IEA – International Energy Agency

There’s more to buildings than meets the eye: They hold a key to net zero emissions

15 February 2023

Energy Efficiency

Energy Market Authority of Singapore and IEA jointly host training programme on efficient grid-interactive buildings

05 July 2022

Climate Change

COP28 and IEA convene first high-level dialogue on building a 1.5°C-aligned energy transition

22 July 2023

Net Zero Emissions

The energy efficiency policy package: key catalyst for building decarbonisation and climate action

06 September 2023

Events

All events results

27 Oct 2022 08:00—12:00

The 8th IEA-Tsinghua Joint Workshop: Making Buildings Zero-Carbon Ready by 2030 – Near-term Solutions for Heating Systems

Webinar

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14 Nov 2022 11:30—12:30

IEA at COP27: Energy efficiency as a valuable resource - boosting energy performance of the economy and renovating buildings

Event — Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

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25 Apr 2023 09:00—11:15

Building a Unified National Power Market System in China

Report launch — Online, in person in Beijing

30 Nov 2021

7th IEA-Tsinghua Joint Workshop: Achieving Carbon neutrality pledges: the role of buildings

Webinar

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Charts

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Modern renewable energy use for buildings-related heating and share of total heat consumption in buildings in selected countries and regions, 2011-2022

Open

Final energy consumption of buildings relative to other sectors, 2022

Open

Energy consumption in buildings by fuel in the Net Zero Scenario, 2010-2030

Open

Annual investment in energy efficiency in the buildings sector in the Net Zero Scenario, 2017-2030

Open

Policies

All policies results

Policy

Country

Status

Jurisdiction

Loans for energy efficiency of multi-apartment buildings
Latvia 2021 In force National
Energy efficiency of apartment buildings 2022-2026
Latvia 2022 In force National
EUR 80 million for apartment buildings retrofits
Estonia 2023 In force National
National Recovery and Resilience Plan / M2C3 Energy efficiency and buildings renovation
Italy 2021 In force National

Contributors

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Efficient Grid-Interactive Buildings

Using Digitalisation in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies to Enable Demand Response in Buildings

Technology and Innovation Pathways for Zero-carbon-ready Buildings by 2030

All countries targeted for zero-carbon-ready codes for new buildings by 2030

Critical Minerals Policy Tracker

Residential Heat Economics Calculator

Methane Tracker

Oil Stocks of IEA Countries

Solid biofuels consumption estimation model

There’s more to buildings than meets the eye: They hold a key to net zero emissions

Energy Market Authority of Singapore and IEA jointly host training programme on efficient grid-interactive buildings

COP28 and IEA convene first high-level dialogue on building a 1.5°C-aligned energy transition

The energy efficiency policy package: key catalyst for building decarbonisation and climate action

The 8th IEA-Tsinghua Joint Workshop: Making Buildings Zero-Carbon Ready by 2030 – Near-term Solutions for Heating Systems

IEA at COP27: Energy efficiency as a valuable resource - boosting energy performance of the economy and renovating buildings

Building a Unified National Power Market System in China

7th IEA-Tsinghua Joint Workshop: Achieving Carbon neutrality pledges: the role of buildings

Training

Establishing ongoing working relationships with participating countries for continual capacity building

Global engagement

Marking a new era of international energy co-operation

Data and statistics

Energy data collection and training is at the heart of the IEA’s work

Structure

The IEA is an autonomous inter-governmental organisation within the OECD framework, headed by its Executive Director

Rafael Martinez-Gordon

Clean Technology Modeller – Industry and Buildings

Chiara Delmastro

Energy Analyst Buildings