EU urged to ratchet up green energy standards for buildings
by Jennifer Rankin in Brussels from Environment | The Guardian on (#5T12W)
Call comes after ambitious early draft of EU energy performance in buildings directive ran into opposition
The EU executive is under pressure to ratchet up green energy standards for buildings, as it prepares a further batch of legislation to tackle the climate emergency.
The European Commission is expected to propose mandatory energy efficiency upgrades for buildings in the EU in legislative proposals published on Wednesday, but MEPs and Green NGOs fear they will not be strict enough.
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