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- Aim high. Regardless of the stage of your home, achieving and A rating today will inevitable save you more in the long run. Do your research. Consider the extra materials, labour and energy costs associated with upgrading at a later stage, or the impact a lower rating will have on the value of your home.
- Consider a more compact design. The difficulty of ensuring continuity of insulation and maximum airtightness in architectural features such as dormer and bay windows can have a negative effect on a homes energy performance. Avoiding excessive use of these and opting for a more simple vernacular design can significantly improve energy efficiency, and as a result your energy rating.
- Introducing more, or more efficient insulation, and improving airtightness and glazing performance will reduce the heat loss of the walls, floor and roof, improving your energy rating.
- The efficiency of the heating system and the introduction of environmentally friendly methods of energy generation such as solar panels must also be considered to achieve the best possible rating.
- Utilising high performance building fabric is the key to any energy efficient building by limiting the space heating requirements and ensuring your home is future proofed.
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As part of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, every property whether being sold or let will require a Building Energy Rating (BER) Certificate issued by a qualified assessor registered with SEI (Sustainable Energy Ireland).
Legislation Dates
- The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) came into effect in Ireland on January 1st, 2007.
- DEAP calculation and BER labelling applies to all new homes for which planning is applied for on or after 1st January 2007.
- From July 2008 40% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions as well as 40% improvement in energy performance will be required. This will typically result in a B1 rating.
- A BER certificate will be required when selling, leasing or renting an existing building, regardless of age, from 1st January 2009.
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