IMPORTANT NOTE FOR ENERGY SAVING MEASURES IN PUBLIC HOUSING BUILDINGS!

No. YPEN/DEPEA/68315/502, Gazette B’ 3424/02.07.2022

Measures to improve energy efficiency and save energy in buildings and facilities belonging to or used by Public Sector bodies.

THE MINISTERS OF FINANCE – ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY – INTERIOR – TERRITORY

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Taking into account:

1. Paragraph 10 of article 1 of Law 2412/ 1996 (A’ 123) in conjunction with Article 1 of Law 40/1975
2. n. 4342/2015“Pension arrangements, incorporation into Greek Law of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 “On energy efficiency, the amendment of Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/ 30/EU and the repeal of Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC”, as amended by Council Directive 2013/12/EU of May 13, 2013 “To adapt Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and the Council on energy efficiency, due to the accession of the Republic of Croatia” and other provisions.” (A’ 143) and in particular articles 7 and 8 thereof.
3. The n. 4936/2022“National Climate Law – Transition to climate neutrality and adaptation to climate change, urgent provisions to address the energy crisis and protect the environment” (A’ 105) and in particular article 17 thereof. li>
4. The n. 4122/2013“Energy Performance of Buildings – Harmonization with Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and other provisions” (A’ 42).
5. The para. 19 of article 107 of Law 4727/2020 “Digital Governance (Incorporation into Greek Legislation of Directive (EU) 2016/2102 and Directive (EU) 2019/1024) Electronic Communications (Incorporation into Greek Law of the Directive ( EE) 2018/1972) and other provisions” (A’ 184).
6. The n. 4270/2014“Principles of fiscal management and supervision (incorporation of Directive 2011/85/EU) public accounting and other provisions” (A’ 143).
7. Law 3852/2010 “New Architecture of Self-Government and Decentralized Administration Kallikratis Program” (A’ 87).
8. The n. 4412/2016“Public Contracts for Works, Supplies and Services (adaptation to directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU)” (A’ 147).
9. The n. 4622/2019“Staff State: organization, operation and transparency of the Government, government bodies and central public administration” (A’ 133).
10. Law 4864/2019 “Strategic investments and improvement of the investment environment through the acceleration of procedures in private and strategic investments, creation of a framework for techno-vegetative companies and other urgent provisions for development” (A’ 237).
11. Article 90 of the p.d. 63/2005 (A’ 133) “Codification of legislation for the Government and government bodies” (A’ 98) in conjunction with para. 22 of article 119 of Law 4622/2019“Staff State: organization, operation and transparency of the Government, the government bodies and the central public administration”.
12. The p.d. 70/2015 “Reconstitution of the Ministries of Culture and Sports, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, Rural Development and Food. Reconstitution of the Ministry of Shipping and the Aegean and renaming it to the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy. Renaming of the Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs to the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism to the Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism and the Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy to the Ministry of Environment and Energy. Transfer of the General Secretariat of Industry to the Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism” (A’ 114).
13. The p.d. 132/2017 “Organization of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (Y.P.E.N.)” (A’ 160).
14. The p.d. 62/2020 “Appointment of Deputy Ministers and Deputy Ministers” (A’ 155).
15. The p.d. 2/2021 “Appointment of Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Deputy Ministers” (A’ 2).
16. The decision of the Ministers of Finance and Environment and Energy “Approval of Energy Efficiency Regulation” of Buildings” (Β’ 2367) KENAK.
17. The under data DEPEA/ok.182365/17.10.2017 decision of the Minister of Environment and Energy “Approval and implementation of the TEE Technical Guidelines for the Energy Performance of Buildings” (B ‘ 4003).
18. The decision of the Prime Minister under data Y6/9.7.2019 “Assignment of powers to the Minister of State” (B’ 2902).
19. The under no. Y70/30.10.2020 decision of the Prime Minister “Assignment of powers to the Deputy Minister of Finance Theodoros Skylakakis” (B’ 4805).
20. The under data 3981/25.2.2020 decision of the Minister of State “Provision of User Authentication Service oAuth2. 0 in Information Systems of third parties” (B’ 762).
21. The no. 29810 EX 2020 decision of the Minister of State “Authentication procedure for public sector employees in digital public services” (B’ 4798).
22. The no. 38428 EX 2021/29-10-2021 decision of the Minister of State “Rules for the provision of digital public services” (B’ 5231). Interoperability of the General Secretariat of Public Administration Information Systems of the Ministry of Digital Governance” (Β’ 3990).
23. The need to update the existing regulatory framework for the comprehensive and unified regulation of the issue of energy saving in public sector buildings and the facilities that belong to or are used by its agencies.
24. The fact that according to the information provided by the Ministry of the Interior/DPDA/66014/1478/29.06.2022 recommendation of the G.D.O.Y. of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, no expense is caused to the state budget and the expense that will be caused by the implementation of this will be determined by newer implementing decisions, we decide:

