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Co-Creating Ireland’s National
Renovation Strategy – V.2
Dublin, 25th May 2016
Pat Barry Executive Director - IGBC
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Pat Barry Executive Director - IGBC
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Agenda 09.30 Session 1 – Setting the Scene 10.50 Coffee Break 11.15 Session 2 – Tackling the Awareness Issue 01.00 Lunch Break 02.00 Session 3 – Making Deep Renovation Painless 03.15 Coffee Break 03.40 Session 4 – Tacking the Tenants – Owners Dilemma 05.10 Closing Session 05.20 Event Ends
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(2013-2016) Build Upon - Setting the Scene
25th May 2016
Michael Hanratty, Energy Action Ltd
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EPISCOPE (2013 -2016): Key Elements
1. New TABULA typology brochures (2014)
2. Pilot Action for Northside of Dublin:
– Establish current energy efficiency status of
housing stocks
– track annual trends
– project to 2020, 2030 and 2050
3. Develop Common Energy Performance
Indicators (EPIs) for building stock
monitoring
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IEE EPISCOPE Project (2013-2016)
EPISCOPE includes Pilot Actions in 16 Member States to track the
refurbishment of housing stocks (local and national)
3 Questions:
– So, what proportion of the housing stock has been refurbished
to date?
– And, what proportion of dwellings are getting energy upgrade
works done each year?
– If we are going to miss 2020/ 2030 targets, what policy steps or
interventions can be taken to close the gap?
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EPISCOPE Pilot Action: Northside of Dublin City
Pilot Action Area data:
– Population: 307,000
– 134,000 dwellings
– 1,242 Small Areas (50-200 dwellings. Lowest level for compilation of
statistics in line with data protection. Must nest within Electoral Divisions)
– 93 Electoral Divisions (smallest legally defined administrative areas in
the State for which Small Area Population Statistics are published from
the Census)
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EPISCOPE Irish Pilot Action:
Building Stock Energy Performance Indicators
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Field Survey - Trend Findings
Field Survey Summary
Element
Refurbishment rate: Ownership of refurbished
dwellings (%) Funding (%)
% Refurb’d to date
Annual rate (%)
Housing Assoc./ Local
Authority Owner
occupied
Private rented
SEAI Grant since 2008
Warmer Homes Scheme
Local Auth./
landlord upgrade
Outside grants
Walls 16% 2.2% 25% 69% 6% 25% 13% 25% 38%
Roofs 45% 4.5% 12% 86% 2% 10% 14% 10% 67%
Windows 58% 3.2% 14% 76% 10% 0% N.A. 21% 79%
Floors 2% 0.0% 0% 100% 0% 0% N.A. 0% 100%
Boilers 25% 4.2% 4% 88% 8% 4% N.A. 12% 84%
Controls 7% 0.8% 0% 100% 0% 14% N.A. 0% 86%
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Aggregate Annual Refurbishment
Rate/Trend – Northside of Dublin City
Aggregate trend gives base assumption for
‘business as usual’ trend
Aggregate Trend (annual):
Element 3 * National Progr'mes Field survey
BER Research
Tool Aggregate
trend
Walls 1.06% 2.20% 2.50% 2.40%
Roofs 0.76% 4.50% 2.60% 3.60%
Windows N.A. 3.20% 2.20% 2.70%
Boilers 0.51% 4.20% 2.00% 3.10%
Controls 0.04% 0.80% N.A. 0.80%
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EPISCOPE Irish Pilot Action:
Building Stock Energy Performance Indicators
Element
% Elements Refurbished To
Date (BER research tool)
Annual retrofit rate - aggregate (%)
Walls 14.2% 2.4%
Roofs 34.7% 3.6%
Windows 76.2% 2.7%
Boilers 23.9% 3.1%
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Pilot Action Modelling - assumptions
7.6% of 2020 energy saving target of 20% achieved by end 2012,
(DCENR).
17% reduction on 1990 CO2 benchmark was achieved by 2013 (EPA).
