Time to act for a better tomorrow
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) affects buildings in all EU countries. At Siemens we can help you to comply with the latest regulations.
Buildings are responsible for 40% of the EU's energy consumption.
Statistics like these are the reason the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) was amended for the third time in 2018. It was made more stringent to drive building renovation towards smart infrastructure and reduce final energy consumption, in order to achieve the EU decarbonisation goals.
Are you fulfilling the EPBD?
The updated EPBD came into effect in 2020. Each EU member state has now transposed the EPBD into their own national law and developed a long-term renovation strategy of its building stock. There are minor variants between member states, but all national laws follow the same main guidelines below.
Existing buildings
For all existing non-residential buildings with a heating, ventilation or cooling system having an output higher than 290 kilowatts the requirements include retrofitting of the system with a building automation and control system (BACS) by 2025 with the following capabilities:
- Continuously monitoring, logging, analysing and allowing for the adjustment of energy use
- Benchmarking the building’s energy efficiency, detecting losses in efficiency of technical building systems, and informing the person responsible for the facilities or technical building management about opportunities for energy efficiency improvement
- Allowing communication with connected technical building systems and other appliances inside the building and being interoperable with technical building systems across different types of proprietary technologies, devices and manufacturers.
Residential buildings should be equipped with continuous electronic monitoring that measures systems’ efficiency and informs building owners or managers in case of faults or if servicing is necessary, to ensure optimum generation, distribution, storage and use of energy.
Such equipment above (BACS, monitoring) exempts from otherwise mandatory regular inspections.
Major renovations
For such, the directive drives local legislation as follows:
- In terms of building design, minimal energy performance levels must be met after renovations, as well as standards for healthy indoor climate conditions and for fire safety
- As to technical building infrastructure, installation of self-regulating devices for the separate regulation of the temperature in each room or, where justified, in a designated heated zone of the building unit
- Consider the installation of self-regulating devices for the separate regulation of the temperature in each room
- With respect to promoting electromobility, install a minimum number of electric vehicle charging points for parking spaces and/or cable conduits for future installations
- Improve the transparency of energy performance certificates by ensuring that all necessary parameters for calculations, both for certification and minimum energy performance requirements, are set out and applied consistently.
New constructions
For new buildings the criteria are both more comprehensive and more detailed, leading to a higher energy efficiency standard. In this context, Siemens can provide support with the technical infrastructures – please contact us for more information.
For all existing non-residential buildings with a heating, ventilation or cooling system having an output higher than 290 kilowatts the requirements include retrofitting of the system with a building automation and control system (BACS) by 2025 with the following capabilities:
- Continuously monitoring, logging, analysing and allowing for the adjustment of energy use
- Benchmarking the building’s energy efficiency, detecting losses in efficiency of technical building systems, and informing the person responsible for the facilities or technical building management about opportunities for energy efficiency improvement
- Allowing communication with connected technical building systems and other appliances inside the building and being interoperable with technical building systems across different types of proprietary technologies, devices and manufacturers.
Residential buildings should be equipped with continuous electronic monitoring that measures systems’ efficiency and informs building owners or managers in case of faults or if servicing is necessary, to ensure optimum generation, distribution, storage and use of energy.
Such equipment above (BACS, monitoring) exempts from otherwise mandatory regular inspections.
For such, the directive drives local legislation as follows:
- In terms of building design, minimal energy performance levels must be met after renovations, as well as standards for healthy indoor climate conditions and for fire safety
- As to technical building infrastructure, installation of self-regulating devices for the separate regulation of the temperature in each room or, where justified, in a designated heated zone of the building unit
- Consider the installation of self-regulating devices for the separate regulation of the temperature in each room
- With respect to promoting electromobility, install a minimum number of electric vehicle charging points for parking spaces and/or cable conduits for future installations
- Improve the transparency of energy performance certificates by ensuring that all necessary parameters for calculations, both for certification and minimum energy performance requirements, are set out and applied consistently.
How is the EPBD implemented in my country?
Each EU member state adapts the directive into their own national law. For more information about what’s happening in your country, contact us locally below.
If you need help making changes to your buildings, we can help.
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