2020/2070(INI) Maximising the energy efficiency potential of the EU building stock
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | ITRE |
CUFFE Ciarán ( Verts/ALE)
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WEISS Pernille ( EPP),
KUMPULA-NATRI Miapetra ( S&D),
MIHAYLOVA Iskra ( Renew),
TOVAGLIERI Isabella ( ID),
ROOS Robert ( ECR),
PEREIRA Sandra ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | ENVI |
SPYRAKI Maria ( EPP)
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Joëlle MÉLIN ( ID),
Manuel BOMPARD ( GUE/NGL),
Claudia GAMON ( RE)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
2021/02/11
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2020/09/17
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
2020/09/17
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament adopted by 526 votes to 77, with 94 abstentions, a resolution on maximising the energy efficiency potential of the EU building stock.
Buildings account for approximately 40% of the EU's energy consumption and 36% of its CO2 emissions. A major ‘renovation wave’ is of major importance to achieve the EU's goal of achieving zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Rising renovation rates of almost 3% and the renovation of 210 million existing buildings could create up to 2 million jobs in the construction sector, which accounts for around 9% of EU GDP and is an important part of the EU's recovery strategy from the COVID-19 crisis.
Neighbourhoods and communities
Parliament underlined the role that energy districts and communities, as well as other actors such as local and regional authorities or SMEs, play in integrated regeneration programmes. It stressed the role of citizens in the renovation of the residential housing stock and the importance of developing efficient tools, establishing good practices and making all possible information and knowledge available at local level, including the possibilities offered by technology (including smart metering).
Parliament called for the creation of one-stop-shops for building renovation that would serve as advisory tools in a transparent and accessible way, fostering the aggregation of projects and replicable models, providing information on third-party financing, coordinating and accompanying renovations, and offering capacity building for municipalities.
The Commission is invited to adopt a strategy to facilitate integrated renovation programmes at EU level and to set up platforms, as foreseen in the communication on the European Green Deal, and to make them a key priority of the integrated renovation programmes.
With fuel poverty in the EU affecting almost 50 million households, Members stressed that one of the main objectives of the renovation wave should be to eradicate fuel poverty.
Funding
The resolution stated that at least EUR 75 billion a year in EU financial incentives alone is needed to ensure that Europe's buildings are sufficiently energy-efficient by 2050.
In this context, Members called for energy efficiency renovations to be prioritised in each of the relevant EU funds and ask the co-legislators to provide the necessary funding for the European Economic Recovery Plan. They called on the EU institutions to ensure that the respective funds of the new MFF prioritise dedicated amounts for energy efficiency and building renovations, with clear conditions and timeframes, including technical assistance, to ensure adequate absorption rates.
In the context of the post-COVID-19 recovery and its impact on public and private finances, financing mechanisms shall prioritise deep stage renovations aimed at achieving the climate-neutral targets set for 2050.
Construction technologies and building materials
Parliament called on the Commission to support research and development programmes to create efficient construction materials. It called for new approaches to prefabrication and serial renovation to be developed and by neighbourhood in order to reduce costs and create jobs. It also stressed the importance of flexibility in the choice of technologies used for renovation and construction.
The Commission and Member States are invited to promote the integration of renewable energy in the construction sector. The recovery and recycling of construction materials, life-cycle assessment and consideration of embodied energy must therefore be streamlined into EU legislation.
Members stressed the need to encourage consumers to replace old inefficient heating and cooling technologies with modern solutions. Member States shall draw up a roadmap for scrapping fossil fuel heating and cooling technologies as part of their national programmes.
Standards, skills and healthy buildings
Given the low rate of deep renovation, estimated at 0.2%, Members suggested that priority should be given to deep renovation, including staged renovation of the worst performing buildings, including setting minimum energy performance standards. They called for the introduction of a building renovation passport to track continuous improvements and monitor the extent of renovation. They also stressed that building renovation projects should always result in healthy buildings.
Parliament stressed the potential of the Just Transition Fund within the context of the COVID-19 post-crisis recovery plan for training and qualification of workers in the construction and renovation sectors. The Commission is invited (i) to launch an EU skills and information initiative in the renovation and construction sector; (ii) to develop a legislative framework for the introduction of minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for existing buildings, to be progressively tightened over time.
Digitalisation
Parliament highlighted the role of digitalisation and data in accelerating the planning, implementation, control and monitoring of the renovation plans’ results, as well as for a more efficient planning and management of energy.
Members considered that smart meters and online applications increase energy efficiency and empower consumers, but regulatory safeguards are needed to protect housing and consumer rights.
Renovation wave
Convinced that the renovation wave can play an important role in a sustainable recovery and can be a central element of any post-COVID-19 recovery plan, Parliament called on Member States to comply with their legal obligations under the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and to submit the long-term renovation strategies for which they are lagging behind.
Convinced that the renovation wave offers an opportunity to achieve energy-efficiency and climate-neutral building stock by 2050 and that it may mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis by stimulating national and local economies by promoting quality and essential jobs in the construction and renewable energy sectors.
The Commission is invited to: (i) ensure the implementation of the measures foreseen in the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; (ii) place the principle of the primacy of energy efficiency at the centre of the renovation process of the Union's building stock; (iii) enshrine the renovation’s wave into new and revised EU legislation and to review the climate and energy targets for 2030 to put the legislation on a trajectory towards climate neutrality.
Documents
2020/09/17
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2020/07/13
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Details
The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted an own-initiative report by Ciarán CUFFE (Greens/EFA, IE) on maximising the energy efficiency potential of the EU building stock.
Buildings account for approximately 40% of the EU's energy consumption and 36% of its CO2 emissions. Their thorough renovation is of major importance for achieving the EU's objective of achieving zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Members believe that the following aspects are key to successfully generating a ‘renovation wave’ that would improve the lives of citizens, contribute to the quality of buildings and help achieve the EU’s climate ambitions.
Neighbourhoods and communities
The report stressed the important role that citizens play in the renovation of the residential building stock and the importance of developing effective tools, best practices and making all possible information and knowledge available at local level, including the opportunities offered by technology (including smart meters).
As fuel poverty in the EU affects almost 50 million households, Members believe that energy-efficient buildings should benefit all citizens, especially the most vulnerable.
The report called for the creation of one-stop-shops for building renovation that would serve as advisory tools in a transparent and accessible way, fostering the aggregation of projects and replicable models, providing information on third-party financing, coordinating and accompanying renovations, and offering capacity building for municipalities.
Members highlighted the active involvement throughout the process of local actors such as energy communities, consumer organisations, local business associations, including in the construction sector, and housing cooperatives.
The Commission is invited to adopt a strategy to facilitate integrated renovation programmes at EU level and to set up platforms, as foreseen in the communication on the European Green Deal, and to make them a key priority of the integrated renovation programmes.
Funding
The report says that at least EUR 75 billion a year in EU financial incentives alone is needed to ensure that Europe's buildings are sufficiently energy-efficient by 2050.
In this context, Members called for energy efficiency renovations to be prioritised in each of the relevant EU funds and ask the co-legislators to provide the necessary funding for the European Economic Recovery Plan. They called on the EU institutions to ensure that the respective funds of the new MFF prioritise dedicated amounts for energy efficiency and building renovations, with clear conditions and timeframes, including technical assistance, to ensure adequate absorption rates.
The Commission is invited, inter alia , to study the feasibility of dedicating revenues from the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to energy efficiency actions and to amend EU state aid rules, including for SME investments, in order to create a favourable framework to encourage integrated renovation programmes.
Construction technologies and building materials
Members called on the Commission to support research and development programmes to create efficient construction materials. The report called for new approaches to prefabrication and serial renovation to be developed and by neighbourhood in order to reduce costs and create jobs. It also stressed the importance of flexibility in the choice of technologies used for renovation and construction.
The Commission and Member States are invited to promote the integration of renewable energy in the construction sector. The recovery and recycling of construction materials, life-cycle assessment and consideration of embodied energy must therefore be streamlined into EU legislation.
Standards, skills and healthy buildings
Given the low rate of deep renovation, estimated at 0.2%, Members suggested that priority should be given to deep renovation, including staged renovation of the worst performing buildings, including setting minimum energy performance standards. They called for the introduction of a building renovation passport to track continuous improvements and monitor the extent of renovation. They also stressed that building renovation projects should always result in healthy buildings.
The report stressed the potential of the Just Transition Fund within the context of the COVID-19 post-crisis recovery plan for training and qualification of workers in the construction and renovation sectors. The Commission is invited (i) to launch an EU skills and information initiative in the renovation and construction sector; (ii) to develop a legislative framework for the introduction of minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for existing buildings, to be progressively tightened over time.
Digitalisation
The report highlighted the role of digitalisation and data in accelerating the planning, implementation, control and monitoring of the renovation plans’ results, as well as for a more efficient planning and management of energy. Members considered that smart meters and online applications increase energy efficiency and empower consumers, but regulatory safeguards are needed to protect housing and consumer rights.
Renovation wave
Members are convinced that the renovation wave offers an opportunity to achieve energy-efficiency and climate-neutral building stock by 2050 and that it may mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis by stimulating national and local economies by promoting quality and essential jobs in the construction and renewable energy sectors.
The Commission is invited to: (i) ensure the implementation of the measures foreseen in the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; (ii) place the principle of the primacy of energy efficiency at the centre of the renovation process of the Union's building stock; (iii) enshrine the renovation’s wave into new and revised EU legislation and to review the climate and energy targets for 2030 to put the legislation on a trajectory towards climate neutrality.
Documents
2020/07/06
EP - Vote in committee
2020/06/29
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2020/05/27
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2020/05/14
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2020/04/28
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2020/04/20
EP - SPYRAKI Maria (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2020/02/07
EP - CUFFE Ciarán (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in ITRE
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2020)597
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0227/2020
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0134/2020
- Committee opinion: PE650.506
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE652.316
- Committee draft report: PE648.631
- Committee draft report: PE648.631
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE652.316
- Committee opinion: PE650.506
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2020)597
Votes
A9-0134/2020 - Ciarán Cuffe - § 42/1 #
2020/09/16 Outcome: +: 594, 0: 85, -: 11
PPE
NIA9-0134/2020 - Ciarán Cuffe - § 42/2 #
2020/09/16 Outcome: +: 510, -: 170, 0: 10
A9-0134/2020 - Ciarán Cuffe - Résolution #
2020/09/17 Outcome: +: 526, 0: 94, -: 77
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 514 |
2020/2070(INI)
2020/05/13
ENVI
128 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the announcement of a renovation wave as part of the European Green Deal; urges the Commission to present it as planned, given that it is a key element of the post-COVID-19 recovery plan;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the announcement of a renovation wave as part of the European Green Deal in a bid to significantly step up energy efficiency in the EU; urges the Commission to present it as planned, given that it is a key element of the post-COVID- 19 recovery
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that homeowners
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that homeowners and housing associations and communities should be supported in climate-proofing their building stock, for example through grants or financial instruments based on the additionality of multiannual financial framework (MFF) funding, national budgets and private sector sources;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that the necessary public investments to rebuild European economies after the Covid-19 crisis and for a transition which would be just and respect the Paris agreement’s goal to limit climate warming under 1,5°C, are not compatible with the obligation to keep a public deficit under 3% of GDP; calls for these investments to be excluded from the calculation of the annual budget deficit of the Member States, because they are essential to achieve the objective of climate neutrality of the Union and to respect the Paris agreement which limits climate warming under 1,5°C;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes that there are barriers to investments for energy efficient renovation; such as split incentives, high investment costs, medium/long term payback time; encourages the Commission to develop a market-based policy framework to stimulate investments and local innovation initiatives; in particular, in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on public and private finances, strongly believes that any increased regulatory burden or short-term costs, must be coupled with long-term financial incentives;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 2a. Supports the development of flexible national and regional platforms for the funding of energy efficiency and renewables; these platforms can provide a comprehensive solution facilitating joint investment by local banks, financial intermediaries and energy service companies designed to offer attractive sustainable energy funding products;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the importance of independent, high quality one-stop-shop type of technical assistance for private home owners, the housing sector and public building owners, including municipalities, on decarbonisation and maximising energy-efficiency and sustainability of buildings;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the need of support for the renovation of cultural heritage buildings for the purposes of their energy efficiency improvements while respecting conservation requirements and protecting heritage buildings;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Notes that climate change impacts and extreme weather such as floods, high wind speeds and heatwaves are already causing significant damage to the buildings; stresses the need to ensure a strong link between adaptation and mitigation in the buildings sector, creating specific incentives for investments that achieve both objectives;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Underlines the role of the European Investment Bank Group in providing loans, guarantees and financial instruments, such as the Private Finance for Energy Efficiency (PF4EE) and the Smart Finance for Smart Buildings guarantee facility, and also in the framework of InvestEU as well as under the European Green Deal Investment Plan, in order to finance small-scale, cost- effective and social housing renovation initiatives and services.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the announcement of a renovation wave as part of the European Green Deal; urges the Commission to present it as planned, given that it is a key element of the post-COVID-19 recovery plan; calls on the Member States to step up large-scale renovation plans under the national energy and climate plans (N
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Underlines the role of the European Investment Bank Group in providing loans, guarantees and financial instruments in order to finance small-scale, community based and social housing renovation initiatives and services
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Underlines the role of the European Investment Bank Group in providing
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Underlines the role of the European Investment Bank Group in providing loans, including interest-free loans, guarantees and financial instruments in order to finance small-scale and social housing renovation initiatives and services.
