Cultural-E acknowledges the new definition of Zero-Emission Building, proposed by the EU Commission in Article 24, to become the new standard by 2030: ‘A building with a very high energy performance in line with the energy efficiency first principle, and where the very low amount of energy still required is fully covered by energy from renewable sources at the building or district or community level where technically feasible (notably those generated on-site, from a renewable energy community or from renewable energy or waste heat from a district heating and cooling system). This position paper for policy makers showing the impact of PEBs.