What changed between the adopted text of 14 Mar 2023 and the adopted text of 12 Mar 2024

Removed:(b) the estimated availability of construction materials, renovation materials, including prefabricated building elements, such as those with insulation, building integrated solar photovoltaics, materials with recycled contents, secondary building materials, and, if any, local sustainable materials, as well as national targets for the circular use of materials, recycled contents and secondary materials in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 305/2011, and sufficiency for every five-year period;

Removed:(c) the primary and final energy consumption of the national building stock and its operational greenhouse gas emission reductions;

Removed:(d) specific timelines for buildings to achieve higher energy performance classes than those pursuant to Article 9(1), by 2030 and every five years thereafter, in line with the pathway for transforming the national building stock into zero-emission buildings;

Removed:(e) an overview of the cost effective potential, availability and expected production and consumption of renewable energy used for heating and cooling in buildings, disagreggated bytechnology and fuels;

Removed:(f) national targets on the construction and refurbishment of district level heating and cooling systems in accordance with the comprehensive heating and cooling assessment referred to in Article 23 of Directive (EU) …/... [recast Energy Efficiency Directive];

Removed:(g) a pathway with numerical targets for the deployment of solar energy and heat pumps in buildings in accordance with Article 9a;

Removed:(h) national phase-out plans for fossil fuel use in buildings with a view to a planned phase out by 2035 and if not feasible as demonstrated to the Commission, by 2040 at the latest;

Removed:(i) an evidence-based estimate of expected energy savings, greenhouse gas emission reductions, and wider benefits, including indoor environmental quality, which may be based on an integrated district approach;

Removed:(j) estimations for the contribution of the building renovation plan to achieving the Member State's binding national target for greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Regulation (EU).../… [revised Effort Sharing Regulation], the Union’s energy efficiency targets in accordance with Directive (EU) …/…. [recast EED], the Union’s renewable energy targets, including the ▌target for the share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector in accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED], and the Union’s 2030 climate target and 2050 climate neutrality goal in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119;

Removed:2. Every five years, each Member State shall prepare and submit to the Commission a draft of its building renovation plan, using the template in Annex II. Each Member State shall submit its draft building renovation plan together with its draft integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and its comprehensive heating and cooling assessment pursuant to Article 23 of Directive (EU)…/…[recast EED], and, where the Member States submits a draft update, its draft update referred to in Article 14 of ▌ Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. By way of derogation from Article 9(1) and Article 14(1) of that Regulation, Member States shall submit the first draft building renovation plan to the Commission by 30 June 2024, and subject to the separate consultation provided for in paragraph 3 of this Article.

Removed:3. To support the development of its building renovation plan, each Member State shall involve regional and local authorities in drafting the building renovation plan to facilitate the inclusion of local actions plans or investments and they shall carry out a public consultation on its draft building renovation plan prior to submitting it to the Commission. The public consultation shall involve in particular local and regional authorities and other socio-economic partners including civil society and bodies working with vulnerable households. The public consultation shall cover ex-ante and ex-post evaluations of the building renovation plan and include options about the design of the public policies, programmes, incentives, as well as social safeguards, which may include those referred to in Article 15, to ensure the accessibility, convenience and affordability of the renovation solutions. Each Member State shall annex a summary of the results of its public consultation to its draft building renovation plan. Each Member State shall take due account of the stakeholders’ views expressed in the ex-ante and ex-post evaluations and explain how these were reflected in its final building renovation plan.

Removed:4. The Commission shall assess the national draft building renovation plans, in particular whether:

Removed:(a) the level of ambition of the nationally established targets is sufficient and in line with the national commitments on climate and energy laid down in the national integrated energy and climate plans;

Removed:(b) the policies and measures are sufficient to achieve the nationally established targets;

Removed:(c) the allocation of budgetary and administrative resources is sufficient for the implementation of the plan;

Removed:(ca) the conditions for the functioning renovation financing schemes are adequate for the achievement of the national energy poverty mitigation target and for the successful inclusion of energy poor consumers and vulnerable households;

Removed:(cb) the plan takes into account the objectives of Directive 2008/50/EC and ensures consistency with applicable legislation and the protection of the environment and human health;

Removed:(cc) the plan prioritises worst-performing buildings used for residential purposes;

Removed:(d) the public consultation pursuant to paragraph 3 has been sufficiently inclusive; ▌

Removed:(e) the plan complies with the requirements of paragraph 1 and the template in Annex II;

Removed:(ea) national and local authorities need the technical assistance to facilitate the implementation of these plans;

Removed:(eb) the plan provides for sufficient skilled workers and effective skilling and training initiatives.

Removed:After consulting the Committee established by Article 30, the Commission may issue country-specific recommendations to Member States in accordance with Article 9(2) and Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.

Removed:With regard to the first draft building renovation plan, the Commission may issue country-specific recommendations to Member States no later than six months after the Member State has submitted that plan.

Removed:5. At each revision, Member State shall take due account of any recommendations from the Commission in its final building renovation plan. If the Member State concerned does not address a recommendation or a substantial part thereof, it shall provide a justification to the Commission and make public its reasons.

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

Removed:7 Each Member State shall annex the details of the implementation of its most recent long-term renovation strategy or building renovation plan to its ▌ final building renovation plan. Each Member State shall state whether its national targets have been achieved.

Removed:8. Each Member State shall include in its integrated national energy and climate progress reports, in accordance with Articles 17 and 21 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, information on the implementation of the national targets referred to in paragraph 1, point (b) of this Article and the contribution of the building renovation plan to achieving the Member State's binding national target for greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Regulation (EU).../… [revised Effort Sharing Regulation], the Union’s energy efficiency targets in accordance with Directive (EU)…/… [recast EED], the Union’s renewable energy targets, including the indicative target for the share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector in accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED], and the Union’s 2030 climate target and 2050 climate neutrality goal in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119.