1,000 new dwellings to be built p.a. to NZEB standard (45 kWh/m2/a)
Deep retrofit = the dwelling improves to primary energy of 43 kWh/m2/a
BER data is calibrated to reflect measured primary energy
Primary Energy (kWh/m2/yr) 0-100
>100-200
>200-300
>300-400
>400-500 >500
Calibration to measured energy 1.1 0.90 0.80 0.6 0.55 0.5
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Energy & CO2
Trends for North
Dublin Stock
216.57
199.36
168.41
129.73
45.17 41.32
33.01 22.92
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Energy & CO2 Trends for North Dublin Stock
Current Trend
Energy Reduction
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CO2 Reduction
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2015 -7.6% -17%
2020 -12% -23%
2030 -20% -34%
2050 -30% -48%
80% Target Trend
Energy Reduction (base 2005)
CO2 Reduction (base 1990)
2015 -7.6% -17%
2020 -19% -31%
2030 -39% -53%
2050 -65% -80%
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Base assumptions for ‘business as usual’ Trend Scenario
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EPISCOPE Pilot Action Target Scenario
To bridge the gap to achieve 80% CO2
reduction by 2050 will require, in
addition to the current trend,
– a DEEP retrofit of 75% of the residential
stock (i.e. to primary energy value of
circa 43 kWh/m2/year)
– A 60% decarbonisation of the electricity
grid
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BER Ratings (2015) – average D2
This map will need to be deep green
by 2050!
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Recommendations from Pilot Action
Given the scale of the task to meet 2020/ 2030/ 2050
energy saving targets, a rolling National
residential energy performance survey is
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
A comprehensive national monitoring programme
is needed to record measured energy use in
residential buildings.
Specific targets for reduction in energy demand and
CO2 for the residential sector should be set for
2020,2030 and 2050 in NEEAP
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UK House Condition Surveys –
food for thought
House Condition Surveys Description Budget
Scottish HCS 3,000 building surveys p.a. No social survey included. €1m p.a.
English HCS
13,300 social surveys/ 6,200 building surveys/ inspections
p.a. €3.75m p.a.
Northern Irish HCS
1,314 social surveys/ 1,434 building surveys
(every 5 years, 2011/ 2016) €0.4m
Unless we provide the resources, it will be difficult to accurately track
the energy performance of the Residential Housing Stock nationally
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Wall U Values
Current status indicator!
http://energyaction-static.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/index.html
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Roof U Values
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Window U Values
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Primary Heating Efficiency
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Heating Controls
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Community. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein."
Thanks for listening........
Have a productive day!
www.episcope.eu
michael@iher.ie
Marion Jammet Business Development Manager IGBC
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Co-creating Ireland’s National Renovation Strategy (2017-2020) Wednesday, 25th May 2016 #BuildUpon
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I. Co-creating an ambitious national renovation strategy for Ireland (2017 – 2020)
II. Renovating Ireland’s residential buildings stock: Barriers & Opportunities
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• Energy Efficiency Directive (art. 4)
• National Renovation Strategies
• Long-term vision
• Updated every 3 years
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NEXT STEPS
• Minimum BER?
• Tax incentives?
• Green leases?
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20 Experts
6 Sectors
3 Questions
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Q.1 In your opinion, what are the main barriers to large scale deep
renovation in the residential buildings sector?
Q.2 What kind of changes are necessary for large-scale deep
renovation to happen in the residential building sector?
Q.3 What measure(s) have the most potential for
implementation in Ireland in a period of 5 to 15 years for
maximal impacts?
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Renovation is not seen as a priority
Deep renovation Cost Split Incentive
Lack of Knowledge
Lack of Leadership
Perception
Lack of trusted intermediary advisors
Q.1 In your opinion, what are the main
barriers to large scale deep renovation
in the residential buildings sector?
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Comprehensive and Independent information
Introducing new legislation
The role of local communities
Flagship high quality projects
Financial Support (home owners)
Raising awareness at governmental level
Financial Support (landlords) Skills
Q.2 What kind of changes are
necessary for large scale deep
renovation to happen in the residential
buildings sector?
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Marion Jammet
www.buildupon.eu/ireland
marion@igbc.ie
01 681 5862
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 649727.
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Coffee Break
Session 2 Tackling the Awareness Issue
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Challenge or opportunity:
Engaged end-users
Building blocks to a sustainable building and energy
transition
Ruth Mourik-Duneworks
Irish Green Building Council
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The Energy Transition
Creating long-term structural change
in (energy) system
All dimensions, sectors, levels, actors
Systemic: everything needs to change
Co-shaping determines options
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The Energy Transition challenges THE transition?
Different levels, sectors and actors with different
challenges
Expectations aligned
Visioning and goalsetting
Orchestrate learning & open innovation
Lock-ins
New governance
Manageability
Who is in charge, who decides?
Possible Top-Down without end-user!
