Factsheet: Energy Certification of Buildings

Energy Certification of Buildings

Key Information

Country/Region:

European Union›SPAIN (ESPAÑA)

Description:

The decree establishes the requirements to make available for buyers and tenants an energy efficiency certificate providing objective information on the energy characteristics of the existing building. This allows the public and potential buyers or lessors to assess and compare the energy characteristics of different buildings in their decision prior to procurement or signing of a lease.

Goal/Aim:

To set the basic procedure for certifying energy efficiency in buildings, both existing ones and new builds

Impact on regional bioeconomy objectives

Fostering effective governance and involvement of the society:

Not Relevant

Building a strong research, development and innovation base:

Not Relevant

Enhancing the creation of jobs and ensuring availability of required skills:

Not Relevant

Building competitive biobased industries:

Not Relevant

Creating a reliable and enabling policy setting:

Not Relevant

Address the (multilevel) cooperations needed to start biobased businesses:

Not Relevant

Creating an attractive environment including infrastructure:

Not Relevant

Availability of financial resources:

Not Relevant

Learning from the strategies/actions of other regions, clusters,...:

Not Relevant

Fostering the development of strong biobased markets:

Not Relevant

Contact References

Full name of Instrument & Measure (English):

Royal Decree 47/2007, which approves the basic procedure for certifying energy efficiency in new buildings

Full name of Instrument & Measure (native language):

Real Decreto 235/2013, de 5 de abril, por el que se aprueba el procedimiento básico para la certificación de la eficiencia energética de los edificios

Responsible Authority:

Government of Spain. Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism

Completed by:

VITO

Completed on:

August, 2015

Advanced Information

Year Instrument & Measure Started:

2013

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