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48 Summer 2016 European Energy Innovation

BUILDINGS RETROFITTING

Energy efficiency in shopping centres:

comfort and energy savings

By Marine Faber and Roberta D’Angiolella, Buildings Performance Institute Europe

Sometimes seen as highly is 4.4%, meaning that this high rate Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP)
energy-consuming buildings, creates a window of opportunities to for mobilising investment in the
shopping centres have though implement energy saving measures. renovation of the national stock of
the potential to be energy residential and commercial buildings,
efficient and reach the environmental There is no regulation that specifically both public and private. The directive
and energy goals of the EU. The retail refers to shopping malls. In many also sets inter alia a requirement on
industry’s size, reach and impact have countries the requirements extend Member States to ensure the availability
indeed a great deal of potential to be only to some building types, usually of efficient, high-quality energy audit
exploited. Demonstrating to policy- just covering the residential sector. schemes to identify potential for energy
makers the importance of having For example, the wholesale and retail efficiency improvements for all final
commercial buildings as a focus in the subcategory are not included in the consumers, including smaller domestic,
EU building-related directives is key. official definition of “nearly Zero- commercial and small and medium-
Energy Building” in many countries, sized industrial customers.
In Europe, the share of residential such as Austria, Czech Republic,
building floor area is 75% while the Croatia, Latvia, Portugal, Romania and The European Performance of
non-residential buildings make up 25%. Slovakia. Buildings Directive (EPBD, 2010/31/
Compared to the current renovation EU) requires all Member States to
rate of around 1% of the whole building The Energy Efficiency Directive (EED, enhance their building regulations and
stock in Europe (BPIE, 2011), the annual 2012/27/EU) states that every EU to gradually shift from a perspective
renovation rate of shopping centres Member State has to adopt a National to a performance-based approach.

FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF MALLS (Source: calculation, TU Wien) 3D simulation photo of the Modena centre

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