New buildings must be zero emissions by 2030

The Twenty-seven have agreed on Tuesday to defend during the review of the community regulations on energy efficiency in the construction sector that from 2030 the objective of zero emissions is imposed on all new buildings, a challenge of neutrality in emissions that they believe should be required of the entire building stock in 2050.

In this way, governments align themselves with two of the challenges proposed by the European Commission last December in its initiative to review the Directive on the energy performance of buildings and that they must still negotiate with the European Parliament before closing the final reform. In the mandate that the EU energy ministers have closed at their meeting in Luxembourg, it is detailed that the objective of “zero emissions” must be more ambitious for new buildings built for the public administration, since they must comply with that neutrality already in 2028.

However, Member States open the door to derogations in the deadlines and objectives for certain buildings, for example places of worship, historic buildings or constructions for defensive purposes. For existing buildings, Member States want to introduce minimum energy performance standards that correspond to the maximum amount of primary energy that buildings can use per m2 per year.

Source: OK Diario