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

Removed:Article 7

Removed:New buildings

Removed:1. Member States shall ensure that from the following dates, new buildings are zero-emission buildings in accordance with Annex III:

Removed:(a) from 1 January 2026, new buildings occupied, operated or owned by public authorities; and

Removed:(b) from 1 January 2028, all new buildings;

Removed:Until the application of the requirements under the first subparagraph, Member States shall ensure that all new buildings are at least nearly zero-energy buildings and meet the minimum energy performance requirements laid down in accordance with Article 5.

Removed:2. Member States shall ensure that the life-cycle GWP is calculated in accordance with Annex III and disclosed through the energy performance certificate of the building ▌ as of 1 January 2027, for all new builings.

Removed:2a. By 31 December 2025 the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive by setting out a harmonised EU framework for the calculation of life-cycle GWP, developed in an inclusive stakeholder process and building on the LEVELs framework and standard EN 15978.

Removed:2b. By 1 January 2027, to ensure reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, Member States shall publish a roadmap detailing the introduction of limit values on the total cumulative life-cycle GWP of all new buildings and set targets for new buildings from 2030, considering a progressive downward trend, as well as maximum requirements, detailed for different climatic zones and building typologies.

Removed:In setting maximum limit values on the total cumulative life-cycle GWP, Member States shall determine appropriate benchmarks based on reported data for the relevant building types, as per the requirements set out in paragraph 2.

Removed:The Commission shall issue guidance, share evidence on existing national policies and offer technical support to Member States, at their request, for the purpose of determining appropriate national benchmark values.

Removed:Those maximum limit values shall be in line with the Union’s objectives to achieve climate neutrality.

Removed:3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive in order to adapt Annex III to technological progress and innovation with a view to achieve climate neutrality, to set adapted maximum energy performance thresholds in Annex III to renovated buildings and to subsequently decrease considering cost optimality, the maximum energy performance thresholds for zero-emission buildings.

Removed:4. By ... [24 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive], Member States shall ensure that new buildings have optimal indoor environmental quality levels, including air quality, thermal comfort, a high capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change through, inter alia, green infrastructure, adhere to fire safety and safety lighting standards, mitigate risks related to intense seismic activity and prioritise accessibility for persons with disabilities. Member States shall also address carbon removals associated to carbon storage in or on buildings.

Removed:4a. Member States shall introduce measures to ensure that the use of fossil fuel heating systems in new buildings is not authorised from... [date of transposition of this Directive]. Hybrid heating systems, boilers certified to run on renewable fuels and other technical building systems not exclusively using fossil fuels that comply with the requirements set out in Article 11(1) shall not be considered to be fossil heating systems for the purposes of this paragraph.

Removed:4b. By 1 January 2025, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act to supplement this Directive by setting out thresholds for newly constructed zero emission buildings for the purpose of Annex III of this Directive, including a description of the calculation methodology per building type and applied climate on the basis of Annex A of the key European standards on the energy performance of buildings in accordance with Annex I of this Directive. Member States shall notify the Commission about their corresponding national values, including a description of the calculation methodology per building type and applied climate, on the basis of Annex A of the key European standards on the energy performance of buildings in accordance with Annex I of this Directive.

Removed:Article 7a

Removed:New European Bauhaus

Removed:1. Member States shall ensure that developers of building renovation projects are provided with information about the objectives and involvement opportunities in the New European Bauhaus initiative, when they seek advice, apply for funding and building permits.

Removed:2. Member States shall empower local authorities to develop dedicated support measures for reference buildings as referred to in Annex VII that are culturally enriching, sustainable and inclusive in line with the New European Bauhaus initiative. Such measures may encompass financial schemes for renovations showcasing how individual buildings or whole neighbourhoods can be transformed into zero emission buildings and districts in an affordable, sustainable and socially inclusive way, while maximising wider benefits, in a participatory and bottom-up approach.

Removed:3. Member States shall put in place national industrial roadmaps to increase the availability for of locally adaptable prefabricated building elements for building renovation that provide different functions, including aesthetics, insulation energy generation, and green infrastructures, and promote biodiversity, water management, accessibility and mobility.

Removed:Article 8

Removed:Existing buildings

Removed:1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that when buildings undergo major renovation, the energy performance of the building or the renovated part thereof is upgraded in order to meet minimum energy performance requirements set in accordance with Article 5, in so far as that is technically, functionally and economically feasible.

Removed:Those requirements shall be applied to the renovated building or building unit as a whole. Additionally or alternatively, requirements may be applied to the renovated building elements.

Removed:2. Member States shall in addition take the necessary measures to ensure that when a building element that forms part of the building envelope and has a significant impact on the energy performance of the building envelope, is retrofitted or replaced, the energy performance of the building element meets minimum energy performance requirements in so far as that is technically, functionally and economically feasible.

Removed:2a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that when a technical building system is retrofitted or replaced, the energy performance of the system is optimised in accordance with Article 11.

Removed:2b. Member States shall ensure that the life-cycle GWP of building parts and units undergoing major renovation is calculated on the basis of already available information on the materials supplied, or, if that is not technically or economically feasible, by means of reference values.

Removed:3. Member States shall ensure, in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation, that the deployment of high-efficiency alternative systems is encouraged, in so far as that is technically, functionally and economically feasible. Member States shall ensure in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation the implementation of passive heating and cooling elements, healthy indoor environmental quality standards, a high capacity to mitigate and adapt to climate change through inter alia green infrastructures, carbon removals and carbon storage, compliance with fire safety standards, the mitigation of risks related to intense seismic activity and the removal of hazardous substances including asbestos. Member States shall ensure, in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation, and buildings undergoing renovations comprising spaces used jointly used spaces such as entries, staircases, lifts and parking, as well as sanitary areas, the accessibility for persons with disabilities.

