The European Committee of the Regions (CoR), recently included neZEH among its policy recommendations published in its opinion document “Tourism as a driving force for regional cooperation across the EU” (2017/C 185/03).
More particularly, as regards Climate change and sustainable development, the CoR “invites tourist regions, in the light of climate change, to diversify their economic focus — in particular, conditions in mountain and coastal regions are favourable for renewable energy production (water/wind, solar, geothermal, biomass power) and to invest together with the sector in climate-friendly projects using tools such as the Hotel Energy Solutions (HES) and the Nearly Zero Energy Hotels (neZEH)”.
You may find the full opinion document here