognised by the REPower EU Plan. Member States should prioritise the phase out of fossil fuel appliances among vulnerable consumers, who often live in houses equipped with old, inefficiesnt and ~~measure~~polluting installations.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19

(19) The enhanced climate and energy ambition of the Union requires a new vision for buildings: the zero-emission building, the very low energy demand of which is fully covered by energy from renewable sources where technically feasible. All new buildings should be zero- emission buildings, and all existing buildings should be transformed into zero- emission buildings by 20540.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22

(22) Minimum energy performance standards are the essential regulatory tool to trigger renovation of existing buildings on a large scale, as they tackle the key barriers to renovation such as split incentives and co-ownership structures, which cannot be overcome by economic incentives. The introduction of minimum energy performance standards should lead to a gradual phase-out of the worst- performing buildings and a continuous improvement of the national building stock, contributing to the long-term goal of a decarbonised building stock by 20540.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24

(24) As regards the rest of the national building stock, Member States are free to decide whether they wish to introduce minimum energy performance standards, designed at national level and adapted to national conditionsMember States should establish roadmaps with linear trajectories and milestones and introduce underpinning measures to achieve higher energy performance classes, ensuring that the entire building stock is of class A by 2040 at the latest. When reviewing this Directive, the Commission should assess whether further binding minimum energy performance standards need to be introduced in order to ac~~hieve~~celerate the transition towards a decarbonised building stock ~~by 2050~~.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32

(32) ~~Staged~~One-step deep renovation is the most cost-effective and lowest carbon budget option for the timely achievement of the objectives of turning Europe’s building stock into a fully decarbonised and zero-emission one. In some cases, staged deep renovation can be a solution to address the issues of high upfront costs and hassle for the inhabitants that may occur when renovating ‘in one go’. However, such staged renovation needs to be carefully planned in order to avoid that one renovation step precludes necessary subsequent steps. Renovation passports provide a clear roadmap for ~~staged~~ renovation, helping owners and investors plan the best timing and scope for interventions. Therefore, renovation passports should be made available as a voluntary tool to building owners across all Member States. To minimise bureaucracy and avoid duplications, Member States may decide to integrate building renovation passports into energy performance certificates.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33

(33) The concept of ‘deep renovation’ has not yet been defined in Union legislation. With a view to achieving the long-term vision for buildings, deep renovation should be defined as a renovation that transforms buildings into zero-emission buildings; in a first step, as a renovation that transforms buildings into nearly zero-energy buildings. This definition serves the purpose of increasing the energy performance of buildings. A deep renovation for energy performance purposes is a prime opportunity to address other aspects such as indoor environmental quality, living conditions of vulnerable households, sufficiency and circularity, increasing climate resilience, resilience against disaster risks including seismic resilience, fire safety, the removal of hazardous substances including asbestos, and accessibility for persons with disabilities, and enhancing carbon sinks, with vegetated surfaces for instance.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34

(34) In order to foster deep renovation, which is one of the goals of the Renovation Wave strategy, Member States should ~~giv~~prioritise enhanced financial and administrative support tofor deep renovation, with focus on citizens suffering from energy poverty and low income households, as well as on the worst- performing buildings.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35 a (new)

(35a) There is an urgent need to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels in buildings and to accelerate efforts to decarbonise and electrify their energy consumption. Large scale deployment of solar energy on buildings will make a major contribution to shielding more effectively consumers from increasing and volatile prices of fossil fuels, reduce the exposure of vulnerable citizens to high energy costs and result in wider environmental, economic and social benefits. The EU-wide European Solar Rooftops Initiative, announced in the Commission’s REPowerEU Communication, aims to unlock solar generation potential of rooftops to make energy cleaner, more secure and affordable. This Directive therefore requires Member States to make the installation of rooftop solar energy compulsory for new public and commercial buildings with useful floor area larger than 250 square meters and for all new residential buildings by the entry into force, and for all existing public and commercial buildings with useful floor area larger than 250 square meters by 31 December 2025.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37

(37) Combined with an increased share of renewable electricity production, electric vehicles produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Electric vehicles constitute an important component of a clean energy transition based on energy efficiency measures, alternative fuels, renewable energy and innovative solutions for the management of energy flexibility. Building codes can be effectively used to introduce targeted requirements to support the deployment of recharging infrastructure in car parks of residential and non-residential buildings. Member States should remove barriers such as grid connection and capacity bottlenecks, split incentives and administrative complications which individual owners encounter when trying to install a recharging point on their parking space.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
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~~active mobility such as cycling can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. With the rapid uptake of the sales of electric bicycles and electric cargo bikes, space and basic charging infrastructure for these types of vehicles also need to be provided to facilitate their regular use. 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. Where appropriate, building codes should also replace ‘minimum’ car parking requirements with ‘maximum’ car parking requirements, particularly in those areas that are already well served by public transport and walking and cycling. Member States should support local authorities in developing and implementing Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans with a particular focus on the integration of housing policies with sustainable mobility and urban planning, hereby ensuring and prioritising accessibility of all new major urban developments by active mobility and public transport.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 46

