Positive Obligations to Retrofit Buildings with Third-Party Effect under Private Law as an Instrument of Public Climate Policy
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: 310 When incentives fail to encourage enough owners to make their buildings climate-proof, the State has to impose obligations to retrofit buildings if climate targets are to be reached. This contribution examines whether the State can employ obligations based upon agreement with third-party effect, to enforce higher energy-efficiency standards for buildings and an improved energy mix. It presents and compares the responses to two cases from eleven European jurisdictions. It shows that the majority of examined jurisdictions will allow for the State to impose positive obligations with third-party effect through a burden registered in favour of the State or a property right for the buyer. Only Dutch law would be likely to invalidate the obligation because the obligation circumvents public-law safeguards. A minority of the examined jurisdictions would not allow for a burden with positive obligations as its main content. 311
Source: European Property Law Journal
Authors: Björn Hoops, Elisabeth Ahlinder, Jakub Bryła, Rosa Maria Garcia Teruel, Christine Godt, Anais Guerry, Bonnie Holligan, Tomasz Janocha, Jean-François Joye, Jacco Karens, Víðir Smári Petersen, Sabrina Praduroux, Hector Simón Moreno, Flora Vern, Johan Van de Voorde, Rachael Walsh, Franciszek Zowczak
Institutions: University of Groningen, Stockholm University, University of Silesia in Katowice, Universitat de Barcelona, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, University of Sussex, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, University of Iceland, University of Turin, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, University of Glasgow, University of Antwerp, Trinity College Dublin
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,489
Funder: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
OpenAlex ID: W4405536486