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Progress Implementing the IEA 25 Energy Efficiency Policy Recommendations

Summary

The report addresses recent energy efficiency policy developments (buildings, page 18), challenges and areas for improvement in energy efficiency policy (buildings, page 38), and then provides energy efficiency progress reports by countries (from page 45). Several recommendations are made for the building sector: There is a need to support the implementation of building codes, the construction of passive‐energy houses (PEH) and zero‐energy buildings (ZEB), as well as to improve energy management in buildings. Specific policies for existing buildings must be implemented and at the same time specific policies targeting new buildings being integrated in a more global policy have to be developed.