Czech environment minister calls for EU public-private finance tool to boost green housing renovation

The EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive wants the EU building sector as a whole to be climate neutral by 2050 — but it will need funding

Czech environment minister Petr Hladik has called for an “EU-wide facility” that mixes public and private capital to accelerate the renovation of housing, in line with EU plans for new buildings to be zero emission from 2030 and the bloc’s building sector to be climate neutral by 2050.