Article 1

Purpose and scope

1. The scope of the present includes all public sector bodies, in the sense of Article 14 of Law 4270/2014 (A’ 143). electricity consumption reduction target which cannot be less than ten percent (10%) in relation to the consumption of the same/corresponding period of the year 2019 for the first year of application of this. For the following years the goal will be redefined.
   2. In order to achieve the goal of the previous paragraph, the bodies of par. 1 implement the actions of article 3 of this.
   3. The specialization of the actions and the overall annual goal in individual targets per building and/or per electrified facility is made by the Energy Infrastructure/Facilities Managers of par. 1 of article 4.

   Article 2

   Application for tracking actions and consumption – publicenergysavings.gov.gr

   1. The monitoring of the implementation of the actions of article 3 and the course of electricity consumption to achieve the goal of article 1 is done through a special electronic application (publicenergysavings.gov.gr) created for this purpose, accessible through of the Unified Digital Portal of the Public Administration (gov.gr – ΕΣΤ).
   2. During the initial certification of entry to the application, the connection is made by the Energy Infrastructure/Facilities Manager of the organization with the unique codes – credentials (taxisnet) of of the General Secretariat of Public Administration Information Systems of the Ministry of Digital Governance, concerning the TIN of each entity. After this initial certification, the entry of each organization into the application is made by the Administrative Officers of article 5 hereof, using the “Public Administration Codes” of the General Secretariat of Public Administration Information Systems of the Ministry of Digital Governance, in accordance with the under data 29810 EX 2020 decision of the Minister of State (B’ 4798).
   3. The electronic cross-checking of the necessary data to monitor the implementation of the actions of article 3 and the course of electricity consumption is carried out through the Interoperability Center of the General Secretariat of Information Public Administration Systems, according to articles 84 of n. 4727/2020(A’ 184) and 47 of n. 4623/2019 (A’ 134).

   Article 3

   Energy saving measures

   1. In privately owned and leased buildings and facilities used by the bodies of article 1, the interventions of this article to improve energy efficiency and save energy. Especially in leased properties, if required, medium-term measures are implemented with the consent of the owner.
   2. The specialization of the interventions per building and/or per electrified facility is carried out by the Energy Infrastructure/Facilities Managers of the bodies of the article 4 hereof.

   a. Immediate Measures

   31. Maintenance of heating and cooling systems including air conditioning units at least once a year. Especially for the current year, preventive maintenance for cooling systems must be completed by 31.7.2022 and for heating systems by 31.10.2022. After the completion of each maintenance, the “Maintenance and regulation sheet of the air conditioning system (heating/cooling)” of Appendix I of this document is completed and signed by the Administrative Manager.
   32. Determination of internal temperature (maximum/minimum) as in heated/air-conditioned as well as non-heated buildings based on the specifications of the ELOT EN 15251:2007 standard. The internal temperature of the public office buildings and the wider public sector, during the summer period is maintained at 27° C and during the winter at 19° C. iii. Turn off cooling/heating in areas and times when no employees are present.
   33. Turn off office equipment in areas and times when no employees are present.
   34. Use night ventilation of buildings, where possible .
   35. Shading of the building to improve its energy performance, as long as this does not reduce the natural lighting of the interior spaces to an intolerable level. vii. Reduction of energy consumption by at least 10%, indicatively through optimizing the scheduling of street lighting and streamlining decorative/decorative lighting. viii. Actions to improve the energy efficiency of pumping stations (eg installation of inverters).

   b. Medium-Term Measures

   95. Reduction of reactive power of electrical consumption with suitable compensation equipment to increase their power factor (plus φ) to a minimum level of 0.95.
   96. Upgrading of existing lighting systems with the use of energy-efficient lamps of a specific type and automation devices to control their switching off and/or dimming.

   iii. Supply of highly energy-efficient appliances based on the energy labeling framework and EnergyStar specifications.

   1. Planting roofs, if technically and economically feasible.
   2. Devices for heat recovery from boiler exhaust gases.
   3. Devices for heat recovery from waste heat of the cooler condenser, in case of using an air-cooled unit.

   vii. Arrangements for heat recovery from the waste air of air-conditioned spaces.

   viii. Installation of an energy management system, which will facilitate the measurement, monitoring, recording, processing and on-site and online viewing of the functional elements and results of both the building’s individual energy systems and Building Energy Management Systems (ΒEMS) including data presentation and results.