(46) Financial mechanisms, grants and subsidies, incentives and the mobilisation of financial institutions for energy renovations in buildings, tailored to the needs of different building owners and tenants, should play a central role in national building renovation plans and be actively promoted by Member States. Such measures should include encouraging energy efficient mortgages for certified energy efficient building renovations, promoting investments for public authorities in an energy efficient building stock, for example by public-private partnerships or energy performance contracts or reducing the perceived risk of the investments. Financial schemes should give an important premium to deep renovations, so as to make them financially attractive.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 46 a (new)

(46a) Member States should provide financial guarantees to financial institutions, in order to promote targeted financial products, grants and subsidies, for enhanced energy performance of buildings for people suffering from energy poverty, vulnerable and low- income households, and other groups having difficulty to assess finances or get traditional mortgages. Member States should ensure that these people benefit from cost neutral renovation schemes, for instance through fully subsidised renovation schemes, or blends between grants and energy performance contracting and on-bill schemes. Member States should ensure that on-bill schemes are only used when they guarantee that the renovation will be a deep renovation.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 46 b (new)

(46b) Green mortgage loans and green retail loans can significantly contribute to transforming the economy, reducing carbon emissions. The Mortgage Credit Directive does not hinder the uptake of green mortgages, but it also does not provide any specific measures to encourage their uptake. Moreover, not many mortgage credit providers systematically collect the data for which a mortgage loan was taken. The lack of systematic data on energy efficiency or “greenness” of residential real estate cause issues that may hinder achieving the objectives of European Green Deal. The Union and Member States should adjust relevant legislation and develop supporting measures to facilitate the uptake of green mortgage loans and green retail loans as well as data collection.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 47

(47) Financing alone will not deliver on the renovation needs. Together with financing, setting up accessible and transparent advisory tools and assistance instruments such as one-stop-shops that provide integrated energy renovation services or facilitators, as well as implementing other measures and initiatives such as those referred to in the Commission’s Smart Finance for Smart Buildings Initiative, is indispensable to provide the right enabling framework and break barriers to renovation. Support to local initiatives, such as citizen-led renovation programmes and programmes for the decarbonisation of heating and cooling at neighbourhood or municipal level, should also be provided, as such programmes enhance citizen’s engagement in the energy transition, have an economy of scale effect and provide solutions fitting with the local context and needs.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 48

(48) Inefficient buildings are often linked to energy poverty and social problems. Vulnerable households are particularly exposed to increasing energy prices as they spend a larger proportion of their budget on energy products. By reducing excessive energy bills, building renovation can lift people out of energy poverty and also prevent it. At the same time, building renovation does not come for free, and it is essential to ensure that the social impact of the costs for building renovation, notably on vulnerable households, is kept in check. The renovation wave should leave no one behind and be seized as an opportunity to improve the situation of vulnerable ~~households~~and low-income households, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing, and a fair transition towards climate neutrality should be ensured. Therefore, financial incentives and other policy measures should as a priority target vulnerable and low-income households, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing, and Member States should take measures to prevent evictions because of renovation. The Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on ensuring a fair transition towards climate neutrality provides a common framework and shared understanding of comprehensive policies and investments needed for ensuring that the transition is fair.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 49

(49) In order to ensure that the energy performance of buildings can be taken into account by prospective buyers or tenants early in the process, all buildings or building units ~~which are offered for sale or rent~~ should have an energy performance certificate by 2030, and the energy performance class and indicator should be stated in all advertisements. The prospective buyer or tenant of a building or building unit should, in the energy performance certificate, be given correct information about the energy performance of the building and practical advice on improving such performance. The energy performance certificate should also provide information on its primary energy consumption , on its renewable energy production and on its operational greenhouse gas emissions, as well as recommendations for the improvement of the energy performance and the Life-cycle Global Warming Potential.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 57

(57) In order to further the aim of improving the energy performance of buildings, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the adaptation to technical progress of certain parts of the general framework set out in Annex I, in respect of the establishment of a methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements , in respect of adapting the thresholds for zero-emission buildings and the calculation methodology for life-cycle Global Warming Potential, in respect of minimum indoor environmental quality standards applicable to zero-emissions buildings, in respect of the establishment of a common European framework for renovation passports and in respect of a Union scheme for rating the smart readiness of buildings . It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level , and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making41 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts . __________________ 41 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 58

