Abstract
The article analyzes the regulatory and legislative base for the energy efficiency of buildings. It identifies the main areas for improving energy efficiency by improving the process of energy audit, as well as improving the system of indicators that determine the airtightness of the building and preservation of comfortable conditions for human stay in the room. The relevance of the work is determined by the problem of low energy efficiency of the housing stock of Ukraine, which affects the rational consumption of energy, necessitates the introduction of various measures aimed at rationalizing energy use in general and buildings in particular, setting maximum permissible energy consumption rates for buildings and strengthening relevant control. The imperfection of the regulatory and legislative base in the field of energy efficiency, the need to develop a state standard for the design of buildings with increased air permeability, the development of a methodology for determining the air permeability of a building, the legislative establishment of minimum requirements for building airtightness, the development of a methodology for testing buildings for airtightness, and the imperfection of the methodology for conducting an energy audit of a building form the basis for further research. To improve the energy management of buildings, it is proposed to introduce mandatory testing of the building for airtightness, which will standardize approaches to energy management and compliance with the relevant requirements for building airtightness will lead to an increase in the energy efficiency class of buildings. Keywords: energy efficiency, energy audit, air permeability, airtightness.
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
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