The settled text of the Fingal Energy Standards being adopted in all new Local Area Plans is below. This text has been included in Local Area Plans at Portmarnock, Kinsealy and Donabate. It is in keeping with the standards adopted for plans at Cappagh, North-West Balbriggan and Castlelands, but is more detailed and specific.
Approach<\/p>\n
Fingal County Council is committed as a priority to
\nencouraging more sustainable development through energy end use
\nefficiency, and increasing the use of renewable energy, in all new
\nbuilding projects in the designated area within the Portmarnock Local
\nArea Plan. <\/p>\n
It will achieve this by:<\/p>\n
· Encouraging responsible environmental management in construction
·
\nPromoting sustainable approaches to housing developments by spatial
\nplanning, layout, design and detailed specification
·
\nEnsuring high standards of energy efficiency in all housing
\ndevelopments under its remit, and encouraging developers, owners, and
\ntenants to improve the environmental performance of the building stock,
\nincluding the deployment of renewable energy
· For housing,
\nspecifically applying an improvement of 60% relative to prevailing
\nnorms as represented by the Building Regulations Part L
·
\nFor other buildings, specifically applying an improvement of 60%
\nrelative to prevailing norms as represented by the Building Regulations
\nPart L
· Anticipating the operational implementation of the
\nEU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD) by
\nencouraging the energy rating and labelling of building energy
\nperformance, so as to give visible recognition to such improvements.<\/p>\n
The
\nspecific approach proposed for developers is to set a target,
\naccompanied by a menu of design and technology options, including
\nrenewable energy technologies, as a means of offering flexibility
\ntowards meeting that target in the most technically and economically
\nfeasible manner on a case by case basis.<\/p>\n
As an initial step
\ntowards achieving greater environment sustainability, Fingal County
\nCouncil is proposing the introduction of a performance based CO2
\nEmissions Target (CET) for new buildings being constructed within the
\nPortmarnock Local Area Plan. <\/p>\n
Targets<\/p>\n
All new buildings
\nwithin the designated area will represent a significant improvement in
\nenergy and associated environmental performance relative to prevailing
\npractice. The following conditions apply:<\/p>\n
Housing: <\/p>\n
A
\ncollective average reduction of at least 60% in CO2 emissions deriving
\nfrom energy usage for space and water heating within the housing
\ndevelopment, relative to a baseline of prevailing regulatory and design
\npractice. This initial baseline of comparison is to be represented by
\nthe provisions of Technical Guidance Document L (TGD L) to the Building
\nRegulations, 2002 using a conventional gas fired heating boiler with an
\nassumed seasonal efficiency of 75%. The calculation is to be carried
\nout for the time being using the Heat Energy Rating Method in TGD L,
\npending adoption of the official national methodology for determining
\nenergy performance of housing for the purposes of the EU Energy
\nPerformance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).<\/p>\n
In meeting this CO2 performance target, the development shall include:
·
\nA collective average reduction of at least 60% in energy consumption
\nfor space and water heating , relative to the baseline of existing
\nregulatory and design practice and using the methodology outlined
\nabove; and
· A contribution of 30% by renewable energy
\nsupply systems to meet the collective space and water heating
\nrequirements within the housing development. <\/p>\n
Non-residential: <\/p>\n
A
\ncollective reduction of at least 60% in CO2 emissions deriving from
\ntotal energy usage (space heating, water heating, lighting, other)
\narising from all services within the development, relative to a
\nbaseline of existing regulatory and design practice. This initial
\nbaseline of comparison is to be represented by the provisions of TGD L
\nto the Building Regulations, 2006. In the absence of an official
\nnational methodology for determining the energy performance of
\nnon-domestic buildings, this calculation is to be carried out using a
\nmethod compliant with the draft European Standard prEN 13790.<\/p>\n
In meeting this CO2 performance target, the development shall include:
·
\nA collective average reduction of at least 60% in energy consumption
\nfor all services , relative to the baseline of existing regulatory and
\ndesign practice and using a methodology as outlined above; and
·
\nA contribution of 30% by renewable energy supply systems to meet the
\ncollective energy requirements within the development. <\/p>\n
To
\nillustrate the above, using the Heat Energy Rating methodology, the
\nbaseline energy performance of new housing is typically 125 kWh\/m2\/year
\nfor space and water heating when constructed to the minimum
\nrequirements of Building Regulations, 2002, and using a boiler with a
\nseasonal efficiency of 75%. This translates into a CO2 performance of
\n23.7 kg\/m2\/year using a gas fired heating system. <\/p>\n
Fingal
\nCounty Council requires that new housing developments should achieve a
\n60% reduction in CO2 emissions associated with space and water heating
\n(i.e. to below 9.5 kg\/m2\/year), which must include a reduction in
\nenergy use for this purpose (i.e. to below 50 kWh\/ m2\/year) and a
\ncontribution of at least 30% by renewable energy systems to meet the
\ncollective space and water heating requirements within the development.<\/p>\n
Menu of options<\/p>\n
In pursuit of these targets, a strong menu of superior design and specification options will include the following:<\/p>\n
· Site layout and associated bio-climatic\/ passive solar design measures
· Enhanced levels of insulation in walls, roofs, floors, glazing and doors
· Reduced uncontrolled air infiltration losses
· Use of healthy and controllable ventilation systems
· Heat recovery systems
· Use of daylight
· Water conservation measures
· More sustainable building materials
· Improved heat generation appliance efficiency, e.g. condensing boilers
· Intelligent heating system configuration and time\/ temperature\/ zone\/ function controls
· Efficient provision of domestic hot water
· Fuel switching to low or zero CO2 emitting fuels
· Energy efficient lighting systems
· Incorporation of renewable energy systems, e.g. active solar, heat pumps, biomass
· Provision of appropriate group or district heating systems.<\/p>\n
In the case of non-domestic buildings, additional options include:<\/p>\n
· Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and controls
· Electrical energy use including motive power
· Efficient lighting systems and controls
· Building Energy Management Systems
· Occupancy controls
· Monitoring and Targeting systems
· Combined Heat and Power (CHP).<\/p>\n
Other measures which can contribute to the energy efficiency and renewable energy targets can also be considered.<\/p>\n
This
\nmenu approach enables specifiers and developers to adopt approaches
\nwhich are responsive to site and client circumstances and constraints,
\nand offers the flexibility to explore and employ different mixes of
\noptions on a case by case basis, to maximise technical and economic
\nfeasibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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