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"Mr President, I welcome very much the emphasis given in the 2008 work programme to the importance of a sustainable European energy policy.
President Barroso spoke out about the greening of the transport sector and, of course, that is vital. However, to my mind, the really shocking statistic is that in Europe we use 40% of our energy in buildings – in heating, cooling and lighting – even though we have the technology to design and engineer our buildings to have virtually no energy requirements at all.
Therefore, I want to make a plea to the Commission to be radical in its review of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive next year – point 2(c) of the Strategic Initiatives. Two things are needed. Firstly, the minimum energy performance requirements for new buildings should be tightened. We need to move very quickly to a passive house or ‘zero carbon’ standard, with no net energy requirement. Thousands of passive houses are now being built in Europe but, unfortunately, only in a few countries and regions.
Secondly and most importantly, we need to get rid of the 1 000 m
threshold and bring all buildings with a heating or cooling requirement within the scope of the Directive. That would mean all buildings undergoing major renovation would be brought up to high energy standards. We have to look at the energy wasted in existing buildings and not just at new buildings, because 75% of the buildings which exist today will still be standing in 2050.
MEPs have been discussing the Commission’s action plan on energy efficiency in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, and it seems to me that there is the political will in Parliament for a radical revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. I hope we can count on the Commission to come forward with some strong proposals next year so that we can stop this completely unnecessary wasting of energy in our buildings."@en1
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