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Urges the Commission to refrain from including building emissions in the EU emissions trading system and requiring recipients of funding for renovation projects to achieve economies of scale; stresses that, rather than stimulating the transition to low CO2 emissions and energy efficiency, both these provisions would effectively concentrate property ownership in the hands of a private oligopoly capable of operating on the CO2 financial markets and accessing complicated EU financial instruments, thereby encouraging the formation of real estate bubbles and accelerating the exclusion of the middle classes from big city centres;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission to assess the Long Term Renovation Strategies (LTRSs) and issue recommendations to the Member States to make sure that the objective of an efficient and climate neutral building stock by 2050 is met, thus to improve the registered lack of ambition of the so far delivered strategies; calls on the Member States which have not done yet so to submit their LTRS as soon as possible and on the Commission to provide a thorough assessment of the submitted strategies highlighting both existing gaps and best practices;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Takes note of the ECA report of 28 April 2020 on Energy Efficiency of Buildings, regrets that the budget allocation to projects does not take into account a cost-benefit analysis, therefore calls on the Member States to take into account the Technical Guidance on Financing by the Commission; is concerned that the Commission is unable to assess the EU budget’s contribution to the EU energy efficiency target resulting from a monitoring deficiency, therefore calls on the Commission to take measures to improve monitoring;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that the opportunity to create climate-positive buildings through deep renovations combined with the installation of solar panels at roofs and facades should not be missed; suggests that industrial capacities for innovative building materials and systems - such as off-site prefabricated panels, building integrated photovoltaics, ice storage, solar chimneys - should be further promoted via the research and skills funds, as they help to provide integrated solutions to accelerate large scale renovations;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Emphasises that mortgage loans for the purchase of existing inefficient buildings and the use of energy performance contracting (EPC) should be conditional on the purchaser making a binding, time-limited commitment to invest in the deep energy renovation of the building to transform it to an energy positive building that produces more renewable energy in a year than their overall energy consumption for a year;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that the key factor in actualising an actual wave of renovation in Europe will have to engage all actors in the value chain in the transition; the initiative should entail a strategy to raise awareness of the benefits of renovating property amongst property owners and tenant-owner associations; equally there must be an increased awareness amongst SMEs on the benefits of substantial renovations;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the announcement of a renovation wave as part of the European Green Deal; urges the Commission to present it as planned, given that it is a key element of the post-COVID-19 recovery plan; calls on the Member States to step up large-scale renovation plans under the national energy and climate plans
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses that social measures should not counteract climate mitigation and adaptation; notes the need to ensure specific support for social, cooperative and public housing providers in order to fund the renovation of deprived neighbourhood buildings (including with private homeowners).;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Member States to develop an inclusive plan for energy efficiency renovation taking into account the role of green spaces, low environmental impact mobility and regional and local microclimates.;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Considers that Union financial instruments should be deployed in an effective and innovative manner with a view to leveraging investment in energy efficiency measures;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Considers that emissions from buildings should remain outside the scope of the ETS, as this sector is too dispersed to operate efficiently within the ETS;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Believes that a strategy aimed at maximising the efficiency of the EU building stock must take into consideration the different circumstances relevant to each Member State, in order to effectively address issues efficiently; where applicable in accordance with the integrated National Energy and Climate Plans adopted; considers that an incentive-based approach at the regulatory level is essential to maximise efficiency and to leverage necessary private and public investments;
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Highlights that especially cities will be increasingly subject to higher temperatures in the summer due to climate change; asks the Commission to incorporate incentives for greener buildings such as green roofs and green facades in the renovation wave as they improve the micro-climate, allow to save energy and help to restore the natural water cycle;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Acknowledges the energy storage potential of buildings through massive building components;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to include additional biodiversity features such as nesting aids for birds and bats, semi-natural and urban gardens in their strategies in order to protect biodiversity, support food supply, strengthen resilience and reduce emissions;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Stresses that integrated renovation programmes for district renovations with a holistic plan for a social, climate- friendly, biodiversity-supporting development of a whole district has positive impacts on the financial and environmental footprint as works and logistics can be pooled; underlines that their development and implementation needs to be promoted by one-stop-shops for information, advise and capacity building at local, regional and national level, such as environmental and energy agencies;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that the necessary renovation wave will require an unprecedented level of investment and should be frontloaded;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points at good practices in Member States using ETS revenues for building renovation programs and calls on the Commission to study the feasibility of requiring all Member States using ETS revenues for increasing energy efficiency in buildings, including safeguarding mechanisms against fluctuations, as well as to examine the feasibility of earmarking a portion of the auctioning revenue at EU level for such purposes 1a; expresses concern about the idea to include building emissions in the EU ETS, as such proposals casts doubt regarding cost effectiveness, could take the responsibility away from public action and lead to higher energy bills for citizen; _________________ 1a"Carbon leverage: Investing Europe’s carbon revenues in energy efficiency", Catharina Wiese, Richard Cowart, and Jan Rosenow of Regulatory Assistance project 2018
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers that the Renovation Wave is an opportunity to accelerate circularity in the construction sector, notably by setting-up collection and take back schemes, ensuring appropriate and safe handling, reuse and recycling of all goods and materials from demolition and construction side streams, mandating demolition audits to identify the presence of hazardous substances in waste streams, harmonising requirements from national waste legislation and promoting recycled or renewable content in products; Calls on the Commission to propose concrete measures on these issues as part of the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Sustainable Built Environment Strategy;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Is concerned about the Commission’s intention of including buildings emissions in the EU ETS considering that a market instrument will not solve the existing barriers to building renovations, such as split incentives or lack of information; it could also result in a time-consuming process likely to bring higher energy bills for building occupants and to shift the responsibility for reducing buildings’ emissions from the public to the private sector;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines that the renovation wave should be a priority area of the future economic recovery plans, by fostering local jobs, enabling local economies to develop, while decarbonising the sector and providing citizens with healthy buildings with low energy bills; therefore calls on the Commission, in the context of the recovery, to draft clear guidelines for Member States elaborating on how to make the future Renovation Wave a success;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers that the challenges posed by renovating buildings vary in different Member States due to differences in climatic conditions, energy systems, building structures, ownership structure, investment opportunities, etc.; calls on the Commission, therefore, to take these differences into account in its actions and to adapt its plans to the countries' challenges and capacities;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises the essential role of long-term renovation strategies (LTRSs) in achieving a decarbonised building stock with nearly zero-energy buildings, and in ensuring the readiness of Member States to increase renovation targets, consider that the LTRSs should be aligned with the increased climate ambitions and the objectives of achieving climate neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the announcement of a renovation wave as part of the European Green Deal; reminds that buildings are responsible for approximately 40 % of energy consumption and 36 % of CO2 emissions in the EU; reminds that 75% of building stock is energy inefficient, 40 million Europeans can’t warm their home correctly in the winter and 98 million can’t cool it correctly in the summer; reminds that the current rate of renovation of EU buildings is about 1% each year; considers that renovation policies must be part of global urban planning aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of urban web; urges the Commission to present it as planned, given that it is a key element of the post-COVID- 19 recovery plan; calls on the Member States
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines the Renovation Wave’s potential to stimulate economic activity by fostering high-quality jobs in the construction and renewable energy industries, to accelerate circularity in the construction sector and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, tackling energy poverty, and providing healthy, decent, affordable, energy efficient buildings;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that priority must be given to thermal insulation, and that the remaining heating and cooling needs, as well as the needs of other consumption items, must be covered as much as possible by renewable energies;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Considers that the renovation wave should substantially contribute to socio-economic rights, including the right to a home, the right to renewable energy, the right to decent living conditions;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Points out that the European Commission estimates in a recent study that the average annual energy renovation rate in the EU is at 1%,and that deep energy renovation only represents 12% of all those renovations, stresses that it is below the needed 3% annual energy renovation rate and well below the needed depth of renovation to achieve climate neutrality by 2050; recalls that buildings renovations represent the biggest investments gap to meet the EU climate and energy goals for the next decade according to the Commission;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Highlights that Covid-19 pandemic has recalled the importance of a stronger and a more coordinated Union action on health; believes that this should also be reflected in the building sector in areas such as air quality; recalls that the renovation wave can be an important tool in improving the health and wellbeing of people while reducing emissions of buildings;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines that the key to an effective and just renovation wave will require fiscal flexibility and a departure from the neoliberal financing model; believes that the Commission should not obsess over deficit if it means that Member States are undertaking unprecedented spending in the renovation of buildings;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the incoming German Council presidency to promote integrated building renovations and their co-benefits alongside the new Leipzig Charta to help EU economies recover, notably SMEs, and to provide all citizen with affordable, comfortable and high-performing homes and access to renewable energy;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Points out that more than 35 % of buildings in the EU are over 50 years old, around 75 % of buildings are energy inefficient and only around 1 % per year are renovated;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Underscores the extent of energy poverty across the Union and how this initiative within the European Green Deal is one of the few that aims to address inequalities as well as step up climate action; stresses the importance of the contributions from the EU Energy Poverty Observatory in shaping this initiative;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the announcement of a renovation wave as part of the European Green Deal; highlights that a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock should be achieved through significantly reducing energy demand, while covering any residual demand with renewable energy in order to ensure alignment with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5oC; urges the Commission to present
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Stresses that the public sector must be leader in this field and that this is too big an issue to be left entirely to the private sector, and thus this renovation wave cannot myopically focus on enabling for private investment;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan which highlights the role of construction and building materials in generating over 35 % of the EU’s total waste;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan which highlights the role of construction and building materials in generating over 35 % of the EU’s total waste; considers that energy- efficient buildings should be safe and sustainable; notes that a streamlined approach should be taken in EU legislation to recovery, recycling, life-
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan which
