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Market Analysis of GDAMarket Analysis of GDA

CODEMA June 2005

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PresentationPresentation Structure

• Regional summary

• Procedures for Building – Erection, Renovation, Selling & Renting

• Calculation Methods for Energy Performance of Buildings

• Existing Minimum Energy Performance Requirements

• Existing Experience with Energy Performance Certificates & Boiler/AC inspection

• Relevant Actors

• Estimation of Numbers of Certificates

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CODEMACODEMA BUDI Project - Staff Resources BUDI Project - Staff Resources• Project Manager: Dr. Gerry Wardell

(Managing Director) • Senior Expert: Ms Edel Giltenane

(Senior Consultant)

• Expert: Ms Emma Heskin (Energy & Environmental Consultant)

• Junior Expert: Mr Joe Hayden (Energy Engineer)• Administrator: Ms Paula Hempenstall

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GDA - Regional Summary

• Located on the east coast / east midlands of Ireland

• GDA includes 4 counties : Dublin Meath Kildare

Wicklow

• Population approx 1.4 million

• Area coverage is 6,982 km2

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Local Authorities in GDA

There are 7 Local Authorities in GDA :

Dublin• Dublin City Council• Fingal Co. Council• South Dublin Co. Council• Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Co. Council

Meath• Meath Co. Council

Kildare• Kildare Co. Council

Wicklow

• Wicklow Co. Council

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Erection of New Buildings

• Governing Legislation Planning & Development Acts 2000 & 2001 Building Control Act 1990

• Procedures Planning Permission from Local Authority Compliance with Buildings Directive Compliance with other controls may apply for commercial buildings, e.g. Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts, 1977 and 1990

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Renovation of Larger Buildings

• Governing Legislation Planning & Development Acts 2000 & 2001 Building Control Act 1990

• Procedures Not all renovations need planning permission Exempt developments set out in planning laws

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Selling of Buildings & Dwellings

• Actors involved

Real estate agents, auctioneers and property advisors Solicitors Financial Institutes

• Procedures

Valuation & structural survey Contract between buyer & seller Registration at Land Registry or Registry of Deeds office

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Renting of Buildings

• Leglislation Residential

• Residential Tenancies Act 2004

Commercial

• Landlord & Tenant Act 1931

• Procedures

Residential

• All landlords obliged to register tenancies

Commercial

• Majority of lettings are short term

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Calculation Methods for Energy Performance of Buildings

• Inter Departmental Working Group established in 2003 - to oversee and plan the implementation of the EPBD

• Published a Draft Action Plan - sets out proposed tasks, responsibilities and timescales for implementing EPBD in Ireland

• At least 4 variants of technical methodology are likely to be required

• Existing methodology for calculating the energy performance of a building - Heat Energy Rating

• The HER is based on the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) as used by the UK Government agencies

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• HER method possibly form the basis of the “calculation engine” on which future building energy rating calculation methods are based

• Different BER Certificate formats for Residential buildings & Non-residential buildings

• Same format used for both new and existing buildings, within the same functional class

• Proposed BER requirement will apply to New residential buildings from the 1 January 2007

• Other New buildings (including non-residential buildings and public service buildings) from 1 January 2008

• Existing buildings from 1 January 2009.

Calculation Methods for Energy Performance of Buildings

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HER takes account of the following: • Energy requirements - heat loss through the fabric,

including at thermal bridges

• Energy requirements - air infiltration and ventilation

• Energy requirements - provision of domestic hot water

• Energy inputs - solar gains

• Energy inputs - occupancy including the use of energy-using appliances

• Heating system responsiveness to demand and degree of control

Calculation Methods for Energy Performance of Buildings

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• Part L – Conservation of Fuel & Energy (1997)

• Part L – Conservation of Fuel and Energy Dwellings (2002)

• Part F – Ventilation (2002)

• Part J – Heat Producing Appliances (1997)

• Building Regulation S.I. No. 260/1994 – Efficiency Requirements for new Hot Water Boiler fired with Liquid or Gaseous Fuels

Existing Minimum Energy Performance Requirements

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Part L – Conservation of Fuel & Energy (1997)

Part L – Conservation of Fuel and Energy Dwellings (2002)

• Elemental U-values should not exceed the following limits for non-domestic buildings: Roof: 0.35W/m2K Walls: 0.55W/m2K Ground Floors: 0.45W/m2K

• Domestic Buildings Roof: 0.25W/m2K Walls: 0.37W/m2K Ground Floors: 0.37W/m2K

Conservation of Fuel & Energy

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Part F – Ventilation (2002)

• “adequate means of ventilation shall be provided for people in buildings, including adequate provision for the removal of water vapour from kitchens, bathrooms and other areas where water vapour is generated”

• “adequate provision shall be made to prevent excessive condensation in a roof or in a roof void above an insulated roof”

Ventilation

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Part J – Heat Producing Appliances (1997)

• deals with provisions for solid fuel, oil and gas burning heat sources under several heading: ‘Air Supply’, ‘Discharge of products of combustion’, ‘Protection of Buildings’ and ‘Oil storage tanks’

