New energy efficiency rules for the public sector and heat supply
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af lov om fremme af effektiv energianvendelse og drivhusgasreduktion, lov om fjernkøling, lov om varmeforsyning og forskellige andre love (Implementering af dele af det omarbejdede energieffektivitetsdirektiv, herunder indsamling af oplysninger om det offentliges energiforbrug og renoveringer af offentlige bygninger, energieffektivitetskrav i offentlige udbud, energieffektivitetskrav på varme- og køleområdet m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The act implements parts of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive into Danish law.
- It gives the minister the legal basis (the rule in the law that gives the right to do something) to set rules on energy use in the public sector and in buildings, public procurement, and heating and cooling supply.
- Who: The minister can set rules that will apply to, among others, public institutions, contracting authorities, municipalities, heat distribution companies and district cooling companies.
- When: Sections 1-6 entered into force on 11 October 2025. The rest of the Act entered into force on 1 July 2025.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Forslaget har til formål at implementere dele af Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv (EU) 2023/1791 af 13. september 2023 om energieffektivitet. Energieffektivitetsdirektivet udgør en del af EU’s Fit for 55«-pakke, der skal bidrage til at sikre EU’s klimamålsætning om 55 pct. CO2-reduktioner for EU samlet i 2030. Med forslaget indføres bestemmelser og bemyndigelser til ministeren, der skal muliggøre monitorering og opfølgning på forpligtelser målrettet det offentliges bygninger og det offentliges energiforbrug, krav om energieffektivitet m.v. i offentlige udbud, energieffektivitetskrav til varme- og kølesektoren, krav til datacentres udnyttelse af overskudsvarme m.v.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 26 February 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 27 May 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 20 June 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Partly entered into force · 1 July 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Fully in force · 11 October 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet