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Article by Tomasz Brzeziński, Adam Wawrzynowicz and Dagmara Dragan in the September issue of ‘The Natural Gas Review’

The September issue of ‘Przegląd Gaznowniczy’ published an article by Tomasz Brzeziński, Adam Wawrzynowicz and Dagmara Dragan on the new challenges facing the objectives of ​​increasing energy efficiency and decarbonising buildings.

Directive (EU) 2018/844 of 30 May 2018 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2010/31 / EU on the Energy Performance of Buildings and Directive 2012/27 / EU on Energy Efficiency both entered into force in July 2018. The amendment to the directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings aims to guarantee new tools to Member States that will help them achieve their energy efficiency target, which is currently 32.5% by 2030.

The amending directive, which is to be adopted into national law by March 10, 2020, has inserted into the directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings, among others, Art. 2a, in which a new instrument was established for long-term renovation strategies to support the renovation of domestic residential and non-residential buildings, both public and private, to ensure high energy efficiency and the decarbonisation of building resources by 2050, enabling the cost-effective transformation of existing buildings into virtually zero energy consumption buildings. Decarbonisation involves not only an end to the use of coal and solid fuels in the construction sector, but also the replacement of all fossil fuels with more sustainable alternative solutions.