Property lawyers dealing with commercial and residential property transactions and developments need to be aware of a number of regulatory requirements and incentives designed to reduce the carbon footprint and energy consumption in buildings including the requirements for BER Certificates DECs and green leases.
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Practice Note: Ireland—Building energy rating (BER) certificates and display energy certificates (DECs) for commercial property. This Practice Note looks at how SI No 243/2012 European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2012 (Ireland) (the BER Regs 2012 (IRL)) apply to commercial property in Ireland
Practice Note: EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU—snapshot .This Practice Note provides a summary of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU (recast). It looks at key differences between the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU (recast) and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2002/91/EC (EPBD 2002), and also covers the amendments made by Directive 2018/844 (Revised EPBD)
Practice Note: EU Energy...
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