BPIE: Europe's buildings under the microscope - PU Europe

Although the certification schemes have been working for only a couple of years, the proportion of
dwellings not yet certified remain above 90% for all countries with the exception of The Netherlands
and the United Kingdom. Note that The Netherlands has had a certification scheme for new buildings in
operation since 1995.
As for the issued and registered EPCs of non-residential buildings, Figure 2B4 provides an overview of the
relative share of certified buildings against the population in each country.
Figure 2B4 – Non-residential registered certificates per capita
Source: BPIE survey
AT
BG
SK
EE
CY
SI
NL
LT
NO
IE
PT
FR
SE
UK
DK
NOTES
0 0,002 0,004 0,006 0,008
AT: Accounting only certificates from the ZEUS EPC database
CY: Data from 1/1/2010 to 6/5/2011
DK: Data refers to the current EPC scheme (certificates issued between
1997 and 2006 are not included)
FR: Some figures are from CEREN data, some others are from the
country consultant personal expertise
SK: Data refers to certificates issued only after 1st January 2010
(certificates issued before that date were not registered)
Denmark has without doubt the largest proportion of certified non-residential buildings, followed by the
UK, Sweden and France, while the other countries still have a low share of certified buildings.
Belgium has reported having issued 302,570 EPCs in total, the Czech Republic 4,000 (approximate value
for 2009 and 2010), Greece 32,420 (registered EPCs up to July 2011), and Hungary 1,400 (estimation for
completed energy certificates).
Table 2B2 summarises the costs, where available, of acquiring an energy performance certificate across
Europe, as well as whether penalties are foreseen for EPC non-compliance.
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