Energy Efficiency For Your Property? Act In Time!

In our blog of 13 February 2019, we reported to you about the required 'C label' taking effect for office buildings as from 1 January 2023, the consequences for owners and/or landlords and tenants, which measures should be taken, who is responsible for paying for these measures, and how compliance with the required C label can be enforced.

As we mentioned in our previous blog, the C-label requirement is only enforceable as from 2023. Nevertheless, it may be important for building owners to get started on sustainability now. Of course, in order to reduce the energy bill, but also because, for instance, the method by which the energy efficiency of property will be determined will change as per 1 July 2020. If one can obtain a C label before that date, using relatively limited measures, then that label will remain in effect for 10 years. After that date, energy efficiency will be assessed on the basis of the new determination method NTA 8800, which gives rise to the