Speakers will discuss, among others, why other measures have failed to increase the renovation rate and depth in the EU, what are the benefits and impacts that MEPS can have, and how a MEPS framework should look like in the EPBD.

With less than 30 years left until 2050, urgent action is needed to significantly boost the renovation rate and depth to improve the energy performance of buildings in the EU. The benefits of energy renovation are numerous, such as increased independence from Russian fossil fuels, lower energy bills for building users, lower mortgage default risk, healthier and more comfortable indoor environments and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Minimum energy performance standards can provide the necessary forward-looking signal to the full renovation value chain to invest, plan, train, innovate and support an increased ambition on renovation. But this requires the right design, scope, timeframe and support for the roll-out of the MEPS framework.

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Agenda

9h30 Introduction and setting the scene

Céline Carré, President of EuroACE

9h35 Why the MEPS in the EPBD proposal are important for an energy-resilient building stock

Serena Pontoglio, Team Leader - Buildings policy and Renovation Wave implementation, DG ENER.B.3, European Commission

9h45 Minimum energy performance standards: a key driver for deep renovation

Camille Defard, Research Fellow in EU Energy Policy, Jacques Delors Institute

9h55 The impact of renovating worst-performing buildings on energy security

Dr. Andreas Hermelink, Director, Guidehouse

10h05 How finance can support MEPS at national level

Sabine Pauquay, representative of Renovate Belgium

10h15 Scotland’s strategy to decarbonise homes by 2045

James Hemphill, Head of Heat Regulation, Scottish Government

10h25 – 10h55 Discussion

10h55 Conclusions