Dr. Josephina Lindblom:

Yes. The Commission's proposals on the revised energy performance of buildings directive set out that, by 2027, new buildings that are larger than 2,000 sq. m would need to be assessed and reported on and, by 2030, all buildings would need to be. There are member states that view this as being far too late and others that are not used to thinking in this way. The member states that are most advanced are France, the Netherlands and the Nordic countries. The Nordic countries are doing this together because they have an internal market, as it were, so they are ensuring that what they are doing is compatible across their borders. They already have suggestions on targets, limit values and how to squeeze those in future.

In the case of limit values, Denmark is the country that is most ahead.