Energy Efficiency DirectiveEED vs EPBDScope comparison
EED vs EPBD energy-efficiency and building-performance duties
Separate the Energy Efficiency Directive's energy-use obligations from EPBD building energy-performance requirements and evidence.
The EED side covers enterprise energy management and audits, public-sector efficiency duties, data-centre reporting, and energy-saving measures. The EPBD side covers building-performance requirements, renovation, certificates, technical systems, and .
Use the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) for economy-wide and actor-based energy duties, and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) for the energy performance of buildings and building units. Directive (EU) 2023/1791 sets enterprise energy-management and audit thresholds, public-sector duties, energy-saving measures, and data-centre reporting. Directive (EU) 2024/1275 is the current EPBD recast; it covers building performance requirements, national renovation plans, minimum energy performance standards for non-residential buildings, residential renovation trajectories, the , renovation passports, technical building systems, and . A building may generate evidence for both regimes, but neither directive replaces the other.
Comparison matrix
Energy Efficiency Directive vs Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Read the EED column as the energy-consumption and efficiency-duty analysis. Read the EPBD column as the building-performance, certificate, and renovation context. Where a building appears on both sides, reuse evidence only after checking which rule the evidence actually satisfies.
Applies across energy use and efficiency policy: EU and national energy targets, enterprise energy management and audit duties, public-sector energy consumption, public procurement, public-building renovation, data-centre monitoring and reporting, and end-use savings measures.
Second framework
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
Applies to the energy performance of buildings and building units, including renovation plans and trajectories, minimum performance requirements and standards, certificates, renovation passports, technical systems, inspections, and .
Energy Efficiency Directive vs Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
EED covers economy-wide energy use, savings, public-sector duties, and data-centre reporting. It is relevant when the question is about consumption, efficiency, procurement, or reporting obligations outside pure building performance.
Defines the EED framework and contains the operative provisions for public-sector duties, enterprise audits and energy management, data centres, and energy savings.
on energy efficiency
The EPBD recast covers the energy performance of buildings and building units. It sets a framework for national renovation plans, minimum requirements, non-residential minimum energy performance standards, residential renovation trajectories, certificates, renovation passports, technical systems, and .
Current consolidated EPBD source for building-performance scope, national renovation plans, minimum energy performance standards, certificates, renovation passports, and zero-emission buildings.
Pick the legal regime by the duty object first. If the object is enterprise energy use, public-sector consumption, or a data-centre report, start with EED. If the object is building performance, keep the EPBD file separate.
Article 11 of the EED uses enterprise energy consumption thresholds: more than 85 TJ average annual energy consumption over the previous three years for a certified energy management system, and more than 10 TJ for an energy audit where no energy management system is implemented.
Article 11 states the 85 TJ and 10 TJ enterprise thresholds, audit cadence, action-plan requirement, and publication of action plans and implementation rates subject to confidentiality protections.
Lists the Commission Article 11 guidance on energy management systems and energy audits under the revised EED.
Article 11: energy management systems and energy audits
EPBD building certificates do not replace this enterprise-level EED threshold analysis. A building certificate may help describe a building, but the EED audit can cover buildings, operations, installations, transport, and broader energy-use behaviour.
Articles 19 to 21 govern energy performance certificates, their issue and display; these building records do not replace the EED enterprise threshold analysis.
Do not close an EED Article 11 assessment just because an exists. Keep enterprise consumption data, audit scope, action plan, and recommendation implementation evidence in the EED file.
Annex VI requires EED energy audits to review energy-consumption profiles for buildings or groups of buildings, industrial operations or installations, including transportation.
buildings or groups of buildings, industrial operations or installations
Article 12 of the EED requires Member States to require owners and operators of data centres with installed IT power demand of at least 500 kW to make Annex VII information publicly available each year, subject to trade-secret and confidentiality protections.
Explains the European database and reporting of data relevant for data-centre energy performance and water footprint.
monitoring and reporting
EPBD building-performance work may still matter for a data-centre building, but the EED data-centre obligation is about data-centre energy performance, the European database, and KPIs such as energy consumption, power utilisation, temperature set points, waste heat, water use, and renewable energy.
The EPBD applies to the data-centre building as a building; it does not establish the EED Article 12 operational data-centre reporting duty.
Treat data-centre reporting as an EED workstream. A facilities or building team can support it, but the evidence pack needs owner/operator identity, IT power demand, data-centre floor area, traffic/storage information, and the Annex VII KPI set.
