New Report
To create a sound basis for political debate and policy-making at EU and Member State level, the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) has embarked upon a major undertaking: to develop a vital picture of the European building stock. BPIE is convinced that effective policy-making starts with an accurate picture of the challenge. This report is a first attempt at such a comprehensive approach.
Floor Space
For strong policy making at EU and Member State level it is key to establish an efficient monitoring system of the European building stock assuring good data availability and quality. The analysis of this study has shown that there are 25 billion m2 of useful floor space in the EU27, Switzerland and Norway.
EU Buildings at a Glance
The main EU policy driver is the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. As a result of the EPBD, entirely new legislative vehicles were implemented at Member State level, often with responsibilities split across different government departments. The EPC scheme was typically implemented in stages over a number of years, from around 2006 to 2010.
Space Distribution
As Europe strives towards increasing building energy performance, the role of available financial programmes and innovate mechanisms becomes increasingly important. The surveyed measures are encouraging, but many of them are only modest in their ambition. The major concern is that the use of financial instruments today is only achieving the business-as-usual case in Europe with very few financial instruments providing enough funding for deep renovations.
LATEST REPORT
A country-by-country review of the energy performance of European buildings
Lack of data on the buildings sector at the EU level is a major obstacle to strong policymaking. This report surveys the energy performance of residential and commercial buildings in 27 Member States, together with Norway and Switzerland. It provides detailed information on European building stock, legislation and major programmes designed to improve energy performance. Available data was used to develop model-based renovation scenarios with the aim to illustrate potential energy saving and CO2 reduction pathways while describing the impact of different ambition levels on the European environment and economy.
European legislation on buildings is currently missing a clear definition for these types of buildings. BPIE proposes some guiding principles.
Where do we stand in Europe today? We screened 12 european countries. This report identifies bottlenecks and key success factors in implementing EPC schemes.
