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Scope

What are potential building policies in Europe (EU-30) during the period 2010-2050 such that

they maintain or improve the building infrastructure,
they help to achieve the climate change mitigation targets,
they are economically feasible?

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Result

Policy combinations on building policies in Europe
Policy	European BAU	European policy scenario
	European climate scenario
EPBD 2002	None of the policies below	All of the policies below
EPBD 2008 (proposal for recast)	None but this	All but this
More renewables in heating / cooling	None but this	All but this
Behavioral changes	None but this	All but this
More efficient urban structures	None but this	All but this

For an explanation about the logic of the policy combinations, see Road transport policies in Europe#Result.

Description of policies on building policies in Europe
Policy	Reference (BAU)	Policy option
EPBD 2010 (proposal for recast)	No additional actions. Buildings represent approximately 40% of energy consumption and the potential energy saving is more than 20%. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=2002&nu_doc=91	Increased insulation of buildings and other recast actions. More energy efficient buildings provide better living conditions and save money to all citizens. The estimated impact of the recast is energy savings of 60-80 Mtoe in 2020 or the total EU energy consumption will be reduced by 5-6%. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/693&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en
Increased use of renewable energy sources	No additional actions.	Increased percentages (?) of heating / cooling is done by 1) wood burning and 2) heat pumps 3) solar / wind. 4) On-demand ventilation.
Behavioral changes	No additional actions.	Heating / cooling demands reduced, wider (unconditioned) indoor temperature ranges accepted (15-27 C? instead of optimum of 18-24 C http://www.euro.who.int/document/Gch/HEAT-WAVES%20RC3.pdf).
Sustainable urban planning / more efficient urban structures	No additional actions. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/urban/thematic_strategy.htm ; http://ec.europa.eu/environment/urban/pdf/sec_2006_16_en.pdf	Increasing land-use densities; larger percentage (?) of population living in cities (currently some 80% in Europe). Additional policies that may run parallel: Promoting higher density mixed-use development; Preventing urban sprawl; Increase in amount of waste recycled; Reduction in amount of contaminated land in the city; Reduced pesticide use in the city; Improved natural water quality; Increase in green purchasing; Improvements to existing green space (parks, woods); Increase in number of nature conservation areas in the city; Reduction in energy used by the city; Improved public safety; Sustainable transport; Less air pollution and noise; Increase in proportion of citizens satisfied with the environment in the city

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 ==Result==
-Policies
-EPBD 2002 and the proposal for recast(http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/buildings/buildings_en.htm)
-The four key points of the EPBD are:
-* a common methodology for calculating the integrated energy performance of buildings;
-* minimum standards on the energy performance of new buildings and existing buildings that are subject to major renovation;
-* systems for the energy certification of new and existing buildings and, for public buildings, prominent display of this certification and other relevant information. Certificates must be less than five years old;
-* regular inspection of boilers and central air-conditioning systems in buildings and in addition an assessment of heating installations in which the boilers are more than 15 years old.
-The proposal for a recast of the EPBD at present suggests that all EU Member States endorse national plans and targets in order to
-promote the uptake of very low and close to zero energy buildings.
-The recast proposal aims at extending the scope and strengthening the current Directive by setting a legal framework to upgrade the national building codes and by launching an ambitious policy of nearly zero energy buildings, so that all new buildings will be nearly zero energy as of 2020. As for existing buildings, Member States will also draw up national plans to increase the number of nearly zero energy buildings.
-Moreover, the recast Directive also improves the information provided to consumers in the buildings energy performance certificate. Not only the energy performance certificate shall be shown to the prospective new tenant or buyer of the building, but the energy performance indicator of the building shall be stated in the sale or rental advertisements.
-Buildings are responsible for 40% of energy consumption and 36% of EU CO2 emissions. It is estimated that, by strengthening the provisions of the Directive on energy performance, the EU could achieve a reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 70% of the current EU Kyoto target. In addition to this, these improvements could save citizens around 300€ per annum per household in their energy bills, while boosting the construction and building renovation industry in Europe.
-Additional policies
-*Increased use of renewable energy sources hor heating / cooling
-*Changing occupant behaviour (less comfort heating / cooling / ventilation & use of appliances)
-*Sustainable urban planning / more efficient urban structures
+{{resultlink}}
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|+Policy combinations on building policies in Europe
+|----
+|
+!colspan="2"|European climate scenario
+|----
+!Policy
+!European BAU
+!European policy scenario
+|----
+|EPBD 2002
+|None of the policies below
+|All of the policies below
+|----
+|EPBD 2008 (proposal for recast)
+|None but this
+|All but this
+|----
+|More renewables in heating / cooling
+|None but this
+|All but this
+|----
+|Behavioral changes
+|None but this
+|All but this
+|----
+|More efficient urban structures
+|None but this
+|All but this
+|----
+|}
+For an explanation about the logic of the policy combinations, see [[Road transport policies in Europe#Result]].
+{| {{prettytable}}
+|+Description of policies on building policies in Europe
+|----
+!Policy
+!Reference (BAU)
+|Policy option
+|----
+|EPBD 2010 (proposal for recast)
+|No additional actions. Buildings represent approximately 40% of energy consumption and the potential energy saving is more than 20%. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=Directive&an_doc=2002&nu_doc=91
+|Increased insulation of buildings and other recast actions. More energy efficient buildings provide better living conditions and save money to all citizens. The estimated impact of the recast is energy savings of 60-80 Mtoe in 2020 or the total EU energy consumption will be reduced by 5-6%. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/693&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en
+|----
+|Increased use of renewable energy sources
+|No additional actions.
+|Increased percentages (?) of heating / cooling is done by 1) wood burning and 2) heat pumps 3) solar / wind. 4) On-demand ventilation.
+|----
+|Behavioral changes
+|No additional actions.
+|Heating / cooling demands reduced, wider (unconditioned) indoor temperature ranges accepted (15-27 C? instead of optimum of 18-24 C http://www.euro.who.int/document/Gch/HEAT-WAVES%20RC3.pdf).
+|----
+|Sustainable urban planning / more efficient urban structures
+|No additional actions. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/urban/thematic_strategy.htm ; http://ec.europa.eu/environment/urban/pdf/sec_2006_16_en.pdf
+|Increasing land-use densities; larger percentage (?) of population living in cities (currently some 80% in Europe).
+Additional policies that may run parallel: Promoting higher density mixed-use development; Preventing urban sprawl; Increase in amount of waste recycled; Reduction in amount of contaminated land in the city; Reduced pesticide use in the city; Improved natural water quality; Increase in green purchasing; Improvements to existing green space (parks, woods); Increase in number of nature conservation areas in the city; Reduction in energy used by the city; Improved public safety; Sustainable transport; Less air pollution and noise; Increase in proportion of citizens satisfied with the environment in the city
+|----
+|}
 {{resultlink}}