Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings on the UK in the report of the Building Performance Institute Europe on Renovation strategies of selected EU countries, published in November 2014.

The Buildings Performance Institute Europe’s report – ‘Renovation Strategies of Selected EU Countries’ – assesses the Building Renovation Strategies submitted by ten EU Member States to the European Commission in accordance with Article 4 of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU).

Of the ten Member States assessed, the UK’s Building Renovation Strategy is considered, along with the reports of three other Member States, to be the most comprehensive and compliant with the provisions of Article 4.

The Department will reflect on the report’s suggestions and give consideration to how these can be addressed in future iterations of the UK Building Renovation Strategy; the Energy Efficiency Directive requires Member States to update their strategies by no later than 30 April 2017.