Heat Producing Appliances

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Building Regulations S.I. No. 260/1994 – Efficiency requirements for new Hot Water Boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels

• Manufacturer or his authorised representative within the European Community shall affix the EC mark of conformity to the energy efficiency requirements on boilers in a visible, easily legible and indelible manner

• The conformity mark consists of the letters ‘CE’ , in the prescribed format, along with the last two figures of the year in which the mark was affixed

Hot Water Boilers

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• Concept of “energy rating” of dwellings - been in operation on a voluntary basis for several years

• Principal voluntary methods in Ireland:– Heat Energy Rating (HER)

– Irish Home Energy Rating (IHER)

– National Home Energy Rating (NHER)

– National Irish Centre for Energy Rating Ltd (NICER)

• HER is the official Irish rating method and is freely

available in the Irish Building Regulations

Existing Experience with Energy Performance Certificates &

Boiler/AC inspection

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Existing Experience with Energy Performance Certificates &

Boiler/AC inspection

• IHER: developed in 1998 under EU SAVE Programme - partnership involving National Energy Services, (UK), Energy Action Limited, Dublin, the Energy Research Group, University College Dublin and Alembic Research (Scotland)

• NHER: operated in the UK by National Energy Services & is principally concerned with the energy consumption of the dwelling when in use

• NICER: established in 1991 to use measurement and software approach to offer energy audits and ratings for Irish houses

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Existing Experience with Energy Performance Certificates &

Boiler/AC inspection

• Estimated approx. 230 full-time assessors will be required to carry out approx. 62,700 transactions p.a. in GDA

• Assessors drawn from existing base of building professionals, e.g. Engineers, Surveyors, Architects, Building Services Engineers, etc

• Estimated cost of Building Energy Rating €300 per house

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Existing Experience with Energy Performance Certificates &

Boiler/AC inspection

• Boiler and AC inspection is voluntary in Ireland

• Boiler inspections encouraged through the National Boiler Awards

• Irish EPBD working group has specified in the Draft Action Plan that it favors option (b) of Article 8 of the Directive regarding boilers

• Study to be commissioned by SEI - review the existing structures and activities in place in the area of air-conditioning systems commissioning, servicing and inspection in Ireland

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Target Groups Relevant Actors Names

Housing Associations Napco

Auctioneers Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute

Estate Agents DTZ - Sherry Fitzgerald

  Lisney

  Hamilton Osbourne King

  Gunne

Local Authority Departments DCC Housing, Social and Community Services Department

         Architects Division

         Housing Management Services

         Quantity Surveyors Division

DCC Planning and Economic Development Department

         Building Control

         Planning Enforcement

Architects Howley Harrington

O Mahoney Pike

Solearth Architects

Developers Ballymore Construction

Property Managers WYSE

Property Investors Not yet identified

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Residential Buildings

577,538 Residential Buildings (single family houses & greater residential buildings):

•Dublin City Council: 192,876•Fingal Co. Council: 79,933•South Dublin Co. Council: 81,825•Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Co. Council: 68,565•Meath Co. Council: 51,836•Kildare Co. Council: 60,053•Wicklow Co. Council: 42,450

Total Housing in GDA, Year 2004

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Residential Buildings

91,529 Apartments (Greater Residential buildings)

•Dublin City Council: 60,318•Fingal Co. council: 8,077•South Dublin Co. Council: 4,619•Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Co. Council: 9,111•Meath Co. Council: 2,641•Kildare Co.Council: 3,890•Wicklow Co. Council: 2,873

Breakdown of Dwelling Type in GDA, Year 2004

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Estimated Certificates & Assessors Needed

Annual Sales & Rental transactions of Residential Buildings in GDA will require:

• Approx. 62,700 energy certificates

• Approx. 230 estimated full-time assessors

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• Definition of Public Buildings based on Article 7.3 of Directive 2002/91/EC:

“Buildings…occupied by public authorities and by institutions providing public services to a large number of persons and therefore frequently visited by these people”

• Approx. 76,161 Public and Commercial buildings in Greater Dublin Area.

Public & Commercial Buildings

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151 Local Authority buildings

• libraries• sports facilities

• civic offices

Local Authority Buildings

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Public & Commercial Buildings • Approx. 76,312 Public & Commercial buildings in GDA

  Dublin Meath Kildare Wicklow

Hospitals 35 1 1 4

Hotels 144 140 24 33

Restaurants 578 32 44 41

Pubs 822 235 212 173

Education Buildings 633 127 128 108

Local Authority Buildings 89 21 23 18

Museums 4 1 8 6

Commercial buildings 52,600 2500 2800 14700

Courts 13 4 4 6

Total 54,918 3,061 3,244 15,089

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Estimated Certs /Experts Needed

Annual Sales & Rental transactions of Public & Commercial Buildings in GDA will require:

• Approx. 12,591 energy certificates

• Approx. 181 estimated full-time assessors

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