Consultation

Title
	Consultation on Water Efficiency in Buildings
Policy field(s)
	Environment, protection of water resources
Target group(s)
	Citizens, experts and practitioners in public authorities, business support organisations including business associations, Chambers of Commerce and other public and private agencies, consultancies, research institutes, small businesses (SMEs), trade unions, NGOs, workers’ and employers’ federations and all other relevant stakeholders involved or interested in the implementation of EU water policy.
Period of consultation
	From 16.11.2011 to 08.02.2012
Objective of the consultation
	The European Commission wants to gather views and additional information on the possible introduction of EU wide measures related to water efficiency in buildings. The consultation offers an opportunity to all interested parties to express their views, to give their opinion on the identified policy options.
How to submit your contribution
	We welcome contributions from citizens, organisations and public authorities. If you would like to answer the Questionnaire, please click here to submit your contribution. The reply to this survey is anonymous. Each reply will be assigned a random processing number. No technical identification data is being collected. The data controller certifies that the above information is correct and guarantees that the results will be used in an aggregated form that will not allow the identification of individuals within a response category. Received contributions will be published on the Internet.
View the consultation document
	The Background Document gives an overview of the situation related to water efficiency in buildings across Europe and presents a set of proposed policy options and the related impacts. Executive summary of the Background document Background document
View the questionnaire
	General Questionnaire
Reference documents and other, related consultations
	all related documents are available on Europa website A Stakeholders' Conference will be organised on 29 November 2011 in Brussels. Participation will be done by invitation only. If you would like to have more information on this, and/or if you would like to comment on the questions in the Background Document, please write to the email address below.
Contact details
	responsible service	DG Environment, Unit D1 – Protection of water environment
	e-mail	ENV-BuildingsWE@ec.europa.eu
	postal address	DG Environment, Unit D1 – Protection of water environment B-1049Brussels Belgium
Results of consultation and next steps

	The results of the online public consultation can be viewed here. The European Commission will take the outcome into account in the ongoing impact assessment of the identified policy options.
Protection of personal data