The European Commission has invited the European branch of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) to respond to new proposals for the Energy Performance Building Directive (EPBD) by the end of this year. Speaking on the first day of the ICSC Europe conference in Amsterdam on Wednesday, Stina Soewarta, member of the cabinet of EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, said the new directive would replace and improve the current EPBD, which was recently launched in Europe with the aim of boosting energy efficiency in buildings and cutting greenhouse emissions by 20% in Europe by 2020.
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