European Greenery

Constantly talking about the institutional aspects of the EU is getting boring, so it made me happy to see a nice, sort of green and European story in European Voice today. By 2021, there will be a requirement for new buildings to have “nearly zero emissions”.

Leaving aside the fact that this only covers new-builds, not existing structures; will be so woefully late in implementation that its impact will be somewhat limited; and doesn’t seem to offer a definition of “nearly”, its nice to hear of a bit of greenery getting close to being passed.

Oh all right, I’ll admit I’m just grasping at the smallest fragment of news to satisfy my self-imposed commitment to blog every day for the next fortnight.