The revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) came into force on 28 May 2024. Member States had two years to write it into national law. When the deadline passed on 29 May 2026, none of the 27 had reported full transposition.
The directive sets a goal of a zero-emission building stock by 2050. Getting there depends on national implementation: building codes, the National Building Renovation Plan and the funding behind it. With our national partners, we follow this work country by country. We engage with governments and public authorities and share what is working in other Member States to help them deliver.
The Renovate Europe EPBD Tracker
The tracker shows where each Member State stands in transposing and applying the directive. It is based on research by the Renovate Europe Secretariat and input from our national partners, with information up to 18 September 2026. The assessment is qualitative and does not cover legal compliance.
For each of the six areas below, it gives the main figures, our assessment, the next deadline and good examples from Member States. Logged-in users can also see the country pages.
Access to the country pages
What the directive asks of Member States
The tracker covers the directive in six steps.
Map the stock
Energy performance certificates on a common A to G scale, updated calculation methods and a national database of buildings’ energy performance.
Plan the route
A National Building Renovation Plan leading to a zero-emission building stock by 2050, and renovation passports that take owners through a renovation step by step.
Set the standards
Zero-emission new buildings, minimum energy performance standards for the worst non-residential buildings, and a path to cut average energy use in homes.
Activate smart performance
Requirements for technical building systems, building automation and control systems, and indoor environmental quality, together with the smart readiness indicator.
Cut the carbon
Life-cycle carbon calculated for new buildings, no more public subsidies for stand-alone fossil-fuel boilers, and a plan to phase them out by 2040.
Enable delivery
One-stop shops for renovation advice, funding linked to the energy savings achieved, and a skilled workforce able to deliver renovations at the scale needed.
Next checkpoints
Dec 2026
Final National Building Renovation Plans
Due by 31 December 2026. Each plan should tie the country’s targets to funding and to the capacity to carry out the work.
Jan 2027
Life-cycle carbon roadmaps
National roadmaps to cut the life-cycle global warming potential (GWP) of new buildings.
Jun 2027
Smart readiness indicator
The Commission adopts rules for using the indicator in non-residential buildings with heating, ventilation or air-conditioning systems above 290 kW.
2028
Zero-emission new public buildings
New buildings owned by public bodies must be zero-emission. National thresholds and procurement rules have to be in place first.
2030
All new buildings zero-emission
Also the first deadline for renovating the worst non-residential buildings and for cutting energy use in homes. The next non-residential deadline is 2033.
2040
Fossil-fuel boilers phased out
Member States must show how they will end the use of fossil-fuel boilers.
Our work on implementation
Key EU texts and guidance
Directive
Directive (EU) 2024/1275 on the energy performance of buildings (recast)
In force since 28 May 2024. Transposition deadline 29 May 2026.
Guidance
Commission guidance on the recast EPBD (C/2025/6438)
June 2025. A guidance notice with 13 annexes, each on one part of the directive.
Delegated act
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2273 on cost-optimal levels
June 2025, with the guidance. The revised method for setting cost-optimal minimum energy performance requirements.
Delegated act
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/52 on life-cycle global warming potential
The common framework for calculating the life-cycle GWP of new buildings. It replaces Annex III of the EPBD.
Directive
Directive (EU) 2023/1791 on energy efficiency (recast)
The Energy Efficiency Directive, including the yearly renovation target for public buildings.
Funding
European Commission: Social Climate Fund
Support for vulnerable households and micro-enterprises from 2026, including building renovation and clean heating.
Carbon pricing
European Commission: ETS2 for buildings and road transport
The new emissions trading system that puts a carbon price on fuels for heating and transport. It pays for the Social Climate Fund.
Infringements
March 2026 infringement package
Letters of formal notice to 19 Member States that missed the 31 December 2025 deadline for their draft National Building Renovation Plan.
Infringements
July 2026 infringement package
Letters of formal notice to all 27 Member States for not fully transposing the EPBD by 29 May 2026.
Guidance
European Commission: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
The Commission’s page on the directive, with its implementation documents.
Figures
EU figures on buildings, energy use and energy poverty, with a link to the source of each.