European Parliament needs to adopt a fair and flexible approach to efficient buildings law

This is a great opinion piece in EURACTIV written by Ciarán Cuffe, a Green Member of the European Parliament from Ireland. He writes that building renovations – like those encouraged under the draft Energy Performance of Buildings directive – are key to improving people’s well-being and reducing emissions, but they must be flexible and rolled out with social safeguards.

Link to the full article: https://www.euractiv.com/section/buildings/opinion/european-parliament-wants-fair-flexible-approach-to-efficient-buildings-law/

Ciarán Cuffe is the European Parliament’s lead negotiator on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.