Commission considers possible water performance of buildings Directive

The Commission is considering a proposal for a Directive on the water performance of buildings according to the Commission’s 2010 Work Programme, which was published on 31 March 2010. A follow-up Report on the Communication on Water Scarcity and Droughts, published on 19 December 2008, highlighted the need to improve water efficiency through a possible proposal on the water performance of buildings.

In the same Report, the Commission announced that it would launch a study assessing the need for such a Directive. The Commission now plans to carry out an assessment of the need for a Directive on the water performance of buildings in 2010.
A proposal would not be prepared until 2011 at the earliest.

The Commission’s follow up report can be found here:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2008:0875:FIN:EN:PDF