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Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and Council, on the energy performance of buildings, came into force on the 4th of January 2003. It will greatly affect awareness of energy use in Buildings, and is intended to lead to substantial increases in investments in energy efficiency measures within these buildings.

The following links and documents show you the most up to date discussion surrounding the new Directive, as well as a sample of archive material documenting the EuroACE activity that helped bring the Directive into force.

• Promotional leaflet on the Directive written by the European Commission, available in 11 languages.
• Final text of the Directive (12/02)
• Final text of the Directive in other languages
• Original proposed text of the Directive (05/01)
• The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive - A summary of its objectives and contents (03/03) A CIBSE (Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers) briefing note written by the Director of UK ACE - Andrew Warren.
• Implementation of the Directive - Download the papers given at the recent ENPER-TEBUC workshop in Brussels (Scroll down the page to "Download presentations").

NB. Click through to the Energy Efficiency in Buildings resources for more related information

Date	Document	Title/description
04/08	Position Paper	EuroACE Position Paper on the recasting of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
12/04	Article	Article by Andrew Warren, EuroACE's senior adviser, in an Energy Performance of Buildings Directive special edition of EC Inform-Energy argues that the Directive must be quickly strengthened to realise its full potential
12/04	Presentation	Presentation to the European intergovernmental demand management comittee overseeing implementation of the Directive (by Rod Janssen for EuroACE)
03/04	Report	Mitigation of CO2 Emissions from the Building Stock - Beyond the EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings (by ECOFYS for EuroACE)
03/03	Presentation	Marketing Energy Efficiency in Buildings (also in German and Italian )
11/02	Press release	Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Passes into Law
07/02	Article	Directive should be greatest step change in Energy in Buildings (Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine)
04/02	Press Release	Rapid Adoption Of Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Crucial For EU
02/02	Press Release	EuroACE Response to the draft Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (Press release)
10/01	Response	EuroACE Response to the draft Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (Detailed response)
05/01	Report	CALEB 3 - An Assessment of the Significance of Article 5 of the Proposed Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (COM 2001 226)
04/01	Press release	EuroACE warmly welcomes proposed Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

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