Ambitious revision of the eu energy Efficiency Directive



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Miguel Arias Cañete

European Commissioner for Climate and Energy

200 Rue de la Loi

1049 Bruxelles

Belgium


26 January 2016 

Ambitious revision of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive

Dear Commissioner

In December the world welcomed a new international climate agreement.  

As business associations, consumer and environmental groups, who represent major 

parts of Germany‘s civil society and economy, we would like to thank you for your  

efforts in bringing this agreement about. Cost-effective energy saving measures are key  

to fulfilling the EU’s commitment to contribute its fair share to limit global warming to 

1.5°C. Therefore we very much welcome your statements concerning the priority  

of energy efficiency, the level of ambition and the legal nature of the EU energy efficiency 

target for 2030.

We would like to use the Commission’s ongoing public consultation process on the review 

of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) as an opportunity to highlight some aspects of  

the review, which we feel are crucial for Europe’s environmental and economic prosperity:

  •   First of all we would like to reiterate our support for making the EU energy efficiency 

targets for 2020 and 2030 binding, as binding targets have proven to be much 

more effective than indicative ones and provide the needed planning security 

for investors. In addition a binding character helps to institutionalize the Energy 

Efficiency First principle and to fill it with life.

  •   Further, we strongly urge you to adopt a binding energy efficiency target of  

40 percent for 2030, having in mind the multiple benefits of energy efficiency to 

health, employment, and to mitigate climate change, energy poverty and energy 

import dependency. The current level of 27 percent will not suffice to unlock these 

potentials. 



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  •   We strongly support the removal of the current sunset clause on article 7, as it 

undermines Member States‘ commitment in implementing long-term efficiency 

measures. Furthermore, it is of overall importance to weed out the loop-holes 

regarding article 7.

  •   In order to highlight the role model function of public authorities and the state itself, 

we call for an increase of the renovation rate for public buildings and for extending 

the scope of buildings the renovation rate is applied to.

  •   To endorse a consistent and forceful implementation of the EED by all EU Member 

States, we encourage you to adjust reporting guidelines and duties, including the 

introduction of a binding reporting template. While we welcome the aspiration to 

streamline reporting obligations under the new 2030 energy regime, we would like 

to emphasize that this must not take place at the expense of the stringency and 

thoroughness of the reporting mechanism.

Although it is still early days to assess its full effectiveness, it is already clear that the 

EED has positively influenced the development of energy efficiency policies in Germany. 

Accordingly we support the strengthening of the EED through the revision process in 

order to unlock the full potential of energy efficiency as a way of reconciling climate 

ambition with cost-efficiency, domestic job creation and energy security.

Dear Commissioner, we would like to assure you of our full support in increasing the 

ambition and effectiveness of the EED in the revision process and would be delighted to 

continue this dialogue in a personal conversation. 

Yours sincerely,



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Prof. Dr. Maximilian Gege,  

Chairman

Prof. Dr. Hubert Weiger,  

Chairman

Dr. Aribert Peters,  

Chairman

Christian Noll,  

Managing Director

Lukas Siebenkotten,  

Executive Director

Prof. Dr. Kai Niebert,  

President

Sascha Müller-Kraenner,  

Executive Director

Björn Klusmann,  

Managing Director

Gerd Hofielen,  

Chairman



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Christoph Bals,

Policy Director

Dr. Christiane Averbeck,  

Managing Director

Klaus Beyer,  

Chairman

Olaf Tschimpke,  

President

Michael Müller,  

Chairman

Dr. Katharina Reuter,  

Managing Director

Klaus Müller,  

Executive Director

Ralf Pasker,  

Managing Director

Regine Günther,  

General Director  

Policy and Climate




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Contact for further information:

Rahul Schwenk

Bündnis #effizienzwende

Schwedenstr. 15a

D- 13357 Berlin



Germany

rahul.schwenk@effizienzwende.de



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