Brussels Briefing: MEPs vote to decarbonise Europe’s building stock

Mandatory mortgage portfolio standards are absent from the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, while dairy farms are exempted from the revised Industrial Emissions Directive

Campaigners are celebrating after MEPs voted in favour of the EU’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, aimed at reducing emissions and energy use by the sector. Mandatory mortgage portfolio standards, which many had insisted were vital to align banks with the union’s renovation ambitions, were not included in the final text.