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Code Development
| Summary |
Summary
Spain issues its first energy code in 1979, but it only covered the building envelope. The most recent code, Código Técnico de la Edificación (CTE), was first approved in 2006 and was subsequently revised in 2008 and 2010. The latest revisions to the energy requirements took place in 2013, when a number of corrections and supporting documents were issued. The code is internationally known for mandating the use of solar panels. |
| Start Year |
Exact Start Year
1 979
Start Year Range
< 1980
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| Revision Schedule | NA, Check Country Information Sheet for details |
| Existing Code Coverage |
Commercial
Residential
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| Stakeholder Engagement |
Stakeholder Engagement
Technical Committee
Websites
Surveys
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| Best Practices |
New Buildings
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Code Implementation - Compliance & Enforcement
| Administrative/Enforcement Structures |
Local autonomous communities implement the code by checking construction plans and inspecting construction. In those jurisdictions that do not have enough resources, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport may step in. As in many countries, some jurisdictions may de facto have less review and inspection because of resource constraints. |
| Compliance Checking on Design |
Yes, compliance is checked on Design
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| Compliance Checking on Construction |
Yes, compliance is checked on Construction
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| Compliance Checking on Pre-Occupancy |
Yes, compliance is checked on Pre-Occupancy
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| Air Tightness testingy | |
| Commissioning before occupancy | NA, Check Country Information Sheet for details |
| Commissioning after occupancy | |
| Compliance Software Residential | NA, Check Country Information Sheet for details |
| Compliance Software Non-Residential | NA, Check Country Information Sheet for details |
| Penalties for non-compliance |
Refusal Permission to construct
Refusal Permission to occupy
Other
Other penalties
Fines for not having, displaying or presenting erroneous info for obtaining a certificate
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| Incentives and Recognition program for compliance |
Incentives and Recognition program for compliance
Awards/Grants/Tax Breaks
Spain offers several types of incentives to promote energy efficiency in buildings, such as capital grants for energy efficiency in buildings and low interest-rate loans. |
| Compliance Rate monitoringe | |
| Compliance Rate Publicised | NA, Check Country Information Sheet for details |
| Compliance Lessons Learned | NA, Check Country Information Sheet for details |
| Compliance Energy Use Statistics | |
| Compliance Rate in % | NA, Check Country Information Sheet for details |
Capacity Building and Education
| Awareness Raising |
Compliance Training
When the new CTE was approved, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving of Energy, representing the Ministry of Industry, organized training sessions in Spain’s 17 regions. The regions and engineer and architect associations provided CTE training courses, as well as a training course on the official software, LIDER (code compliance) and CALENER (energy rating software for new buildings). |
Building materials
| Building Materials Ratings |
Energy Performance Certificates
| EPC Implementation |
EPC Implementation
EPCs are referred to in codes -
Mandatory disclosure commercial -
Mandatory disclosure residential -
The energy performance certificate (called Certificado de Eficiencia Energética del Edificio) provides an estimate of annual primary energy consumption. The certificates also classify buildings based on CO2 emissions, where a new building meeting regulations is certified as C1, and existing building receive a C2 designation, which is further broken down into Classes A-G based on the modeled estimate of energy use. Certificado de Eficiencia Energética del Edificio, an annual primary energy consumption and a classification based on CO2 emissions, where C1 is relative to a modelled building meeting regulations, and C2 is relative to existing building stock averages, Classes A-G. The EPC is used to demonstrate compliance with the performance based building code. For new buildings they are enforced jointly. For existing buildings they can be enforced separately. |