Wise? rebound, opposition, unfairness, missing
expertise
Upscaling= engaging all
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What about this end-user? Who is this end-
user??
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Why care about this end-user? 30% of energy
demand
locked
in behavioural
‘end-user’ wedge
• Purchasing
• Investment
• Use, habits
• Maintenance
• Social
acceptability
Unlocking challenge:
Homo economicus bias
Overly technocratic
approaches
Limited transfer of best
practice
Lack of meaningful
monitoring and evaluation http://behavioralwedge.msu.edu/
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How to focus on end-users?
Models/theories of change and behaviour underpin interventions Impact design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation Benefits and drawbacks
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What we need to know about this end-user
Lasting change = context change
No silver bullit
People do not live according to sectors or disciplines or governmental departments
Interdisciplinary focus, systemic focus works best in practice..
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And now for something completely different… Narratives
Social science tool
Tell how big events (policies) impact on small scale
(individuals)
Quick, practical and useful understanding of
complexity of interconnected factors
Remember?
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Traditional approaches: homo economicus: money and information
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http://pinterest.com/kyrpersa/homo-economicus/
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Distribution
Recognition
The Place where change takes root and becomes embedded
Participation
Responsibility
Capacities
Learning
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• Every place is unique
• No ‘one-size-fits-all’
• Building blocks sensitive to a specific local context
• End-users centre stage
• Aim: the sustainable improvement of a place (neighbourhood, city, region, etc.)
The Voicer is based on lessons learnt in the project STEM: The Neighbourhood Transformer
How to engage end-users
• No recognition= no participation
• Diverse wishes, needs and aspirations
• Beyond energy, retrofitting and sustainability
• Every place is unique
• Existing structure, networks, initiatives
• Get to know end-users
Recognition
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• Instrumental use= problems
• More than being informed
• Acceptance = sustained change
• End-users are experts
• Affected= engaged
• Multiple levels and ways
• Different reasons, resources and mandate
Participation
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• Benefits, costs, risks
• Vulnerable groups
• Unfair = opposition
• Damages trust
• Remove risks/make understandable
• effect
• performance contracts
• trade-offs!!
Distribution
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• Not everyone can or is able
• Not facilitated= disengagement
• Build up capacities
• Provide resources
• Provide knowledge
• Train skills
Capacities
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• Ownership
• Incremental change
• How much?
• Trust, equality and reciprocity
• Ambassadors
Responsibility
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• Efficiency & effectiveness…
• End-user goals
• Why or why not
• Long-term effects
• Monitor and evaluate the process based on building blocks
• Learn from the unwilling!
• Flexibility
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Learning
Contact • More information: http://www.duneworks.nl
Mail us:
• ruth.mourik@duneworks.nl
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Lunch Break
Session 3 Making Deep Renovation Painless
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<< VORIGE VOLGENDE TITEL VAN PRESENTATIE 17 DECEMBER 2010
Making Deep Renovation Painless
Rapid developments
Ivo Opstelten
Program director Energiesprong
Professor ‘New Energy in the City’
Director Applied Research CoE ‘Smart Sustainable Cities’
Owner PIAF Wonen
• Market not offering compelling propositions
– price, performance, aesthetics, intervention time, customer friendly retail,
after care…
• Split incentive (Landlord-Tenant)
• Regulatory hurdles
• Real estate valuation distorted
• Financing
• Energy/Environment = low interest topic
The Netherlands 2009:
No market for efficiency improvement in buildings for
multiple reasons
45 M€ to show and tell:
Building
innovations: 45%-
60%-80%
2500 new
3000 renovated
32 Non-residential
Proces innovation
Social innovation
Condition the
market!
2010: 5-year Innovation agenda
Energytransition built environment
‘Energy Leap’ Program
set out to flip the switch
To help create market conditions for an energy neutral
built environment in NL
Energy Leap Mission
Demand side in action:
Organise demand/
professional customers
Supply side in action:
Facilitate supply chains
Knowledge disclosure and
integral cooperation determine
success
Transform barriers into
chances and stimuli
First experiments in Kerkrade
Final result
Cost and renovation time per house?
