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<table class='tool-cust-table' border='0' width='100%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'> <tbody> <tr> <td width='507'> <h5><strong>California [USA]                                   </strong></h5> </td> <td width='73'><a href='/definitions-policies/international-roadmaps/california-usa/'><img class='alignright wp-image-7601 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ForwardButton.png' alt='ForwardButton' width='30' height='30' /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class='tool-cust-table' border='0' width='100%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'> <tbody> <tr> <td valign='middle' width='21%' height='74'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_legislation.png'><img class=' wp-image-7732 size-full alignleft' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_legislation.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Legislation </strong></h6> <p style='text-align: justify;'>California Energy Commission’s 2013 Integrated Energy Policy</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='middle' height='110'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_target.png'><img class=' wp-image-7733 size-full alignleft' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_target.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Target </strong></h6> <p style='text-align: justify;'>By 2020, all new residential construction in California will be net zero energy. By 2030, all new commercial construction and 50% of existing commercial buildings in the state will also be net zero energy.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='middle' height='79'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_timeline.png'><img class=' wp-image-7734 size-full alignleft' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_timeline.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Timeline</strong></h6> <p>All new residential buildings | 2020<br /> All new commercial existing buildings | 2030<br /> All existing commercial buildings | 2030<br /> All new federal buildings | 2030</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='middle' height='99'> <h6><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_links.png'><img class=' size-full wp-image-7735 alignleft' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_links.png' alt='icon_links' width='76' height='56' /></a></h6> </td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Links & Resources</strong></h6> <p><a href='http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/energy/Energy+Efficiency/Zero+Net+Energy+Buildings.htm' target='_blank'>California Public Utilities Commission<br /> </a><a href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/California-NZEB-Roadmap.pdf' target='_blank'>California-NZEB-Roadmap.pdf</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>
</p> <table class='tool-cust-table' border='0' width='100%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'> <tbody> <tr> <td width='507'> <h5><strong>European Union[EU]                           </strong></h5> </td> <td width='73'><a href='/definitions-policies/international-roadmaps/european-union-eu/'><img class='alignright wp-image-7601 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ForwardButton.png' alt='ForwardButton' width='30' height='30' /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class='tool-cust-table' border='0' width='100%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'> <tbody> <tr> <td valign='top' width='21%' height='74'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_legislation.png'><img class=' wp-image-7732 size-full aligncenter' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_legislation.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Legislation </strong></h6> <p style='text-align: justify;'>Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD,200/91/EC) and the EPBD recast (2010/31/EC)</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' height='110'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_target.png'><img class=' wp-image-7733 size-full aligncenter' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_target.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Target </strong></h6> <p style='text-align: justify;'>Obliges MEmber States to ensure that all new buildings to be nearly zero-energy buildings by the end of 2020, and all new public buildings to reach this standard by 2018</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' height='79'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_timeline.png'><img class=' wp-image-7734 size-full aligncenter' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_timeline.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Timeline</strong></h6> <p>Public buildings | 31<sup>st</sup> December 2018<br /> All other building | 31<sup>st</sup> December 2020</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' height='99'> <h6><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_links.png'><img class='aligncenter wp-image-7735 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_links.png' alt='icon_links' width='76' height='56' /></a></h6> </td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Links & Resources</strong></h6> <p><a href='http://www.rehva.eu' target='_blank'>www.rehva.eu<br /> </a><a href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/EU-NZEB-Roadmap1.pdf' target='_blank'>EU-NZEB-Roadmaps.pdf</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>
</p> <table class='tool-cust-table' border='0' width='100%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'> <tbody> <tr> <td width='507'> <h5><strong>United Kingdom                           </strong></h5> </td> <td width='73'><a href='/definitions-policies/international-roadmaps/united-kingdom-2/'><img class='alignright wp-image-7601 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ForwardButton.png' alt='ForwardButton' width='30' height='30' /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class='tool-cust-table' border='0' width='100%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'> <tbody> <tr> <td valign='top' width='21%' height='74'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_legislation.png'><img class=' wp-image-7732 size-full aligncenter' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_legislation.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Legislation </strong></h6> <p>Zero Carbon Building Policy<br /> Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD,200/91/EC) and the EPBD recast (2010/31/EC)</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' height='110'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_target.png'><img class=' wp-image-7733 size-full aligncenter' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_target.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Target </strong></h6> <p style='text-align: justify;'>All new homes to meet the Zero Carbon Standard from 2016 and all new non-residential buildings from 2019. In confirmation with EPBD, all new buildings to be nearly zero-energy buildings by the end of 2020, and all new public buildings to reach this standard by 2018.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' height='79'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_timeline.png'><img class=' wp-image-7734 size-full aligncenter' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_timeline.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Timeline</strong></h6> <p>New residential buildings | 2016<br /> New non-residential buildings | 2019<br /> All public buildings | 31st December 2018<br /> All other buildings | 31st December 2020</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' height='99'> <h6><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_links.png'><img class=' size-full wp-image-7735 aligncenter' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_links.png' alt='icon_links' width='76' height='56' /></a></h6> </td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Links & Resources</strong></h6> <p><a href='http://www.zerocarbonhub.org/zero-carbon-policy/zero-carbon-policy' target='_blank'>zero carbon policy<br /> </a><a href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/United-Kingdom-NZEB-Roadmap.pdf' target='_blank'>United-Kingdom-NZEB-Roadmap.pdf</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>
</p> <table class='tool-cust-table' border='0' width='100%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'> <tbody> <tr> <td width='507'> <h5><strong>Germany                         </strong></h5> </td> <td width='73'><a href='/definitions-policies/international-roadmaps/germany-2/'><img class='alignright wp-image-7601 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ForwardButton.png' alt='ForwardButton' width='30' height='30' /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class='tool-cust-table' border='0' width='100%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'> <tbody> <tr> <td valign='top' width='21%' height='74'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_legislation.png'><img class='aligncenter wp-image-7732 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_legislation.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Legislation </strong></h6> <p>Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD,200/91/EC) and the EPBD recast (2010/31/EC)<br /> Energy Saving Act<br /> Energy Saving Ordinance</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' height='110'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_target.png'><img class='aligncenter wp-image-7733 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_target.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Target </strong></h6> <p style='text-align: justify;'>All new buildings to be nearly zero-energy buildings by the end of 2020, and all new public buildings to reach this standard by 2018.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' height='79'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_timeline.png'><img class='aligncenter wp-image-7734 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_timeline.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Timeline</strong></h6> <p>Public buildings | 31st December 2018<br /> All other building | 31st December 2020</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' height='99'> <h6><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_links.png'><img class=' size-full wp-image-7735 aligncenter' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_links.png' alt='icon_links' width='76' height='56' /></a></h6> </td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Links & Resources</strong></h6> <p><a href='http://www.bmwi.de/EN/Topics/Energy/buildings.html' target='_blank'>Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)</a><br /> <a href='http://www.bfee-online.de/bfee/informationsangebote/publikationen/neeaps/zweiter_nationaler_energieeffizienz_aktionsplan_der_brd_englisch.pdf' target='_blank'>National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) </a><a href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Germany-NZEB-Roadmap.pdf' target='_blank'>Germany-NZEB-Roadmap.pdf</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>
</p> <table class='tool-cust-table' border='0' width='100%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'> <tbody> <tr> <td width='507'> <h5><strong>Japan                         </strong></h5> </td> <td width='73'><a href='/definitions-policies/international-roadmaps/japan-2/'><img class='alignright wp-image-7601 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ForwardButton.png' alt='ForwardButton' width='30' height='30' /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class='tool-cust-table' border='0' width='100%' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'> <tbody> <tr> <td valign='top' width='21%' height='74'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_legislation.png'><img class='aligncenter wp-image-7732 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_legislation.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Legislation </strong></h6> <p>Basic Energy Plan of Japan<br /> Mid-and-long Term Roadmap by Ministry of Environment</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' height='110'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_target.png'><img class='aligncenter wp-image-7733 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_target.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Target </strong></h6> <p style='text-align: justify;'>All new buildings will be zero energy buildings by 2020 and all existing buildings will be zero energy buildings by 2050.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' height='79'><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_timeline.png'><img class='aligncenter wp-image-7734 size-full' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_timeline.png' alt='' width='76' height='56' align='middle' /></a></td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Timeline</strong></h6> <p>All new buildings | 2020<br /> All existing buildings | 2050</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign='top' height='99'> <h6><a ref='magnificPopup' href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_links.png'><img class='aligncenter size-full wp-image-7735' src='/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/icon_links.png' alt='icon_links' width='76' height='56' /></a></h6> </td> <td colspan='2' valign='top'> <h6><strong>Links & Resources</strong></h6> <p><a href='http://www.env.go.jp/en/index.html' target='_blank'>Ministry of Environment</a><a href='http://www.env.go.jp/' target='_blank'><br /> </a><a href='http://www.meti.go.jp/english/index.html' target='_blank'>Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)<br /> </a><a href='/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Japan-NZEB-Roadmap.pdf' target='_blank'>Japan-NZEB-Roadmap.pdf</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>