Environmental and health related criteria for buildings - ANEC

IBO - Environmental and Health related Criteria for Buildings
7.2. EPBD 2002 and EPBD Recast 2010
EPBD 2002
The EPBD (Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings) adopted 2002 16 and its recast in
2010 17 are the main legislative instruments at EU level which aim to improve energy
performance of buildings. To implement the directive into national law, in a first step the
Member States had to apply minimum requirements (tailored to the local climate) regarding
the energy performance of new buildings and large existing buildings that are subjected to
major renovation. The level of performance as well as the methodology of calculation could
be defined by the EU member states themselves according to the principles of subsidiarity
and proportionality 18 which makes a comparison of energy indicators on a European wide
level rather difficult.
To guarantee the achievement of the target values, the EU member states had to establish
certification systems of the energy performance of buildings (via obligatory energy
certificates which have to be revised accordingly). Furthermore, the technical, environmental
and economic feasibility of alternative energy supply systems should be considered for large
new buildings (with a total useful floor area above 1000 m²) such as decentralised energy
supply systems based on renewable energy, CHP (Combined Heat and Power), district or
block heating or cooling and heat pumps. The regular inspection of boilers and air
conditioning systems both for new and existing buildings should improve the energy
efficiency of heating and cooling systems. Is the boiler sizing (still) suitable to the heating
requirements of the building or is a general replacement of boilers/cooling systems, their
upgrading or alternative modifications necessary?
Diversity in the implementation of the EPBD in EU Member States
The study “Monitoring and evaluation of energy certification on practice with focus on central
European States” 19 provides an overview of the diversity and multiplicity of the
implementation of the EPBD in different EU Member States. Multiple are not only the main
indicators displayed on the first side of the energy performance certificate, but also rating
scales and if measured or calculated values are applicable, as Table 13 shows.
16 Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the energy
performance of buildings
17 Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy
performance of Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the
indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by
energy-related product buildings
18 “the general principles providing for a system of energy performance requirements and its objectives should be
established at Community level, but the detailed implementation should be left to Member States, thus allowing
each Member State to choose the regime which corresponds best to its particular situation.” Paragraph 21,
Directive 2002/91/EC
19 Kopetzky, R.; Therburg, I.; Monitoring and evaluation of energy certification on practice with focus on central
European States (ed. By ARGE Energieausweise Mitteleuropa; published by the Federal Ministry of Transport,
Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BMVBS), BMVBS-Online Publikation 03/2010, February 2010)
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