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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 244/2012Show full title

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 244/2012 of 16 January 2012 supplementing Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings by establishing a comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements for buildings and building elements (Text with EEA relevance)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.Subject matter and scope

  3. Article 2.Definitions

  4. Article 3.Comparative methodology framework

  5. Article 4.Comparison of the calculated cost-optimal levels with current minimum energy performance requirements

  6. Article 5.Review of the cost-optimal calculations

  7. Article 6.Reporting

  8. Article 7.Entry into force and application

  9. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      Cost-optimal methodology framework

      1. 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF REFERENCE BUILDINGS

        1. (1) Member States shall establish reference buildings for the following building...

        2. (2) In addition to office buildings, Member States shall establish reference...

        3. (3) If a Member State is able to demonstrate in the...

        4. (4) For each building category, at least one reference building shall...

        5. (5) Member States can make use of the reporting template provided...

        6. (6) For existing buildings (both residential and non-residential), Member States shall...

        7. (7) For new buildings (both residential and non-residential), the currently applicable...

        8. (8) Member States shall calculate cost-optimal levels also for minimum performance...

        9. (9) Member States shall endeavour to calculate and set cost-optimal requirements...

      2. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES, MEASURES BASED ON RENEWABLE ENERGY...

        1. (1) Energy efficiency measures for both new and existing buildings shall...

        2. (2) Measures may be bundled to packages of measures or variants....

        3. (3) Member States shall also identify measures/packages/variants using renewable energy for...

        4. (4) Energy efficiency measures/packages/variants identified for the calculation of cost-optimal requirements...

        5. (5) If a Member State can demonstrate, by submitting previous cost...

        6. (6) The selected energy efficiency measures and measures based on renewable...

      3. 3. CALCULATION OF THE PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND RESULTING FROM THE APPLICATION...

        1. (1) The energy performance is calculated in accordance with the common...

        2. (2) Member States shall calculate the energy performance of measures/packages/variants by...

        3. (3) Energy produced onsite shall be deducted from the primary energy...

        4. (4) Member States shall calculate the resulting primary energy use using...

        5. (5) Member States shall use:

        6. (6) Energy performance results shall, for the purpose of the cost-optimal...

      4. 4. CALCULATION OF THE GLOBAL COST IN TERMS OF NET PRESENT...

        1. 4.1. Categories of costs

        2. 4.2. General principles for cost calculation

          1. (1) In projecting energy cost developments, Member States may use the...

          2. (2) The effect of (expected) future price developments for other than...

          3. (3) Cost data for cost categories (a) to (d) shall be...

          4. (4) When determining the global cost of a measure/package/variant, the following...

          5. (5) The residual value shall be determined by a straight-line depreciation...

          6. (6) Disposal costs, if applicable, are to be discounted and can...

          7. (7) At the end of the calculation period, the disposal costs...

          8. (8) Member States shall use a calculation period of 30 years...

          9. (9) Member States are encouraged to use Annex A to EN...

        3. 4.3. Calculation of global costs for a financial calculation

          1. (1) When determining the global cost of a measure/package/variant for the...

          2. (2) Global costs for buildings and building elements shall be calculated...

          3. (3) Member States shall determine the discount rate to be used...

        4. 4.4. Calculation of global costs for the macroeconomic calculation

          1. (1) When determining the global cost for the macroeconomic calculation of...

          2. (2) When determining the global cost at macroeconomic level of a...

          3. (3) Member States shall calculate the cumulated carbon cost of measures/packages/variants...

          4. (4) Member States shall determine the discount rate to be used...

      5. 5. UNDERTAKING A SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR COST INPUT DATA INCLUDING ENERGY...

      6. 6. DERIVATION OF A COST-OPTIMAL LEVEL OF ENERGY PERFORMANCE FOR EACH...

        1. (1) For each reference building, Member States shall compare the global...

        2. (2) In cases where the outcome of the cost-optimal calculations gives...

        3. (3) Once a decision is taken on whether the macroeconomic or...

    2. ANNEX II

      1. Information on estimated long-term energy price developments

      2. Information on estimated long-term carbon price developments

    3. ANNEX III

      Reporting template that Member States may use for reporting to the Commission pursuant to Article 5(2) of Directive 2010/31/EU and Article 6 of this Regulation

      1. 1. REFERENCE BUILDINGS

        1. 1.1. Report on the reference buildings for all building categories and...

        2. 1.2. Give the definition of the floor area reference used in...

        3. 1.3. Please list the selection criteria used to define each reference...

        4. 1.4. Please indicate whether your reference building is an example building,...

        5. 1.5. Please indicate the underlying dataset for the national building stock...

      2. 2. SELECTING VARIANTS/MEASURES/PACKAGES

        1. 2.1. Report in table format the characteristics of selected variants/measures/packages that...

      3. 3. CALCULATION OF THE PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND OF THE MEASURES

        1. 3.1. Energy Performance Assessment

          1. 3.1.1. Report the calculation procedure for the energy performance assessment that...

          2. 3.1.2. Give references to relevant legislation, regulation, standards and norms.

          3. 3.1.3. Fill in the calculation period (20 or 30 years), the...

        2. 3.2. Energy demand calculation

          1. 3.2.1. Please report the results of the energy performance calculation for...

          2. 3.2.2. Report the summary of primary energy conversion factors used in...

          3. 3.2.3. Indicate the delivered energy per carrier in an additional table....

      4. 4. GLOBAL COST CALCULATION

        1. 4.1. Calculate the global cost for each variant/package/measure using the following...

        2. 4.2. Report the source of the applied energy price development

        3. 4.3. Report the applied discount rate for the financial and the...

        4. 4.4. Please report your input parameters used for the calculation of...

        5. 4.5. Perform calculation on the sensitivity analysis for the main costs...

        6. 4.6. Please indicate the assumed cost of greenhouse gas emissions for...

      5. 5. COST-OPTIMAL LEVEL FOR REFERENCE BUILDINGS

        1. 5.1. Report the economic optimal energy performance level in primary energy...

      6. 6. COMPARISON

        1. 6.1. If the difference is significant, please indicate the reason that...

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