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Order on certificates of taking into account energy and environmental performance requirements and carrying out a feasibility study on the various energy supply solutions for building construction in metropolitan France (9 December 2021)

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🇫🇷 France
Year
2021
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Policy
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This is the Order of 9 December 2021 on certificates of taking into account energy and environmental performance requirements and carrying out a feasibility study on the various energy supply solutions for building construction in metropolitan France and amending the decree of 11 October 2011 on certificates of taking into account thermal regulations and carrying out a feasibility study on energy supplies for new buildings or new parts of buildings.The study and certificates consider the impact of climate change assoicated with building components including the construction site and requires hte client to undertake to comply with justifying the impact on climate change, and the climate change impacts arising from primary energy consumption and building components. The summer discomfort level is also measured.

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France Environmental Regulations RE2020

The RE 2020 is the new energy and environmental regulations for all new construction. It introduces environmental performance in new construction via life cycle analysis.

The RE2020 applies in several stages:
- initially, it concerns: individual houses and collective housing;
- secondly, it concerns: primary and secondary education offices and buildings;
- in a third step, it concerns specific tertiary buildings: hotels, shops, gymnasiums.

RE is broken down broadly into three areas: energy; comfort and carbon. ‘Energy’ relates mainly to the energy consumption required while the building is in operation, which is now based on CO2 emissions rather than kilowatt hours. This is referred to as ‘energy carbon impact’ in RE2020. ‘Comfort’ refers to the amount of discomfort permitted in hot weather. The regulations limit the maximum indoor temperature a building can reach during five consecutive hot summer days. ‘Carbon’ measurements are the climate-change impact of the construction itself, including the building materials and the construction process. This is known as the construction carbon impact, which will reduce significantly over the years, by 2025, 2028 and 2031.

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