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Can we please also mandate landlords to update appliances in rental units if they’re not footing the electric/gas bill? So tired of paying obscene rates for inefficient appliances that I have no control over.
In the case of hot water heaters, they need to replace them every 20-30 years as they corrode, which means that the old one will leak and create expensive water damage if not replaced. They'll buy what's on the market, which means ones that meet the new standards.
10 years was the high end when I got a new water heater last year.
Since last year I think there is a law like that in France. For renting an apartment it need to be audited to get an energy performance certificate.
If the performance is too low (low insulation, inefficient heating system ...) then the apartment can't be rented, or if it is rented the judge can allow the renter not to pay rent until the renovations have been done by the landlord to bring the performance to an adequate level.
The minimum performance level is going up every few years until 2030 or something like that.
That sounds like a great policy, hopefully other countries will follow suit!