Under the terms of the agreement in principle reached on Tuesday 19 December (see EUROPE 11929) by negotiators from the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European Parliament – led by rapporteur Bendt Bendtsen (EPP, Denmark) – and the Commission on the overhaul of the directive on the energy performance of buildings, EU member states will be required to put in place long-term national strategies for the renovation or residential and non-residential building stock in order...