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan which highlights the role of construction and building materials in generating over 35 % of the EU’s total waste; notes that a streamlined approach should be taken in EU legislation to recovery, recycling, life- cycle assessment and to taking the embodied energy in building materials into account, as well as in load management and flexibility through the optimization of thermal mass in building design;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan which
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan which highlights the role of construction and building materials in generating over 35 % of the EU’s total waste; notes that a streamlined
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan which highlights the role of construction and building materials in generating over 35 % of the EU’s total waste; notes that a streamlined approach should be taken in EU legislation to recovery, recycling, life- cycle assessment, decarbonising the energy sources and to taking the embodied en
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the announcement of a renovation wave as part of the European Green Deal; urges the Commission to present it as planned, in line with the Paris Agreement and the objective of limiting global heating to no more than 1,5 °C , given that it is a key element of the post- COVID-19 recovery plan and the proper tool to achieved energy efficiency and connectivity of our building stock in favour of long-term sustainability and energy circularity; calls on the Member States to step up large-scale renovation plans under the national energy and climate plans (NCEPs)
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers that the Renovation Wave is an opportunity to accelerate circularity in the construction sector; calls on the Commission to propose concrete measures on these issues as part of the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Sustainable Built Environment Strategy;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes that there is limited scope for verifying the environmental characteristics of products entering the Community market, especially from third countries; considers it necessary, therefore, to monitor supply chains and take into account, at the EU border, the current conditions that pertain to the extraction, processing and transport of products;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the importance of formulating a building and demolition waste management protocol encouraging ecological disposal and more waste recycling;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stress the need to reduce waste generation in the construction and demolition sectors as well as to set up systems for re-use, high-quality recycling and safe removal of hazardous substances;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes that many construction materials are energy intense and might have a high CO2 footprint;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Notes that the lack of high-purity materials during demolition hampers the reuse and recycling of construction materials and therefore calls on the Commission to address this issue to foster the full implementation of circular economy objectives;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Believes that
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Believes that a circular economy labelling system, based on environmental standards and criteria for materials linked to their potential for uncomplicated and low-energy reintroduction into the value chain,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the announcement of a renovation wave as part of the European Green Deal; urges the Commission to present it as planned, given that it is a key element of the post-COVID-19 recovery plan; calls on the Member States to step up large-scale renovation plans under the national energy and climate plans (NCEPs); stresses the importance of measures for the integrated renovation of all existing buildings in order to ensure that they are powered by renewable energy, and are highly energy efficient and smart;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Believes that a circular economy labelling system, based on environmental standards and criteria for materials linked to their potential for reintroduction into the value chain, should be established; underscores that labelling and consumer information is only a very small incentive and must be accompanied by ambitious state-led investment and regulatory legislative action; believes that any focus on consumer choice is an unacceptable pathway for this renovation wave;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Believes that a circular economy and energy efficiency performance labelling system, based on environmental standards and criteria for materials linked to their potential for reintroduction into the value chain
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Believes that a circular economy labelling system, based on environmental standards and criteria for materials linked to their potential for reintroduction into the value chain, should be established; calls for minimum binding percentages of reused and recycled materials coming from the destruction of other buildings; about new materials, calls for priority use of bio-based materials (wood, earth, straw) to renovate and build buildings;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Believes that a circular economy labelling system, based on environmental standards and criteria for materials linked to their potential for reintroduction into the value chain, should be established; notes that the existing Environmental Product Declaration approach must be widened and it should be used as input for building assessment like the Level(s) framework developed by the Commission;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Believes that a circular economy labelling system, based on environmental standards and criteria for materials linked to their potential for reintroduction into the value chain, should be established to complement the requirements for energy efficiency ;
Amendment 55 #
3a. Highlights the multiple benefits of including passive and natural elements in the design of a building to substantially reduce energy needs, improve air quality, comfort and climate resilience, while contributing to circularity principles, increasing urban biodiversity, restoring the natural water cycle and reduce overall emissions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to incentivise the use of natural building materials with low carbon content, the deployment of green rooftops and walls, cool surfaces and of passive techniques in general during major building renovations and new building constructions by considering for instance the introduction of mandatory green surfaces installations and the creation of synergies between the Renovation and the EU Biodiversity Strategies;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Acknowledges the potential of certified wood as carbon sink from a climate perspective and as a sustainable building material substituting carbon- intensive materials; underlines that both, wood as construction material and as biomass in energy production should only be exploited in the limits of sustainable availability;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Considers that the least harmful materials to the environment, and in particular locally sourced materials, should be promoted;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Underlines that the uptake of sustainable and innovative construction materials requires the development of harmonised standards creating a single market for these products; calls for an urgent review of the Construction Products Regulation to that end;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that there is no common EU legislation on the management of
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the announcement of a renovation wave as part of the European Green Deal; urges the Commission to present it as planned
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that dumping of waste is illegal and that there is no common EU legislation on the management of bulky
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses th
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that there is no common EU legislation on the management of bulky waste in general, and of polystyrene and stone wool or glass in particular; expresses its concern about the safe handling of insulation materials, given the possible inclusion of dangerous substances in them;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Finds that the recycling or reuse of building materials and products from renovation and deconstruction projects should be increased; calls on the Commission to mandate the sorting of construction waste from deconstruction and demolition sites, set-non-weight targets for the recycling of construction products and ensure that the reuse or recycling becomes financially more attractive than landfilling;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Underlines the importance of urgently replacing and phasing out the use of hazardous substances in construction materials and manufacturing in order to protect the health of occupants and workers as well as the environment.;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for a strategic approach by the Commission to research and develop of new materials and of new technical development in areas such as insulation, refrigerants, heating, lighting and others;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Asks the Commission to introduce harmonised standards for secondary materials to ensure that the Union has a well-functioning internal market for quality secondary materials;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that measures need to take into account the diversity of buildings and weather conditions in the Union;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that deep building renovation
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the announcement of a renovation wave as part of the European Green Deal that will deliver on several of EU key objectives, including increasing energy efficiency, CO2 savings and reducing energy poverty;; urges the Commission to present it as planned, given that it is a key element of the post-COVID- 19 recovery plan; calls on the Member States to step up large-scale renovation plans under the national energy and climate plans (NCEPs) and Long-Term Renovation Strategies;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that in addition to emission reduction and improved energy efficiency, building renovation project
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that building renovation projects should contribute to the potential for better health and living conditions and contribute to the right to a home, right to renewable energy, and right to decent living conditions; emphasises that the revision of air quality standards can lead to improvements in indoor environmental conditions and help tackle energy poverty;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that building renovation projects should contribute to the potential for better health conditions; emphasises that the revision of air quality standards, including indoor air quality, thermal and visual Indoor Environmental Quality, can lead to improvements in indoor environmental conditions and help tackle energy poverty;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that building renovation projects should contribute to the potential for better health conditions; emphasi
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that building renovation projects should also contribute to the
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that building renovation projects should contribute to the potential for better health conditions; emphasises that the revision of air quality standards can lead to improvements in indoor environmental conditions and help tackle energy poverty; takes the view that priority must be given to energy efficiency measures for vulnerable and energy-poor households.;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stressed that the renovation wave and the related upcoming initiatives should have as one of the core objectives ending energy poverty and ensuring healthy and safe living conditions for all; welcomes the intention of the Commission to pay particular attention to the renovation of social housing, to help households who struggle to pay their energy bills; calls for the setting of a specific renovation target and funding measures in tackling energy poverty;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 2a. Stresses that digital technologies can make the construction and operation of buildings more efficient, thereby helping to achieve energy saving targets; urges the Commission to support the introduction of common public procurement principles and rules for the digitisation of building specifications, including energy performance;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to increase funding for energy efficiency measures for coal regions in transition as they are going to be the first to be impacted by the climate neutrality goal; stresses the need for an ambitious and adequately financed Just Transition Fund that could contribute to this end;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises the potential of introducing harmonised minimum energy performance standards per building category, in terms of overcoming the current fragmentation in the market,
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises the potential, in terms of overcoming the current fragmentation in the market, of creating a common energy and environmental building passport; stresses further that it should include
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises the potential
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises the potential, in terms of overcoming the current fragmentation in the market, of creating a common energy and environmental building passport through measuring and progress- monitoring policies that will allow to identify the needs and the special characteristics of the European building stock; stresses further that it should include the circular capacity of materials;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Emphasises the potential, in terms of overcoming the current fragmentation in the market, of creating a common energy and environmental building passport; stresses further that it should include the circular capacity of materials; underscores that the real potential in the circular economy is in making the materials themselves circular and boosting recycling capacity;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that public buildings, because of how numerous they are and because of their high surfaces, are an important lever to renovate EU building stock; calls to make their renovation a priority, and same for private buildings which surface exceeds 5 000 m² 1a; this would allow a lot of energy savings, and would give a huge amount of work for SMB and crafts persons, especially after Covid-19 crisis; asks for generated jobs to have a good social welfare and to be subjected to sectoral collective agreements, involving trade unions of the sector; _________________ 1aThe surface of 90% of corporate offices exceed 1 000 m²; surfaces under 1 000 m² are considered as small, surfaces between 1 000 and 5 000 m² are considered as medium, and surfaces beyond 5 000 m² are considered as big.