(58) In order to ensure an effective implementation of the provisions laid down in this Directive, the Commission supports Member States through various tools, such as the Technical Support Instrument42 providing tailor-made technical expertise to design and implement reforms, including those aimed at increasing the annual energy renovation rate of residential and non-residential buildings by 2030 and to foster deep energy renovations. The technical support relates to, for example, strengthening of administrative capacity, supporting policy development and implementation, and sharing of relevant best practices. Member States should ensure the accessibility of technical support to low income households. __________________ 42 Regulation (EU) 2021/240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 February 2021 establishing a Technical Support Instrument (OJ L 57, 18.2.2021, p. 1).

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
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 20540 taking into account outdoor climatic and local conditions, as well as indoor climate requirements, indoor environmental quality and cost-effectiveness.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point f

(f) national building renovation plans, which should contain, inter alia, targets for increased circularity and sufficiency;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)

(fa) the phase out of fossil fuel based technical building systems;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g

(g) sustainable and active mobility infrastructure in and adjacent to buildings; and

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4

4. ‘minimum energy performance standards’ means rules that require existing buildings to meet an energy performance requirement as part of a wide renovation plan for a building stock or at a trigger point on the market (sale or rent), in a period of time or by a specific date, thereby triggering renovation of existing buildings, that respect the energy efficiency first principle as defined by Article 2, point (18)of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18

18. ‘renovation passport’ means a document that provides a tailored roadmap for the deep renovation of a specific building in ~~several~~one or a few steps that will significantly improve its energy performance, its indoor environmental quality, and its circularity and sufficiency, and reduce its Life-cycle Global Warming Potential;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – introductory part

19. ‘deep renovation’ means a renovation with low emissions which transforms a building or building unit

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Bas EICKHOUT, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point a

(a) before 1 January 203025, into a nearly zero-energy building;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Bas EICKHOUT, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point b

(b) as of 1 January 203025, into a zero- emission building;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20

20. ‘staged deep renovation’ means a deep renovation carried out in ~~several~~a few steps, following the steps set out in a renovation passport in accordance with Article 10;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)

22a. ‘embodied greenhouse gas emissions’ means the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the extraction of the raw materials that are used in the construction of the building, the material production and processing (pre- construction), the production and construction processes, including the wasted material, the maintenance and repair, the replacement of building elements, the renovation, the deconstruction of the building and reuse, recycling, other recovery and disposal of its materials;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23

23. ‘whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions’ means the sum of operational and embodied combined greenhouse gas emissions associated with the building at all stages of its life-cycle, from the ‘cradle’ (the extraction of the raw materials that are used in the construction of the building) over the material production and processing, and the building’s operation stage, to the ‘grave’ (the deconstruction of the building and reuse, recycling, other recovery and disposal of its materials)to the ‘grave’;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24

24. ‘Life-cycle Global Warming Potential (GWP)’ means an indicator which quantifies the ~~global warming potential contributions of a building along its full life-cycle~~whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 26 f (new)

26f. ‘indoor environmental quality' means a set of parameters including indoor air quality, thermal comfort, lighting, damp conditions and acoustic affecting the health and wellbeing of occupants;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 29

29. ‘energy performance certificate’ means a certificate recognised by a Member State or by a legal person designated by it, which indicates the energy performance of a building or building unit, calculated according to a methodology adopted in accordance with Article 4, as well as recommendations for the improvement of the energy performance and the GWP;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – point a – point iv

iv) environmental and health externalities of energy use and the cost of fulfilling indoor environmental quality performance requirements;

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Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – point a – point v

v) earnings from energy produced on- site , where applicable; , and savings resulting from the fulfilment of indoor environmental quality performance requirements;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 37

37. ‘digital building logbook’ means a common repository for all relevant building data, including data related to GWP, indoor environmental quality, level of circularity and sufficiency, and energy performance such as energy performance certificates, renovation passports and smart readiness indicators, which facilitates informed decision making and information sharing within the construction sector, among building owners and occupants, financial institutions and public authorities;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 57 b (new)

57b. ‘sufficiency’ means the minimisation of demand for energy, materials, land, water, and other natural resources over the lifecycle of buildings and goods, while guaranteeing wellbeing and comfort;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 57 c (new)

57c. ‘circularity’ means the reduction of the need for extraction of virgin materials through the reduction of demand for new materials, through repair, reuse, repurposing, and recycling used materials and through the extension of the lifetime of products and buildings;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 57 d (new)

