EUROPEAN COMMISSION UPDATE OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORMING NATIONAL REGULATION OF ESTATE AGENTS

Disappointing progress on reform in recent years.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY DIRECTIVE

Leaked draft.

RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE

Leaked draft.

EU CLIMATE ACTION SOCIAL FUND TO COMPENSATE ETS FOR BUILDINGS

Could be seriously interesting as long as it makes room for private landlords, but that’s not a given.

PARLIAMENT’S GREENS CONFIRM EPF ANALYSIS OF HOUSING GREENWASHING IN PORTUGAL’S EU-FUNDED RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN

If the European Commission agrees, the Plan will have to be redrafted.

DRAFT COMMISSION GUIDELINES ON STATE AID FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENERGY 2022 (INCLUDING BUILDINGS)

EU State aid policy also contributes to climate goals.

EHH EPF ELO TEGOVA ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR TAKING BUILDING RENOVATION TO TIPPING POINT BY 2030

EU law needs to provide for national financial support.

COMMISSION LIKELY TO EXTEND THE 3% PER YEAR RENOVATION REQUIREMENT TO ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS

Energy Commissioner’s statement to Parliament.

LATEST DRAFT OF COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS ON THE RENOVATION WAVE AND QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESIDENCY

Sharper focus on fossil fuel-fired boiler replacement.

REVISION OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY DIRECTIVE

Half of the EU heating stock to be changed in the next 5-8 years.

FRANCE’S RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN

€ 5.8 billion goes to energy renovation.

€2.7 BILLION FOR HOUSING IN PORTUGAL’S PROPOSED RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN

Not a word about any energy efficiency component.

EPF’S POSITION ON EXTENDING THE ETS TO BUILDINGS

A comprehensive ETS could make GHG reduction targets easier to achieve.

LATEST DRAFT OF COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS ON THE RENOVATION WAVE

Council accepts the principle of EU law “setting a deep renovation standard or linking minimum energy performance standards to renovations”.

REAL ESTATE IN THE CLIMATE MITIGATION TAXONOMY

Provides clarity on what ‘environmentally sustainable construction, renovation and acquisition and ownership’ mean.

BUILDING RENOVATION IN SPAIN’S EU-FUNDED RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN

500.000 renovations over three years as opposed to the current 30.000 per year.

COMMISSION LTRS ANALYSIS

Many member states are over a year late and most of those that delivered did bad work.

RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLANS

ELO and EPF point out flaws in Commission guidance for Member States' reforms and investments.

POLISH TAX ON THE RETAIL SECTOR

CJEU Judgment of 16 March 2021 not helpful to retail real estate.

EU FUNDING – THE MORE YOU ASK FOR, THE EASIER IT GETS

Real opportunities for EU funding for private energy efficiency.