Removed:Article 3a

Removed:An integrated district approach to building renovation

Removed:1. Member States may empower regional and local authorities to identify integrated districts in order to roll-out integrated renovation programmes (IRPs) at district level. The IRPs shall address social pattern, energy, mobility, green infrastructures, waste and water treatment, and management and other aspects of urban planning to be considered at a district level, and shall take into account local and regional resources, circularity and sufficiency.

Removed:2. The IRPs shall take into account the comprehensive heating and cooling assessments referred to in Article 14(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU, the refurbishment or construction of efficient heating and cooling systems as referred to in Article 24 of Directive (EU) …/... [recast EED], and the required infrastructure, as well as installations and infrastructures of renewable energy communities. Member States shall consider at a district level the optimisation of the energy system in accordance with the energy efficiency first principle, while promoting demand-side flexibility.

Removed:3. Member States shall implement local level integrated mobility plans and sustainable urban mobility plans that are aligned with IRPs and encompass public transport planning and deployment with other means of active and shared mobility, as well as the related infrastructure for operating, recharging, storing and parking.

Removed:4. One-stop shops established pursuant to Articles 15a may inform decisions regarding the design of IRPs with a view to revitalising, targeting and supporting communities.

Removed:Article 4

Removed:Adoption of a methodology for calculating the energy performance of buildings

Removed:Member States shall apply a methodology for calculating the energy performance of buildings in accordance with the common general framework set out in Annex I. That methodology shall be adopted at national or regional level.

Removed:Article 5

Removed:Setting of minimum energy performance requirements

Removed:1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that minimum energy performance requirements for buildings or building units are set with a view to at least achieving cost-optimal levels and higher reference values such as nearly zero-energy building requirements and zero-emission buildings requirements. The energy performance shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology referred to in Article 4. Cost-optimal levels shall be calculated in accordance with the comparative methodology framework referred to in Article 6.

Removed:Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that minimum energy performance requirements and renovation obligations are set for all building elements that ▌ have a significant impact on the energy performance of the building ▌ when they are replaced or retrofitted, with a view to achieving at least cost-optimal levels and higher reference values, such as nearly zero-energy building requirements and zero-emission building requirements. The energy performance of building elements shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology referred to in Article 4.

Removed:When setting requirements, Member States may differentiate between new and existing buildings and between different categories of buildings.

Removed:Those requirements shall take account of healthy indoor climate conditions based on optimal indoor environmental quality as well as local conditions and the designated function and the age of the building.

Removed:Member States shall review their minimum energy performance requirements at regular intervals which shall not be longer than five years and shall , if necessary update them in order to reflect technical progress in the building sector, the results of the cost-optimal calculation set out in Article 6, and updated national energy and climate targets and policies.

Removed:1a. Member States may adopt an intermediate minimum energy performance requirement, including the achievement of a minimum building envelope efficiency level, the maximum energy use per kWh/ m2/y, the readiness to operate low temperature heating, heat pumps or flexible electric space heating, and minimum demand response capacity.

Removed:2. Member States may decide not to set or not to apply the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historical merit, in so far as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance. Member States shall ensure that the renovation of monuments is carried out in accordance with national conservation rules, international conservation standards and the original architecture of the monuments concerned. [Am. 6]

Removed:3. Member States may decide not to set or apply the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to the following categories of buildings:

Removed:(a) buildings used as places of worship and for religious activities;

Removed:(b) temporary buildings with a time of use of two years or less, industrial sites, workshops, depots and non-residential service buildings with very low energy and heating or cooling demand, infrastructural supply stations, such as transformer stations, substations, pressure control plants, railway constructions, as well as non-residential agricultural buildings which are in use by a sector covered by a national sectoral agreement on energy performance;

Removed:(c) residential buildings which are used or intended to be used for either less than four months of the year or, alternatively, for a limited annual time of use and with an expected energy consumption of less than 25 % of what would be the result of all-year use;

Removed:(d) stand-alone buildings with a total useful floor area of less than 50 m2.

Removed:Article 6

Removed:Calculation of cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements

Removed:1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 supplementing this Directive by establishing a comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements for buildings and building elements. By 30 June 2024, the Commission shall revise the comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements in existing buildings undergoing major renovation and for individual building elements which are in line with the national pathways set out in the national energy and climate plans submitted to the Commission pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.

Removed:The comparative methodology framework shall be laid down in accordance with Annex VII and shall differentiate between new and existing buildings and between different categories of buildings.

Removed:2. Member States shall calculate cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements using the comparative methodology framework established in accordance with paragraph 1, taking into account the life-cycle GWP, and relevant parameters, such as climatic conditions and the practical accessibility of energy infrastructure, and compare the results of that calculation with the minimum energy performance requirements in force

Removed:▌

Removed:2a. In every report, Member States shall duly take into account in particular the influence of changes in energy prices, building materials and labour costs in comparison to the preceding report, with a view of adjusting the cost-optimal levels, where relevant. Member States shall correct their calculations for any difference between real market prices and temporary price regulations and direct income support measures and ensure using three-year averages for both energy prices from previous years and expected future prices in their calculations.

Removed:3. If the result of the comparison performed in accordance with paragraph 2 shows that the minimum energy performance requirements in force are more than 15 % less energy efficient than cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements, the Member State concerned shall adjust the minimum energy performance requirements in place within 12 months of the availability of the results of that comparison.

Removed:4. The Commission shall publish a report on the progress of the Member States in reaching cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements. Member States shall report to the Commission and make use of the template provided in Annex III to the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 244/2012.