57d. 'bicycle parking space’ means a designated space for one bicycle, of varying size and intended use, that allows the bicycle to be left unattended for extended periods of time, provides secure and easy locking for a variety of bicycle types (such as ‘inverted U’ or ‘post and ring’ locking stations), and, where possible, is lit and protected from the weather.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part

Each building renovation plan shall be aligned with the energy efficiency first principle, as defined in Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and outlined in Directive [new EED] and shall encompass:

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b

(b) a roadmap with nationally established targets and measurable progress indicators, with a view to the 2050 climate neutrality goal, in order to ensure a highly energy efficient and decarbonised national building stock and the transformation of existing buildings into zero-emission buildings by 20540;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Bas EICKHOUT, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

The roadmap referred to in point (b) shall include, in particular, national 5-year targets ~~for 2030, 2040 and 205~~until 2040 as regards the annual energy renovation rate,; the primary and final energy consumption of the national building stock and its operational and embodied greenhouse gas emission reductions; specific ~~timeli~~milestones for buildings to achieve ~~hig~~ther energy performance classes ~~than those~~ pursuant to Article 9(1), ~~by 2040 and~~every 5 years until 20540, in line with the pathway for transforming the national building stock into zero-emission buildings; an evidence- based estimate of expected energy savings and wider benefits; ~~and~~ estimations for the contribution of the building renovation plan to achieving the Member State's binding national target for greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Regulation (EU) .../… [revised Effort Sharing Regulation], the Union’s energy efficiency targets in accordance with Directive (EU) …/…. [recast EED], the Union’s renewable energy targets, including the indicative target for the share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector in accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED], and the Union’s 2030 climate target and 2050 climate neutrality goal in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119. ; 5-year targets until 2050 to reduce the overall environmental footprint of buildings, including through higher circularity and higher sufficiency, and through low emissions renovations, and renovations which are designed for easy dismantling and reversibility of buildings; targets to at least double the current rate of use of secondary materials for public renovated buildings by 2030 for each material class, allowing the valorisation of locally sourced materials, and higher targets for the following years.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Bas EICKHOUT, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)

The overview of implemented and planned policies and measures referred to in point c) shall include, in particular: (a) measures in relation to the phase out of fossil fuel based technical building systems, in particular: (i) a ban on the installation of fossil fuel infrastructure in new buildings as of the entry into force of this Directive; (ii) a ban on the installation of fossil fuel based technical building systems in renovated buildings as of the entry into force of this Directive; (iii) a complete phase out of fossil fuel based technical building systems from all buildings by 2035 at the latest; (b) measures for the reduction of the overall environmental footprint of all parts and components of buildings, including measures to promote the use of sustainable, secondary, locally sourced construction and renovation products and measure allowing the achievement of the target for the doubling of secondary material use in public renovated buildings by 2030 and further increase after 2030; (c) measures to ensure that entire building stock is covered by an energy performance certificate by 2030 at the latest.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 6

6. Every five years, each Member State shall submit its building renovation plan to the Commission, using the template in Annex II. Each Member State shall submit its building renovation plan as part of its integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and, where the Member States submits an update, its update referred to in Article 14 of that Regulation. By way of derogation from Article 3(1) and Article 14(2) of that Regulation, Member States shall submit ~~the firs~~draft building renovation plan to the Commission by 30 June 2024 and final plans by 30 June 2025.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4

Those requirements shall take account ~~of general indoor~~the necessity to ensure appropriate general indoor environment quality and climate conditions, in order to avoid possible negative effects such as inadequate ventilation, too high humidity and too low lighting levels, as well as local conditions and the designated function and the age of the building.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) as of 1 January 20275, new buildings occupied or owned by public authorities; and

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) as of 1 January 203025, all new buildings;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) as of 1 January 20275, for all new buildings with a useful floor area larger than 2000 square meters; and

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Bas EICKHOUT, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) as of 1 January 203025, for all new buildings.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. By 31 December 2026, the Commission shall publish a delegated act in accordance with Article 29 setting out a harmonised methodology for the calculation of GWP, developed in an inclusive stakeholder process and building on previous work such as the LEVELs framework and the EU-wide Life-carbon Roadmap. The methodology will be used to set decreasing maximum limits on the GWP of buildings, every 5 years, starting on 1 January 2030. Such limits shall be in line with the Union objective to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Member States shall not exempt building categories from the requirements set in paragraph 1 of the Article and shall not deviate from the definition of zero- emission buildings laid out in Article 2 determined in accordance with Annex I and with the requirements set out in Annex III.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission ~~is empowered to~~shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive in order to adapt Annex III to technological progress and innovation, to set minimum indoor environmental quality standards applicable to zero-emission buildings, to set adapted maximum energy performance thresholds in Annex III to renovated buildings, and to ~~adapt the~~set lower maximum energy performance thresholds for zero- emission buildings by 1 January 2027.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Bas EICKHOUT, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall ~~address, in relation to~~set requirements for the use of secondary, locally sourced, materials, design for dismantling and reversibility of new buildings, t~~he issues of healthy indoor climate conditions, adaptation to climate change, fire safety,~~o achieve higher levels of circularity and sufficiency; they shall ensure that new buildings have high indoor environmental quality, adaptation to climate change through, inter alia, green infrastructure, fire safety, are resilient to risks related to intense seismic activity and provide easy accessibility ~~for~~to persons with disabilities. Member States shall also ~~address carbon removals associated to carbon storage in or on buildings~~ensure that all new buildings integrate vegetated surfaces on their roof or facade.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Bas EICKHOUT, Eleonora EVI

