{"id":37,"date":"2010-09-20T22:29:24","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T22:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isabelbarros.blogs.ie\/2010\/09\/20\/minimum-requirements-of-energy-to-be-provided-by-renewable-energy-technologies\/"},"modified":"2011-12-20T18:12:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T18:12:45","slug":"minimum-requirements-of-energy-to-be-provided-by-renewable-energy-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/minimum-requirements-of-energy-to-be-provided-by-renewable-energy-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Requirements of Energy to be Provided by Renewable Energy Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 209px; height: 286px;\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/isabelbarrosarchitects.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/images\/thumb-2010_09_20_Wind%20turbine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"286\" align=\"left\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Ireland, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.environ.ie\/en\/DevelopmentandHousing\/BuildingStandards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Building Regulations<\/a> set out the legal requirements for the design and construction of buildings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.environ.ie\/en\/Publications\/DevelopmentandHousing\/BuildingStandards\/FileDownLoad,19069,en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Part L<\/a> of the Building Regulations lays out the requirements regarding conservation of fuel and energy for dwellings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The following represents the minimum requirements of energy to be provided by renewable energy technologies in new dwellings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 kWh\/m2\/annum contributing to energy use for domestic hot water heating, space heating or cooling, or<\/li>\n<li>4 kWh\/m2\/annum of electrical energy, or<\/li>\n<li>a combination of these which would have equivalent effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seai.ie\/Renewables\/Renewable_Energy_FAQ\/\" target=\"_blank\">Understanding Renewable Energy &#8211; FAQ&#8217;s <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Join our Facebook Group <a href=\"http:\/\/groups.to\/isabelbarrosarchitects\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/isabelbarros\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/img\/webpromo\/btn_in_20x15.gif\" alt=\"View Isabel Barros's LinkedIn profile\" width=\"20\" height=\"15\" border=\"0\" \/><\/em>View Isabel Barros&#8217;s profile<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following represents the minimum requirements of energy to be provided by renewable energy technologies in new dwellings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19,10],"tags":[49,105,5,23,48,102],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-sustainability","tag-building-regulations","tag-energy","tag-environment","tag-ireland","tag-renewable","tag-sustainability","post-preview"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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