2017/0143/NL
EC/EFTA
NL Netherlands
  • B00 - CONSTRUCTION
2017-07-10
2017-04-13

Highly energy-efficient dwellings for which the lessor and tenant agree to an energy performance fee.

Order amending the Order on the energy performance fee for rental housing in connection with the option for lessors and tenants to agree on an energy performance fee for a dwelling connected to an external heating network or for a dwelling at which heat is generated in a manner that is not fully sustainable

The amendment to the Order on the energy performance fee for rental housing [Regeling energieprestatievergoeding huur] implements Article 3 of the Decree on the energy performance fee for rental housing [Besluit energieprestatievergoeding huur]. This article offers the option, in certain cases and by ministerial order, to deviate from the system set out in the decree for determining the maximum energy performance fee that the lessor may charge the tenant. For dwellings at which the required heat is generated at the dwelling itself in a fully sustainable manner, the maximum in Table II of the annex applies in the decree. In addition to this, Annex II to the order now specifies the maximum energy performance fee for dwellings connected to an external heating network or at which heat is generated in a manner that is not fully sustainable. In such cases, the energy performance fee shall be less than the energy performance fee for dwellings at which the required heat is generated at the dwelling in a fully sustainable manner. In addition to this, the external or non-sustainable heat shall be offset by a quantity of sustainable energy that should be generated at the dwelling. To determine the offset, when entering into the agreement for the energy performance fee, the lessor shall submit a declaration on area-specific energy-saving measures [EMG-verklaring] verified by Bureau Controle en Registratie Gelijkwaardigheidsverklaringen for the heating network to which the dwelling is or will be connected.