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97% OF BUILDINGS IN THE EU NEED TO BE UPGRADED

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Distribution of thc buildlng stock In thc EU per EPC dass

A decarbonised buildlng stock by 2050 requires the big majority of buildings in the EU to be highly energy efficient. complying, at least, with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) label A. BPIE's analysis of available EPC data fmds that less than 3% of the building stock in the EU qualifies the A label.

National EPC data is currently the only source of detailed information on the energy performance of the building stock in the EU. An analysis of data for 16 countries/regions’, covering 66% of the European total floor area. shows that over 97% of the building stoctf* must be upgraded to comply with the 2050 decarbonisation visioa France and Denmark have the biggest share of highly efficient buildings according to EPC data (7% and 8% respectively). While no comprehensive EPC data is publidy available for Germany, designed energy performance data tells a similar story with just 2% of buildings compliant with 50 kWh/nv’ (PENA) (i.e. very efficient).

It is frequently conduded that "75% of the building stock is energy inefficient", implying that ought to be renovated to a higher energy efficiency dass. The figurę is based on a simplified assumption that all buildings built before 1990, i.e. before any EU building regulation, are inefficient and that all buildings built after this datę are efficient. The relationship is not that simplistic; some countries had building regulations in place long before 1990, e.g. in Denmark, already from 1961. At the same time. many newlyconstructed buildings cannot be considered as highly efficient.

Figurę 1 - Latest airaitable EPC data retrieved from the EU Building Stock Observatory IBG, PR. ES, NL IT, FI), national databases (DK. HU. PT. EN & WAl. IĘ, LT,, FI) and reports by the Concerted Actfon EPBO (EĘ, SL^ Wl). The sample covers hatf of the EU Member States with a minor btas

toward Western European countries

¹ Countries were excluded betausc ro central Catafcosc li a.ailutlc for rescarch purpeses (e.g Germany and Pclandi or it was r*at passibc to cxtrapc<atc from thc lrrttcd.'sl(cu>cd populaiion of ŁPCs (e.g. Romana and Sknakiah

•Shate of EPCs for resdentia; buildings aoccrding to rating (couni/ies »wighied based on vze of building stcctf. A=2.67%. B=713% C=l 5.W, 0=2325%, >0=5I MS riabeS A Is. In evcry country, nr«d as a ‘very efficient' buldng, but recyjrcmcnts and calculabcn mechods for EPCs drfferamong countries.