S.L. 623.7 Art. 5Requirements as to Government buildings, etc. S.L. 623. 01.

(1) (a) Without prejudice to regulation 8 of the

Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations, the Building and

Construction Authority shall take cost-effective measures, including deep renovations and measures for behavioural change of occupants, to achieve by 2020 an amount of energy savings in eligible buildings owned and occupied by Government which is at least equivalent to that required by paragraph 1 of Article 5 of Directive 2012/27/EU, which amount shall be reported to the Minister on an annual basis.

(b) The Building and Construction Authority shall estimate the energy savings referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 of Article 5 of Directive 2012/27/EU by using appropriate standard values for the energy consumption of reference central Government buildings before and after renovation and according to estimates of the surface of their stock. The categories of reference central Government buildings shall be representative of the stock of such buildings.

(c) The Minister shall notify to the Commission the measures that are planned to be adopted and showing how they would achieve an equivalent improvement of the energy performance of the buildings within the Government estate.

(2) For the purposes of establishing equivalence of the savings required to be achieved in terms of sub-regulation (1) with the energy savings referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 of Article 5 of Directive 2012/27/EU, the Building and Construction Authority in collaboration with the Lands Authority hall establish and make publicly available an inventory of heated and, or cooled central government buildings with a 2 total useful floor area over 250 m , excluding buildings exempted on the basis of paragraph 2 of Article 5 of Directive 2012/27/EU, containing the following data:

2

(a) the floor area in m ; and

(b) the energy performance of each building or relevant energy data.

(3) The Building and Construction Authority shall encourage public bodies, including at regional and local level, and social-housing bodies governed by public law, with due regard for their respective competences and administrative set-up, to:

(a) adopt an energy efficiency plan, free-standing or as part of a broader climate or environmental plan, containing specific energy saving and efficiency objectives and actions, with a view to following the exemplary role of Government buildings laid down in sub-regulations (1) and (2);

(b) put in place an energy management system, including energy audits, as part of the implementation of their plan;

(c) use, where appropriate, energy service companies, and energy performance contracting to finance renovations and implement plans to maintain or improve energy efficiency in the long term.