EED Articles 5, 6, and 7 cover energy consumption in the public sector, public-building renovation, and public procurement. Article 6 includes a public-building renovation route and an inventory of heated and cooled buildings owned or occupied by public bodies with useful floor area above 250 m2.
Article 6 sets the EED public-body building renovation obligation and public inventory data fields, including floor area, measured annual energy consumption where available, and energy performance certificate information.
Lists Commission guidance for EED Articles 5, 6, and 7 on public-sector energy consumption, renovation of public buildings, and public procurement.
energy consumption in the public sector
EPBD evidence can be relevant because the EED public-building inventory includes information issued under the buildings framework, but the EED public-sector obligations remain separate duties.
Current EPBD source for building-performance certificates, renovation plans, minimum requirements, and zero-emission-building rules.
For public estates, keep two linked records: an EED public-sector/public-building file for consumption, renovation rate, inventory, and procurement duties, and an EPBD building-performance file for certificate and building-performance evidence.
Supports EED evidence fields through Article 11 audit/action-plan requirements, Annex VI audit criteria, Article 6 public-building inventory fields, and Annex VII data-centre fields.
storable for historical analysis and tracking performance
EPBD evidence includes the building energy calculation, applicable minimum performance requirement or standard, , renovation passport where used, technical-system records, inspections, and evidence for any zero-emission-building claim.
Current source for EPBD calculations, minimum requirements and standards, certificates, renovation passports, technical systems, inspections, and zero-emission buildings.
One building can generate evidence for both regimes, but a single certificate, audit, or facilities spreadsheet should not be described as satisfying both unless the specific EED and EPBD evidence elements are mapped.
The EED's Article 11 deadlines are 11 October 2026 for the first audit of covered enterprises and 11 October 2027 for the EMS route. Data-centre reporting follows Article 12 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1364, including the annual reporting cycle.
Confirms data-centre operators must report KPIs by 15 September 2024 and then by 15 May in 2025 and subsequent years under the adopted delegated regulation.
by 15 May in 2025 and subsequent years
The EPBD recast's general transposition deadline was 29 May 2026, and it repealed Directive 2010/31/EU from 30 May 2026. Key later dates include zero-emission requirements for new public-body buildings from 1 January 2028 and all new buildings from 1 January 2030.
Articles 7, 35 and 36 establish the new-building dates, transposition deadline, and repeal of the predecessor EPBD.
Keep separate EED and EPBD calendars. For a project in one Member State, use the national transposition measures and competent-authority rules that implement each directive.
Use EED when the work turns on final or primary energy consumption, enterprise energy-management thresholds, energy audits, action plans, public-sector efficiency, energy-efficient procurement, data-centre performance reporting, or end-use savings.
Grounds the EED decision rule across Articles 4 to 12 and Annexes VI and VII.
Energy efficiency targets
Use EPBD when the work turns on building energy performance, minimum requirements or standards, , energy performance certificates, renovation passports, technical building systems, or renovation planning.
Current EPBD source for the building-performance workstreams listed in this decision rule.
When both are relevant, write a crosswalk with three columns: EED duty and source, EPBD building-performance record, and the exact evidence item that can be reused. Leave penalties, thresholds, and dates out unless the relevant source is in the evidence file.
EED overlap appears when a building is part of an enterprise audit, public-building inventory, or data-centre report. The EED question is whether the record supports an energy-efficiency duty.
Defines the EED framework and contains the operative provisions for public-sector duties, enterprise audits and energy management, data centres, and energy savings.
on energy efficiency
EPBD overlap appears when the same building also has a minimum-performance, certificate, renovation-passport, technical-system, inspection, or zero-emission requirement. The EPBD question is whether the record supports the applicable building-performance rule.
Current source for the EPBD building-performance rules that can overlap with an EED record.
Do not treat the same record as interchangeable by default. Reuse it only after mapping each field to the specific EED duty or EPBD building-performance requirement.
If the question is about enterprise consumption, public-sector duty, procurement, or data-centre reporting, start with EED and gather the consumption or KPI evidence first.
Defines the EED framework and contains the operative provisions for public-sector duties, enterprise audits and energy management, data centres, and energy savings.
on energy efficiency
If the question concerns a building-performance requirement, certificate, renovation passport, technical system, inspection, or zero-emission status, start with EPBD and the applicable national measure.
Current source for selecting the EPBD workstream and identifying the national implementation details that must be checked.
Use the regime that matches the first compliance question. Then check whether the other regime adds a supporting record, rather than assuming one record answers both.