3. Member States shall encourage, in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation, high-efficiency alternative systems~~, in so far as that is technically, functionally an~~. These alternatives shall be based solely on the renewable energy technologies listed in Article 2 (49). Member States shall ensure that the installation of fossil fuel based technical building systems in renovated buildings is banned from the entry into force of this Directive and that renovations take place so as to achieve a complete phase out of fossil-fuel based tec~~onomically feasible. Member States shall address , in relation to~~hnical building systems from all existing buildings by 2035 at the latest in accordance with the provisions laid out in Article 3. Member States shall ensure that the renovations involving the replacement of fossil fuel based technical building systems prioritise vulnerable households, people suffering from energy poverty and people living in social housing. Following the adoption of the delegated act referred to in Article 7, Member States shall ensure that, when buildings undergo~~ing~~ major renovation, the ~~issues of healthy indoor climate conditions, adaptation to climate change, fire safety,~~y comply with minimal indoor environmental quality standards. Member States shall apply requirements for GWP of renovated buildings in line with the methodology and limits referred to in Article 7 (2a new). Member States shall set requirements for low emissions renovations, renovations which are designed for easy dismantling and reversibility of buildings, and renovations using secondary, locally sourced material, to achieve high levels of circularity and sufficiency. Member States shall ensure that buildings undergoing major renovation have increased adaptation to climate change, through, inter alia, green infrastructure, improved fire safety, and are more resilient to risks related to intense seismic activity ~~, the removal of~~, do not contain hazardous substances including asbestos ~~and~~, provide easy accessibility ~~for~~to persons with disabilities . , and where technically possible, have vegetated surfaces on their roof or facade.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

3 a. Member States shall encourage the renovation and exploitation of buildings, which are not currently used, especially in sparsely populated, remote and rural areas, as well as building units in worst-performing multi-apartment buildings, through special administrative and financial measures. If a building is unoccupied for longer than 2 years, Member States shall ensure that it is renovated to comply with the relevant MEPS and put at disposal of new occupants.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – introductory part

(a) buildings and building units owned by public bodies, including buildings owned, operated or occupied by European institutions and agencies, achieve at the latest

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point i

(i) after 1 January 20275, at least energy performance class F; and

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii

(ii) after 1 January 203027, at least energy performance class E;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii a (new)

(ii a) after 1 January 2029, at least energy performance class D;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a – point ii b (new)

(ii b) after 1 January 2031, at least performance class C;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point i

(i) after 1 January 20275, at least energy performance class F; ~~and~~

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point ii

(ii) after 1 January 203027, at least energy performance class E;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point ii a (new)

(ii a) after 1 January 2029, at least energy performance class D;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b – point ii b (new)

(ii b) after 1 January 2031, at least performance class C.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point i

(i) after 1 January 203025, at least energy performance class F; and

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii

(ii) after 1 January 203327, at least energy performance class E;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)

(ii a) after 1 January 2029, at least energy performance class D;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c – point ii b (new)

(ii b) after 1 January 2031, at least performance class C.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

In their roadmap referred to in Article 3(1)(b), Member States shall establish ~~specific timeli~~linear trajectories with milestones for the buildings referred to in this paragraph to achieve higher energy performance classes by 2040 ~~and 2050~~, in line with the pathway for transforming the national building stock into zero-emission buildings.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) providing technical assistance, including through one-stop-shops, particularly at a neighbourhood level to reach out to energy poor households;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)

(b a) extending the use of the renovation passport scheme;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c

(c) designing integrated financing schemes which incentivise deep renovations by providing the highest financial support to renovations bring the building to class A;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point b

(b) buildings used as places of worship and for religious activities in so far as compliance with the standards would unacceptably alter their character or appearance;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Bas EICKHOUT, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 a (new)

