Decarbonisation of Buildings
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Adopted by EU
Council
The Recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive has been
adopted by the Council and will be published in the Official
Journal of the European Union shortly. It will enter into
force 20 days later. Member states will have two years to
incorporate the provisions of the Directive into their national
legislation, subject to some exceptions.
The Directive is the culmination of years of work by the EU to
provide a legal framework for the reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions from buildings and improving their energy performance to
achieve a zero-emission building stock by 2050. The Directive will
have significant implications for developers, investors, landlords
and tenants, who now have a clearer line of sight of the
obligations to be transposed into Irish law, and who will need to
factor these obligations into investment strategies and leases.
