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Decarbonisation

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Decarbonisation

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Heating and cooling are essential to modern life – enabling comfortable indoor environments, industrial processes, mass computation, and global distribution of fresh food and medicine. Yet heating and cooling are heavy energy consumers. The EU will have to move towards fully decarbonised, highly efficient, renewable, integrated, and circular heating and cooling systems and technologies, in order to mitigate climate change and ensure cheap and reliable access to heating and cooling for businesses and households.

Decarbonisation 8
27 October 2025
Second EUDCEAR report published
The Commission published the ‘Second Technical Report’ of the project Study on Technical Assistance in support of implementing Article 12(5) of Directive 2023/1791 on the energy performance and sustainability of data centres....
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Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 8


14 October 2025
Framework for calculating GWP of new buildings
The European Commission published a draft Delegated Act setting an EU framework for calculating lifecycle GWP of new buildings. It specifies what HVAC equipment must be included in the calculations as well as acceptable sources of product-level data....
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Energy Efficiency Directive 2

05 September 2025
Electrification Action Plan
The European Commission opened the consultation on the Electrification Action Plan which will promote the switch from fossil fuels to electricity by addressing the key barriers, and by building on existing EU legislation.
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Decarbonisation 6
04 September 2025
Heating and Cooling Strategy
The European Commission opened the consultation on the Heating and Cooling Strategy which will aim to accelerate the decarbonisation of heating and cooling.
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Energy Efficiency Directive 1

04 August 2025
EU report on energy efficiency of data centres
The first technical report from the study supporting the establishment of an EU assessment system for the sustainability of data centres has been published.
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Untitled design - 1

01 August 2025
Guidance on lifecycle GWP provisions of EPBD
New guidance from the European Commission clarifies how Member States should interpret and implement the new lifecycle GWP provisions of the recast EPBD.
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Decarbonisation 5
20 June 2025
Parliament and Council deal on CBAM
The Parliament and Council agreed on changes to the CBAM. These changes are part of the ‘Omnibus I’ simplification package, which aims to simplify existing legislation in the fields of sustainability and investment
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Decarbonisation 7
06 May 2025
Commission evaluating ETS 2 support measures
The EU has appointed a study consultant to evaluate best-practice support measures that promote building decarbonisation, to be financed from ETS 2 revenues.
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Legislation

This section compiles key EU legislation that supports the decarbonisation of the heating, cooling, and industrial sectors. It covers policy measures and legal frameworks designed to increase the use of renewable energy, improve energy efficiency, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions across buildings and industry. The database contains the most recent publications, but also allows you to go back in time. The legislative landscape includes updated targets under the Renewable Energy Directive, provisions for integrating waste heat, and measures to strengthen the training of system installers. Upcoming initiatives like the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act are also shaping the EU’s path towards climate neutrality by 2050. The listed documents reflect how the decarbonisation agenda is being operationalised across sectors through binding and indicative measures.

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2016 EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling – COM 2016 51 – Information review SWD 2016 24 – 1 of 2
2016 EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling – COM 2016 51 – Information review SWD 2016 24 – 2 of 2
2016 EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling – COM 2016 51
2020 EU Strategy for Energy System Integration – COM 2020 299
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2012 – BAT for heating and cooling market
2012 – Report on heat and cooling demand and market perspective
2013 – Report on district heating and cooling potentials barriers best practice and promotion
2016 – Mapping and analyses of heating and cooling fuel deployment – Summary
2016 – Mapping and analyses of heating and cooling fuel deployment – Work pacakge 3-4
2016 – Mapping and analyses of heating and cooling fuel deployment – Work package 1
2016 – Mapping and analyses of heating and cooling fuel deployment – Work package 2
2016 – Mapping and analyses of heating and cooling fuel deployment – Work package 5
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Energy Efficiency Directive
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Renewable Energy Directive
Issue Group ‘Indoor Environmental Quality’
Task Force ‘Energy Performance of Buildings’
Task Force ‘IT Cooling’
Liquid Chilling Packages and Heat Pumps
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