Efficient Buildings Europe

Efficient Buildings Europe recommends: Limit the lowest-price criterion in favour of the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT), Best-Price Quality Ratio (BPQR), and life cycle costing to guarantee a strategic public procurement. Include all renovation works within the scope of the directives. Include energy efficiency, water efficiency and climate resilience in the award criteria list.

The Directives on public procurement do not provide sufficient tools for public bodies to reach the energy efficiency goals set in recent EU legislation. The lowest-price criterion remains the main consideration in public procurement, which is hampering the strategic use of public procurement and implementation of key EU legislation for public procurers.

EuroACE-Energy Efficient Buildings, welcomes the proposed recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The EPBD must play a more central role in the Fit for 55 Package. In line with the need to strengthen its level of ambition, our main recommendations are: - Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS): we welcome the establishment of MEPS.

The main points that EuroACE wishes to raise in response to the inception Impact Assessment Roadmap (IIAR) of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), are: -EuroACE, welcomes the work of the Commission in revising the EPBD as part of the ‘Fit for 55 Package’.

A reporting system supporting a more efficient building stock Efficient Buildings Europe supports the objective of simplifying ESRS and reducing unnecessary reporting burden. However, simplification should not remove the core, comparable information needed to finance the decarbonisation of Europes building stock.

Achieving climate neutrality by 2050 is of utmost importance if we are to respect our Paris Agreement commitments. EuroACE fully supports this objective and agrees that enshrining it into law, transforming it from a vision to an EU binding target, which all MS endorse, is key for achieving it.

EuroACE – Energy Efficient Buildings welcomes the opportunity to share its feedback on the proposed revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive as set out below. We call the co-legislators to consider: 1) Strengthening the collective effort of Member States towards the achievement of the binding EU Energy Efficiency target: - We welcome the proposal for a binding EU Energy Efficiency target but call for it to be…

The main points of the EuroACE feedback on the EED Roadmap are: - The Commission recognises in its Roadmap the importance of energy efficiency and a lack of recent progress, but, unfortunately, it does not lead to a stronger and more forward-looking approach; - There is a big oversight, i.e.

The ETD, which was published in 2003, is out of date and does not reflect at all the current ambition of EU energy & climate policies. EuroACE therefore welcomes the Commission proposal to update it in line with the Green Deal objectives. Moreover, the ETD does not reflect the decreased technology costs in a lot of sectors, such as energy efficient buildings – this should also be considered.

The current housing crisis is weighing on peoples budgets, access to property, and living conditions. Across Europe, households are increasingly confronted with rising rents, limited availability of affordable homes, and growing energy bills that further exacerbate housing stress.

Efficient Buildings Europe's full contribution can be found attached. Below, a summarised version. Energy and water efficiency technologies are already available and can play a central role in lowering bills, improving living conditions and increasing the supply of affordable housing.

An efficient, comfortable, and healthy building stock is the first step towards climate resilience. Buildings offer protection from extreme events when adequately designed, constructed, renovated, and maintained. However, most of them are ill-adapted to a changing climate.

Please find our position attached Our Recommendations Put the Energy Efficiency 1st principle at the core of the upcoming Electrification Action Plan and acknowledge the role of the sector in facilitating and making electrification more affordable o Introduce incentives for TSOs and DSOs to adopt and support efficiency measures. - Support the implementation of the revised EPBD, EED and the ETS2.

Please find our full position attached Our recommendations Facilitate the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive. Align NBRPs, Heating and Cooling Plans, and Minimum Energy Performance Standards. Ensure coordination with spatial planning, permitting, and grid infrastructure policies.

By prioritizing efficient buildings, the EU can lessen its vulnerability to price fluctuations and supply disruptions, strengthening its energy security. An updated energy security framework should put energy efficiency, renewable energy and flexibility solutions at its core.

EuroACE welcomes the proposal for a Just Transition Fund, recognising that some areas in the EU are more in need than others. However, considering the level of actions needed, we cannot consider €7.5bn/€7.8bn of additional money over the next MFF period (2021-2030) as enough to match with our ambition.

Efficient Buildings Europe (EBE) appreciates the opportunity to participate in the European Commissions first public consultation on a portfolio framework for increasing lending for energy renovations, proposed by the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).