Article 9 a Solar energy in buildings Member States shall ensure that all new buildings are designed to optimise their solar energy generation potential on the basis of the solar irradiance of the site, enabling the later cost-effective installation of solar technologies. Member States shall ensure the deployment of suitable solar energy installations: (a) by the entry into force, on all new public and commercial buildings with useful floor area larger than 250 square meters, and on all new residential buildings; (b) by 31 December 2025, on all existing public and commercial buildings with useful floor area larger than 250 square meters.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) it shall comprise a renovation roadmap indicating ~~a sequence of renovation steps building upon each other, with the objective~~the renovation, in line with the energy efficiency first principle, needed to transform the building into a zero-emission building by 20540 at the latest;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point c

(c) it shall indicate the expected benefits in terms of energy savings, savings on energy bills and operational greenhouse emission reductions as well as wider benefits related to health and comfort, including indoor environmental quality, safety (fire and seismic) and the improved adaptive capacity of the building to climate change~~; and~~, circularity and sufficiency;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)

(d a) it shall contain information about the whole lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of the building and measures to reduce them in the renovation process.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Bas EICKHOUT, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

Member States ~~may~~shall set requirements related to the greenhouse gas emissions of, or to the type of fuel used by heat generators ~~provided that such requirements do not constitute an unjustifiable market barrier~~, in line with the timeline for the phase out of fossil fuel based technical building systems laid out in Article 3.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c

(c) at least one bicycle parking space for every car parking space; for every 10 bicycle parking spaces, one parking space shall be designed for bicycles with larger dimensions than standard bicycles, such as cargo bikes, tricycles, and bicycles with trailers.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) electric bicycle charging infrastructure matching the electric vehicle charging infrastructure;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

where the car park is physically inside or adjacent to the building, and, for major renovations, renovation measures include the car park or the electrical infrastructure of the car park.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. With regard to all non-residential buildings with more than ~~twenty~~five parking spaces, Member States shall ensure the installation of: a) at least one recharging point for every ten parking spaces~~, and~~; b) at least one bicycle parking space for every car parking space,; for every 10 bicycle parking spaces, one shall be designed for bicycles with larger dimensions than standard bicycles, such as cargo bikes, tricycles, and bicycles with trailers; c) charging infrastructure for electric bicycles matching that of electric vehicles by 1 January 2027. In case of buildings owned or occupied by public authorities, Member States shall ensure pre-cabling for at least one in two parking spaces by 1 January 2033.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3

3. Member States may adjust requirements for the number of bicycle parking spaces in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 for specific categories of non-residential buildings where bicycles are typically less used as a means of transport. Member States applying such adjustments shall do so after consultation with active mobility experts and civil society, and shall provide justification and explanation about compensatory measures in their national renovation plans in accordance with article 3 and Annex II of this Regulation.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)

(b a) that in communal bike parking spaces for every 10 bicycle parking spaces there shall be one parking space designed for bicycles with larger dimensions than standard bicycles, such as cargo bikes, tricycles, and bicycles with trailers, with a minimum of one space;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)

(b b) the installation of charging infrastructure for electric bicycles shall match that of electric vehicles.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

the car park is physically inside or adjacent to the building, and, for major renovations, renovation measures include the car park or the electrical infrastructure of the car park.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

Member States shall ensure that the pre- cabling is dimensioned to enable the simultaneous use of recharging points on all parking spaces. Where, in the case of major renovation, ensuring two bicycle parking spaces for every dwelling is not feasible, Member States shall ensure as many bicycle parking spaces as appropriate. Member States shall provide explanation in their national renovation plans in accordance with article 3 and Annex II of this Regulation on how they compensate for any losses in bicycle parking spaces due to infeasibility during major renovations by otherwise promoting bicycle parking in and around residential buildings to achieve an equivalent number of bicycle parking spaces linked to residential buildings across the Member State.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall provide for measures in order to simplify the deployment of recharging points and bicycle parking spaces in new and existing residential and non-residential buildings and remove regulatory barriers, including permitting and approval procedures, without prejudice to the property and tenancy law of the Member States. Member States shall remove barriers to the installation of recharging points in residential buildings with parking spaces, in particular the need to obtain consent from the landlord or co- owners for a private recharging point for own use.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2

Member States shall ensure the availability of technical assistance for building owners and tenants wishing to install recharging points and bicycle parking spaces.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 9

