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major renovation ”

48

and in order to realise the energy performance standards,

financial assistance could also be given. 49
On the information level, the certi

cate for energy performance must provide all
necessary information including references for additional sources such as energy
audits,

financial/other assistance. 50
As a result, the EPBD Directive is certainly a step further in helping mitigate the
challenges in the European energy sector as it imposes duties on consumers to obtain
energy performance certi

cates for their households and use high-performance
heating/cooling equipments. It tackles thus both security of supply and sustainable
development through the use of energy ef ciency.

4.4 EED Directive

Based on the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in
which energy ef ciency is one key priority in reducing the energy consumption with

20 % by 2020 51 and following the 2011 Energy Ef

ciency Plan (see Sect. 3.1 ), the

“

give Energy Ef ciency Directive came to a more integrated approach to energy

” “

ef ciency and savings [ 73 ] with the purpose of establishing a common framework

52 and laying down the “ rules
designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures

for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union ”

. 53

”

Since the European Union was “ not on track to achieve its energy ef ciency

54 and the existing legal framework was not fully covering the energy saving
potential,

target ”

the Energy Ef ciency Directive came to repeal the CHP and ESD

Directives taping the gaps and upgrading the energy ef ciency legal framework.

Furthermore, the EED Directive is part of a comprehensive set of legislation
comprising also Ef ciency in Products

(appliances, lighting, ICT, motors) (Energy Labelling, EcoDesign, Energy Start)
[ 74 ] all serving the purpose of implementing the Energy Ef

ciency in Buildings (EPBD Directive), Ef

ciency Plan [ 56 ].

ciency Directive establishes four ways of action (General
Measures promoting Energy Ef

The Energy Ef

ciency tar-
gets, Monitoring and Reporting and fully sectored measures (households, public
sector, energy supply, industry, services) [ 74 ] successfully integrating and covering
a non-exhaustive wide range of cogeneration technologies: combined cycle gas
turbine with heat

ciency, Indicative national Energy Ef

recovery, steam back pressure turbine, steam condensing

48

Article 8, (2).

49

Article 10, (6) and (7).
50 Article 11, (4).
51 Preamble 10.
52 Article 1, (1).
53 Article 1, (1).
54

Preamble 8.