Long-term renovation strategy


The Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings, revised in 2018 and under revision now, establishes that all EU countries must decide and implement a long-term restructuring strategy of their national building stock, in order to have an high energy efficiency and decarbonised building stock by 2050. These strategies are an integral part of the EU countries' broader Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs).

The long-term restructuring strategies required by this directive must include the following steps:
  • national building heritage census
  • stimulus policies and actions to support energy restructuring
  • policies and actions to identify the worst performing buildings, actions to be carried out, real estate market weaknesses, energy poverty and public buildings
  • an overview of national initiatives to promote smart technologies, skills and training in the building and energy efficiency sectors

Furthermore, it is asked a roadmap with:
  • measurable progress and indicators
  • indicative milestones for 2030, 2040 and 2050
  • an estimate of the expected energy savings and global benefits for citizens and society and the contribution to the Union's energy efficiency objective
Finally, the Directive calls for national strategies to be supported by significant financial investments.
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In December 2021, the Commission proposed a revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) framework. The proposal aims to strengthen long-term renovation strategies by introducing 'Building renovation plans.' These plans will be submitted every 5 years, following the submission of a draft plan, and will have clear and specific chapters based on a common template.

The key components of the building renovation plans include setting national targets (instead of indicative milestones) in a more unified and comparable approach, providing an outline of the investment needs for implementation, and presenting an overview of policies and measures.

These plans will be aligned with the Governance Regulation framework but will be better synchronized with the national energy and climate plans.

As of now, the proposed revision of the EPBD is currently being considered by both the Council and the European Parliament.

National long-term renovation strategies, edited in 2020

National long-term restructuring strategies are an important contribution to the new wave of renewal initiative announced by the European Green Deal, with the aim of taking further action and creating the conditions necessary to expand restructuring and exploit significant energy saving potential in the construction sector.

The member states were asked to prepare national plans for building renovation following the Directive on Energy performance building, taking into account the Recommendation on building renovation (EU/2019/786)
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Take a look on the national plan for building renovation.
Member State
Original document
Translated
AUSTRIA
de
EN
BELGIUM
Brussels fr | Flanders nl
Brussels en | Flanders en
BULGARIA
bg | annexes: 1, 2, 3
en | annexes: 1, 2, 3
CROATIA
hr
en
CZECHIA
cz
en
DENMARK
da
en
ESTONIA
et​
en
FINLAND
fi
en
FRANCE
fr
en
GERMANY
de
en
GREECE
el
en
HUNGARY
hu
en
IRELAND
en
 
ITALY
it
en
LATVIA
lv
en
LITHUANIA
lt
en
LUXEMBOURG
lu
en
MALTA
en
 
NETHERLANDS
nl
en
POLAND
n.a.
n.a.
PORTUGAL
pt
en
ROMANIA
ro
en
SLOVAKIA
sk | annex
en | annex
SLOVENIA
sl
en
SPAIN
es
en
SWEDEN
se
en
CYPRUS
el
en
With a view to share best practices among EU countries, the Commission developed a Staff Working Document (SWD/2022/375) analysing the national long-term renovation strategies 2020 for all EU countries. The strategies and their assessment were a key input to the National Recovery and Resilience Plans, where energy-efficient buildings renovation has a prominent place.