Placement timber frame Facade elements REAR
Renovation time Day 1
Day 2
Placement timber frame & Facade elements front
Placement prefab roof elements
Day 3
Day 6/7
Finishing zinc en roof rims
Day 8
Moving scaffolding
Raising the bar
E - performance
130.000
100.000
80.000
Zero-on-the-Meter
Re
no
va
tio
n c
os
t [E
uro
]
Roossendaal 2010
Kerkrade 2011
60.000
40.000
Prices incl. VAT and new
bathroom+kitchen
Apeldoorn 2012
• Demand side: Mass market guarantee
• Supply side: Price/Performance guarantee
• Government: Legislation that stimulates guaranteed Net
Zero Energy renovation
DEAL!
The next step: guarantee each others succes
Deals that created market conditions for
Zero-on-the-Meter renovation!
• 20-6-2013 Rapids for social houding deal
– 6 (+ 25) Housing corporations: 111.000 houses
– 4 Large building companies: Price-performance
guarantee
– Government: Energy Performance Reimbursement
(EPR)
• 29-9-2014: Rapids for private home owners
– 35+ Local authorities and 10+ consumer
cooperations
– 25+ Building companies
– All building insurance companies
– 4 Appraisal Unions
– 4 Largest mortgage providers
– Government Downpayment + Interest for
Mortgage + Energy investment
Downpayment + Interest
Mortgage + Energy Bill
Rent +
Energy
Bill
Rent +
EPR
2014: First prototypes Zero-on-the-Meter
• First 500: IRR Social Housing Corporation 4,75% at TCO of 100-110 k€
2016: Zero-on-the-Meter takes off
• Ø–on-the-meter for new built houses > 10% in portfolio of large project developers
• 600 Ø–on-the-meter renovations have been carried out, 3000 are under contract,
5000 extra are designated.
Consumer free to deal?
• Maximum loan (mortgage) determined by:
– Loan-to-Value
• Appraiser
• Consumer
– Loan-to-Income
• Bank
• Consumer
Renovation Business Case
private home owners
• ‘Mortgage equivalent’ energy bill
= financial risk of bank if not accounted for!
€- €10,000.00 €20,000.00 €30,000.00 €40,000.00 €50,000.00 €60,000.00 €70,000.00 €80,000.00
Renovation Mortgage Indication
Loan-to-Income mortgage level Net Present Value Renovation
Industrialized renovation pays off!
E - peformance
130.000
100.000
80.000
Zero-on-the-Meter
Re
no
va
tio
n c
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ts [
Eu
ro]
Roossendaal 2010
Kerkrade 2011
60.000
40.000
Heerhugowaard 2013
Melick, Arnhem, Tilburg,
Soesterberg, etc. 2014
Utrecht 2016-2017 …
Zero-on-the-meter crystallizes in NL
• Housing corporations, tenant organization, building companies, appraisal
firms, banks, knowledge institutes, local authorities, national government,
etc. joined forces to create a circle of Ø–on-the-meter fame!
• Energy Performance Reimbursment passed May 17th
• Ø-on-the-meter allows for up to 27.000 higher mortgage level as of 1-1-2016
• All renovation appraisals incorporate net present value calculation of energy
measures (label F/G to Ø–on-the-meter NPV = € 45.000)
Woudn’t it be nice?
• After a day’s work, your house
– Has a higher comfort level
– Has an improved (exterior) appearance
– Has an increased market value
– Is fit for the next decades
All that, without increased (total) living
expenses!
But we are not there yet …
• First Zero–on-the-meter renovations are not with
Ø obstacles and flaws
– Technical
– Esthetical
– Financial
– Social
• Full industrialization takes time
Performace guarantee and Management of
expectations required!
Extra charge? Zero-on-the meter was promised!
Challenges? Functional integration
20 years later
And mass-customization
From
To
Buy
Co-
design
How to create exponential growth?
Innovators
Early adaptors
Mainstream
Power in numbers
• Industrial promise requires high(er) volume
• Large effort, Growing movement
Soon in a theater near you….
Transition zero: the movie
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Coffee Break
Session 4 Tackling the Tenants – Owners Dilemma
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Improving Energy Efficiency in the
Private Rented Sector
National housing charity - Est. 1978
We solve people’s housing problems by providing housing advice and advocacy
We campaign for a better housing system using a rights-based approach
30,000+ housing queries annually, primarily in the PRS
• 20 per cent of housing stock nationally
• 38 per cent in Galway City, 27 per cent in Cork City, 25 per cent in Dublin.
