EU urged to rachet up green energy standards for buildings
The EU executive is under pressure to ratchet up green energy standards for buildings, as it prepares a further batch of legislation to tackle the climate emergency.
The European Commission is expected to propose mandatory energy efficiency upgrades for buildings in the EU in legislative proposals published on Wednesday, but MEPs and Green NGOs fear they will not be strict enough.
The Guardian understands that the worst-performing houses and flats will be required to be renovated to energy-efficiency standard F by 2030, then to E by 2033. The most energy-wasteful public and non-residential buildings will have to hit the F grade by 2027 and E by 2030.
EU energy efficiency classification runs from A to G, with G being the worst in class.
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