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.