43 Amendments of Markus PIEPER related to 2021/0426(COD)
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) The revision of the EPBD needs to be fully aligned with the remaining proposals that are part of the Fit for 55 package, namely the revisions of the Emission Trading Scheme Directive, Energy Efficiency Directive, the Renewable Energy Directive and the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive among others.
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5 b) The Commission should ensure that the proposed measures to improve energy efficiency also respect the subsidiarity principle, as the Member States themselves are responsible for public housing and must decide on their own renovation priorities. According to Protocol 26 to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, Member States have the right to decide how to organize this service of general economic interest.
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) Renewable fuels are expected to play a central role in the decarbonisation of the building and heating sector, by ensuring cost-effectiveness, security of supply and affordability. Hence, Member States should preserve a technologically neutral and multi-vector approach to decarbonisation.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) To achieve a cost-efficient decarbonisation of the heating sector, Member States should ensure a level playing field among available technologies and support multi-vectors solutions, by taking into consideration security of supply, cost-effectiveness and flexibility.
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24 a) With the outmost consideration of the subsidiarity principle, the provisions of this directive should be aligned with the basic principles of the property and tenancy law of the Member States.
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30 a) The Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB) delivered two negative opinions on the revision of the EPBD with the indication that the report does not convincingly show that there is a need for harmonised measures at EU level. The useful additional information on the characteristics of the buildings sector in Member States rather demonstrates that barriers to renovation are country-specific and should be tackled at that level.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Staged renovation can be a solution to address the issues of high upfront costs and hassle for the inhabitants that may occur when renovating ‘in one go’ and can allow for less disruptive and more cost- efficient renovation measures. However, such staged renovation needs to be carefully planned in order to avoid that one renovation step precludes necessary subsequent steps. However, deep and staged renovations should not be considered to be in competition with one another as differing factors such as building use, renovation time, existing condition of the building, extent of renovations and primary energy supply of a building, when determining most suitable solutions for decarbonisation. Renovation passports provide a clear roadmap for staged renovation, helping owners and investors plan the best timing and scope for interventions. Therefore, renovation passports should be encouraged and made available as a voluntary tool to building owners across all Member States. Member States should however ensure that the introduction of Renovation Passports would not create disproportionate burdens on involved parties.
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35 a) Integrated district approaches allow for overall renovation concepts for buildings that are spatially related such as housing blocks. Therefore, this Directive should promote the wider use of integrated, participative and district- related approaches that allow for making use of synergies and potential energy savings which would remain untapped when focusing exclusively on individual buildings. Districts should be determined at the discretion of local authorities according to local needs and location in the context of this Directive.
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
(48 a) Housing cost neutrality (related to rents, energy costs, and local taxes) should be the main principle of EPBD. Affordability in renovation means that rent increases are fully offset by energy savings.
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 56 a (new)
Recital 56 a (new)
(56 a) A precondition for doubling the renovation rate is not only the financial feasibility of the construction measures - especially in view of the further increase in producer prices for construction materials - but also the availability of sufficient personnel capacities in the construction industry and construction administration. In this respect, the Member States should be given more flexibility in implementing the targets under current market conditions. The affordability of construction and housing should not be put at risk at anytime. Economic unaffordability should lead to exemption from renovation obligations.
Amendment 505 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. ‘zero-emission building’ means a building with a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with Annex I, where the very low amount of energy still required is fully covered by grid-bound energy from renewable sources, energy from renewable sources generated on-site, from a renewable energy community within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED] or from a district heating and cooling system, in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex III;
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
13. ‘energy from renewable sources’ means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) , and geothermal energy , ambient energy, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, and biogasas defined in the Directive (EU) … [Recast RED];
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall establish a national building renovation plan to ensure the renovation of the national stock of residential and non-residential buildings, both public and private, into a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock by 2050, with the objective to transform existing the existing buildings stock into a zero- emission buildings stock - if this is technically possible and economically reasonable or feasible.
Amendment 662 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) an overview of the national building stock for different building types, construction periods and climatic zones of each member state, based, as appropriate, on statistical sampling, energy and life- cycle GWP benchmarking and the national database for energy performance certificates pursuant to Article 19, an overview of market barriers and market failures and an overview of the capacities in the construction, energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors ;as well as the availability of one-stop-shops in accordance with Article 21 of Directive [Recast EED] per 50 000 inhabitants.
Amendment 685 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The roadmap referred to in point (b) shall include national targets for 2030, 2040 and 2050 as regards the annual energy renovation rate, the primary and final energy consumption of the national building stock and its operational greenhouse gas emission reductions; specific timelines for buildings to achieve higher energy performance classes than those pursuant to Article 9(1), by 2040 and 2050, in line with the pathway for transforming the national building stock into zero-emission buildings; an evidence- based estimate of expected energy savings and wider benefits; and estimations for the contribution of the building renovation plan, which may be based on an integrated district approach, to achieving the Member State's binding national target for greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Regulation (EU) .../… [revised Effort Sharing Regulation], the Union’s energy efficiency targets in accordance with Directive (EU) …/…. [recast EED], the Union’s renewable energy targets, including the indicative target for the share of energy from renewable sources in the building sector in accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED], and the Union’s 2030 climate target and 2050 climate neutrality goal in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119.
