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European Commission publishes guidelines on Nearly-Zero Energy Buildings.(NZEB)

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The European commission has issued guidelines on how member states should define Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB). The guidelines...

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The European commission has issued guidelines on how member states should define Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB). The guidelines published :COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION (EU) 2016/1318 of 29 July 2016 on guidelines for the promotion of nearly zero-energy buildings and best practices to ensure that, by 2020, all new buildings are nearly zero-energy buildings  specifically set out recommendations for each climatic region. For Ireland which falls under the Oceanic region this recommends the following definition.

Oceanic:

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Offices: 40-55 kWh/(m2.y) of net primary energy with, typically, 85-100 kWh/(m2.y) of primary energy use covered by 45 kWh/(m2.y) of on-site renewable sources;

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New single family house: 15-30 kWh/(m2.y) of net primary energy with, typically, 50-65 kWh/(m2.y) of primary energy use covered by 35 kWh/(m2.y) of on-site renewable sources; and

For more information on Nearly Zero Energy Buildings see here.

 

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