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Regulatory Requirements and EU Requirements Driving Energy Monitoring

For property owners, energy monitoring is practically a combination of:

  • Energy performance requirements and energy declarations (EPBD/EPC),
  • Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) and renovation goals (EPBD),
  • Building automation/building management (BACS) for premises (EPBD),
  • IMD/sub-metering and information requirements for residents/tenants (Swedish regulations linked to EU-EED),
  • Corporate-driven energy and climate reporting (e.g., energy mapping, CSRD/ESRS, investor reporting).

EPBD/MEPS – What Will Drive the Rate of Action​

The renovation logic of the EPBD means that member states must drive the renovation of the worst-performing buildings. For non-residential buildings, it involves renovating the 16% worst-performing by 2030 and 26% by 2033. For residential buildings, the average primary energy must decrease by 16% by 2030 and 20–22% by 2035, with the majority coming from the worst-performing buildings. See: more info about EPBD

EPBD – Building Automation/Building Management (BACS) and What “Monitoring” Means in Practice​

For commercial buildings, requirements are linked to installed/nominative power. In the Swedish compilation, it is stated that requirements apply to premises >290 kW (by January 1, 2025) and that the threshold will be lowered to 70 kW from 2030. The systems must be able to continuously monitor, record, and analyze energy use as well as detect efficiency losses.

This drives the need for:

  • time series (kWh, kW) per main media and central systems,
  • deviation analysis/alerts and benchmarking,
  • traceability (meter hierarchy, areas, normal year correction) to demonstrate improvements after actions.

EPBD – Databases and Data Exchange​

The EPBD indicates that national databases should be able to collect data from energy certificates, inspections, renovation passes, SRI, and also calculated or measured energy use. This makes data quality, structure, and export format (machine-readable) a practical compliance issue. See: in-depth info about databases

IMD (Residential) – Measurement, Remote Reading, and Information​

In Sweden, it applies, among other things, that IMD hot water must be installed in new multi-family housing from June 1, 2022, and the regulations also concern remote reading, cost allocation, and information about energy use to residents.
See: Boverket's info about IMD

Energy Mapping (EKL) and Other Reporting

For certain larger companies, there are requirements for recurring energy mapping. For property owners, this typically means being able to produce documentation per building and per system (heating/cooling/ventilation/lighting, etc.) and document the effects of actions.

*[SME]: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

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