1980s/1990s
2000s
52,500 social housing
2/3 of all social housing units
sold
2006 – 5,208 out of 93,419 were social
housing (6%) 49,188 owner
occupied
Increased reliance on
private rented sector
2013 – 505 out of 8,301 were
social housing (6%)
• Highest proportion of E, F and G building ratings are found in the PRS (20%)
55% of the private rented dwellings are likely to be considered to have poor energy efficiency, with BERs between D and G.
1950s Housing Construction
1980s/1990s
2000s
52,500 social housing
2/3 of all social housing units
sold
2006 – 5,208 out of 93,419 were social
housing (6%) 49,188 owner
occupied
Increased reliance on
private rented sector
2013 – 505 out of 8,301 were
social housing (6%)
Inability to heat/power
a home to an adequate
degree- +10% of income,
20% extreme
Improving the BER of a
home from E1 to B2 can lead
to energy savings of €2,524 a
year
“This (increasing energy efficiency) would entail one of the biggest changes to the Irish rental market in the history of the State”
Cost- SEAI estimate that the average home in Ireland is a D on the BER scale and that an average of €21k per home would be required to lift that rating to a B.
Split Incentive- Landlords don’t immediately or directly benefit and tenants have no ability to undertake upgrades
Target tenants in energy poverty –RTB registration – BER ratings and HAP/RAS/RS
Grant scheme similar to Better Energy Warmer Homes, with conditions around tenancy length -Pilot in HAP in 2016
Review take up and issues- Better Homes Grant extended to landlords 2015
Legislation on Minimum Standards post 2020 and for new leases
Public consultation by mid-2016 on a roadmap for improving energy efficiency in the rented sector.
Establishment of minimum energy efficiency standards in the period after 2020;
Consultation will consider what supports for landlords esp. supply and rents
Working Group under Construction 2020 to investigate the feasibility of introducing minimum thermal efficiency standards for rental properties.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF RENTAL ACCOMMODATION IN IRELAND
David McKechnie, Associate T: +353 1 828 0625
E: dmckechnie@mcdowellpurcell.ie
INTRODUCTION
• No specific provision is made in Irish legislation for the energy efficiency of rental
accommodation. AREAS OF FOCUS 1. Domestic Legislation relating to standards for rental accommodation in Ireland
2. A review of Part L of the Building Regulations (Conservation of Fuel and Energy)
3. The Current EU legislative position applicable to energy efficiency of Irish
dwellings
• Also of relevance is current domestic policy and incentives to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy poverty
1. Domestic legislation relating to standards
for rental accommodation in Ireland
BACKGROUND
• The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992: Since 1992, physical
standards for rental accommodation have been provided for in law.
• Government policy document “Towards 2016”: In 2006, the Government published a policy document “Towards 2016” which outlined a core objective of the Government and social partners to enable each household to have available to them an affordable dwelling of good quality.
THE MINIMUM STANDARDS REGULATIONS
2008
The Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008 (“the 2008 regulations”)
2009
The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”)
2009 The Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Amendment Regulations 2009
(“the 2009 regulations”)
PRIMARY PROVISIONS - 2008 AND 2009 REGULATIONS
A) Structural Condition Article 5 - All rental accommodation should be maintained in a proper state of structural repair;
“A dwelling that is sound, internally and externally, with roof, roofing tiles & slates, windows, floors, ceilings, walls, stairs, skirting boards, fascia, tiles on any floor, gutters, down pipes, fittings, furnishings, gardens and common areas, maintained in good condition and repair and not defective due to dampness or otherwise”.
B) Sanitary Facilities Article 6 - All rental accommodation must contain sanitary facilities equipped with a continuous supply of cold water and a facility for hot water. The sanitary facilities must be within the living area and for exclusive use of the house.
C) Heating Article 7- Every habitable room must have a permanently fixed appliance capable of providing effective heating and capable of being independently managed by the tenant. There must also be facilities for the removal of fumes and other by-products of combustion to the external air.
PRIMARY PROVISIONS - 2008 AND 2009 REGULATIONS
D) Food Preparation, Storage & Laundry
Article 8 - There must be adequate facilities in good working order for food preparation, storage and laundry. There must also be provision for the effective and safe removal of fumes to the external air by means of cooker hood or extractor fan.
E) Ventilation
Article 9 - Every room must have adequate ventilation.
F) Lighting Article 10 • Every habitable room must have adequate natural lighting. • Every room, hall, stairs and landing must have suitable and adequate artificial lighting. • The windows of every room containing a bath, shower and toilet must be screened to
ensure privacy.
