As of 9th of July 2015, it is compulsory to display on site a document (energy certificate) attesting the evaluation of energy performance for the buildings under the ownership or administration of public authorities or of institutions delivering public services, if their useful surface exceeds 250 square meters.
According to new regulations, owners or administrators of buildings or apartments will have to offer potential buyers or tenants a copy of the document mentioned above (energy certificate) before concluding the agreement, so that they could be informed on the energy performance of the building.
In their sale or lease ads, owners and administrators of buildings and apartments are to supply information existent in this energy certificate.
As of July 19th 2013, it has become compulsory for property owners to prepare certificates and make them available to potential buyers or tenants, in case sales agreement or lease agreements are concluded for single-family dwellings and apartments in blocks of flats, as well as in case one intends to solve the problem of thermal rehabilitation for one’s dwelling. The legal provision was already valid since 2007 for new buildings, for which reception was made by local authorities.
An Energy Certificate
Energy certificates are prepared for the following types of new or existent buildings that are under construction, are sold, leased or subject to major renovations:
- Apartment buildings;
- Single-family homes;
- Offices;
- Education buildings (nurseries, nursery schools, schools, high schools, universities, hostels, boarding houses);
- Hospitals and polyclinics;
- Hotels and restaurants;
- Buildings for sports activities;
- Buildings for trading services (stores, commercial business premises, corporate offices, banks);
- Other types of energy-consuming buildings (industrial buildings under normal operation status);
For building categories that are sold or rented, energy certificates are to be prepared by care of the owner and presented upon the conclusion of the sale or lease agreement, as the case may be.
Upon the date of the registration of the sale or lease agreement, the owner has to file with the tax authority of jurisdiction a photocopy of the document – i.e. energy certificate, and the original shall remain with the property owner.
For any category of buildings that are under construction, energy certificates shall be ordered by investors / property owners and they shall be presented in original counterpart to the acceptance committee, they shall be attached in photocopy to the acceptance protocol and they are constituent part of the technic data sheets of the building.