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Introduction

Following the Energy performance of buildings directive, EU member states have had to submit long-term renovation strategies (LTRS) to the European Commission.

This process has great importance because of the European Commission can use long-term renovation strategies implementation for each state to help infer what the member states cannot handle separately and therefore needs to be in the new EU legislation.

Only 19 of the EU member-states have so far drafted strategies: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.

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EU Renovation Wave

The Renovation Wave is part of the EU Green Deal and focuses on a refurbished and improved building stock in the EU, which will help pave the way for a decarbonized and clean energy system, as the building sector is one of the largest energy consumers in Europe, responsible for more than one third of the EU’s emissions.

In practice, the Renovation Wave has an important role in facilitating access to EU funding for energy efficient building renovation.

The renovation wave will address current low decarbonization and renovation rates of around 1% across the EU and tackle the underlying barriers for improving the energy efficiency of the EU building stock. Currently, roughly 75% of the building stock is energy inefficient, yet almost 80% of today’s buildings will still be in use in 2050.

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Introduction

Buildings are a central part of our daily lives, and we spend a large part of our days in them – at home, at work, or during our spare time.

In its different forms – homes, work places, schools, hospitals, libraries or other public buildings – the built environment is, however, the single largest energy consumer in the EU. And one of the largest carbon dioxide emitters.

Collectively, buildings in the EU are responsible for 40% of our energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions, which mainly stem from construction, usage, renovation and demolition.

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