The EU has strong environmental ambitions and buildings must be at the center of any efforts to reduce power consumption and decarbonize EU economies. In 2010, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) set a strong direction for the full decarbonization of the European building stock by 2050 through its 2010/31/EU. The building is evolving quickly however and the updated directive has brought a new set of challenges for member states. The amended text (2018/844) of the EPBD was published in the Journal of the European Union on 19 June 2018 and entered into force on 9 July 2018. It requires every Member State must transpose changes into national law by 10 March 2020, providing a defined goal for Member States and the tools to achieve it. However, implementation of such directives is rarely a straightforward task. In an effort to overcome implementation strategies and aid national governments within the EU, Belgium-based think-tank Building Performance […]