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Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
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CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE, DEFINITIONS AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGETS
CHAPTER II EFFICIENCY IN ENERGY USE
Article 9a. Metering for heating, cooling and domestic hot water
Article 9b. Sub-metering and cost allocation for heating, cooling and domestic hot water
Article 10a. Billing and consumption information for heating, cooling and domestic hot water
Article 11. Cost of access to metering and billing information for electricity and gas
Article 11a. Cost of access to metering and billing and consumption information for heating, cooling and domestic hot water
GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE CALCULATION OF ELECTRICITY FROM COGENERATION
METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE COGENERATION PROCESS
Values used for calculation of efficiency of cogeneration and primary...
(c) Calculations of energy savings using alternative calculation
(d) Member States may use other reporting periods than one year...
(e) For micro-cogeneration units the calculation of primary energy savings may...
(f) Efficiency reference values for separate production of heat and electricity...
ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR PURCHASING PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND BUILDINGS BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
Minimum criteria for energy audits including those carried out as part of energy management systems
Guarantee of origin for electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration
Energy efficiency criteria for energy network regulation and for electricity network tariffs
ENERGY EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATORS AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATORS
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