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UNI EN 15193 2008 Calculations for artificial lighting Prestazione energetica degli edifici
Requisiti energetici per illuminazione.
Box 1:
Updated set of Recommendation CTI 14, 2013 Primary energy factors Prestazioni energetiche degli edifici
technical standards. Determinazione della prestazione energetica per la classificazione delledificio.
Table 2: Minimum
energy performance
requirements for
heating (primary
energy) in non
residential buildings
(kWh/m2).
Requirements for public buildings Table 3: Minimum energy performance requirements for cooling
(primary energy) in residential buildings (kWh/m2).
Buildings used and owned by public
authorities are expected to set an example
and play a leading role. Therefore, energy
performance and Uvalues are set 10%
lower than those required for private
buildings (Decree 59/2009).
Table 9:
Consumption
reduction potential in
2020 through
residential buildings
renovations enacted,
starting in 2014.
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comply with minimum combustion Any safety reasons (such as collective flue
efficiency values prescribed by the law as gas chimneys) preventing the installation
shown in Table 11. of generators with the above foreseen
Heat pumps: seasonal efficiency yields, as well as any increases in power
(combined heating and cooling) should be generators, will have to be justified by a
higher than (75 + 3 log Pn) (%), where Pn is technical report. For centralised systems,
the nominal power output of the heat a check of the balancing of the system is
pump. required.
Large ventilation systems: the use of heat The following additional requirements
recovery systems is required whenever the also apply to all new technical systems
total flow of replacement air (G) and the and renovations:
number of annual hours of operation (M) of Installation:
the ventilation systems are superior to the > If the total power exceeds 350 kW, at
limit values prescribed by the law. least two generators should be installed.
For public buildings: > In case of centralised systems serving
> seasonal efficiency for heating systems several building units, the production of
should be higher than (75 + 4 log Pn) (%); heat and DHW should be carried out
> only centralised heating systems are with different generators.
allowed. > Pipework and vessels must be insulated,
These requirements apply to new according to the foreseen minimum
installations, as well as in case of heating insulation requirements.
or cooling system renovations or boiler Dimensioning: the centralised systems
replacement. producing DHW must be dimensioned
according to UNI 9182.
In case of boiler replacement alone, as an
alternative to compliance with the In all existing buildings with more than 4
requirement of seasonal efficiency, it can residential units or otherwise equipped
comply with all the following conditions with a centralised system of more than
simultaneously: 100 kW, any intervention aimed at the
transformation of the centralised heat
> installation of a boiler with a combustion
generation in individual systems for
efficiency (90 + 2 log Pn) (%) or a heat
singledwelling units must be justified by
pump that has a yield (90 + 3 log Pn) (%)
a technical report.
(where the heat pump efficiency is the
ratio between the energy delivered and Regulation and control: heating systems
the electric energy converted to primary in the service of new buildings must be
energy, according to the national equipped with temperature control
conversion rate; the efficiency will be systems and metering of energy
higher than 1 whenever the Coefficient of consumption for each apartment.
Performance (COP) of the heat pump The recent transposition of the EED also
exceeds the conversion rate); foresees that, by the end of 2016, in
> installation of thermostatic valves or multipleapartment buildings and multi
modulating devices in any room or area purpose buildings supplied by centralised
which can be favoured by solar free heating and district heating/cooling, it will
gains; be required to install individual meters for
> installation of a programmable each housing unit. The installation must be
thermostat which allows the adjustment carried out by the companies providing the
of the indoor temperature on two service and is subject to a preliminary
settings over 24 hours. technical assessment.
Table 11:
Minimum efficiency
values.
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Figure 6:
EPC formats in use in
the different regions
and autonomous
provinces.
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Table 17:
Buildings that are
property of the
central state public
administration.
Figure 10: Local information campaign on control of heating and control of the thermal efficiency of
systems for the municipality of Roma www.controlloimpiantitermici.com the heating system can be levied a
penalty of between 500 and 3,000 .
Similarly, any company not performing
the assigned maintenance and inspection
services will be levied a fine of between
1,000 and 6,000 . The regional
government is due to report the violation
to the chamber of commerce for
appropriate disciplinary measures.
Figure 11: Local information campaign
on control of heating systems for the province of Milano Failure to perform maintenance and
www.provincia.milano.it/ambiente/energia/impianti_termici/calorefficienza testing of energy efficiency of the heating
system with the minimum frequency
required by law voids the validity of the
EPC of the building or housing unit.
Presently, there is no statistical or
aggregate data available on a national
scale about the penalties imposed.
However, Decree 75/2013 foresees that by
31 December 2014, competent authorities
will transmit to the Ministry of Economic
Development and to the Ministry of the
Environment a report with particular
reference to the results of inspections
carried out in the last two years. The
report will be updated every two years.
