The new Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791, which officially entered into force on 10 October, puts its hand to the EU regulatory framework to make energy efficiency a priority in all sectors. The slogan “Energy Efficiency First” is the principle underpinning all 40 articles of the act.
Firstly, the Directive sets a legally binding EU target to reduce the EU’s final energy consumption by 11.7% by 2030, compared to the 2020 baseline. To achieve this, each country is obliged to set its own national contribution.
The measure also defines new annual energy savings targets that countries will have to achieve cumulatively.
One of the major innovations of the directive is that member states will require data centres on their territory to make public certain information, including energy consumption, power use, temperature setting values, and the use of waste heat, water and renewable energy. An EU-wide database will collect and publish this data.
See the full text of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023 here.
Sources: quifinanza.it