smartEn welcomes the Commission’s intention to revise the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) as buildings can significantly contribute to the achievement of the increased EU climate and energy targets in 2030 if their energy performance and carbon footprint is improved. To this end, they need to become flexible assets capable of interacting with the grid, their occupants, other buildings and sectors such as transport (electric vehicles). This will ensure consistency with the Energy System Integration strategy and the EU climate neutrality objective.
For this to happen, smartEn would like to highlight the following recommendations to be integrated in the EPBD:
- Expand the current NZEB requirement beyond the individual building performance to cover the building contribution to the local system efficiency.
- Enhance the funding support and financial incentives to deploy Decentralised Energy Resources (DERs) in buildings.
- Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) to set Mandatory Minimum Requirements (MMRs).
- Expand the scope of Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) to reflect the building’s actual energy performance.
- Reinforce the integration of electric vehicles in the energy system by mandating ‘smartcapable’ charging functionalities in all buildings.
You can read the full position paper here.
