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News from the EU on energy

efficient buildings

25th June 2010 - BUILD UP Users and Stakeholders Committee Michaela Holl, DG ENER C4

Overview

• EPBD recast (2010/31/EU) published in OJ
• New Europe 2020 Strategy includes 20%

increase in energy efficiency among headline targets

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headline targets

• EU Commission adopts amendment to

Economic Recovery Programme Regulation– 114 million € for EE/RES

Overview

• IPEEC: First SBN steering committee in

Washington in May 2010

• EU Commission starts cooperation with

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• EU Commission starts cooperation with

China and US on energy efficient buildings

• EU Commission prepares Energy

Efficiency Strategy, new Energy Action Plan 2011-2020 and decarbonisation scenarios for 2050

The new EPBD

• Recast endorsed by Council in April and

European Parliament plenary on 19th May 2010

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2010

• Publication in Official Journal on 18 June 2010

under reference 2010/31/EU

• Implementation by Member States by two

years after entry into force (second half of 2012)

The new Europe 2020 strategy

• Successor to Lisbon strategy, agreed upon at EU

Spring summit 2010

• Sustainability/Energy as one of the five headline

targets: Reaffirmation of 20-20-20 target agreed in 2007:

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2007:

– reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% compared to 1990 levels – increasing the share of renewables in final energy consumption to 20% – and moving towards a 20% increase in energy efficiency

• Member States will set national targets to underpin

headline targets

Economic Recovery Programme

• Commission adopted on 31 May 2010 an amendment to the

Economic Recovery Regulation (EC) No 663/2009, now in co- decision with aim to endorse by July

• 114 million € to be transferred to RES/EE
• Beneficiaries will most likely be municipalities and regional/local

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• Beneficiaries will most likely be municipalities and regional/local

authorities

• Facility shall be implemented by one or several IFI
• Eligible are: public and private buildings, CHP and district

heating/cooling networks, decentralised RES embedded in local settings, clean urban transport, smart grids, efficient street lighting, and smart metering.

IPEEC

• EU became a member in January 2010, 16 members so

far

• Six task groups will be created, one of them the SBN

(Sustainable Building network)

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• SBN hold first steering committee meeting in Washington

in May 2010

• Priority issues for SBN: Zero energy buildings, Existing

buildings and tropical architecture

• BUILD UP interactive web portal will be linked to the SBN web

portal

The Energy Efficiency Strategy

• To be published end 2010/early 2011
• Will provide for a long term strategic framework
• Buildings, in particular the existing building stock, will be

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key element

• Also in the pipeline: European Energy Action Plan 2011-

2020 and 2050 decarbonisation scenarios (consultations

• ngoing)

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Thank you!