Public Access to Building Related Energy Data for Better Decision Making in Implementing Energy Efficiency Strategies: Legal Barriers and Technical Challenges

The EU is committed to achieve ambitious energy efficiency and CO2 reduction targets. Regarding improving the energy performance of the building stock, detailed building related energy data made accessible by means of GIS are crucial. For this purpose, geo-referenced data from Energy Performance Cer...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2019-05, Vol.12 (10), p.2029
Main Authors: Geissler, Susanne, Charalambides, Alexandros G, Hanratty, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
Buildings
Carbon dioxide
Cost control
Data collection
Decision making
Emissions
ENERFUND
Energy efficiency
energy efficiency of building stock
Energy Performance Certificate
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
Energy resources
Environmental policy
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
geodata
Identity
Identity cards
Information systems
Investments
Legislation
Norms
personal data
Power efficiency
Product development
Public access
Public administration
Public buildings
Renovation
renovation strategy
Social security
Taxation
Transparency
Transposition
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Summary:The EU is committed to achieve ambitious energy efficiency and CO2 reduction targets. Regarding improving the energy performance of the building stock, detailed building related energy data made accessible by means of GIS are crucial. For this purpose, geo-referenced data from Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) according to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive is of central importance, in order to facilitate decision-making about large-scale renovation projects and developing targeted products and services. The ENERFUND project developed a method and subsequently an internet based tool making use of EPC data from 13 EU member states as well as other open-source data (such as renovation costs), thus clearly demonstrating the feasibility and usefulness of this approach. However, also technical challenges and legal barriers were encountered, such as a lack of data and varying data specifications depending on the national transposition of the European Directive, and different interpretation of specific clauses of the General Data Protection Regulation depending on EU member states’ societal norms. Recommendations include the development of guidance notes to be issued by the responsible EU bodies to specify and harmonize data for mandatory public access, to ensure the effective implementation of energy efficiency and CO2 reduction policies in the EU’s building sector.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en12102029