EU / EU directive
EPBD
Directive (EU) 2024/1275 — Energy performance of buildings (recast)
In force2026-05-29Modified
Topic : Climate · Level : Regional
Today
Transposition deadline 29 May 2026 missed by all 27 states; formal notices Jul 2026. New public buildings zero-emission from 2028.
Summary
The recast EPBD aims at a zero-emission EU building stock by 2050. New buildings must be zero-emission from 2030 (public 2028), and Member States had to transpose it by 29 May 2026.
Who is concerned
- Turnover
- non précisé
- Employees
- non précisé
- Listed company
- non précisé
- Sectors
- Real estate
- Construction
- HVAC and building products
- Triggering activities
- Owning or building in the EU
- Selling or renting a building (EPC)
- Major renovation of a building
- Extraterritorial reach
- No
non précisé
- Examples
- Logistics warehouse owner in the EU
- Office REIT
- Building materials and heat pump suppliers
What the law requires
- Obtain energy performance certificates on sale or rent
- Renovate worst-performing non-residential buildings (16% by 2030, 26% by 2033)
- Build new buildings as zero-emission (public 2028, all 2030)
- Calculate life-cycle GWP for new large buildings
Penalties
Set by Member States; must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
SUPPLIER INTELLIGENCE
What this changes for a supplier in China
Indirect. Demand rises for heat pumps, insulation and solar from Chinese makers; whole-life carbon rules increase requests for product EPDs.
Expected evidence
- Environmental Product Declaration (EN 15804)
- Energy performance test data
- CE marking / declaration of performance
Tiers : Tier 1