SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

ECB recommends a more harmonised methodology at EU level for energy performance certificates

Brussels, 19/01/2023 (Agence Europe)

In the context of the revision of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), the European Central Bank (ECB) published an Opinion on Monday 16 January in which it recommends a more harmonised methodology for the definition of new energy classes - ranging from A to G - in energy performance certificates (EPCs) for buildings. 

“While the ECB appreciates that the proposed Directive aims to increase the comparability of EPC classes across the Union compared to the status quo,...