Supports separating EED economy-wide and sector duties from building-performance certificate duties.
Energy management systems and energy audits
Scope boundary
Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)
EED covers economy-wide energy use, savings, public-sector duties, and data-centre reporting. It is relevant when the question is about consumption, efficiency, procurement, or reporting obligations outside pure building performance.
Defines the EED framework and contains the operative provisions for public-sector duties, enterprise audits and energy management, data centres, and energy savings.
on energy efficiency
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
The EPBD recast covers the energy performance of buildings and building units. It sets a framework for national renovation plans, minimum requirements, non-residential minimum energy performance standards, residential renovation trajectories, certificates, renovation passports, technical systems, and .
Current consolidated EPBD source for building-performance scope, national renovation plans, minimum energy performance standards, certificates, renovation passports, and zero-emission buildings.
Operational implication
Pick the legal regime by the duty object first. If the object is enterprise energy use, public-sector consumption, or a data-centre report, start with EED. If the object is building performance, keep the EPBD file separate.
Supports separating EED economy-wide and sector duties from building-performance certificate duties.
Energy management systems and energy audits
Enterprise audits and building certificates
Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)
Article 11 of the EED uses enterprise energy consumption thresholds: more than 85 TJ average annual energy consumption over the previous three years for a certified energy management system, and more than 10 TJ for an energy audit where no energy management system is implemented.
Article 11 states the 85 TJ and 10 TJ enterprise thresholds, audit cadence, action-plan requirement, and publication of action plans and implementation rates subject to confidentiality protections.
Lists the Commission Article 11 guidance on energy management systems and energy audits under the revised EED.
Article 11: energy management systems and energy audits
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
EPBD building certificates do not replace this enterprise-level EED threshold analysis. A building certificate may help describe a building, but the EED audit can cover buildings, operations, installations, transport, and broader energy-use behaviour.
Articles 19 to 21 govern energy performance certificates, their issue and display; these building records do not replace the EED enterprise threshold analysis.
Operational implication
Do not close an EED Article 11 assessment just because an exists. Keep enterprise consumption data, audit scope, action plan, and recommendation implementation evidence in the EED file.
Annex VI requires EED energy audits to review energy-consumption profiles for buildings or groups of buildings, industrial operations or installations, including transportation.
buildings or groups of buildings, industrial operations or installations
Data centres
Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)
Article 12 of the EED requires Member States to require owners and operators of data centres with installed IT power demand of at least 500 kW to make Annex VII information publicly available each year, subject to trade-secret and confidentiality protections.
Explains the European database and reporting of data relevant for data-centre energy performance and water footprint.
monitoring and reporting
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
EPBD building-performance work may still matter for a data-centre building, but the EED data-centre obligation is about data-centre energy performance, the European database, and KPIs such as energy consumption, power utilisation, temperature set points, waste heat, water use, and renewable energy.
The EPBD applies to the data-centre building as a building; it does not establish the EED Article 12 operational data-centre reporting duty.
Operational implication
Treat data-centre reporting as an EED workstream. A facilities or building team can support it, but the evidence pack needs owner/operator identity, IT power demand, data-centre floor area, traffic/storage information, and the Annex VII KPI set.
Supports the data-centre KPI and reporting focus by describing the delegated regulation and the reporting dates for the European database.
key performance indicators
Core obligations
Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)
EED Articles 5, 6, and 7 cover energy consumption in the public sector, public-building renovation, and public procurement. Article 6 includes a public-building renovation route and an inventory of heated and cooled buildings owned or occupied by public bodies with useful floor area above 250 m2.
Article 6 sets the EED public-body building renovation obligation and public inventory data fields, including floor area, measured annual energy consumption where available, and energy performance certificate information.
Lists Commission guidance for EED Articles 5, 6, and 7 on public-sector energy consumption, renovation of public buildings, and public procurement.
energy consumption in the public sector
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
EPBD evidence can be relevant because the EED public-building inventory includes information issued under the buildings framework, but the EED public-sector obligations remain separate duties.
Current EPBD source for building-performance certificates, renovation plans, minimum requirements, and zero-emission-building rules.
Operational implication
For public estates, keep two linked records: an EED public-sector/public-building file for consumption, renovation rate, inventory, and procurement duties, and an EPBD building-performance file for certificate and building-performance evidence.