Amendment 697 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. To support the development of its building renovation plan , each Member State shall carry out a public consultation on its draft building renovation plan prior to submitting it to the Commission. The public consultation shall involve in particular local and regional authorities and other socio-economic partners, building owners, landowners and construction industry, including civil society, tenants associations and bodies working with vulnerable households. Each Member State shall annex a summary of the results of its public consultation to its draft building renovation plan .
Amendment 727 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Member States shall review their minimum energy performance requirements at regular intervals which shall not be longer than five years and shall , if necessary, update them in order to reflect technical progress in the building sector , the results of the cost-optimal calculation set out in Article 6, and updated national energy and climate targets and policies . A Member State shall not be required to set minimum energy performance requirements which are not cost-effective over the estimated economic lifecycle.
Amendment 732 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may decide to adaptexempt from the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historical merit and all other buildings that the Member States consider important to exclude because of their special architectural or historical merit, in so far as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance or if their renovation is not technically or economically possible.
Amendment 773 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that the life-cycle Global Warming Potential (GWP) is calculated in accordance with Annex III and disclosed through the energy performance certificate of the building, if this is technically possible and economically reasonable or feasible:
Amendment 792 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Amendment 798 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Amendment 813 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Those requirements shall be applied to the renovated building or building unit as a whole. Additionally or alternatively, requirements may be applied to the renovated building elements. or to integrated districts with common infrastructure.
Amendment 821 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 834 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that, to the extent that it is technically and economically reasonable or feasible, that:
Amendment 916 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Member States may adjust the minimum energy performance standards or set alternative measures with equivalent effect. Member States shall document the equivalence in their roadmap referred to in Article 3(1)(b).
Amendment 923 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States should have the flexibility to introduce the concept of minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) at the national level, whereas SMEs need EU funding, support and incentives to comply with MEPS.
Amendment 956 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historical merit and all other buildings that the Member States consider important to exclude because of their special architectural or historical merit, in so far as compliance with the standards would unacceptably alter their character or appearance or if their renovation is not technically or economically possible;
Amendment 960 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point e a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point e a (new)
(e a) buildings for which renovation is technically not possible or economically not reasonable or feasible.
Amendment 972 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1018 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shallmay require new buildings, where technically and economically feasible, to be equipped with self-regulating devices for the separate regulation of the temperature in each room or, where justified, in a designated heated zone of the building unit. In existing buildings, the installation of such self- regulating devices shall be required when heat generators are replaced, where technically and economically feasible.
Amendment 1026 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shallmay require zero- emission buildings to be equipped with measuring and control devices for the monitoring and regulation of indoor air quality. In existing buildings, the installation of such devices shallmay be required, where technically and economically feasible, when a building undergoes a major renovation.
Amendment 1028 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1048 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the installation of pre-cabling for every parking space, for example by laying empty pipes, to enable the installation at a later stage of recharging points for electric vehicles - to the extent that this is technically and economically feasible and justifiable; and
Amendment 1069 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, point (a), for new office buildings and office buildings undergoing major renovation, with more than five parking spaces, Member States shallmay ensure the installation of at least one recharging point for every two parking spaces - to the extent that this is technically and economically feasible and justifiable.
Amendment 1079 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. With regard to all non-residential buildings with more than twenty parking spaces, Member States shallmay ensure the installation of at least one recharging point for every ten parking spaces, and at least one bicycle parking space for every car parking space, by 1 January 2027by 1 January 2027 - to the extent that this is economically feasible and justifiable. In case of buildings owned or occupied by public authorities, Member States shall ensure pre-cabling for at least one in two parking spaces by 1 January 2033.
Amendment 1084 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States may adjust requirements for the number of parking spaces in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 for specific categories of non- residential buildings where the fulfilment of the requirements set out in paragraph 1 and 2 would lead to disproportionate costs, would be economically unfeasible or unjustifiable, or where local conditions do not justify the fulfilment of the requirements.
Amendment 1085 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States may decide not to lay down or apply the requirements referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 to buildings owned and occupied by small and medium-sized enterprises as defined in Title I of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC.
Amendment 1092 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the installation of pre-cabling for every parking space, for example by laying empty pipes, to enable the installation, at a later stage, of recharging points for electric vehicles - to the extent that this is economically feasible and justifiable; and
Amendment 1371 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. Member States shallmay lay down requirements to ensure that, where technically and economically feasible, non- residential buildings with an effective rated output for heating systems or systems for combined space heating and ventilation of over 290 kW are equipped with building automation and control systems 31 December 2024 by. The threshold for the effective rated output shall be lowered to 70 kW by31 December 2029.
Amendment 1374 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Member States shallmay lay down requirements to ensure that from 1 January 2025, new residential buildings and residential buildings undergoing major renovations are equipped with:
Amendment 1390 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. To achieve such sufficient numbers of professionals, Member States shall ensure that sufficient training programmes leading to qualification or certification covering integrated works, and their latest innovative solutions, are made available. Member States shall put in place measures to promote participation in such programmes, in particular by small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed. The release of the plan should coincide with the deadline set out in Article 26(4) [recast EED].
Amendment 1397 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay ensure that independent control systems for energy performance certificates are established in accordance with Annex VI, and that independent control systems for renovation passports, smart readiness indicators and reports on the inspection of heating and air- conditioning systems are established . Member States may establish separate systems for the control of energy performance certificates , renovation passports, smart readiness indicators and reports on the inspection of heating and air- conditioning systems.
Amendment 1414 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3