Analysis of Institutional Frameworks of Indicators to Measure the Effectiveness of Building Renovation Policy and Decarbonization Progress in Europe

The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) establishes that Member States (MSs) should define a long-term renovation strategy (LTRS) which shall set out a roadmap with measures and measurable indicators, with a view to the long-term 2050 goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union by 80–95% compared to 1990. The EPBD is currently under review and the European Commission suggests strengthening the LTRSs towards National building renovation plans (NBRPs). NBRPs will be much more complete than LTRSs and will make easier to compare the national decarbonization targets and their progress between MSs since a set of mandatory indicators is being established. On the contrary, this will involve important amount of policy monitoring and evaluation work for MSs. The objective of this chapter is to analyze the indicator frameworks included in the currently in force EPBD and in its on-going revision, in order to identify the most important subjects the MSs should focus their data collection on, so that they can get prepared for the important monitoring and evaluation work they will have to do.