Counties properties / building control
and corporate properties / owners
According to the new law, an energy certificate must be obtained for public buildings used by authorities. Of course, this also applies to apartments or real estate owned by counties and companies for sale and rental. An energy certificate is also required for new projects that require a building permit. An energy certificate is generally required for all buildings that are also subject to the requirements of building regulations.
Counties buildings are an important development target in achieving regional climate goals.
The Government’s medium-term climate plan presents steps towards a carbon-neutral society. Municipalities have a significant role in achieving emission targets, and one of the most important development sectors is energy consumption in buildings.
The preparation of an energy certificate is based on the Act on the Energy Performance of Buildings (50/2013) and Decree 1048/2017 of the Ministry of the Environment.
When preparing the certificate, it should be noted that it can only be prepared by a qualified person who is registered in the energy certificate preparer register. At Co2.fi Oy, this person is Markku Elg.
The report reviews the technical systems and, as in other property inspections, structural components and the amount of purchased energy. The reporting of the results focuses on measures to improve energy efficiency.
More information about the Ministry of the Environment’s energy efficiency directive for buildings and the continuous renovation construction strategy 2020-2050
Energy certificate and energy audit
An energy certificate and an energy report are not the same thing. An energy report has significantly more extensive content and is required when applying for a building permit.
The energy report includes the following reviews:
- Summarized the key input data and results of calculating the building’s E-number factor
- Verification that the building’s heat losses comply with regulations
- Calculation of the specific electrical power of a ventilation system
- Estimate of the building’s heating capacity requirement
- Estimate of the summer room temperature
(and cooling capacity requirement if necessary). - Estimate of the building’s actual energy consumption
- E-number calculation
- Energy certificate, if one is required for the building
The energy certificate includes:
- Energy efficiency class on the A-G scale.
- The E-number, which indicates the calculated total energy consumption of the building.
- Calculated total energy consumption and purchased energy consumption.
- Recommendations for measures to improve the energy efficiency of the building.
- Initial data for calculating the E-number.
- Results of the E-number calculation
- a building with a floor area of less than 50 m2
- residential building intended for vacation use, not used for accommodation business,
- A fixed or temporary building with a time limit (usage period is up to 2 years),
- industrial and repair building,
- a non-residential farm building with low energy demand or used in a sector covered by a national sectoral energy efficiency agreement
- building used for worship and religious activities
- a building that is protected by virtue of the Act on the Protection of the Built Heritage (498/2010), a protection order issued in a town plan or an inscription on the World Heritage List in accordance with the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Treaty Series 19/1987). However, it should be noted that when preparing an energy certificate does not change the character or appearance of the building, so often an energy certificate is also prepared generally for protected buildings to improve energy efficiency,
- such as a building used by the defense administration, which is associated with or used for confidential information.
The energy certificate is valid until it is replaced by a new energy certificate, but not more than ten years from the date of issue.
The energy certificate can be updated if repairs or other measures have been made to the building to improve energy efficiency.
According to Section 17 of the Act, the person responsible for obtaining an energy certificate may, if he so wishes, obtain a certificate in accordance with the lighter energy certificate procedure if the value of the building or real estate or apartment to be sold or the right to occupy it in a residential building comprising no more than two residential apartments is very low or if there are other particularly justified reasons, such as sale or rental between close relatives, for using the lighter procedure.
According to the Government Decree (170/2013), the above-mentioned value can be considered very low if the selling price is less than EUR 50,000. 339 / 1000 In addition to sales or rentals between close relatives, the lighter procedure may also be used for other special reasons if the building, real estate or apartment to be sold or rented is not publicly displayed for sale or rental, nor is it offered for sale or rent through publicly displayed advertising. The lighter procedure can also be used if the rent of a building, property or apartment is less than EUR 350 per month.
According to the Ministry of the Environment Regulation on building energy certificates, when using the simplified energy certificate procedure in a publicly displayed advertisement for sale or rental, instead of using a symbol representing the building’s energy efficiency, use the symbol H.
Source: YM from the building’s energy certificate.
The energy efficiency of a building is primarily a question of the efficiency of the building’s structural components and technical systems in terms of total energy consumption, including purchased energy.
1) external walls, external doors, windows, upper and lower floors and other structures
2) heating system
3) domestic water system
4) ventilation and air conditioning system
5) lighting
6) cooling system
7) electric separate heating
8) other systems that have an impact on the energy efficiency of the building
Purchased energy used and usage habits are also taken into account.
