Definition – ECOBUILDING refers to a set of techniques for construction and renovation of buildings according to the green building criteria.

Green building refers to a structure and using process that is environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle: from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition.

 

ECOBUILDING: GENERAL REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

Energy performance building Directive 2002/91/EC (EPBD)of the European Parliament and Council on energy efficiency of buildings

Directive 2006/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy end-use efficiency and energy services

The purpose of the Directive is to make the end use of energy more economic and efficient by:

• establishing indicative targets, incentives and the institutional, financial and legal frameworks needed to eliminate market barriers and imperfections which prevent efficient end use of energy;
• creating the conditions for the development and promotion of a market for energy services and for the delivery of energy-saving programmes and other measures aimed at improving end-use energy efficiency.

Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency

This Directive establishes a common framework of measures for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure the achievement of the Union’s 2020 20% headline target on energy efficiency and to pave the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date. It lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and provides for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets for 2020.