Delivering the Energy Efficiency Directive Article 4 requirements on long term strategies for mobilising investment in renovation of national building stocks
Buildings represent the largest untapped source of cost effective energy saving and CO2 reduction potential within Europe, yet the sector continues to suffer from significant underinvestment. It is therefore timely that the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED, 2012/27/EU) adopted in October 2012 includes a requirement for Member States to develop long term renovation strategies for their national building stocks.

EED replaces two previous directives on energy services and cogeneration1. It seeks to promote energy efficiency across the European Union and was developed in order to help deliver the EU’s 20% headline target on energy efficiency by 2020, as well as to pave the way for further improvements thereafter. EED contains a number of measures designed to deliver energy savings across all sectors, from overall national energy efficiency targets to the setting of energy efficiency obligations on energy companies.

Contents

- Introduction
- Benefits of improving the energy performance of buildings
- Barriers and challenges
- Vision for a national long term renovation strategy
- Developing the renovation strategy
- Concluding remarks