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Planning permission and Nearly Zero Energy Building Standard

  • 06-01-2020 7:59pm
    #1
    stablepaddock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭


    An engineer said to me that it is possible to get planning permission and build a house without complying with the Nearly Zero Energy Building Standard. Is this accurate? What would be the consequences of doing so?


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  • #2
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 42,171 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    stablepaddock wrote: »
    An engineer said to me that it is possible to get planning permission and build a house without complying with the Nearly Zero Energy Building Standard. Is this accurate? What would be the consequences of doing so?

    Against the law


  • #3
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,357 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    stablepaddock wrote: »
    An engineer said to me that it is possible to get planning permission and build a house without complying with the Nearly Zero Energy Building Standard. Is this accurate? What would be the consequences of doing so?

    Engineer is talking BS.
    It’s illegal.

    Planning permission has got nothing to do with the NZEB requirements.

    Why someone wouldn’t want to comply with the NZEB regs is beyond me. Like going into a car garage and asking can I buy that car but I don’t want the airbags or the seatbelts.


  • #4
    Dudda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Dudda


    To be honest even if it wasn't against the law it doesn't make any sense NOT to build to NZEB. It makes the house warmer, more comfortable and has lower running costs. NZEB shouldn't be a target you aim to pass but one you intend to beat well and score high in. Who want's to pump hundreds of thousands into a cold, draughty, expensive to run house?


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