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United Nations Office for Project Services
Energy Performance buildings standards & Labels in Macedonia
The ACEGROUP and partners are assigned from the UNOPS to improve energy effiency in Macedonia.
For Macedonia as a forthcoming EU accession country the Directive on Energy Performance of
Buildings is an incentive to reform its building codes and match its national standards in the building
sector with the new EU legislation in place.
Energy consumption from buildings (residential, public and commercial buildings) accounts for more than 50% of Macedonia’s final energy consumption, of which some 70% are coming from space heating. A study made in the course of an EU funded project [Low cost low energy social housing for enlarged Europe (LOCOSOC), EC SAVE contract no. 4.1031/Z/02-119/2002 (partners involved among others: KWI, ACE Group)]assessed the potential energy saving within the building stock of 3 New Member States and 1accession country, which is highly dominated by panel buildings and low-quality housing.
The research revealed an energy saving potential due to qualitative refurbishment measures from at least 40% of current energy consumption up to 70% when additional measures to achieve low-energy standard (specific energy consumption < 60 kWh/m²) are being adopted.
The objectives of this project are twofold
- The overall objective of the project is to develop a proposal to be
handed in under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to finance
a) the development,
b) the realization, and
c) the compliance
of Macedonian energy performance standards in buildings with international standards in place,
mainly with the new EU Directive on Energy Performance in Buildings.
- Another objective is to make assessments of how the new system of Macedonian
energy performance building standards could possibly be developed and realised.
The necessary interaction and co-operation of different national institutions will be identified by experienced international consultants with the help of local experts.
Leading Team and Partners:
ACE Group – Austrian Consulting Engineers Group ZT-KEG, Austria
Allplan GmbH, Austria
BAR Engineering (BAR E.C.E.), Macedonia
KWI Management Consultants & Auditors GmbH, Austria
TOPTEH Engineering, Macedonia |
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