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that all buildings should, at trigger points in their lifetime and before 2050 at the very latest, be deep energy renovated using the best and most energy efficient materials and products to transform them to become energy positive buildings that produce more renewable energy in a year than their overall energy consumption for a year;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the announcement of a renovation wave as part of the European Green Deal; urges the Commission to present it as planned, given that it is a key element of the post-COVID-19 recovery plan; calls on the Member States to step up large-scale renovation plans under the national energy and climate plans (NCEPs); notes that energy efficient renovation is the first step towards a climate neutral energy system;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Underlines the importance of a neutral view on technology options to allow the most competitive and cost- efficient technologies access to markets;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses that social housings should be renovated first in order to eradicate energy precariousness;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Stresses that one billboard which is constantly lit uses more electricity than one European citizen each year; suggests that neon signs and lit advertisements present on public or private buildings should be switched off outside office hours, and that numerical advertisements should be forbidden;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that home owners and housing associations should be supported
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that all buildings should be made resilient and climate-proof; considers that vulnerable homeowners, and housing associations should be supported in climate-proofing their building stock, for example through grants or financial instruments based on the
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that homeowners and housing associations should be supported in climate-proofing their building stock
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that homeowners
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that homeowners and housing associations should be supported in a sustainable and tangible way, climate- proofing their building stock, for example through grants or financial instruments based on the additionality of multiannual financial framework (MFF) funding, national budgets and private sector sources;
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Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the building sector is the single largest energy consumer in the EU, and 75% of the EU’s buildings are not energy efficient, and an improved and refurbished building stock has therefore the greatest potential for achieving the EU’s energy and climate goals of transitioning to a smarter and decarbonised energy system;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to immediately launch inclusive IRP platforms, accompanied by EU initiatives circulating best practices on the replicability of programmes, the dissemination of capacities
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Recalls the need to harmonise, as much as possible, energy efficiency needs and the preservation of the European historical heritage (monuments and buildings), also considering which states have a bigger amount of historical heritage;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 a (new) Strategic planning and indicators for measurable progress
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Considers than long term renovation strategies should be recognised as a key instrument for planning, progress measuring and the achievement of energy objectives; (This new paragraph would be added under the new heading 'Strategic planning and indicators for measurable progress')
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Is convinced that the multi-level implementation platform for integrated building renovation strategies should engage local, regional, national and European authorities in all sectors in order to support Member States in the execution of their long term renovation strategies; (This new paragraph would be added under the new heading 'Strategic planning and indicators for measurable progress')
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 c (new) Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Asks the Commission to adopt a policy which will facilitate IRPs at local and regional level providing for deep renovations; calls on the Commission to step up its work on the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and the EU City Facility; highlights in this respect also the major importance of the Urban Agenda and the Urban Partnership; (This new paragraph would be added under the new heading 'Strategic planning and indicators for measurable progress')
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 e (new) 8e. Believes that the accelerated integration and use of renewable energies contributes to the principle of energy efficiency and provides a fully decarbonised and affordable energy supply; (This new paragraph would be added under the new heading 'Strategic planning and indicators for measurable progress')
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that initial investment costs, complex finance schemes, split incentives, medium/long-term payback times, difficulties with accessing credit for co-properties, regulatory barriers for buildings with multiple owners, split incentives or owner/tenant subsidies for fossil fuels, and a lack of a stable and ambitious policy framework act as significant barriers to investments;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the quality of life of all citizens should be improved and whereas taking measures to improve the energy efficiency of the EU’s building stock cannot result in socio-economic discrimination of any kind;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that bureaucracy, excessive taxes on buildings and properties, administrative burdens, initial investment costs, complex finance schemes, split incentives, medium/long- term payback times, and a lack of a stable and ambitious
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that initial investment costs, complex finance schemes, split incentives, medium/long-term payback times, and a lack of a stable and ambitious policy framework act as significant barriers to investments in building renovation;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Highlights that initial investment costs, complex finance schemes, split incentives, medium/long-term payback times, and a lack of a predictable and long-term policy framework act as significant barriers to investments; consequently, encourages the Commission to develop a market-based policy framework to stimulate investments and local innovation initiatives; in particular, in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on public and private finances, strongly believes that any increased regulatory burden or short-term costs, must be coupled with long-term financial incentives; stresses the need to roll-out of cost-effective technologies such as “Building Automation and Control” which are able to deliver a factor 9 on return of investments;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Highlights that a clear and ambitious regulatory pathway to 2050 with adequate incentives and targets to achieve a highly energy efficient building stock, is a pre-condition for institutional investors to consider building renovations as sustainable long term investments;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Notes that current renewable heating and cooling technologies are already mature, and can present an opportunity for households to cut costs on their heating bills;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Believes that incentives and measures aimed at improving smart consumption at the level of the final consumer, such as demand-side management and installation of smart meters, must be coupled with investment incentives aimed at the level of property owners, especially in cases of multi- apartment buildings where energy consumption is managed centrally through district heating and cooling systems and not billed directly to the final consumer, for purposes of energy efficiency and cost-efficiency;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Welcomes the Smart Finance for Smart Buildings initiative but regrets that it has not achieved its full potential, as its criteria are too complex and as blending with other funds and instruments remains a challenge for authorities and project developers;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Stresses the need to reduce the cost of living, building, and renovating; asks the Commission to set affordability of housing, renovation, and construction as a priority;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Calls on the Commission to postpone new regulatory obligations which would otherwise take effect during the crisis and to re-think current energy efficiency and climate obligations, including the Nearly zero-energy buildings obligation required by EPBD in view of this new reality and in the context of a stronger need for affordable housing following the oncoming economic recession;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas scarcity of affordable housing in Europe is a serious and growing problem that pushes an ever- larger number of people into housing insecurity, and housing is in short supply in many regions of Europe today;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that more than EUR 75 billion a year in EU incentives is required to ensure an energy-efficient building stock by 2050; stresses that EU already has contributed financially to building renovations through its European Structural and Investment Funds; underlines the role of the European Investment Bank Group to provide loans, guarantees and financial instruments, such as the Private Finance for Energy Efficiency (PF4EE) and the Smart Finance for Smart Buildings guarantee facility, and also in the framework of InvestEU, in order to finance small-scale and social housing renovation initiatives and services;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that more than EUR 75 billion a year in EU incentives is required to ensure an energy-efficient building stock by 2050; highlights that no investment should be directed to support the installation of fossil fuels equipment or technologies in buildings;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that more than EUR 75 billion a year in EU incentives is required to ensure an energy-efficient building stock by 2050; considering the challenge, recalls that a clear set of evaluation and assessment tools is needed as well as funds;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Believes that it should be individual families and businesses that make the ultimate decision on the need for renovating their buildings based on their individual preferences and needs; stresses that governments can give incentives but should not use further obligations;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Highlights the need to ensure adequate and simple access to credit and finance to help support SMEs, communities and families to undertake the needed renovations on the existing building stock and integrate renewable heating and cooling solutions;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Acknowledges the role of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) in the financing of energy efficiency projects and in defining energy efficiency as a specific objective for regional development in the period 2021 - 2027;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Welcomes findings demonstrating that there is a price premium for highly energy efficient buildings1h , which ensures building owners have a return on investment; __________________ 1hHyland et al “The value of domestic building energy efficiency” (2013); Mangold et al “Socio-economic impact of renovation and retrofitting of the Gothenburg building stock” (2016)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the current European legislative framework for buildings does not include any mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction provision and shall be aligned with the ambitious EU climate targets;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission to define indicators for cost-effectiveness of the building renovation investments to be used in allocation of resources in the 2021-2027 financial period;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Highlights the importance of Member States’ ownership over the sources of funding for (incentives for) renovations reflected by the heterogeneity of policy packages established by Member States, taking into account the profound differences in building types, ages, energy performance reflected by the distribution of Energy Performance Certificate ratings, types of heating systems, as well as structures of residential buildings’ classification (single-family versus multi- family dwellings) across the EU;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create flexible models for the synergies of different financial programmes and instruments for financing energy efficiency in buildings;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the available financing possibilities
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Welcomes the available financing possibilities, Member States’ good practices using the EU emissions trading system (ETS) revenues blending, conditionality, and using EU regional funds as guarantees and revolving funds; stresses that there is the possibility to finance training in the domains of renewable and decarbonised energy as well as in energy and resources efficiency under the Just Transition
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Welcomes various financial practices and instruments such as green subsidies, tax and loan incentives; underlines the importance of avoiding retroactive policies which negatively affect issued incentives for energy efficiency investments;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Stresses the importance of mobilising the financial resources needed for the Member States to be able to meet the objectives proposed in the context of maximising the energy efficiency potential of the EU’s building stock;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas 97% of the EU building stock is not energy efficient and should be renovated in order to achieve the EU's climate and energy objectives;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Considers that the opportunity and the good practices in directing carbon revenues from the EU ETS into energy efficiency actions should be developed and promoted accordingly;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Highlights the important role of grants for research, innovation and demonstration programmes (e.g. for nearly zero energy buildings, smart homes and smart cities) for implementation of deep and staged-deep renovation across Member States;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Notes that contracts with Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) can be used in the off-balance financing of the sustainable renovation of buildings, as they can relief, in particular, the financial burden for social housing, housing corporations and business parks;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new) 11d. Calls on the Commission to advocate the energy refurbishment of buildings and facilitate private investments relating to smart and sustainable financing, identifying the possible local investment concepts;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Underlines the need to increase absorption rates of funds by removing barriers, especially through technical assistance, as well as the necessity to provide continuous and stable financing for IRPs both from European and national sources without interruptions caused by different budget planning measures;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Underlines the need to increase absorption rates of funds by removing barriers, especially through technical assistance; regrets that the size of projects under ELENA remains large, and that smaller projects and projects dealing with communities need further support and aggregation;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Underlines the need to increase absorption rates of funds by removing barriers, especially through technical assistance throughout the entire intervention phase, from planning to completion;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Acknowledges the role and the successful model of the European Fund for Strategic Investments; calls for a prioritisation funding for energy efficiency of buildings within the InvestEU sustainable infrastructure window; believes that financing schemes should incentivise and prioritise deep renovations aiming at 2050 climate neutrality targets;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Highlights the importance of considering all the available technologies to speed up the decarbonisation of the building stock, particularly investments in the renovation of the building stock should go together with investments in the decarbonisation of the heating sector, which will remain key in the years to come;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Considers the EU City Facility a potentially very powerful support mechanism for cities to develop IRPs, which should be continued and provide support also to smaller projects;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas it is estimated that more than 50 million households in the European Union are experiencing energy poverty;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Considers that all IRPs should set aside funds for vulnerable and marginalised citizens
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Considers that all IRPs should set aside funds for marginalised citizens and to tackle energy poverty, accessibility, technical and infrastructure barriers;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Considers that all IRPs should set aside funds for
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Considers that all IRPs should set aside funds for marginalised c
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Considers that IRPs should prioritise buildings with high energy consumption or energy waste, and especially buildings that work round the clock (i.e. hospitals);
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Acknowledges the role that new business models such as energy performance contracting, citizens led renovations, energy communities and energy service companies can play in renovations; underlines the need to link the funding intensity to the energy efficiency level achieved as required by the EPBD 1k and suggests adding a premium on energy plus buildings; urges the Commission to issue implementing guidelines on the relevant provisions within the Clean Energy for All Europeans package, notably to create an enabling framework by requiring regular consultations to understand market needs, blending of private and public funds, clear templates for contracts and specific procurement procedures with further clarifications on correctly accounting for building efficiency related public investments; __________________ 1kDirective (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Acknowledges the role that new business models such as energy performance contracting and energy service companies can play in renovations as well as the role that purchasing groups can potentially play in the pace of replacing old appliances; believes that such models should be promoted by Member States and competent authorities;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas space and water heating is responsible for approximately 80% of household energy consumption;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Acknowledges the role that new business models such as energy performance contracting, on-bill and on- tax financing, crowd financing and energy service companies can play in renovations;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Acknowledges the role that new business models such as energy performance contracting, energy performance standardisation centres and energy
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Considers that financing schemes should promote deep renovation of buildings, especially at triggers points, such as rental or selling, and increased support, for instance by providing premiums for those renovations achieving a 2050 climate compatible level;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Recalls the importance of allowing SMEs to receive funds for projects aimed at enhancing energy efficiency in buildings, considering how SMEs are crucial in the field of building renovation and how are deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to regularly revise energy efficiency targets upwards
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to i) regularly revise energy efficiency targets upwards,
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas over 94% of today’s buildings will be standing in 2050;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Commission to regularly revise energy efficiency targets
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on European Institutions to ensure that the respective funds of the new multi-annual financial framework (MFF) prioritise dedicated amounts for energy efficiency and building renovations, with clear conditions and timeframes including technical assistance to ensure adequate absorption rates; highlights the importance of EU guarantees for investments, the blending of funding sources, as well as grant components to trigger residential energy efficiency renovations; calls on Member States to reserve dedicated amounts for energy efficiency in buildings in the respective Partnership Agreements signed with the European Commission;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Is convinced that standards can give visibility and security to the market regarding the future direction of the existing building stock and allow the market to mobilise itself and plan for the transformation, if introduced with sufficient lead times; considers that this will allow investors to provide the required financial instruments and the market to properly price these efficiency improvements through higher property values;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Recognises the role that local and regional authorities can play in leveraging financing, through public banks, energy utility companies, public credit guarantees triggered by co-owners and innovative financing methods linked to urban development; these tools would be particularly useful for buildings belonging to vulnerable groups;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission to revise energy efficiency targets, taking into account the difficult economic situation that Member States find themselves in following the covid-19 pandemic; believes that minimum annual renovation rates for buildings and policy measures encouraging deep renovations should be indicative;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Highlights the importance of energy efficiency measures on a national level including a strategy on how to implement them, of energy saving goals for individual renovation projects and of policy measures ensuring deep renovations creating financial triggers and investment stability;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Calls on the Commission to lift financial and non-financial barriers to higher absorption rates of regional funds set aside for integrated building renovation by 2021;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for stepping up the capability of the European Local Energy Assistance (ELENA) facility and the European Investment Bank to give technical assistance to local authorities
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for stepping up the capability of the European Local Energy Assistance (ELENA) facility and the European Investment Bank to give technical assistance to local authorities, according to their social and economic situations; calls for direct financing from the EIB for the local authorities with the best conditions;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Notes and recognises the key role of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in providing financial support for energy efficiency and planning through strong measures such as the financing of up to 75% of eligible capital expenditure in energy efficiency in residential buildings; considers that EIB’s support for Renovation Wave will deliver for activating more public sector loans that will incentivise commercial banks, pension funds and private sector to further invest in the building renovation; calls to further develop and facilitate use of Public Private Partnership (PPPs);
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that people spend approximately 90% of their time indoors in residential and non- residential buildings and that over half a million Europeans die prematurely every year because of poor indoor air quality 1j, and the importance of people’s healthy home has become central especially during the current COVID-19 crisis; __________________ 1j World Health Organisation 2018 "Over half a million premature deaths annually in the European Region attributable to household and ambient air pollution"
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission to study the feasibility of requiring Member States using ETS revenues for building renovations, including safeguarding mechanisms against fluctuations, and the feasibility of earmarking a portion of the auctioning revenue at EU level for a European Building Renovation Fund; calls on the latter to provide support for project developers throughout the project cycle and set a fixed grant proportion to make renovations attractive and affordable for citizens;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Commission to revise EU State aid rules in order to
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Commission to revise EU State aid rules
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Commission to revise EU State aid rules and exclude these investments from public debt in order to foster IRPs;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls for considering energy efficiency as an infrastructure priority, recognising that it fulfils the definition of infrastructure used by the International Monetary Fund and other economic institutions, and to make it a crucial element and a priority consideration in future investment decisions on Europe's energy infrastructure, notably by adequately considering energy efficiency as an alternative option to infrastructure planning within the revision of the TEN- E Regulation1a; notes in this regard that improved energy efficiency is also essential for providing long-term geopolitical security; __________________ 1aRegulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans- European energy infrastructure (TEN-E Regulation).