Supports EED evidence fields through Article 11 audit/action-plan requirements, Annex VI audit criteria, Article 6 public-building inventory fields, and Annex VII data-centre fields.
storable for historical analysis and tracking performance
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
EPBD evidence includes the building energy calculation, applicable minimum performance requirement or standard, , renovation passport where used, technical-system records, inspections, and evidence for any zero-emission-building claim.
Current source for EPBD calculations, minimum requirements and standards, certificates, renovation passports, technical systems, inspections, and zero-emission buildings.
Operational implication
One building can generate evidence for both regimes, but a single certificate, audit, or facilities spreadsheet should not be described as satisfying both unless the specific EED and EPBD evidence elements are mapped.
Shows that EED building-related records can reference EPBD certificates without merging the two legal analyses.
energy performance certificates referred to
Timing and deadlines
Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)
The EED's Article 11 deadlines are 11 October 2026 for the first audit of covered enterprises and 11 October 2027 for the EMS route. Data-centre reporting follows Article 12 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1364, including the annual reporting cycle.
Confirms data-centre operators must report KPIs by 15 September 2024 and then by 15 May in 2025 and subsequent years under the adopted delegated regulation.
by 15 May in 2025 and subsequent years
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
The EPBD recast's general transposition deadline was 29 May 2026, and it repealed Directive 2010/31/EU from 30 May 2026. Key later dates include zero-emission requirements for new public-body buildings from 1 January 2028 and all new buildings from 1 January 2030.
Articles 7, 35 and 36 establish the new-building dates, transposition deadline, and repeal of the predecessor EPBD.
Operational implication
Keep separate EED and EPBD calendars. For a project in one Member State, use the national transposition measures and competent-authority rules that implement each directive.
Supports using EED-specific dates for EED duties rather than importing building-performance deadlines from another regime.
Member States shall bring into force
Which directive controls?
Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)
Use EED when the work turns on final or primary energy consumption, enterprise energy-management thresholds, energy audits, action plans, public-sector efficiency, energy-efficient procurement, data-centre performance reporting, or end-use savings.
Grounds the EED decision rule across Articles 4 to 12 and Annexes VI and VII.
Energy efficiency targets
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
Use EPBD when the work turns on building energy performance, minimum requirements or standards, , energy performance certificates, renovation passports, technical building systems, or renovation planning.
Current EPBD source for the building-performance workstreams listed in this decision rule.
Operational implication
When both are relevant, write a crosswalk with three columns: EED duty and source, EPBD building-performance record, and the exact evidence item that can be reused. Leave penalties, thresholds, and dates out unless the relevant source is in the evidence file.
Shows EED and EPBD building measures are related but treated as distinct workstreams in Commission material.
Updated measures relating to national long-term renovation strategies
Overlap and reuse
Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)
EED overlap appears when a building is part of an enterprise audit, public-building inventory, or data-centre report. The EED question is whether the record supports an energy-efficiency duty.
Defines the EED framework and contains the operative provisions for public-sector duties, enterprise audits and energy management, data centres, and energy savings.
on energy efficiency
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
EPBD overlap appears when the same building also has a minimum-performance, certificate, renovation-passport, technical-system, inspection, or zero-emission requirement. The EPBD question is whether the record supports the applicable building-performance rule.
Current source for the EPBD building-performance rules that can overlap with an EED record.
Operational implication
Do not treat the same record as interchangeable by default. Reuse it only after mapping each field to the specific EED duty or EPBD building-performance requirement.
Supports separating EED economy-wide and sector duties from building-performance certificate duties.
Energy management systems and energy audits
Practical decision rule
Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)
If the question is about enterprise consumption, public-sector duty, procurement, or data-centre reporting, start with EED and gather the consumption or KPI evidence first.
Defines the EED framework and contains the operative provisions for public-sector duties, enterprise audits and energy management, data centres, and energy savings.
on energy efficiency
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
If the question concerns a building-performance requirement, certificate, renovation passport, technical system, inspection, or zero-emission status, start with EPBD and the applicable national measure.
Current source for selecting the EPBD workstream and identifying the national implementation details that must be checked.
Operational implication
Use the regime that matches the first compliance question. Then check whether the other regime adds a supporting record, rather than assuming one record answers both.
Supports separating EED economy-wide and sector duties from building-performance certificate duties.
Energy management systems and energy audits
Practical decision rule
How to use this EED vs EPBD comparison
Classify the work by duty object: enterprise energy use, public-sector energy duty, data-centre reporting, or building performance.
For EED Article 11, calculate enterprise energy consumption over the previous three years before deciding whether the 85 TJ or 10 TJ threshold applies.