9. Member States shall ensure the coherence of policies for buildings, ~~soft and green mobility and urban planning.~~ active and green mobility and urban planning. Member States shall introduce amendments to existing building codes on the technical requirements for the installation of bicycle parking spaces in all new residential and non-residential buildings, as well as residential and non- residential buildings undergoing major renovation to, inter alia, enhance accessibility requirements of the bicycle parking space, guarantee minimum amount of space for a standard bicycle (in m2) and for bicycles with larger dimensions (in m2), guarantee high quality of the bicycle racks, and to regulate the electric installations for the bicycle charging points.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall provide appropriate financing, support measures and other instruments, tailored to the needs of different building owners and tenants, able to address market barriers and stimulate the necessary investments in deep energy renovations in line with their national building renovation plan and with a view to the transformation of their building stock into zero-emission buildings by 205040 and with a view to reaching high levels of circularity and sufficiency and low-emissions renovations.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4

4. To support the mobilisation of investments, Member States shall promote the roll-out of enabling funding and financial tools, such as energy efficiency loans and mortgages for building renovation, energy performance contracting, fiscal incentives, on-tax schemes, on-bill schemes, guarantee funds, funds targeting deep renovations, funds targeting renovations with a significant minimum threshold of targeted energy savings and ~~mortgage portfolio standard~~the reduction of whole life- cycle greenhouse gas emissions, mortgage portfolio standards, and incentives for the application of sufficiency and circular measures. They shall guide investments into an energy efficient and decarbonised public building stock, in line with Eurostat guidance on the recording of Energy Performance Contracts in government accounts.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Bas EICKHOUT, Eleonora EVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall facilitate the aggregation of projects to enable investor access as well as packaged solutions for potential clients. Member States shall provide support to local initiatives, such as citizen-led renovation programmes and programmes for the decarbonisation of heating and cooling at neighbourhood or municipal level.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2

Member States shall adopt measures to ensure that energy efficiency lending products for building renovations are offered widely and in a non-discriminatory manner by financial institutions and are visible and accessible to consumers. Member States shall ensure that banks and other financial institutions and investors receive information on opportunities to participate in the financing of the improvement of energy performance of buildings and develop specific products for vulnerable households, energy poor people, and other groups having difficulty to assess finances or get traditional mortgages.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 9 – point e a (new)

(e a) improved circularity and sufficiency, reduced life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, improved indoor environmental quality.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 10

10. ~~From 1 January 2027 at the latest~~As of the entry into force of this Directive, Member States shall not provide any financial incentives for the installation of boilers powered by fossil fuels, with the exception of those selected for investment, before 2027, in accordance with Article 7(1)(h)(i) third hyphen of Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 of the European Parliament and the Council45 on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund and with Article 73 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and the Council46 on the CAP Strategic Plans. __________________ 45 Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 60). 46 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1).

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall ~~incentiv~~prioritise deep renovation and sizeable programmes that address a high number of buildings and result in an overall reduction of at least 30 60% of primary energy demand with higher financial, fiscal, administrative and technical support. Member States shall ensure that deep renovations bringing buildings to class A receive the highest public financing rate.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 12

12. Financial incentives shall target as a priority vulnerable households, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing, in line with Article 22 of Directive (EU) .../…. [recast EED]. In particular, Member States shall ensure that these consumers benefit from cost neutral renovation schemes, for instance through fully subsidised renovation schemes, or blends between grants and energy performance contracting and on- bill schemes. Member States shall ensure that on-bill schemes are only used when they guarantee that the renovation will be deep.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 13

13. When providing financial incentives to owners of buildings or building units for the renovation of rented buildings or building units, Member States shall ensure that the financial incentives benefit both the owners and the tenants~~, in particular~~. They shall introduce effective social safeguards and guarantees, in particular to protect vulnerable households and households suffering from energy poverty, by providing rent support or by imposing caps on rent increases, and by avoiding renovation and gentrification.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to establish a system of certification of the energy performance of buildings for every building and building unit by 1 January 2030.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The energy performance certificate shall include the energy performance of a building expressed by a numeric indicator of primary energy use in kWh/(m2.y), and the life-cycle Global Warming Potential (GWP) expressed by a numeric indicator of whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions in kgCO2e/m2, and reference values such as minimum energy performance requirements , minimum energy performance standards, nearly zero- energy building requirements and zero- emission building requirements, in order to make it possible for owners or tenants of the building or building unit to compare and assess its energy performance.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

4. The energy performance certificate shall include recommendations for the cost- effective improvement of the energy performance and the reduction of ~~operational~~life-cycle greenhouse gases emissions of a building or building unit, unless the building or building unit already complies with the relevant zero-emission building standard .

