Update: Energy Performance of Buildings

• Author:
• Sally Goodman

The EU Directive on the energy performance of buildings (2002/91/EC) is now in force in the UK. The objective of the Directive is to improve the performance of the energy performance of the buildings within the EU Community.

Member States have until January 2006 to ensure that certificates of
energy performance are made available when buildings are constructed,
sold or rented out, enabling prospective occupants to compare building
efficiency. The certification methodology may be set at natio... (90 more words)

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