The Commission Communication on Better Regulation for Better Results can and should be used as anopportunity to create a stable and long-term EU policy framework for ambitious energy efficiency in buildings, both new and existing. Building efficiency renovations lead to a better economy in so many ways – more local jobs, cost savings, increased energy security, lower emissions, better indoor climate, lower fuel poverty – that it has to be a policy area driven by ambitious EU legislation! The current low ambition in new targets and lack of implementation and enforcement of existing rules equals bad governance of our common building stock.