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  Welcome to Carey Associates Energy Department


Energy Standards for dwellings:

Building Energy Standards are changing ever more frequently in order to reduce the amount of CO2 being produced by our buildings.

Part L of the Building Regulations 2011 states in section 2:

The Use of Renewable Energy Technologies

Each New dwelling should have a minimum of 10kWhr/m2/yr for hot water heating or 4kWhr/m2/yr for electical energy, suppied from renewable technologies.

Building Fabric:                              U-Value

Roofs                                              0.20 - 0.16    (depending on roof type)         

Walls                                                0.21

Ground Floors                                      0.21     (underfloor heating 0.15)

External doors, windows & rooflights          1.60     (depending on area)

     
 
 

BUILDING ENERGY RATING
   

The highest energy rating that can be achieved is:
(Anyware between producing 0 kwh/ms/y2 to 25 kwn/m2/yr)

There are 7 registered dwelling in Ireland with this A1 rating, - April 2012

A1
   

The lowest energy rating that can be achieved is:
But beware a G rating can vary hugely
(Anyware between producing 450 kWh/m2/yr to 1200 kwh/m2/yr)

There are 19,597 registered dwelling in Ireland with this G rating, - April 2012

G
   
The average registered rated existing dwelling in Ireland has a Building Energy Rating Between: - April 2012

D1 & D2
The average registered rated newly constructed dwelling 2011/2012 in Ireland has a Building Energy Rating Between: - April 2012

B2 & B3

   
The above information is based on 290,607 BERs carried out in Ireland, - April 2012

 
 
     
       
       
   

 

  
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