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure and increase the cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency renovations of buildings; encourages a thorough monitoring of the cost- efficiency of operational programmes based on the costs per saved unit of CO2; further believes that the Commission should ensure that national administrations respect the principles of cost-effectiveness, effectiveness for the purpose of energy saving and profitability when granting EU money to renovation projects, and proposes the development of key indicators for that;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Deplores the fact that there is no harmonised definition of near-zero- emission construction, which makes it difficult to press forward with renovation; urges the Commission to revise the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) to introduce GHG emissions criteria and express energy performance in final energy consumption, with a view to linking energy and carbon savings more effectively;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls the Commission to advise Member States to adopt a cost- effectiveness approach as guiding principle when the EU co-funds energy efficiency investments in buildings through its European structural and investment funds (ESIF);
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Recalls that imposing new taxes for achieving “green” targets usually does not bring concrete benefits to climate standards; suggests to lower property taxes for owners of buildings involved in energy efficiency transformations;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the energy consumption patterns in buildings, particularly residential buildings, vary significantly from one country and one region to another, for reasons based, for example, on the weather and socio-economic aspects, and, therefore, each Member State should take suitable measures and provide the requisite support;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Commission to study the feasibility of linking property transfer taxes to building energy performance in the framework of the Energy Tax Directive;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Calls on the Commission to develop a policy and regulatory framework enabling building investors and professionals to integrate and systemically apply environmental and social criteria in investments and lending decisions;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 c (new) 17c. Calls on the Commission to develop via an open, transparent and participatory process a set of guidelines aimed at helping financial institutions to identify environmentally sustainable buildings complying with EU’s sustainable investment taxonomy;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Emphasises the shortcomings in the current EU legislation with regard to measures directly targeting GHG emissions reduction in the building sector. (This new paragraph would be added under the new heading ‘Regulatory barriers’)
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Points out that the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive does not include any provision directly targeting GHG emissions reduction; (This new paragraph would be added under the new heading ‘Regulatory barriers’)
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 c (new) Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 d (new) 17d. Notes that measuring the energy performance of buildings in primary energy use hampers the decarbonisation of the building stock; (This new paragraph would be added under the new heading ‘Regulatory barriers’)
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 e (new) 17e. Calls on the Commission to revise the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive to address existing legislative gaps and encourage using the cleanest equipment available in new and renovated buildings; (This new paragraph would be added under the new heading ‘Regulatory barriers’)
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 f (new) 17f. Calls for an alignment of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive to align it with the provisions of the Directive on Energy Efficiency so that it enables Member States to express the energy performance of buildings either in primary energy use or in final energy consumption. (This new paragraph would be added under the new heading ‘Regulatory barriers’)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) - having regard to the “Product Environmental Footprint” announced in the Commission communication of 20 September 2011 entitled “Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe” (COM(2011)0571),
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas only 0,2% of EU's residential buildings are subject to deep renovations each year and that at this pace the EU would need more than a century to reach a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Highlights the need to decrease costs, speed up duration, effectivity, reliability and integration to increase IRPs through creating renovation markets, industrially produced, prefabricated
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Highlights the need to decrease costs, speed up duration, effectivity, reliability and integration to increase IRPs through creating renovation markets, industrially produced, prefabricated elements
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Highlights the need to decrease costs, speed up duration, effectivity, reliability and integration to increase IRPs through creating renovation markets, industrially produced, prefabricated elements, and to engage in serial and district renovations, highlighting the role of circular economy;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Highlights the need to decrease costs, speed up duration, effectivity, reliability and integration to increase IRPs through creating open and competitive renovation markets, industrially produced, prefabricated elements, and to engage in serial and district renovations;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Highlights the need to decrease costs, speed up duration, effectivity, reliability and integration to increase IRPs through creating renovation markets, industrially produced, prefabricated elements, and to engage in long-lasting serial and district renovations;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Stresses that, when considering the replacement of old heating devices, the Commission should provide appropriate incentives to ensure that no citizens are left behind; notes that, in order to accelerate the replacement of old heaters, scrapping schemes supported by energy labels can help change to more efficient heaters or to other more sustainable energy systems;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Highlights that the use of renewable energy plays a crucial role in decarbonisation and energy efficiency; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to actively promote and incentivise full integration of renewable energies in the building sector;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Notes that best practices on building renovations in different buildings segments exist in Member States that now need replication and being lifted up to bigger scale to achieve results;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Emphasises the need for innovation and IRPs; points to the Danish best practice concerning heat decarbonisation through community- owned district heating networks powered by solar heat, heat pumps and biomass; notes that plus-energy buildings can be constructed using heat pump technology in combination with ice storage and hybrid solar panels and highlights European leadership on building integrated photovoltaics; suggests that renewable energy technologies are recognised as key strategic value chain;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas, according to Commission estimates, EUR 282 billion of investments in the renovation of the European building stock are necessary to achieve the Union's 2030 energy efficiency target;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines the importance of the energy efficiency first principle being streamlined into all policies and measures also in decarbonising heating and cooling, electrification of residual demand through renewable energy combined with heat pumps or efficient district heating systems, as well as in load management and flexibility; underlines the need to plan IRPs in order to achieve synergies for example concerning building accessibility, fire safety, mobility (including pre-cabling for electric vehicle charging), improving building’s climate resilience, including through creating green spaces, roofs and walls, that improve water management and help increase urban biodiversity;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines the importance of the energy efficiency first principle in decarbonising heating and cooling
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines the importance of the energy efficiency first principle in
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines the importance of the energy efficiency first principle in decarbonising heating and cooling, electrification of residual demand through renewable energy combined with heat pumps or efficient district heating systems, as well as in load management and flexibility; underlines the need to plan IRPs in order to achieve synergies; recalls that renovations related with energy efficiency could be coupled with other safety improvements for buildings (like fire safety or anti seismic measures, where needed) and the removal of architectural barriers;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines the importance of the energy efficiency first principle
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines the importance of the energy efficiency first principle in decarbonising heating and cooling, electrification of residual demand through renewable energy combined with heat pumps or efficient district heating
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines the importance of the energy efficiency first principle and affordability in decarbonising heating and cooling
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines the importance of the energy efficiency first principle in decarbonising heating and cooling, other energy intensive systems, electrification of residual demand through renewable energy combined with heat pumps or efficient district heating systems, as well as in load management and flexibility; underlines the need to plan IRPs in order to achieve synergies;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines the importance of the energy efficiency first principle in decarbonising
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Highlights that the connection of buildings to existing energy networks should facilitate the access of consumers to renewable and decarbonised energy supplies from electricity networks, district heating and pipelines, which will have to increase the supplies of biomethane and hydrogen;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas, in order to overcome any barrier or risk, environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance criteria should be integrated to track and proof the actions against well-below 2°C pathways;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Highlights the importance of considering all available technologies to speed up the decarbonisation of the building stock; notes that, along with investments for the decarbonisation of the building stock, investments to decarbonise the heating sector are required;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Underlines the importance of decarbonised district heating and cooling in order to guarantee carbon-neutrality to a large amount of citizens as soon as possible, taking into consideration that district heating and cooling with integrated storage plays an important role for more connected and integrated energy communities;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Considers that natural gas may contribute, as a transitional solution, to emissions reduction especially in the heating systems;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 c (new) 19c. Calls on the Commission to support research and development (R&D) programmes for energy efficient construction materials and, taking in account the social situation, calls for a low cost renewable energy based heating system to be implemented in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 c (new) 19c. Underlines that renewable energy, distributed to buildings using gas infrastructure or district heating systems, should be considered as a full alternative to on-site energy systems;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 d (new) 19d. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the incentives and encourage new buildings to be designed and built as nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEB) with an ambition to become net zero energy buildings by 2050; highlights that this can greatly foster the increase of net zero energy districts by 2050;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that energy-efficient buildings should be safe and sustainable; underlines that building renovation is an opportunity to undertake safety checks (e.g. electrical safety, fire safety features) and underlines the importance of embodied energy, sustainability in buildings, resource efficiency, thermal comfort, improved air quality and life-cycle approaches in line with the circular economy;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that energy-efficient buildings should be healthy, safe and sustainable; underlines the importance of embodied energy, sustainability in buildings, resource efficiency, and life- cycle approaches in line with the circular economy; highlights in this regard the importance of including passive and natural elements in buildings design;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that energy-efficient buildings should be safe, addressing the issues of healthy indoor climate conditions, fire safety and risks related to intense seismic activity, and sustainable; underlines the importance of embodied energy, sustainability in buildings, resource efficiency, and life-cycle approaches in line with the circular economy;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that energy-efficient buildings should be safe and sustainable; underlines the importance of embodied energy, sustainability in buildings, resource efficiency, and life-cycle approaches in line with the circular economy and the need for the Strategy on a Sustainable Built Environment taking a holistic and integrated approach;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the construction sector is immensely important to the EU economy as it accounts for about 9% of the Union’s GDP;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that energy-efficient buildings should be safe and sustainable and, if possible, adaptable to future renovations; underlines the importance of embodied energy, sustainability in buildings, resource efficiency, and life- cycle approaches in line with the circular economy;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that energy-efficient buildings should be safe, healthy, affordable, and sustainable; underlines the importance of embodied energy, sustainability in buildings, resource efficiency, and life-cycle approaches in line with the circular economy;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Considers that energy-efficient buildings should be safe, affordable and sustainable; underlines the importance of embodied
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Highlights the multiple benefits of including passive and natural elements in the design of a building to substantially reduce energy needs, improve air quality, comfort and climate resilience, while contributing to circularity principles, increasing urban biodiversity, restoring the natural water cycle and reduce overall emissions; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to incentivise the use of natural building materials with low carbon content, the deployment of green rooftops and walls, cool surfaces and passive techniques in general during major building renovations and new building constructions by considering for instance the introduction of mandatory green surfaces installations and the creation of synergies between the Renovation and the EU Biodiversity Strategies;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Highlights the importance of a common European approach for life- cycle calculation of the buildings in accordance with the existing European standards, i.e. EN 15978 for buildings and EN 15804 for construction products; stresses that, when designing renovations, the energy and climate impact of the entire lifecycle of the building should be optimised, taking into account the effects of the manufacture, use and designing for recyclability, recycling of construction products and waste and equipment needed for the repair;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Considers transition away from inefficient electric and fossil fuel heating appliances to be a crucial part of the decarbonisation of buildings; highlights the need to inform consumers and incentivise them to replace old, inefficient heating technologies with modern, highly- efficient and renewable solutions particularly when deciding on replacements;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to propose scrappage schemes in order to replace old and inefficient heating and cooling systems; stresses that efficiency labelling should be used to implement these scrappage schemes and should be conducted during routine check-up;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Reminds that sustainable building materials such as wood are essential for achieving low-carbon and long-lasting building stock, and that construction opens an opportunity to store carbon into bio-based building products;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Acknowledges the potential of certified wood as a sustainable building material and carbon sink in the limits of sustainable availability;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Stresses that the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) needs to ensure that data on the sustainability performance of construction products defined by BWR7 in CPR is in coherence with the common European approach for life-cycle calculation of the buildings in accordance with the above mentioned existing European standards; notes in this context that the CPR needs to ensure that design of all renovated buildings at all stages is in line with circular economy and can greater increase digitalisation and climate-proofing of buildings stock; highlights the importance to increase the recyclability of construction waste;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the majority of buildings urgently need to be renovated to become energy efficient and climate neutral;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to foster the development of the decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries in the field of construction materials, notably with the use of renewable and decarbonised gases as electrification is not always possible;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the Commission to further identify best practices for IRPs to also include heritage buildings, while ensuring real savings through verification; acknowledges the specificity and the fragility of heritage buildings, and believes that, in certain cases, the protection of building should take precedence on energy efficiency and that renovations of heritage buildings should always be done in compliance with national rules of conservation, the 1964 Venice Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites, and the original architecture;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the Commission to further identify best practices for IRPs to also include heritage buildings, while ensuring
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the Commission to further identify best practices for IRPs to also include historic and heritage buildings
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Highlights the importance of implementing and updating the existing harmonised standards, and calls on the Commission to revise by 2021 Regulation 305/2011 on harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products, and work on new ones to allow a good functioning of the internal market of these products and reward technological research and innovation to support the renovation and construction of high energy efficient buildings;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Underlines the need to ensure energy savings through verification by certified experts, as this will ensure high quality renovations, improved investment opportunities and higher cost effectiveness; 1i __________________ 1iEuropean Court of Auditors Special Report 28 April 2020: "Energy efficiency in buildings: greater focus on cost- effectiveness still needed"
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Member States to maximise the reuse, recycling, and recuperation of materials in their procurement strategies, by also removing regulatory and administrative barriers to their use; recalls the importance of locally sourced building materials in order to preserve building traditions as well as to cut emissions and transportation costs;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Member States to maximise the reuse, recycling, and recuperation of materials, including in their procurement strategies