PRIMARY PROVISIONS - 2008 AND 2009 REGULATIONS
G) Fire Safety
Article 11- All rental accommodation must have a fire blanket and either a mains-wired smoke alarm or at least two 10-year self-contained battery-operated smoke alarms.
Multi Unit buildings must contain; • A mains wired smoke alarm, a fire blanket, and an emergency evacuation plan • Emergency Lighting in all common areas
H) Refuse facilities
Article 12 - Requires access for all rental accommodation to suitable and adequate pest and vermin-proof refuse storage facilities. Communal storage facilities where appropriate will be considered to comply with the regulations.
I) Electricity and Gas
Article 13- Installations for gas and electricity must be maintained in safe working order
All Landlords have a legal obligation to ensure their rental accommodation
complies with the minimum standards prescribed by the regulations.
Responsibility for enforcement rests with the relevant Local Authorities, who have powers to issue the following;
a) Improvement Notices b) Prohibition Notices
Despite improvements introduced by the new regulations, no specific provision is made for energy efficiency of rental accommodation.
ENFORCEMENT
2. Building Regulations
BACKGROUND
The Building Control Act 1990 provided that national building regulations may be made by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for a range of purposes to include:
• Health, safety and welfare • Special needs of the disabled • Conservation of fuel and energy • Securing the efficient use of resources • The encouragement of good building practice
The first Building Regulations came into effect on 1 June 1992. The detailed technical content was removed from the regulations and put into twelve separate technical guidance documents (“TGDs”).
PART TITLE
PART A Structure
PART B Fire
PART C Site preparation & resistance to moisture
PART D Materials and workmanship
PART E Sound
PART F Ventilation
PART G Hygiene
PART H Drainage and waste disposal
PART J Heat Producing appliances
PART K Stairways, ramps and guards
PART L Conservation of fuel and energy
PART M Access for disabled people
PART L – GENERAL OVERVIEW OF CONSERVATION OF FUEL AND ENERGY
TIMELINE 2005 2008 2011 2015-2020
% Improvement Baseline 40% and renewables requirement
60% Nearly zero energy policy (70% Approx)
Primary energy kWh/m2/annum
150 90 60 45
CO2 kg/m2/annum 30 18 12 10
BER B3 B1 A3 A2
PART L OF THE 2011 BUILDING REGULATIONS
• A reduction of approximately 33% on energy performance levels including
energy consumption and Co2 emissions from the levels prescribed in the 2005 regulations.
• Maximum U-values (the measure of heat loss through a material) were reduced by approximately 15% and by up to 20% for windows and external doors from 2008 levels.
• The air permeability levels (in the line separating the inside and outside of the building) were reduced by 30% from their introductory level in 2008.
• The requisite energy efficiency for oil and gas fired boilers was increased by a further 4% on 2008 levels, bringing the requirement for energy efficiency to 90%.
• The provisions of the 2011 Building Regulations can be contrasted with Part L of
the 1991 building regulations, which stated in general terms;
“A building shall be so designed and constructed as to secure, insofar as is reasonably practicable, the conservation of fuel and energy………”
Challenges
The difficulty with the building regulations is that they are not retrospective. They only apply to the following from the date of their commencement;
• All new builds; • All extensions and alterations carried out on existing dwellings under Parts A and
B of the TGD; and, • Certain parts of the TGD to include Part L apply to any 'material change of use' of
an existing building or part of an existing building.
PART L OF THE 2011 BUILDING REGULATIONS
3. EU LEGISLATION Statutory Instrument No. 666 of 2006 • Transposed into Irish Law the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2002. • Building Energy Rating (“BER”) required from 1 January 2009. • Ultimately superseded by Statutory Instrument No. 243 of 2012.
Statutory Instrument No. 426 of 2014 and Statutory Instrument No. 131 of 2014
• Transposed into Irish Law The Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU) resulting in elements of the European Efficiency Plan being binding on Ireland.
• Obligation on public bodies to procure products, services and buildings with high energy efficiency performance.
• The promotion of efficiency in heating and cooling. • Obligations for industry relating to energy audits and energy management systems. • A common framework for national energy savings obligation schemes equivalent to annual
energy savings of 1.5% of energy sales.
Recast European Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/30/EU
• Requires that all new buildings constructed from January 2021 comply with the nearly zero energy building standards.
CONCLUSION
David McKechnie, Associate
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Co-Creating Ireland’s National
Renovation Strategy – V.2
Dublin, 25th May 2016