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5

5. The recommendations included in the energy performance certificate shall be technically feasible for the specific building and shall provide an estimate for the energy savings and the reduction of ~~operational~~life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions. They may provide an estimate for the range of payback periods or cost-benefits over its economic lifecycle.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to inform the owners or tenants of buildings or building units and all relevant market actors of the different methods and practices that serve to enhance energy performance. In particular, Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide tailor-made information to vulnerable households, households suffering from energy poverty, people living in social housing, and to provide information at neighbourhood level to reach out to these consumers.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall in particular provide information to the owners or tenants of buildings on energy performance certificates, including their purpose and objectives, on cost-effective measures and, where appropriate, financial instruments, to improve the energy performance of the building, and on replacing fossil fuel boilers with more sustainable alternatives. Member States shall provide the information through accessible and transparent advisory tools such as renovation advice and one-stop-shops. Access to such advisory tools shall be free of charge for vulnerable households, households suffering from energy poverty, people living in social housing.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 – point a –row 1

Number of buildings and total floor area (m2): - per building type (including public buildings and social housing) - per energy performance class - NZEB - worst-performing (including a definition) Overview of the total share, number and location of unoccupied buildings, and vacant properties in common-property buildings

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 point a – row 5

Annual operational greenhouse gas emissions (kgCO2eq/(m2.y): - per building type (including public buildings) Annual operational greenhouse gas emission reduction (kgCO2eq/(m2.y): - per building type (including public buildings Life-cycle Global Warming Potential (GWP) (kgCO2eq/m2): - per building type - Life-cycle Global Warming Potential (GWP) reduction (kgCO2eq/m2): - per building type

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 point a – row 9

Definition of nearly-zero energy and zero- emission building for new and existing buildings

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 point a – row 10

Cost-optimal minimum requirements for new and existing buildings Number of new bicycle parking spaces, including for cargo bikes, and e-bike charging stations

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 1 point b – header

b) Roadmap for 2030, 204035, 2040, 2045, 2050

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II –column 2 – point b– row 1

Targets for annual renovation rates: number and total floor area (m2): - per building type - worst-performing Targets for expected share (%) of renovated buildings: - per building type - per renovation depth

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 – point b– row 2

Target for expected primary and final annual energy consumption (ktoe): - per building type - per end use Expected energy savings: - per building type Milestones and linear trajectories for buildings to achieve the performance classes pursuant to Article 9(1) Share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector (MW generated) Targets for increase of share of energy in line with the indicative target for the share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector set in Article 15a(1) of [amended RED] Targets for the decarbonisation of heating and cooling, including through district heating and cooling networks using renewable energy and waste heat in line with the requirements set in Article 23 and 24 of [amended EED] and requirements set in Articles 15, 15a, 20, 23 and 24 of [amended RED] Targets for constructing bicycle parking spaces, developed in line with the relevant provisions of this Directive

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 – point b – row 3

Targets for expected operational greenhouse gas emissions (kgCO2eq/(m2.y): - per building type Targets for expected operational greenhouse gas emission reduction (%): - per building type 5-year targets until 2050 to reduce the whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, and to reduce overall environmental footprint of buildings, including through higher circularity and higher sufficiency, and through low emissions renovations, and renovations which are designed for easy dismantling and reversibility of buildings targets to at least double the current rate of use of secondary materials for public renovated buildings by 2030 for each material class, allowing the valorisation of locally sourced materials and higher targets for the following years Targets to increase carbon removals associated to the temporary storage of carbon in or on buildings Expected wider benefits- - Creation of new jobs - % reduction of people affected by energy poverty - resource efficiency, including efficiency of water usage - biodiversity - indoor environment quality - climate adaptation

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) the ensurance of high indoor environmental quality both in new and renovated buildings;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)

(fa) a ban on the installation of fossil fuel infrastructure in new buildings from the entry into force of this Directive;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f b (new)

(fb) a ban on the sale of fossil-fuel-based appliances in buildings from the entry into force of this Directive;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f b (new)

(fc) the complete phase out of fossil fuels in heating and cooling by 2035 at the latest;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)

(ga) the deployment of solar energy installations on foortops for new public and commercial buildings with useful floor area larger than 250 square meters and for all new residential buildings by the entry into force, and for all existing public and commercial buildings with useful floor area larger than 250 square meters by 31 December 2025

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point h a (new)

(ha) the reduction of the overall environmental footprint of all parts and components of buildings, including through the use of sustainable, secondary, locally sourced construction and renovation products; the achievement of the target of doubling the use of secondary material in renovations of public buildings by 2030;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – column 2 – point c – row 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)

(ia) increase in the adoption of energy performance certificates till coverage of the entire building stock by 2030 at the latest;

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 1 – point i a (new)

(i a) recommendations for the improvement of the energy performance and the Life-cycle Global Warming Potential.

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point d

(d) ~~the value of~~ the life-cycle Global Warming Potential ~~(if available~~, expressed by a numeric indicator of whole life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions in kgCO2e/m2 (if available; obligatory for new buildings as of 1 January 2025);

2022/05/25
Committee: ENVI