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Member States to maximise and promote the reuse, recycling, and recuperation of materials in their procurement strategies, as well as in publicly financed renovation and construction projects;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Member States to adopt a life-cycle approach in line with the circular economy to maximise the reuse, recycling, and recuperation of materials in their procurement strategies;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the European Parliament called "for the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and Energy Efficiency of Buildings Directive (EPBD) to be revised in line with the EU’s increased climate ambition, and for their implementation to be reinforced, through binding national targets, paying special attention to vulnerable citizens while also taking into account the need for economic predictability for the sectors concerned"1a; __________________ 1aEuropean Parliament resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP)), paragraph 22
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Member States to maximise the reuse, the recycling,
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Stresses the importance of taking into account not only parameters of energy efficiency, but also a broad impact of buildings on the environment and eco- systems, including the sustainability of materials used for the construction, their carbon footprint, recyclability, degradability; draws attentions to strategic programmes in some Members States to promote and develop natural buildings based on locally available, sustainable materials, such as wood, straw, hemp, clay;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Stresses that the new sustainable construction materials and technologies used to boost energy efficiency should be fire safe to safeguard circularity and resource efficiency; recalls that fire safety aspects should be considered during the design, construction, renovation and operation of buildings in prevention, detection, early suppression, evacuation, compartmentation, structural safety and fire-fighting;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Considers that the exploitation of building skin surfaces represents a huge potential in turning the built environment into a decentralised renewable energy producer, by saving lands and landscape areas;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Emphasises that energy efficiency is one factor in building performance, among other factors such as affordability, aesthetics, daylight, indoor air quality, thermal comfort, acoustics, etc.;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on Member States to phase out fossil fuel based heating technologies as part of their national energy and climate plans (NECPs) by 2030;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Acknowledges the role of electrification through electric vehicles; calls for a plan for the deployment of charging points in existing buildings;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Underlines the importance of co- benefits with renovation requirements at trigger points;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the co-benefits of building renovations are manifold, ranging from improved air quality and thermal comfort, to reduced health risks and GHG emissions, lower energy needs and thus energy imports, improved energy security, local jobs creation and economic stimulation, and those co-benefits monetise, at least, two to three times the amount required for the initial investments;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Underlines the importance of co- benefits with renovation requirements at trigger points; highlights that minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for worst-performing rented buildings especially benefit occupants that are at risk of energy poverty
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Underlines the importance of co- benefits with renovation requirements at trigger points, as such requirements do not only lead to energy savings but also raise the property value and support to overcome barriers such as split incentives; highlights that minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for worst- performing rented buildings especially benefit occupants that are in or at risk of energy poverty
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Underlines the importance of co- benefits with renovation requirements at trigger points; highlights that setting minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls on the Commission to set a framework for the introduction of minimum energy performance standards for existing buildings that are progressively tightened over time in line with the 2050 objective; underlines that such standards would help operationalise the pathway to climate neutrality in the building sector by 2050 at the latest, and can give visibility and security to the market regarding the transformation of the existing building stock;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Underlines that progressively tightened MEPs help to operationalise long-term renovation strategies especially when correctly planned and phased-in, create investment security to the market, especially if accompanied by capacity building, tailored advice, technical assistance and financial support;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls for an increase in the use of renewable and indigenous materials and traditional building skills and practices, with the materials, skills and practices used being those best suited to each region's climate conditions;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Emphasises the importance of Member States’ ownership over the models of renovation policies taking into account the profound differences of the building stock across the EU;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Is convinced that the introduction of a building renovation passport to track continued improvement and to monitor renovation depth and energy performance benefits house owners and building operators; stresses that this renovation passport should be a common EU tool adapted to regional particularities to address challenges posed by building stock heterogeneity;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Is convinced that the introduction of a building renovation passport to track continued improvement and to monitor renovation depth and energy performance could benefit
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24.
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas half of the EU’s buildings have individual boilers installed before 1992, with efficiency of 60% or less, and 22% of individual gas boilers, 34% of direct electric heaters, 47% of oil boilers and 58% of coal boilers are older than their technical lifetime;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Is convinced that the introduction of a building renovation passport to
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Is convinced that the introduction of a building renovation passport to
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Commission to develop a legislative framework introducing progressively tightened minimum energy performance requirements at national level for different types of buildings, including residential buildings, in order to fulfil the pathways towards a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock by 2050; stresses that minimum energy performance requirements at national level should be accompanied by a comprehensive package of policy measures including at least information and provision of tailored advice to citizens and appropriate financing support, especially for the most vulnerable; stresses that priority should be given to the worse performing buildings, the public buildings (in particular schools, hospital and social housing), the rental and commercial sectors;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 b (new) 24b. Calls on Member States to be front runners and engage in extensive renovation of public buildings beyond what currently required by the EU legislation, targeting especially schools and hospital whereby improved indoor comfort throughout renovation maximises educational and health benefits for occupants;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 c (new) 24c. Calls on the Commission to review the untouched articles of the Energy Performance of Building Directive 2010/31/EU to i) improve and strengthen the reliability, compatibility and consistency of the Energy Performance Certificate, ii) to update the cost-optimal methodology for the quantification of societal, environmental, health and climate benefits of pursuing nearly-zero energy buildings sector, and iii) to reopen the definition of nearly-zero energy buildings to increase comparability across Member States;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission to launch an EU skills and information initiative in the renovation and building sector, which includes a gender dimension, in order to engage with stakeholders in retraining, upskilling and capacity building, with a focus on employment and promoting the skills and high knowledge in designing new buildings and renovations, and in order to disseminate information on the necessity and on ways how to implement and finance energy-efficient renovations among tenants and building owners;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission to launch an EU skills initiative in the renovation sector, which includes a gender dimension
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission to launch an EU skills initiative in the renovation sector, which includes a gender dimension, in order to engage with stakeholders in retraining, upskilling and capacity building, with a focus on employment
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission to launch an EU skills initiative in the renovation sector, which includes a gender dimension, in order to engage with stakeholders in retraining, upskilling and capacity building, with a focus on employment; underlines that ensuring quality, compliance and (fire) safety requires adequate competencies and skills of professionals involved during design and construction/renovation;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission to launch an EU skills initiative in the renovation sector, which includes a gender dimension, in order to engage with stakeholders in retraining, upskilling and capacity building, with a focus on employment, in particular to attract young people to work in the renovation sector;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas increasing renovation rates to almost 3% will create around 1 million additional jobs in the construction sector and could be an important part of the recovery strategy after the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls on the Commission to support skills and innovation for IRPs through targeted Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions and the Erasmus+ Programme and to establish a Horizon Europe mission on the renovation of communities and neighbourhoods, as well as the EACE Agency to promote and implement a Strategic Skills Alliance for the construction sector aiming to design and deliver common training content to tackle existing skill gaps; equally calls on individuals, enterprises and organisations to make use of the Skills & Education Guarantee Pilot and similar schemes for training, upgrading skills and education in the renovation sectors;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Highlights that behavioural change in energy uses is essential not only to fully reap the benefits associated to improving the energy performance of a building, thus increasing energy savings, but also to limit the negative impact of energy poverty; call therefore on Member States to deploy behaviour-based energy efficiency programmes targeting different segments of the population, via for instance ad hoc educational and training schemes; calls on the Commission to coordinate and support Member States in this endeavour employing all the relevant tools at its disposal;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Points out that such an EU skills initiative should enable intermediaries such as installers, architects or contractors to advise, prescribe or install relevant solutions for energy efficiency programmes and a decarbonised building stock;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Stresses the importance and potential of the Just Transition Fund within the context of the recovery plan after the COVID-19 crisis for trainings and qualification of workers of the construction and renovation sectors;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Commission to release in-depth impact assessments of building, occupier and tenure typologies by 2022 for the introduction of MEPS for buildings; urges the Commission to establish harmonised, comparable and up-to-date data on energy performance and typologies for all the Member States;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Commission to release a mapping and in-depth impact assessments of building, occupier
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on the Commission to release in-depth impact assessments of building, occupier and tenure typologies by 2022 with a clear timeline for the introduction of
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Believes that the EU Just Transition Framework represents an important opportunity to mobilise investments into renewable energy and clean, efficient technologies, and to upskill and re-skill workers in impacted regions for the transition to a carbon- neutral economy;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the construction sector risks to be severely hit by this economic crisis, as businesses may suffer from among other things liquidity flow problems, supply chain problems, reduced demand;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls on the Commission and the Member State to foster skills and raise awareness among all stakeholders in the renovation process: architects and designers, builders, promoters, administrators, suppliers, owners and tenants;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls on the Commission to release an impact assessment about the costs and opportunities related with the challenge of maximising the energy efficiency potential of the EU building stock;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to introduce mandatory digital Building Renovation Passports by 2025;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b (new) Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 c (new) 26c. Calls on Commission to review the impact of the Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) across EU Member States and amend existing provisions to strengthen them; notes that reliability, consistency and comparability of EPCs across the EU should be improved so that EPCs can become a trusted market tool to assess performance and quality of buildings, especially for the financial sector1f ; __________________ 1f"Energy Performance Certificates across Europe - From design to implementation", Buildings Performance Institute Europe - BPIE
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers digitalisation as an enabler for distributed generation, storage, flexibility and sector integration, as well as for accelerating renovation project deployment thanks to building data; underlines the potential of existing technologies in integrating renewables in conventional building materials which can be used as multifunctional cladding elements for the refurbishment of existing building stock;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers digitalisation as an
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers digitalisation
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers digitalisation as an enabler for distributed generation, storage, flexibility and sector integration, as well for a more efficient planning and management of energy;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) - having regard to the European Court of Auditors’ Special Report 11/2020: “Energy efficiency in buildings: greater focus on cost-effectiveness still needed”,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas investments for the renovation of the building sector create new jobs and contribute to clean economy as a part of the recovery plan and the European Green Deal;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Considers digitalisation as an enabler for distributed generation, storage, flexibility
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on the Commission to look into reliability of building-related data and take into account how further use of digitalisation can contribute positively in order to ensure a strong evidence-based approach when adopting policies related to energy efficiency and staged and deep renovation; underlines that the legal framework of EPBD drives research, development and innovation and the validation of “best practices” benefits SMEs and their ability to act innovatively;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Highlights the benefits of smart homes, which are understood as those integrated into a wider digital energy eco- system comprised of renewable-powered buildings with smart appliances, home automation appliances, electric heat pumps, battery storage, charging stations for electric vehicles and smart meters among other digital technologies, which can enable integration and savings in various sectors of the economy;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Considers that the digitalisation of the buildings and construction technologies are key drivers for greater energy efficiency; invites all local, regional, national and European actors involved to take pro-active part in the promotion of full digitalisation;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the need to review the charging infrastructure requirements in EPBD; stresses that smart charging infrastructure is pre-condition for the increase of clean electro-mobility;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Highlights the need to accelerate and scale up the implementation of technologies that enable buildings to benefit from and provide smart functionalities including demand-side response and optimisation of energy use inside the building, such as building automation and control technology; highlights the need to accelerate and scale up the deployment of technologies such as “Building Automation and Control”, that are delivering significant energy savings while at the same time securing healthy and comfortable buildings, for example by providing demand-based thermal and air quality control and reducing the risk of spreading virus or infections;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Highlights the importance of very high capacity networks for communication infrastructure as crucial to readiness of smart buildings, smart homes and smart cities and the application of smart technologies such as domotics; stresses that such smart digital solutions in the built environment contribute to better connected communities and enable new digital services for occupants;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Underlines that the digitalisation of construction and renovation companies is a major step forward towards full digitalisation of the entire buildings sector;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new) 27c. Highlights the importance of smart grids as enabler for the efficient integration of renewables to electricity grids and looks for new opportunities with interfaces with TSOs and DSOs for better energy efficiency and electricity services; stresses that smart buildings connected to nano or micro grids can ensure improved stability of electrical supply and availability of heating/cooling systems;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas policy, finance and innovation/digitalisation are the three key enablers for a sustainable built environment, and maximising the energy efficiency potential of buildings will require a smart combination of rigorous implementation of existing policies, new policy initiatives to phase-out the worst energy performing buildings, adequate financing mechanisms and investments in innovative solutions;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new) 27c. Considers the “Internet of Things” as a means to measure the real impact of renovation on the energy performance of buildings and an enabler of large-scale cost-effective renovation strategies;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new) 27c. Underlines the role of digitalisation in planning, implementation, control and monitoring of the renovation plans’ results;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 d (new) 27d. Calls on the Commission to widen the current requirements under the necessary application of the building automation and control systems (BACs) in non-residential buildings with an effective rated output of 290kW, under Article 14 of EPBD; stresses that this should include more non-residential buildings to consider the requirements for necessary equipment of building automation and control systems;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 d (new) 27d. Highlights the great potential integrated artificial intelligence could play in data analysis, monitoring, management and adjustment of energy consumption in buildings;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 e (new) 27e. Welcomes the aim of the revised EPBD to further promote smart buildings technologies, through Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) as a supportive tool in rating the smart readiness of buildings and raising the awareness among building owners and occupants on the value of BACs for overall performance of buildings;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 f (new) 27f. Highlights the importance of non- intrusive digital technologies that upgrade the intelligence of non-smart energy devices to improve their energy efficiency;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Underlines that housing and consumer rights require social safeguards, data protection and consent; stresses that the digital solutions provided during renovations should be intuitive, simple and interoperable while their installation accompanied by the necessary training, information and support to occupants;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28.
