On Tuesday 16 December, the European Commission presented its new delegated act to the regulation on the energy performance of buildings (see EUROPE 13390/20), aimed at defining a common approach for calculating the life-cycle global warming potential (GWP) of new buildings.
This global warming potential refers to all greenhouse gas emissions from construction products and direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions linked to energy use in new buildings, as well as transport and waste management and reuse.
From 2028, this GWP will have to be calculated and indicated in energy performance certificates for all new buildings with a floor area of more than 1,000 m². From 2030, the obligation will be extended to all new buildings.
As the Commission explains, the calculation will be based on “data available under the Construction Products Regulation, [...] data available under ecodesign and energy labelling legislation [...], product-specific data, [... and] default values [set by Member States]”.
The publication of the delegated act follows a public consultation period which opened on 3 October (see EUROPE 13725/34).
The EU Council and European Parliament now have two months to raise any objections. This period may be extended for a further two months before the text comes into force.
To see the delegated act: https://aeur.eu/f/k1e ; and its annex: https://aeur.eu/f/k1f (Original version in French by Pauline Denys)