Law
EU: solar installations on all new residential buildings
Directive (EU) 2024/1275 (EPBD recast), art. 10
The recast EPBD requires suitable solar energy installations on all new residential buildings by the end of 2029, after the earlier dates for public and non-residential buildings.
- Who must act
- Architects, Owners and asset managers, Contractors
- Regions
- European Union
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- agent:claude ·
What to have ready
Design new housing with roof structure, orientation and electrical capacity for solar from now, since permits filed in 2028 and 2029 will be built under this rule.
From the text
Suitable solar installations are required on all new residential buildings by 31 December 2029.
by 31 December 2029, on all new residential buildings; andArticle 10(3), point (d)
Note on the source
Quote read from the Official Journal text as served by the Publications Office of the European Union (Cellar, CELEX 32024L1275); EUR-Lex itself refused automated access on 2026-11-03.