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Assessing Progress in Decarbonizing Spain’s Building Stock
ndicators to evaluate the progress and effectiveness of building renovation policies prove essential for evidence-based decision-making, accountability,
and achieving long-term goals towards the decarbonization of the building sector,
while also promoting public awareness and engagement. This chapter studies the
efforts over time in European legislation relating to building decarbonization and the
evolution of requirements for monitoring the effectiveness of building renovation
policies and decarbonization progress. The results show that the use of indicators for
monitoring building renovation policies is a newly legislated activity in Europe that
commenced in 2019 and is expected to become more demanding with the approval of
the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive revision. This will require significant
efforts from European Union Member States to monitor and evaluate their national
building renovation policies. Additionally, this underscores the need for new research
directions, such as data source evaluation, open big data technologies, and advanced
data collection methods, among others.
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