欧盟已经制定了一个雄心勃勃的目标，以提高建筑部门的能源效率，使得所有2021的新建筑应该接近零能源。目前正在进行一项重大努力，以执行《欧洲建筑物能源性能指令》（EPBD）。本文概述了欧洲的相关立法工作，重点介绍了希腊的一个例子，希腊为实现这些目标所做的国家努力，以及对希腊建筑节能潜力的评估。 希腊建筑行业尚未开发的节能措施，在到2016年实现380万吨油当量的国家指示性节能目标的努力中可能发挥重要作用。引文:内华达州拉斯维加斯ASHRAE会议论文

The European Union has set an ambitious target for improving energy efficiency in the building sector so that all new buildings as of 2021 should be near zero energy. A major effort is under way for the implementation of the European Directive on the energy performance of buildings (EPBD). This paper presents an overview of the relevant European legislative efforts and focuses on an example for Greece, its national efforts to meet these objectives and an assessment of potential energy conservation in the Hellenic building stock. The untapped energy savings from the Hellenic building sector could play a major role in the efforts to reach the national indicative energy savings target of 3.8 Mtoe by 2016.