Two Baltic cities running ahead of the Energy Performance
of Buildings Directive

The deadline for implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive was 4 January 2006. However, no Member State has finalised the transposition of the directive into national law and the respective ordinances yet.

In contrast, the Display™ Campaign is ready and going on with over 150 European municipalities and thousands of public buildings involved. Some of them are Baltic local authorities such as Valga (EE) and Kaunas (LT).

The city of Kaunas has implemented many measures to improve energy efficiency in public buildings, for example, improvement of the buildings' thermal insulation, installation of thermostatic radiator valves, balancing of the heating systems. Nowadays, they are starting the Display™ Campaign to improve their communication with the building users. The calculation tool has been translated into Lithuanian and it is expected to see some more Lithuanian cities joining the Campaign soon.

The European Display™ Campaign is a voluntary scheme designed by energy experts from 20 European cities. The idea is to engage citizens and make them more conscious of their energy consumption in order to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions and achieve financial savings.