Energy performance certification of the EU Berlaymont building

Within an international project coordinated by the Europem Commission the primary energy demand of the newly retrofitted Berlaymont building (head office of the EU-Commission in Brussels) was assessed. The calculation methods used are the national regulation codes for the implementation of the energy performance of buildings directive (EPBD). The Fraunhofer Institute of Building Physics (IBP) overtook the work for Germany on behalf of the German ministry of transport, building and housing (BMVBW) and has applied the calculation method of the DIN V 18599 that represents the coming assessment method for buildings. In total 6 European countries have assessed the building and the certificates will be shown in January 2005 in the entrance area of the Berlaymont building.