EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Energy

Parliament approves revised directive on energy performance of buildings

Brussels, 17/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 17 April, the European Parliament approved, by 546 votes to 35, with 96 abstentions, the final text of the revised directive on the energy performance of buildings, born of the inter-institutional agreement concluded under the Estonian Presidency on 19 December 2017 (see EUROPE 11929).

The amendments to the text agreed in trialogue include measures to reinforce the energy performance of new buildings, speed up the refurbishment of existing buildings to make them lower-energy and...