Renovating Romania - A strategy for the energy renovation of Romania's building stock

The Energy Efficiency Directive required all Member States to report their national renovation strategies by April 30, 2014 (Article 4). Renovating Romania was developed to assist the Romanian Government in fulfilling its commitment and outlines scenarios as well as policy recommendations for the renovation of Romania's building stock. An ambitious reduction target in CO2 emissions from buildings by as much as 80% by 2050 (compared to 2010) is both achievable and desirable in Romania. BPIE found out that this target could be achieved through a combination of energy efficiency measures and widespread deployment of renewable resources in and on buildings, in a multiphase approach described in the study. This strategy is designed to stimulate debate among stakeholders, with a view to securing a broad consensus around the future direction of policies and initiatives addressing building energy performance in Romania. The study is split into two parts, the first outlines the actual strategy for the energy renovation of the Romanian building stock, and the second part showcases the results of the IEE project ENTRANZE on modelling selected policy sets for Romania as well as pathways to 2030 for the renovation of existing buildings.