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Underlines that housing and consumer rights require social safeguards, data protection and consent; points out that consumers and producers/consumers should be duly informed and prepared;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Underlines that housing and consumer rights require social safeguards, data protection and consent that are in line with the GDPR;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas the construction sector will be key in the economic recovery plans that are being drawn up;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Underlines that housing and consumer rights require social safeguards, data protection, respect for privacy and consent;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Recognises the need to digitalise national Energy performances certificate databases, building data and other construction information to be available as applying digital building passport and other smart building applications; recognises that digitalised data for both manufacturing and construction processes should considerably improve the productivity during renovations at all stages;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 b (new) 28b. Is concerned about the lack of data regarding energy efficiency renovation projects in buildings in the EU, their cost-effectiveness, their CO2 savings and their other benefits for the environment and life quality; calls for clear indicators to measure these aspects and for the establishment of a European data base to exchange information and best practices;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines addressed to Member States to simplify the administrative procedures for obtaining incentives and the methodologies for certifying the energy efficiency of buildings before and after the renovation interventions;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 a (new) Healthy buildings and indoor environmental quality (IEQ)
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 c (new) 28c. Highlights that, in addition to the climate neutrality target, renovations should always lead to healthy buildings taking into account indoor air quality, mould free houses and overall energy efficiency performance and comfort of occupants; (This new paragraph would be added under the new heading ‘Healthy buildings and indoor environmental quality (IEQ)’)
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 d (new) 28d. Emphasises that buildings with good indoor environmental quality contribute to the health and productivity of building users and increase their work or learning performance; (This new paragraph would be added under the new heading ‘Healthy buildings and indoor environmental quality (IEQ)’)
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 e (new) 28e. Calls on the Commission to take account in legislative proposals, such as the Renovation Wave, the requirement of healthy buildings in addition to the energy efficiency first principle; (This new paragraph would be added under the new heading ‘Healthy buildings and indoor environmental quality (IEQ)’)
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Views the renovation wave as an opportunity to achieve an energy-efficient and climate-neutral building stock by 2050 through an action plan for renovations of buildings for IRPs with a focus on communities, especially for those in energy poverty, and to provide healthy, decent, affordable and energy efficient
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas staged and deep renovation of the existing building stock will be crucial to unlock the energy efficiency potential of buildings in Europe, and whereas since most of the homes, schools and offices that we will occupy in 2050 are already built, the main challenge is to renovate these 210 million existing buildings, which can help to lift millions of people from energy poverty, reduce energy bills, create over 2 million in jobs and deliver on comfortable, affordable and energy-efficient housing for all;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Views the renovation wave as an opportunity to achieve an energy-efficient and climate-neutral building stock
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Views the renovation wave as
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Views the renovation wave as an opportunity to achieve an energy-efficient and climate-neutral building stock
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Calls for a stronger evidence- based approach which will, by using reliable and strengthened data, allow estimating energy efficiency in buildings and cost-effective measures accurately, fostering a level-playing field for “best practices” in cost-effective solutions in the EU;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Recalls, in this respect, that the Renovation Wave is an integrated part of the EU Green Policy which can be implemented in full synergy with the Green Deal proposal, Industrial strategy, strategy for SMEs, Circular Economy Strategy and Clean Energy package;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Highlights that the renovation wave may mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, by fostering high-quality jobs in the construction and renewable energy industries and supporting small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) workers; emphasises that the renovation wave can play an important role in green and sustainable recovery and can represent the key element of any post-COVID recovery plans, therefore the Commission should not delay this proposal and should provide all the funding options available;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Highlights that the renovation wave
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30.
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30.
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Calls on the Commission to assess the introduction of scrappage schemes for old and inefficient heating and cooling systems, thereby accelerating the replacement of obsolete appliances, with the effect of maximising the energy efficiency potential of the EU building stock in particular in the short-medium period, as scrappage schemes identified through regular checks and efficiency labelling will boost the replacement of old heaters with new efficient and renewable- based ones;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas regulatory relief would help industries cope with the scale of the crisis as Europe’s economy stutters;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Calls on the Commission and on Member States to introduce scrappage schemes for old and inefficient heaters – identified via regular checks and labelling of the stock– that will boost their replacement with new, efficient and renewable-based ones, creating local jobs, significantly cutting CO2 emissions and boosting economic recovery;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Requires an ambitious
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Requires an ambitious implementation of the Clean Energy Package and a strict enforcement by the Commission; underlines the role of national energy and climate plans (NECPs) in maximising opportunities in the building sector;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31.
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Believes that net zero energy buildings with small windows that cannot open and mechanical ventilation do not create a healthy environment;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Welcomes the Member States’ long-term renovation strategies (LTRSs) in setting out milestones towards the climate neutrality objective; expresses its concern on the significant delays of some Member States to submit their LTRS; invites these Member States to seize the opportunity to comply with their legal obligations of the EPBD and submit the delayed LTRSs;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Welcomes the Member States’ long-term renovation strategies (LTRSs) in setting out milestones towards the climate neutrality objective; confirms its dedication to closely follow implementation of this and all other provisions of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 1g and expects the Commission to use the implementation and enforcement tools at its disposal; __________________ 1gDirective (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Welcomes the Member States’ long-term renovation strategies (LTRSs) in setting out 2030 and 2040 milestones towards the climate neutrality objective; calls all Member States to timely submit their Long Term Renovation Strategies;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Welcomes the Member States’ long-term renovation strategies (LTRSs) in setting out milestones towards the climate neutrality objective; encourages governments to implement innovative policies to actively involve citizens in energy efficiency programmes;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A f (new) Af. whereas proper ventilation by opening up windows and natural daylight reduces the spread of pathogens like the new coronavirus, and whereas mechanical ventilation recirculating potentially contaminated air creates a high-risk area;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Welcomes the Member States’ long-term renovation strategies (LTRSs) in setting out 2030 and 2040 milestones towards the 2050 climate neutrality objective;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Welcomes the Member States’ long-term renovation strategies (LTRSs) in setting out milestones – 2030 and 2040 – towards the climate neutrality objective;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32.
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Highlights that a highly energy efficient decarbonised building stock should be achieved through significantly reducing energy due to the implementation of strong and enabling energy efficiency policies, while covering residual needs with renewable energy in order to achieve the transition to a highly energy efficient, fully renewables based economy and ensure alignment with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5oC;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Underlines that building renovation should be integrated with wider efforts to decarbonise the energy system and go hand in hand with investments in e.g. efficient district energy networks and heat pumps by taking a system/district approach that integrates all potential efficiency measures such as excess heat recovery;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 b (new) 32b. Stresses the importance of applying life-cycle approach in line with circular economy also to renovation projects, so that the demand for energy is mitigated over the full life cycle of a building;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Welcomes the announcement made by the Commission to promote renovations in schools, hospitals and social housing for those in need; yet highlights the challenge of addressing the large residential building stock and the importance of providing financial assistance;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Welcomes the announcement made by the Commission to promote renovations in schools, hospitals and housing for those in need; yet highlights the challenge of addressing the large residential building stock representing 75% of the built floor space in the EU;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Welcomes the announcement made by the Commission to promote renovations in schools, hospitals and housing for those in need; yet highlights the challenge of addressing the large residential building stock, in particular the public stock which is often in worst conditions;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A f (new) Af. whereas the EU Building Stock Observatory (BSO) plays a key role in monitoring and improving the overall energy performance of buildings in the EU through data that is reliable, consistent and easy to compare;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Concurs with the analysis that there are a large number of benefits that accompany energy efficiency renovations in buildings such as better learning, faster recuperation, and lifting people out of energy poverty; points to improved indoor and outdoor air quality, emission reductions, energy efficiency increase, improved thermal comfort, the reduction of import dependence and energy poverty; calls on a systematic inclusion of these benefits in IRPs and calls for a binding 45% energy efficiency target by 2030;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Is concerned about the Commission’s intention of including buildings emissions in the EU ETS considering that a market instrument will not solve the existing barriers to building renovations, such as split incentives or lack of information; stresses that it could also result in a time-consuming process likely to bring higher energy bills for building occupants and to shift the responsibility for reducing buildings’ emissions from the public to the private sector;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Calls on the Commission to reconsider the 2030 climate and energy targets while recognising the importance of the renovation of buildings;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Calls on the Commission to enshrine the renovation wave’s measures into
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Calls on the Commission to enshrine the renovation wave’s measures into EU law and increase the 2030 climate
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Calls on the Commission to enshrine the renovation wave’s measures into EU law
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Calls on the Commission to enshrine the renovation wave’s measures into EU law and increase the 2030 climate and energy targets while ensuring that energy efficiency measures, including the renovation of buildings is integrated as a key policy to fill the gap in the 2030 targets;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Calls on the Commission to assess the LTRSs and issue recommendations to the Member States, which should revise their LTRSs every 5 years, to make sure that the objective of an efficient and climate neutral building stock by 2050 is met, thereby improving the registered lack of ambition of the delivered strategies; calls on Member States which have not done yet so to submit their LTRS as soon as possible and on the Commission to provide a thorough assessment of the submitted strategies highlighting both existing gaps and best practices;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Calls on the Commission to assess the LTRSs and issue recommendations to the Member States, which should revise their LTRSs every 5 years in line with the UNFCC stock-taking cycle and its ratchet-up architecture, to make sure that the objective of a
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Calls on the Commission to assess the LTRSs and issue recommendations to the Member States, which should monitor the implementation and revise their LTRSs every 5 years, to make sure that the objective of an efficient and climate neutral building stock by 2050 is met;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Calls on the Commission to assess the LTRSs and issue recommendations to the Member States
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 a (new) 35a. Calls on Member States to embrace LTRSs as a tool to set out an economic stimulus and recovery path, requiring their ambitious, detailed and urgent finalisation; underlines the need to set milestones and objectives in line with EU climate objectives and to achieve a highly energy-efficient and decarbonised building stock by 2050; calls on Member States to define concrete actions to realise identified potentials for high-efficiency cogeneration and district heating;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 a (new) 35a. Calls for an effective application of revised Eurostat rules for the accounting of energy performance contracts (EPCs) in the public sector, in order to facilitate public authorities' engagement in energy efficiency projects;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 b (new) 35b. Calls on the Commission to make the Energy Efficiency First principle central to the process of renovation of the EU building stock in line with the Energy Union Governance Regulation;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 c (new) 35c. Calls on the Commission to propose a Renovation Fund for All Europeans as part of the EU Economic Recovery Plan to help the EU hit 3% annual energy renovation rate, focusing in the first instance on those in society who need renovation the most (from energy poor, low income neighbourhoods and social housing to schools, hospitals, retirement homes and care centres), delivering deep or staged-deep renovations;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Calls for the inclusion of the building sector and related industries, especially SMEs
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Neighbourhoods
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Calls for the inclusion of the building sector and related industries, especially
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Calls for the inclusion of the building and renovation sectors and related industries, especially SMEs, in recovery packages;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37.
