Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Mr. Se?n Armstrong:

I did not mean to go into too much detail. I am just trying to explain the complexity and the scale of work that needs to be done to put the systems in place. I know Denmark is one of those countries that has been implementing this but it has been implementing it for several years and has developed its systems over several years. From memory, I think its roadmap for the implementation of this was five to six years from the date that it committed to implementing it. We would plan to implement this in a much quicker timeframe. What is important is the alignment with EU regulation. The energy performance of buildings directive requires that we do this calculation from 1 January 2027 for all buildings over 2,000 sq. m. The energy performance of buildings directive specifies the Level(s) calculation methodology. I am not sure what calculation methodology is being used in those other countries.

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