Energy poverty is a growing phenomenon increasingly affecting households in the European Union. The newly adopted Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), if implemented correctly, has the potential to alleviate this growing phenomenon, while also supporting the European Union in achieving a decarbonised building stock, keeping us in line with our Paris Agreement goal in a manner that leaves no one behind.
As part of the EPBD, the National Building Renovation Plans (NBRPs) will lay out Member States’ plans towards the fulfilment of the EU decarbonisation targets for our building stock, while ensuring the most vulnerable households and energy poor are protected. This important tool, together with Social Climate Plans (SCPs), could have the potential to develop ambitious and inclusive buildings policies and programmes that can shield these segments of the population, while supporting the transition of the building sector.
In this new report by CAN Europe and ECODES seeks to explore the link between the Social Climate Plans and the National Building Renovation Plans, along with the challenges and opportunities associated with their drafting process. It includes policy recommendations to leverage their complementarity in view of rolling out an ambitious and socially just Renovation Wave. The work also reflects on the lessons learnt and good practices developed by Member States in the past Long-Term Renovation Strategies.