For data centres, check installed IT power demand and maintain the Annex VII KPI evidence separately from ordinary building-performance records.
For public estates, link EED public-building inventory and renovation records to EPBD certificates without treating the certificate as the whole EED record.
For EPBD implementation, identify the applicable national measure and building category before assigning a performance threshold, exemption, certificate duty, or renovation deadline.
Primary source for the EPBD scope, building-performance workstreams, evidence, and implementation dates used in this decision.
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Section 1
Where EED and EPBD overlap in practice
The overlap usually appears inside buildings: a public body may need EED public-building inventory and renovation evidence, an enterprise may include buildings in an EED energy audit, and a data-centre operator may need facilities data for the EED data-centre report.
That overlap does not make the regimes interchangeable. EED evidence is anchored in energy consumption, energy savings, enterprise thresholds, public-sector duties, and data-centre indicators. EPBD evidence is anchored in building performance, national building-stock plans and trajectories, minimum requirements and standards, certificates, renovation passports, technical systems, and .
Use EED Article 11 for enterprise energy-management and audit thresholds.
Use EED Article 12 and Annex VII for data-centre monitoring and publication evidence.
Use EED Articles 5, 6, and 7 for public-sector consumption, public-building renovation, and public procurement duties.
Use EPBD records for the building-performance part of the work unless an EED provision expressly asks for the same record.
Supports the EPBD side of the overlap, including renovation plans, minimum performance rules, certificates, passports, technical systems, and zero-emission buildings.
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Section 2
Evidence crosswalk for a shared building or facility
For a building or facility touched by both workstreams, create a crosswalk before using one evidence item twice. The crosswalk should identify the building or facility, the EED provision being assessed, the EPBD building-performance record, the data owner, the calculation period, and any confidentiality limits.
For data centres, add the owner and operator, installed IT power demand, floor area, annual incoming and outgoing data traffic, amount of data stored and processed, and the KPI set for the last full calendar year. For Article 11 enterprise audits, add the three-year energy-consumption threshold calculation, the audit scope, action plan, and implementation-rate evidence.
Does an satisfy an EED Article 11 audit?
No. An describes a building or building unit under the EPBD. An EED Article 11 audit must cover the enterprise scope required by national implementation and meet Annex VI criteria, which can include buildings, industrial operations or installations, and transport. The certificate may be an input, but it is not the audit.
Which directive applies to a data centre?
Both can apply for different reasons. EED Article 12 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1364 govern operational data-centre reporting when the installed IT power threshold and other conditions are met. The EPBD can govern the building's energy performance, technical systems, certificate, renovation, or zero-emission requirements. Keep the operational data-centre submission and building-performance file separate.
Are EPBD requirements identical in every Member State?
No. The EPBD is a directive implemented through national law. Directive (EU) 2024/1275 sets EU objectives, frameworks, dates, and minimum rules, while Member States establish methods, thresholds, categories, procedures, and enforcement within those bounds. Article 5(3), for example, allows Member States to exempt specified categories from minimum energy-performance requirements, including certain protected buildings, places of worship, temporary buildings, low-energy industrial or agricultural buildings, limited-use residential buildings, and stand-alone buildings below 50 m2. Those are national choices for a specific EPBD requirement, not blanket exclusions from every EPBD or EED duty. Check the current national measure for the building's location, use, and category.
Reusable evidence: building floor area, measured annual energy consumption, and energy performance certificates where an EED provision asks for them.
EED-only evidence: Article 11 threshold calculations, action plans from audit recommendations, recommendation implementation rates, data-centre KPI reporting, and public-sector procurement energy-efficiency records.
EPBD-specific evidence: building energy calculations, applicable minimum requirements or standards, certificates, renovation passports, technical-system and inspection records, and the basis for any zero-emission-building status.
Supports the EPBD evidence fields that belong in the building side of the crosswalk.
Recommended next step
Separate EED and building-performance evidence
Use the comparison to split enterprise energy-use, public-sector, and data-centre duties from building-performance records before publishing guidance or assigning owners.
Primary EED legal text used for enterprise energy-management thresholds, energy audits, public-sector duties, data-centre reporting, transposition timing, and annex evidence fields.
Supports the main overlap examples through EED Articles 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, Annex VI, and Annex VII.
Supports the specific evidence fields for EED Article 11 audits, Article 6 public-building inventory, and Annex VII data-centre reporting.
