Energy renewal obligation before sale for buildings and homes: it is one of the proposals that the European Commission is working on in view of the presentation of the new directive on the energy efficiency of buildings expected for 14 December.
According to what has been learned from Ansa, the extent of the renewal of the energy class must in any case be proportionate to the starting state of the property, that is, it must be feasible with respect to the starting energy category. Historic buildings will be excluded.
“We do not comment on the leaked documents. We are preparing a revision of the directive on the energy performance of buildings which we intend to present soon ». This is the response of a spokesman for the European Commission, interviewed by the Sole 24 Ore.
The new certification, as anticipated by the Messenger, could therefore become more stringent and would be mandatory for buildings to be built, to be restored, in the event of sale or rental renewal. Member States would be required to ensure that from 2027 public buildings belong to class F and from 2030 they will have to move up another step to class E. Residential buildings, houses and apartments, will have to be at least in class F from January 2030 and rise to E class from 2033.
Consumer protests
“Beyond the fact that we do not understand and do not know what the EU Commission wants to do, it is clear from now that we will barricade any law that prevents the free sale of a house just because it has a low energy class” he says Massimiliano Dona, president of the National Consumers Union.