The energy certificate: a useful guide to energy performance improvements? ...

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Posting Date | 10 December 2009Publication Date | 2009
Country | Germany
Geographic Coverage | National
Type of publication | Article
Author(s) | Kai H. Warnecke (Ass. Secretary General , International Union of Property Owners- UIPI)
Publisher | International Union of Property Owners (UIPI)
Number pages | 3
Licence | International union of Property Owners, 2009
Source Languages | English

The energy certificate: a useful guide to energy performance improvements? The German experience

On the basis of a test conducted in Germany, the author argues that the major challenge of the legislation on energy efficiency of buildings is not the act of calculating the energy consumption of the building, but getting the right data for each individual building.