Building energy rating system - self-report or demand?
Posted: Jun 13, 15 11:19 am
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fenixsJun 13, 15 11:19 am
I just got back from the NY Passive House Conference (which was great!), and one of the attendees was asking about rating buildings like you would an appliance on energy performance. I know that in Ireland this is the way of the land, and I'm just wondering how you would implement something like this here. Do you think that a self-reporting initial system would work? Not sure if a top down approach would work right a way, but one of the big challenges to selling high performing buildings is that people don't understand how bad standard construction is when you take into account energy use. This is the link for the Irish system:
I just got back from the NY Passive House Conference (which was great!), and one of the attendees was asking about rating buildings like you would an appliance on energy performance. I know that in Ireland this is the way of the land, and I'm just wondering how you would implement something like this here. Do you think that a self-reporting initial system would work? Not sure if a top down approach would work right a way, but one of the big challenges to selling high performing buildings is that people don't understand how bad standard construction is when you take into account energy use.
This is the link for the Irish system:
http://www.seai.ie/Your_Building/BER/