Local administrations have generally
experienced difficulties in providing Quality control of inspection reports
regular onsite controls. However, there It is up to the competent authorities to
are positive examples, where up to 5% of start annual compliance check programs
the total systems were checked every few of the inspection reports. In case the
years as required by the former inspection report bears indication of
legislation. Studies performed by some safety issues, the regional authority shall
local administrations (e.g., the city of immediately inform the competent
Florence) estimate that the potential municipality and relevant health and
energy savings are as high as 6% of the safety body.
overall heating consumption.
There is no aggregated quantitative data
There is however no data available available on a national scale.
concerning the costbenefit from
inspections at a national level. According Inspection activity figures
to the consumer association There is no aggregated quantitative data
'Altroconsumo', the maintenance and available on a national scale for
inspection cost for small autonomous inspection activity. Only the province of
heating plants (below Milano has published updated information
35 kW) is on average above 100 . on the last inspection campaigns. The
Frequency and costs of maintenance report published by the province of Milano
depend on the power and fuel of the relates to the former procedural
heating system. framework. Table 18 provides inspection
figures, while Table 19 classifies
Promotional activities
inspection reports according to the type
Competent authorities have the duty to of action required.
promote information and public
awareness campaigns. Figures 10 and 11 IV.ii. Progress and current status
show two ongoing campaigns carried out on AC systems
by the municipality of Roma and the
province of Milano, respectively. Overview, technical method and
administration system
Enforcement and penalties Decree 74/2013 extended the mandatory
The person in charge of the installation operations of maintenance, inspection
(owner or tenant of the property, or the and control set for heating systems to AC
administrator of the building) failing to systems. The inspection and control
follow the maintenance schedule laid framework follow the same patterns and
down in the decree for the maintenance procedures provided for heating systems.
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3. A success story in EPBD economic growth and from the potential tax
implementation evasion avoided in work commissioned to
engineering and construction companies.
In Italy, the, tax deductions available in To take advantage of the deduction, it is
2014 have been in effect since 1 January necessary to communicate via the web a
2007 without interruption, and they are number of technical and economic data to
designed solely for the energy the ENEA, which periodically issues a
refurbishment of existing buildings. The report on the costs and results of the
deductions are available for homeowners deduction. The following data is from the
and tenants, and for businesses report published in 2014, containing the
(deductions limited to buildings used for overall data until the year 2012.
their activities).
Main achievements for the year 2012:
The encouraged interventions concern the
> 265,400 total applications;
replacement of winter heating systems with
condensing boilers or efficient heat pumps, > total investment of more than 2.8 M;
replacement of lighting fixtures, the > total value of the deducted amounts
installation of solar thermal systems and over 1.58 M;
insulation interventions of roofs, walls and > overall energy savings in primary energy
floors. The socalled 'comprehensive exceeding 1,260 GWh/year;
renovation' (also covered) is expected to > avoided CO2 emissions into the
apply to an entire building, with no atmosphere of about 270,000 tons/year.
constraints on the technologies used, but Main overall results (2007 2012):
with the need to certify (at the end of the
works) that the overall energy performance > about 1.5 million applications;
is within the limits set by the state. > energy savings produced more than
To be eligible for tax deductions, any 9,000 GWh/year;
intervention is bound to comply with > environmental benefit in terms of
certain performance requirements, which avoided CO2 emissions into the atmosphere
vary according to the type of operation more than 1,900,000 ton/year;
and are set to be more demanding than > approximately 6.2% of Italian estate
the minimum requirements prescribed by property involved in a cycle of energy
law and pursuant to the decree of the improvement (partial or total), which
adoption of the EPBD. In order to qualify, has been able to take advantage of tax
it is necessary to provide an EPC after the deductions of 55% or 65%.
intervention. The highest number of interventions over
The rate of the deduction, originally fixed at the years has been the replacement of
55% of the expenditure, was further lighting fixtures, while the greatest
increased to 65%, in effect from 6 June 2013. contribution to energy savings achieved can
Part of the cost incurred by the Italian be attributed to the interventions carried
government for granting the deduction is out on winter heating systems. The overall
recovered from the generated stimulus to results are summarised in Figures 13 to 17.
Figure 13:
Number of
interventions per type
of renovation:
2007 2012 trend.
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Figure 14:
Energy savings per
type of renovation
(MWh/year):
2007 2012 trend.
Figure 15:
Buildings renovated
in 2012 per year of
construction.
Figure 16:
Buildings renovated
in 2012 per use.
/kWh
Figure 17:
Average cost of saved
kWh per type of
renovation (/kWh).
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necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EASME nor the
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contained therein.
The content of this report is included in the book 2016 Implementing the Energy
Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) Featuring Country Reports,
ISBN 9789728646325, ADENE 2015
This individual report and the full 2016 book are available at
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