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 a (new) 37a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to launch multinational, cross sectorial, country specific and tailored communication campaigns across EU on multiple opportunities and various benefits that could be obtained through improved energy efficiency of the European building stock;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 a (new) 37a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess the possibility to address the decarbonisation of the building stock through an effective carbon-pricing instrument for heating;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 b (new) 37b. Notes that building renovation projects should contribute to the potential for better health conditions; emphasises that the revision of standards for air quality, thermal conditions and other indoor-related health aspects can lead to improvements of indoor environmental conditions and ensure significant welfare savings and thus reduce Member States' public expenses and benefit the EU economy and its citizens as a whole;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 c (new) 37c. Calls on the Commission to develop a “EU Climate Calculator” (ECC) as part of its “Renovation Wave” that ensures an accurate and easy understandable labelling for building materials, products and services related to the renovation of the EU building stock towards 2050; stresses that the ECC should ensure a level-playing field for the key actors that are a part of - or related- to the IRPs ’s greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint within the EU building stock and that such a ‘holistic approach’ would open up for positive behavioural affects by EU citizens, industries, and SMEs; stresses that the concept must be based on the principles of circular and lifecycle economy in order to drive demand for climate-friendly goods “made in Europe”, strengthening the competitiveness of the EU building sector; suggests the Commission to use already known scientific methods when estimating GHG emissions, e.g. with inspiration from its “Product Environmental Footprint”;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Stresses that national building stocks profoundly differ across the EU in their dominant building types, age, energy performance, ownership model, and type of heating system used; draws attention that this diversity is reflected in heterogeneity of policy packages established by Member States; emphasises that Member States need flexibility in development of their renovation policies, and considers a one-size-fits-all approach as counterproductive;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to the Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities adopted at the informal meeting of EU ministers responsible for Urban Development on 24-25 May 2007,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Points out that while energy efficiency improvements are a crucial component in reducing energy spending and energy poverty, they are only a part of a larger basket of needed economic and policy improvements and that overall economic/income growth is the largest contributor to reducing energy poverty rates;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the role of neighbourhoods
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the role of different actors that proved to be successful in renovation policies in Members States, such as neighbourhoods
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the role of neighbourhoods and communities in integrated renovation programmes
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the role of regional and local authorities, neighbourhoods and communities in integrated renovation programmes (IRPs) in order to achieve a climate-neutral building sector by 2050;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Demands that building policies be holistic and inclusive, contributing to EU climate goals, include IRPs that integrate social services and affordability, smart readiness, healthy indoor climate, mobility, technical, industrial and energy efficient functions of buildings, and enable on-site renewables production and demand-side flexibility; demands in this respect the continuous removal of national and European barriers to the renovation of building stocks such as regulatory barriers regarding renovations of buildings with multiple owners, high up-front costs and the tenant-owner dilemma;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Demands that building policies be holistic and inclusive, include IRPs that integrate social services, mobility, industrial and energy functions of buildings, and enable on-site or nearby renewables production, and demand-side flexibility, as well as guarantee an adequate indoor environmental quality and using excess heat and cold from nearby industrial facilities, local transport systems, or canals, rivers and other waterways where sustainable, with the aim of achieving a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 b (new) - having regard to the ‘Pact of Amsterdam - The Urban Agenda for the EU’ agreed at the informal meeting of EU ministers responsible for Urban Matters on 30 May 2016,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Demands that building policies be holistic and inclusive, include IRPs that integrate social services, mobility, industrial and energy functions of buildings, and enable on-site renewables production and demand-side flexibility, as well as guarantee an adequate indoor environmental quality;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Demands
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Demands that building policies be holistic and inclusive, include IRPs that integrate social services, mobility, industrial and energy functions of buildings, and enable on-site and nearby renewables
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Demands that building and renovation policies be holistic and inclusive, include IRPs that integrate social services, mobility, industrial and energy functions of buildings, and enable on-site renewables production and demand-side flexibility;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights the role that energy communities already play in bringing citizens together, informing and engaging them in starting their own renovations and/or generation of renewable energy, and calls on a comprehensive package of policy measures to scale up these approaches;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned by the gentrification and ‘renoviction’ of neighbourhoods driven by investment capital interests, and by the rising numbers of citizens in energy poverty, and of citizens suffering from increasing accommodation cost load, gender disparity, and marginalisation; considers that a community approach in addition to safeguards at a regulatory level could reduce the level of destruction of existing communities; reminds about the need to support the most vulnerable citizens by enabling their access to dignified living conditions, comfort and health and highlights the important role of social housing;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned by the gentrification and ‘renoviction’ of neighbourhoods driven by investment capital interests
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) - having regard to 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, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU, Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned by
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned by the gentrification and ‘renoviction’ of neighbourhoods driven by investment capital interests, and by the rising numbers of citizens
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes the importance to implement measures to avoid segregation and carry out social impact analyses with IRPs, with an emphasis on gender-based and household-based analyses, with particular account taken of gender disparity in income and financial resources; highlights the need for statistical data broken down by gender and household types, as well as more research to ascertain exactly how housing policies can support individuals and groups in a vulnerable situation, with a special focus on women;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Acknowledges, that the building renovations have to be implemented in a cost-effective and sustainable way, taking into account the affordability as for private owners and their tenants; stresses that new renovations towards energy efficient buildings should not allow renting market to greatly increase the prices for tenants due to more energy efficient buildings;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Underlines the fact that the ownership of buildings, tenancy laws and numbers of home-owners and tenants as well housing support schemes vary across Member States; urges the Commission and Member States to take that into account when taking renovation measures; underlines especially that these renovations should not lead to an unbearable rental cost burden for tenants;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Emphasises the important role that citizens play in renovation of the residential buildings stock and the importance to create efficient tools, best practices and make all possible information and knowledge available at local level including opportunities related to technologies (i.e. smart meters) offered to consumer;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Stresses the need to ensure the adequate level of knowhow of building maintenance and use;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the immediate success of “one-stop-
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the success of one-stop- shops
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the success of one-stop- shops, capacity building for municipalities, and the active involvement of local actors such as energy communities, consumer organisations, educational institutions, local businesses and housing cooperatives;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the success of local one- stop-
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Recalls the need of both public and private efforts to achieve concrete results in the field of energy efficiency for the current building stock;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the European Green Deal proposal on platforms; stresses that they must be inclusive encompassing a broad range of stakeholders such as local authorities, communities, architects, engineers, craftsmen, construction industry representatives, trade unions, consumer, employer’s and women’s organisations, renewable energy producers, energy communities and cooperatives, NGOs, educational and financial institutions, social housing bodies, owners, residents and tenants associations and gain consensus on the basis of community needs;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the European Green Deal proposal on platforms; stresses that they must be
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the European Green Deal proposal on "open platforms"; stresses that they must be inclusive and
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines that regional platforms should set measurable targets and work towards roadmaps and hold regular exchanges with existing EED, EPBD and RED 1b Concerted Action platforms, as well as existing agencies and bodies in the Member States to maximise their impact; __________________ 1bDirective (EU) 2018/2002 of 11 December 2018 amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency; Directive (EU) 2018/844 of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency; Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable source
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Takes note of the New Leipzig Charter to be adopted during the German Presidency and shares the view that cities play a key role in dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing energy efficiency; considers that renovation of buildings will contribute largely to these objectives while promoting just, green and productive cities through resilient neighbourhoods; calls on the German Presidency of the Council of the EU, the Commission and Member States to ensure that cities will be equipped with the necessary and directly accessible funding resources for renovation measures especially in the light of necessary economic recovery;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for a policy to facilitate IRPs at
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for a policy to facilitate IRPs at community level providing for deep renovations and the activation of energy citizens through on-site renewable energy production or demand side response mechanisms; calls on the Commission to step up work on the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and the EU City Facility;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for a policy to facilitate IRPs at community level providing for deep
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Member States to empower their local administration to roll out IRPs at neighbourhood and community level, while putting citizens at centre stage and requiring local authorities to provide feedback on results achieved, as well as on best practices for future policy design to the national level;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses the importance of promoting training and information initiatives aimed at increasing awareness and stimulating changes in the behaviour and attitude of end users towards renovation programmes;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas Integrated Renovation Programmes (IRPs) aim to be holistic, putting energy efficiency first, and to focus on the broader neighbourhood ecosystems, comprising of high energy reduction targets for individual buildings, and are based on best practice and understood as consisting of three main pillars: 1) Construction typology and building materials; i.e. requiring in-depth knowledge of age, use and construction method of buildings and the energy savings potential they represent, and a descriptions of the types of materials to be used throughout the course of a renovation, including their life-cycle impact; 2) Provision of and access to sustainable energy sources, namely on- site and nearby renewables, including district heating or cooling systems or using the thermal storage capacity of buildings, vehicle-to-X services and other flexibility options enabling sector integration; 3) Community/societal benefits, namely the integration of local communities into all energy renovation projects and programmes in order to tackle issues such as energy poverty, lack of technical and/or financial resources, information gaps; the implementation of this three-pillar approach ensures that as IRPs are devised and implemented, they will focus on the wider benefits that can be provided through energy renovations to people and communities such as energy efficiency, climate change resilience, industrial competitiveness, sustainability, social inclusion and accessibility;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to prioritise
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to prioritise
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on Member States to consider limits on rent increases; calls on Member States and the Commission to introduce a regulatory framework to avoid renovictions by requiring an appropriate share of deeply renovated building floor area to be reserved for marginalised communities and those at risk of, or in energy poverty;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to regulate speculative ownership of rental property especially in European capital cities through its financial legislative framework;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Calls on the Commission to set up a support service for citizens led renovation projects, as well as to issue implementing guidelines to Member States regarding the notions of enabling framework and level playing field for energy communities introduced by the Electricity Market Directive and the Renewable Energy Directive 1c to ensure a successful implementation and to fully recognise the benefits of citizen energy projects; __________________ 1cDirective (EU) 2019/944 of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU; Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable source
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to immediately launch
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