On 17 July, MEP Seán Kelly (EPP, Ireland) delivered his draft own-initiative report on the revision of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) (2010/31) due on 14 December.
In particular, the Irishman wants to call on the European Commission to consider how to formulate a “standard template” that Member States could use to ensure that they meet all the requirements for information on their national building stock to be included in their ‘long-term renovation strategies’.
He also proposes to ask the institution to examine how to further facilitate the development of one-stop shops offering integrated energy renovation services.
Furthermore, the draft report reiterates its call for a European skills initiative that enables intermediaries such as installers, architects or contractors to advise, prescribe or install relevant solutions for energy efficiency programmes and a decarbonised building stock.
For Mr Kelly, the Commission should also “recognise” the role that fossil fuels, in particular natural gas, currently play in building heating systems.
The draft report will now be subject to amendments before being put to the vote in the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and then to the full plenary session of MEPs.
See the draft report: https://bit.ly/3eXqz6c (Original version in French by Damien Genicot)