European Union (Energy Performance Of Buildings) Regulations 2019
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Citation | IR SI 183/2019 |
| Year | 2019 |
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | |||||||||
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“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd May, 2019. | |||||||||
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I, EOGHAN MURPHY, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No.27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (recast) as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018, hereby make the following regulations: | |||||||||
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Citation | |||||||||
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2019 | |||||||||
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Commencement | |||||||||
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2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 November 2019. | |||||||||
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Purpose of the Regulations | |||||||||
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3. The purpose for which these Regulations are made include, in particular, the giving of further effect to the relevant provisions of Articles 2, 7, and 9 of Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 20101 . | |||||||||
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Interpretation generally | |||||||||
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4. In these Regulations: – | |||||||||
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“building element” means a technical building system or an element of the building envelope; | |||||||||
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“building envelope” means the integrated elements of the building which separate its interior from the outdoors environment; | |||||||||
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“building control regulations” means the Building Control Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 496 of 1997 ) as amended; | |||||||||
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“building regulations” means the Building Regulations 1997 ( S.I. No. 497 of 1997 ) as amended; | |||||||||
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“cost-optimal level” means the energy performance level which leads to the lowest cost during the estimated economic lifecycle, where: | |||||||||
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(a) the lowest cost is determined taking into account energy- related investment costs, maintenance and operating costs (including energy costs and savings, the category of building concerned, earnings from energy produced), where applicable, and disposal costs, where applicable; and | |||||||||
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(b) the estimated economic lifecycle refers to the remaining estimated economic lifecycle of a building where energy performance requirements are set for the building as a whole, or to the estimated economic lifecycle of a building element where energy performance requirements are set out for building elements, | |||||||||
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and the cost optimal level shall lie within the range of performance levels where the cost benefit analysis calculated over the estimated economic lifecycle is positive; | |||||||||
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“Directive” means Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (recast) as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018; | |||||||||
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“dwelling” means a house or flat forming a separate unit of residential accommodation; | |||||||||
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“energy from renewable sources” means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar, aerothermal, geothermal, hydrothermal and ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases; | |||||||||
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“energy performance of a building” means the calculated or measured amount of energy needed to meet the energy demand associated with a typical use of the building, which includes, inter alia, energy used for heating, cooling, ventilation, hot water and lighting; | |||||||||
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“flat” means separate and self-contained premises constructed or adapted for residential use and forming part of a building from some other part of which it is divided horizontally; | |||||||||
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“major renovation” means the renovation of a building where more than 25% of the surface of the building envelope undergoes renovation; | |||||||||
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“nearly zero-energy building” means a building that has a very high energy performance and the nearly zero or very low amount of energy required should be covered to a very significant extent by energy from renewable sources, including energy from renewable sources produced on-site or nearby; | |||||||||
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“substantial work has been completed” means that the structure of the external walls of the dwelling has been erected; | |||||||||
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