In December 2014, the European Commission’s JRC-IPTS has released the draft proposal on ‘Green Public Procurement Criteria for the design, construction and management of Office buildings’ (hereinafter ‘GPP Office Buildings’), in which it recognises the importance of GPP criteria in the construction sector. To Eurovent and its members, this marks an effective tool to achieve the energy saving potentials of the European buildings stock throughout their entire life cycle while ensuring the development of European policies on sustainable buildings.