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Defines the EED framework and contains the operative provisions for public-sector duties, enterprise audits and energy management, data centres, and energy savings.
Supports separating EED economy-wide and sector duties from building-performance certificate duties.
Article 11 states the 85 TJ and 10 TJ enterprise thresholds, audit cadence, action-plan requirement, and publication of action plans and implementation rates subject to confidentiality protections.
Annex VI requires EED energy audits to review energy-consumption profiles for buildings or groups of buildings, industrial operations or installations, including transportation.
Article 12 and Annex VII set the EED data-centre reporting scope and the minimum information to monitor and publish.
Article 6 sets the EED public-body building renovation obligation and public inventory data fields, including floor area, measured annual energy consumption where available, and energy performance certificate information.
Requires the public-building inventory to include the energy performance certificate of each building issued under the buildings directive.
Supports EED evidence fields through Article 11 audit/action-plan requirements, Annex VI audit criteria, Article 6 public-building inventory fields, and Annex VII data-centre fields.
Shows that EED building-related records can reference EPBD certificates without merging the two legal analyses.
Provides the Article 11 and Article 12 dates and the EED transposition provision.
Supports using EED-specific dates for EED duties rather than importing building-performance deadlines from another regime.
Grounds the EED decision rule across Articles 4 to 12 and Annexes VI and VII.
Primary source for EED scope, Article 11 thresholds, Article 12 data-centre duties, public-sector provisions, and annex evidence requirements.
"Directive (EU) 2023/1791"
More quoted passages
"minimum criteria for energy audits"
"the data used in energy audits shall be storable"
"on energy efficiency"
"Energy management systems and energy audits"
"average annual consumption higher than 85 TJ"
"buildings or groups of buildings, industrial operations or installations"
"installed information technology (IT) of at least 500kW"
"at least 3 % of the total floor area"
"energy performance certificate of each building"
"storable for historical analysis and tracking performance"
Current consolidated EPBD source for building-performance scope, renovation plans and trajectories, minimum requirements and standards, energy performance certificates, renovation passports, technical systems, zero-emission buildings, and implementation dates.
Supports the EPBD side of the overlap, including renovation plans, minimum performance rules, certificates, passports, technical systems, and zero-emission buildings.
Supports the EPBD evidence fields that belong in the building side of the crosswalk.
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Current consolidated EPBD source for building-performance scope, national renovation plans, minimum energy performance standards, certificates, renovation passports, and zero-emission buildings.
Articles 19 to 21 govern energy performance certificates, their issue and display; these building records do not replace the EED enterprise threshold analysis.
The EPBD applies to the data-centre building as a building; it does not establish the EED Article 12 operational data-centre reporting duty.
Current EPBD source for building-performance certificates, renovation plans, minimum requirements, and zero-emission-building rules.
Current source for EPBD calculations, minimum requirements and standards, certificates, renovation passports, technical systems, inspections, and zero-emission buildings.
Articles 7, 35 and 36 establish the new-building dates, transposition deadline, and repeal of the predecessor EPBD.
Current EPBD source for the building-performance workstreams listed in this decision rule.
Current source for the EPBD building-performance rules that can overlap with an EED record.
Current source for selecting the EPBD workstream and identifying the national implementation details that must be checked.
Primary source for the EPBD scope, building-performance workstreams, evidence, and implementation dates used in this decision.
Commission announcement used for the delegated regulation, KPI reporting, and annual reporting sequence for data centres.
Supports the data-centre evidence focus by describing the delegated regulation for KPI reporting and the EU-wide rating scheme.
Supports the data-centre KPI and reporting focus by describing the delegated regulation and the reporting dates for the European database.
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Confirms data-centre operators must report KPIs by 15 September 2024 and then by 15 May in 2025 and subsequent years under the adopted delegated regulation.
"EU-wide scheme to rate the sustainability of EU data centres"
More quoted passages
"what information and key performance indicators should be reported"
Commission overview used for EED policy context, guidance links, transposition context, Article 11 guidance, and links between EED and building policy.
Lists the Commission Article 11 guidance on energy management systems and energy audits under the revised EED.
Lists Commission guidance for EED Articles 5, 6, and 7 on public-sector energy consumption, renovation of public buildings, and public procurement.
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Shows EED and EPBD building measures are related but treated as distinct workstreams in Commission material.
"Energy Efficiency Directive"
More quoted passages
"Article 11: energy management systems and energy audits"
"energy consumption in the public sector"
"Updated measures relating to national long-term renovation strategies"