Conducting an energy audit

Explanation on the need to conduct an energy audit in buildings and enterprises, how to choose a certified energy auditor, how to obtain an energy certificate.

What is an energy audit?

An energy audit is an examination of a residential building or enterprise, the purpose of which is to determine its technical condition and energy consumption efficiency. Energy audit is carried out by specialists in energy certification of buildings.

The Law of Ukraine "On Energy Saving" establishes that an energy audit is a determination of the efficiency of the use of fuel and energy resources and the development of recommendations for its improvement. In other words, an energy audit is carried out in order to establish the efficiency of the use of energy resources and the development of economically justified measures to reduce their consumption. The main task is to determine ways to increase the energy efficiency of buildings for various purposes.

Why is an energy audit conducted?

Conducting an energy audit makes it possible to find out how efficiently fuel and energy resources are consumed in a building or enterprise, and to determine where and why excessive energy losses occur. Based on the problem definition, the audit specialist develops appropriate energy-saving measures, programs and recommendations that need to be implemented to increase energy efficiency and reduce energy losses in this building.

Prioritization of energy-efficient measures in the absence of adequate funding and recommendations for the implementation of an energy management system are indicated.

According to the results of the energy audit, the most effective ways to minimize energy consumption for heating a building are the use of modern mineral insulation and facade thermal insulation systems, window systems with high thermal insulation properties, optimization of CO operating modes, etc.

Forms of energy audit

An energy audit can be voluntary and mandatory in terms of the form of conduct.

With the consent of the manager or owner of the facility, at the request of the interested entity, a voluntary audit can be carried out energy audit.

Mandatory energy audit is carried out by order and at the expense of interested executive bodies or local self-government bodies regarding state-owned objects, the list of which is approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine or a body authorized by it.

On the basis of the energy audit, an Energy Efficiency Certificate must be created - a document of the established form, which indicates the indicators and class of the building's energy efficiency, provides recommendations for its improvement, as well as other information about the building and its separate parts for which certification was carried out.

Today, the Law of Ukraine "On Energy Efficiency of Buildings" regulates the concept and process of energy efficiency certification as a type of energy audit. Certification of energy efficiency and inspection of building engineering systems is only permitted to be carried out by a certified audit specialist and a certified engineering systems inspection specialist.

How to order an energy audit?

You can order an energy audit and receive an Energy Efficiency Certificate from an experienced energy auditor at the Van Project architectural bureau. In addition, the network has an expanded list of energy auditors in Ukraine, developed by the Energy Efficiency Fund. The map contains contacts of specialists in energy efficiency certification of buildings, their region of activity, information about work experience, etc. The resource allows you to search for work to be carried out in your home.

What is a building energy efficiency certificate?

Energy Efficiency Certificate is drawn up on the basis of an energy audit. Its validity period is 10 years. This certificate must have the following elements:

address of the building or its separate part;
energy efficiency class of the building or its separate part, determined by the contractor in the field of ensuring the energy efficiency of buildings in accordance with the Methodology for determining the energy efficiency of buildings;
information on the type, functional purpose and design of the building or its separate part, number of floors, volume and total area;
minimum requirements for the energy efficiency of the building or its separate part, relating to buildings of this class;
actual indicators of the energy efficiency of the building;
recommendations for increasing the economically feasible level of energy efficiency of the building and its separate part, which take into account local climatic conditions, are technically and economically justified and indicate the actions that need to be taken to implement such recommendations on practice;
series and number of the qualification certificate of the contractor who issued the energy efficiency certificate of the building;
information on carbon dioxide emissions;
information on the place of obtaining more detailed information on the information specified in the certificate, including recommendations for increasing the economically feasible level of energy efficiency of buildings or their separate parts.

Mandatory certification of energy efficiency of buildings

Article 7 of the Law of Ukraine "On Energy Efficiency of Buildings" determines the following objects for which energy efficiency certification of buildings is mandatory:

construction objects (new construction, reconstruction, major repairs), which by the class of consequences (responsibility) belong to objects with medium (CC2) and significant (CC3) consequences;
state buildings properties with a heated area of over 250 square meters, which are frequently visited by citizens and in all of which government bodies are located;
buildings with a heated area of over 250 square meters, in all of which local government bodies are located (in the event that they carry out thermal modernization of such buildings);
buildings in which thermal modernization is carried out, for which state support is provided and which results in achieving the energy efficiency class of the building not lower than the minimum requirements for the energy efficiency of the building.

The result of the energy audit is the compiled Recommendation Report or Energy Efficiency Certificate.

Energy Efficiency Recommendation Report

Recommendation Report is a document developed on the basis of current regulatory documents and compiled by an audit specialist, which allows the customer to decide on the implementation of energy-efficient measures in the building.

Energy saving in Ukraine is becoming increasingly relevant. More and more often, developers are taking advantage of the opportunity to implement energy-efficient measures, and owners of existing buildings are modernizing them using various methods.

You need to diagnose a house or enterprise to find out exactly what energy-saving measures they need. The main goal of an energy audit is to determine methods for increasing the energy efficiency of a building, which will result in improved microclimate and savings in the future on its maintenance.

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