The energy performance of a building shall be determined on the basis of the calculated or actual annual energy that is consumed in order to meet the different needs associated with its typical use and shall reflect the heating energy needs and cooling energy needs (energy needed to avoid overheating) to maintain the envisaged temperature conditions of the building, and domestic hot water needs.

( A strengthened energy cooperation of the past years is necessary to cope with the fast growing energy needs in the South and with the investments and reforms needs both in the South and the East. In particular, energy efficiency and the promotion of renewable energy will be a key objective for our cooperation with ENP partners.

Calls on the Commission and Member States to devise a European energy policy which will permit a massive conversion to energy efficient and low carbon emission energy technologies to meet the needs for energy consumption; stresses that, if energy efficiency and energy saving remain a priority, as does the continued development of renewable energies, it will be possible to meet energy needs from low-emission sources by 2050;

Calls on Member States to cooperate to draw up a European strategic plan with a view to multiannual programming of the investment necessary to meet future electricity generation needs on the basis of medium-term projections of energy requirements; believes that an indicative multiannual plan should also be envisaged in the gas sector to provide an overall view of investment requirements at European level;

Bearing in mind that we have energy needs—clearly, we have large energy needs in Canada—we're not going to eliminate reliance on nuclear any time in the next year or two.

This cooperation has grown spectacularly with the following tangible results : - 3 - - more than 2 200 Chinese managerial staff have been trained at four joint EEC/China centres in Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing and Guangzhou : three new trainig centres have just been openen and will train over 600 people a year, - trained officials have carried out sometimes fundamental reorganization of energy use in their companies, with very positive results ; savings in excess of 20 % of the "energy bill" have been record in various sectors, - "energy plans" have been drawn up for various Chinese provinces and an energy data bank has been established for the country as a whole, - - two "energy buses" equipped by the Community and with European- trained sta ...[+++]ff are touring firms to help them use energy more efficiently. 1987 - Environment and nuclear safety : China relies on European expertise For this year onwards energy cooperation with China will take a new dimension : for the first time, as confirmed in a memorandum signed by Mr Mosar and Mr Ruan Chongwu, Vice-Chairman of the State Commission for Science and Technology, the Energy planning techniques developed by European experts will be extended from the study currently under way in the Beijing area to the analysis of energy flows for the entire People's Republic and to energy forecasting for China for the year 2030, while China will also partipate in the analysis of world energy needs for the periods 1990/95/2000/2005 via the network set up by the European Community.