Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 pm
Mr. Seán Armstrong:
I would like to say one thing on Part L and NZEB. We have improved the fabric of apartment blocks a lot. There is not much space heating demand. We are finding that 80% of energy use in apartment blocks relates to hot water. In the calculation methodology of the new NZEB standard, we give a credit for efficient hot water use. If one installs efficient showers or taps for hot water use, one will get a credit in the calculation methodology for NZEB.