DUTCH:
In 2012 stelde het Europees Parlement (EP) de Europese Energie-Efficiency Richtlijn (EED) vast. De richtlijn vermeldt de Europese doelstelling van een 20% lagere Europees energieverbruik in 2020. Het bevat verplichtingen voor zowel lidstaten als bedrijven. Er zijn twee verplichtingen die sinds juli 2015 gelden in het kader van de europese richtlijn - artikelen 8 en 14. Artikel 8 gaat over de uitvoering van energie-audits door grote ondernemingen en we kunnen u helpen om aan deze regelgeving te voldoen.
ENGLISH:
In 2012, the European Parlement (EP) established the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). The aim of this Directive is to help to realise the European target to reduce energy consumption by 20% in 2020. This Directive contains commitments of Member States as well as companies. There are two obligations which are implemented in the provisional regulation of Articles 8 and 14. Article 8 applies to larger companies to carry out an energy audit and we help to comply with this regulation.
By monitoring the energy and/or water consumption of your building portfolio we provide building owners with relevant data demonstrating the overall building performance compared to a average building performance, for instance at national or international level. Consequently we compose a roadmap in which we plan short-term and long-term reduction measures which would improve the overall building performance.
A zero energy building (ZEB) produces enough renewable energy to meet its own annual energy consumption requirements, thereby reducing the use of non-renewable energy in the building sector. ZEBs use all cost-effective measures to reduce energy usage through energy efficiency and include renewable energy systems that produce enough energy to meet remaining energy needs. We can study the potentials of a design to become a 'zero energy building'.