Better Regulation: better buildings lead to better results

The Commission Communication on Better Regulation for Better Results can and should be used as an opportunity to create a stable and long-term EU policy framework for ambitious energy efficiency in buildings, both new and existing. Building renovation leads to a better economy in so many ways – more local jobs, cost savings, energy security, lower emissions, better indoor climate, lower fuel poverty – that it has to be a policy area driven by ambitious EU legislation.

“This communication on better regulation offers a chance for renewed and improved effort in the legislative field, and it is an opportunity to create an ambitious and effective legislative framework within which the energy efficiency in buildings sector can flourish,” said Adrian Joyce, Secretary General of EuroACE. “The buildings sector offers Member States a golden opportunity to boost their economies and create thousands of local jobs.”