Removed:3a. Member States shall encourage the use of digital technologies for analysis, simulation and management of buildings, including with regard to deep renovations.

Removed:3b. Member States shall introduce measures to ensure that the use of fossil fuel heating systems in buildings undergoing major renovation, deep renovation or renovation of the heating system is not authorised from ...[ date of transposition of this Directive]. Hybrid heating systems, boilers certified to run on renewable fuels and other technical building systems not exclusively using fossil fuels that comply with the requirements set out in Article 11(1) shall not be considered to be fossil heating systems for the purposes of this paragraph.

Removed:Member States shall ensure that renovations involving the replacement of fossil fuel based technical building systems prioritise vulnerable households and people living in social housing.

Removed:3c. By 1 January 2027, Member States shall take special administrative and financial measures to encourage the deep renovation of worst-performing buildings with multiple dwellings.

Removed:Article 9

Removed:Minimum energy performance standards

Removed:1. Member States shall ensure that all buildings comply with minimum energy performance standards, starting with the worst-performing buildings.

Removed:1a. Member States shall ensure that:

Removed:(a) buildings and building units owned by public bodies, including Union institutions, offices, bodies and agencies and those rented by such bodies after... [the date of entry into force of this Directive], achieve at the latest:

Removed:(i) from 1 January 2027, at least energy performance class E; and [Am. 20cp1]

Removed:(ii) from 1 January 2030, at least energy performance class D;

Removed:(b) non-residential buildings and building units other than those referred to in point (a) achieve at the latest:

Removed:(i) from 1 January 2027, at least energy performance class E; and

Removed:(ii) from 1 January 2030, at least energy performance class D;

Removed:(c) residential buildings and building units achieve at the latest:

Removed:(i) from 1 January 2030, at least energy performance class E; and

Removed:(ii) from 1 January 2033 at least energy performance class D.

Removed:In their roadmap referred to in Article 3(1)(b), Member States shall establish linear trajectory for the progressive achievement of higher energy performance classes for buildings referred to in this paragraph ▌by 2040 and 2050, in line with the pathway for transforming the national building stock into zero-emission buildings and achieving the climate neutrality target.

Removed:1b. Member States may exempt publicly owned social housing from the obligation referred to in paragraph 1a, point (a),where such renovations are not cost neutral or would lead to rent increases for people living in social housing beyond the economic savings on the energy bill. [Am. 35]

Removed:1c. The Commission may decide, upon a reasoned request by a Member State included in the national building renovation plan or a subsequent amendment thereto, to allow that a Member State adjust minimum energy performance standards for residential buildings and building units referred to in paragraph 1a, point (c) for specific parts or particular sub-segments of their building stock, for reasons of economic and technical feasibility and the availability of skilled workforce. Member States that intend to adjust their minimum energy performance standards shall notify the Commission of their projected measures and linear energy performance improvements, and report on the progress in achieving equivalent performance improvements in residential buildings as part of the reporting on the integrated national energy and climate progress reports referred to in Article 3(8). Member States shall not disproportionately exempt rental dwellings compared to other building segments when applying any adjustments of the minimum energy performance standards. [Am. 36]

Removed:1d. The adjustment of minimum energy performance standards referred to in paragraphs 1b and 1c shall apply to a maximum of 22 % of the total residential buildings referred to in paragraph 1a, point (c) and shall not apply after 1 January 2037. [Am. 37]

Removed:2. In addition to the minimum energy performance standards established pursuant to paragraph 1, each Member State shall establish minimum energy performance standards for the renovation of all other existing buildings.

Removed:▌ The minimum energy performance standards shall be designed with a view to the national roadmap and the ▌ 2040 and 2050 targets contained in the Member State’s building renovation plan and to the transformation of the national building stock into zero-emission buildings by 2050.

Removed:3. In accordance with Article 15, Member States shall support compliance with minimum energy performance standards by all the following measures:

Removed:(a) providing appropriate financial measures, including grants, in particular those targeting vulnerable households, middle-income households and people ▌ living in social housing, in line with Article 22 of Directive (EU).../…. [recast EED];

Removed:(b) providing technical assistance, including information services, administrative support and integrated renovation services through one-stop-shops with a particular focus on vulnerable households and people living in social housing, in accordance with Article 22 of Directive (EU).../…. [recast EED]; [Am. 39]

Removed:(c) designing integrated public and private financing schemes, which provide incentives for deep and staged deep renovations, pursuant to Article 15; [Am. 40]

Removed:(d) removing non-economic barriers, including split incentives; ▌

Removed:(e) monitoring social impacts, in particular on the most vulnerable households; [Am. 42]

Removed:(ea) setting the framework to ensure that there is a sufficient and qualified workforce to enable the timely implementation of the minimum energy performance standards in accordance with the national building renovation plans, including by means of a strategy to facilitate the professional education of young people and requalification of workers and creation of more attractive employment opportunities. [Am. 41]

Removed:4. Where a building is renovated in order to comply with a minimum energy performance standard, Member States shall ensure compliance with the minimum energy performance requirements for building elements pursuant to Article 5 and, in the case of major renovation, with the minimum energy performance requirements for existing buildings pursuant to Article