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Heating & Cooling support - Building obligations

  1. Abbreviated form of legal source(s)

    • ΚΕΝΑΚ
    • Law No. 4122/2013

  2. Summary

    For all new buildings, it is obligatory that hot water demand is partly covered by solar thermal installations (min. percentage: 60% per annum). This requirement is waived where the hot water demand is covered by other energy supply systems based on RES (art. 6 par. 3 Law No. 4122 and ΚΕΝΑΚ art. 8 par. 3.1.3). In addition, all new buildings should be almost zero energy buildings from 2021 onwards (art.9 Law No. 4122/2013).
    Apart from that, a “Long-term renovation strategy” is foreseen. The strategy aims at recording the country’s building stock. Based on that, appropriate policies and measures will be designed so as to upgrade the energy efficiency of all buildings in Greece (art.2a Law No. 4122/2013).

  3. Obligated entities

    Building owners

  4. Competent authority

    • MEE
    • Technical Chamber of Greece