   1. Compensation system installation.
   2. Heat control system installation (thermostats, either conventional or smart, and thermostatic valve controllers for heaters bodies, hour counters).
   3. Installation of a constant temperature analog control system in central air conditioning units.

   xii. Installation of a program for touch-off of heating-cooling systems.

   xiii. Installation of high energy efficiency circulators.

   xiv. Insulation of heating system pipes

   1. Installation of smart meters.

   xvi . Use of cold colored or white paints when painting the exterior of the vertical faces of buildings.

   Article 4

   Responsibility for Implementation

   1. To monitor the implementation of the measures of this decision in every building of the public sector and for the collection and provision of data, the relevant Minister, within 7 working days from the publication of this notice, appoints an Energy Infrastructure/Facilities Manager, for the services of the Ministry and the entities supervised by it. The Minister may, by his decision, delegate the responsibility of appointing an Energy Infrastructure/Facilities Manager for the Ministry’s supervised entities to the head of the entity or to the administrative body.

   For the A’ and B’ OTAs, the Energy Infrastructure/Facilities Manager is appointed by the relevant Mayor or Regional Governor, respectively, and is also responsible for the legal entities of the relevant OTA. For the Independent Authorities, the Energy Infrastructure/Facilities Manager is appointed by the head of the Authority and for the Decentralized Administrations by the relevant Coordinator.

   2. The Energy Infrastructure/Facilities Managers of par. 1 designate the Administrative Managers of article 5 who are responsible for the implementation of the measures herein, for one or more buildings and/or infrastructures/facilities of the entities that fall under their competence.

   The Energy Infrastructure/Facilities Managers must inform the body that appointed them about the implementation of this decision. In addition, they inform the Energy Performance Coordinators of par. 4 in writing and at regular intervals.

   3. The acts of designation of Energy Infrastructure/Facilities Managers and Administrative Managers are declared in the application of article 2, within 2 working days of their issuance or in any case from the start of operation of the application.
   4. The responsibility for monitoring the implementation of the measures of this decision by the bodies of article 1, as well as proposing new measures to the competent Ministers, is assigned to the General Secretaries of Fiscal Policy of the Ministry of Finance, Energy and Mineral Raw Materials of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy and Human Resources of the Public Sector of the Ministry of the Interior, who are designated Energy Performance Coordinators and are assisted in their work by a project team consisting of representatives of the Ministries of Finance, Environment and Energy, Interior, Digital Governance, as well as special experts.

   Article 5

   Administrative Officer

   One ​​or more Administrative Managers are appointed for all the facilities of each institution referred to in Article 1. The Administrative Manager manages in the most efficient way the infrastructures of the organization assigned to him, in order to achieve a reduction in final energy consumption and to this end he cooperates with the Energy Manager of D6/B/14826/17.06.2008 (B’ 1122 ) of a joint ministerial decision, when and as long as it deems it necessary.

   Article 6

   Administrative Competencies Responsible

   The Administrative Manager, who is supported by the competent structure of the organization, coordinates the following for the buildings and/or facilities for which he is designated:

   a. the initial registration of the required data on the electronic platform of article 2 with the start date of the data on 1.1.2022, as well as the collection of the corresponding data of the base year 2019,

   b. Time and financial planning of the necessary interventions to improve energy efficiency and energy saving, as well as securing the relevant resources,

   c. The actions for the proper operation of the central heating – cooling plants and to perform periodic maintenance of boilers – burners and air conditioning units,

   D. The registration of the relevant information/data on the electronic platform of Article 2 on a monthly basis,

   e. the definition of competent persons or where appropriate structures to implement and monitor direct actions. Justify; ”> Reward Achieving Aiming Energy Saves

2. to the bodies designated by Articles 4 and 5 and 5 and 5 which implement the actions referred to in Article 3 hereof and effectively apply the provisions of the present, as evidenced by the data recorded in the specific application of Article 2, may, by decision of the Minister of Finance, be granted a reward through reinforcement of their budget. In the budget of financial year 2023 and in particular the Special Body General State Expenditure [1023711-0000000] of the Ministry of Finance will provide credits in the “distribution credits” category for energy saving costs. The height and disposition of the credits are determined by decision of the Minister of Finance. Article 3 hereof. 4 and 5 ie the implementation of the intended actions and the targeted rate of energy reduction, so that it is in principle eligible to grant the reward of the power saving target. Start = “3”>
3. The centralized annual report of the preceding paragraph for the services and bodies of responsibility/supervision of each Ministry is extracted from the electronic application, controlled by the competent Directorate -General for Financial Services of each Ministry and Decentralized Administration and accompanied by a certificate GDO is forwarded to the Directorate of General Government of the State Treasury for its own further actions. The Hellenic Parliament, the Presidency of the Republic, the Presidency of the Government, and the Central Administration, the Central Administration as special budget budgets export from the application, check and submit the above reference to the corresponding certificate directly to the State Accounting Office. . application of Article 2 and is monitored, where possible, on a monthly basis. > All bodies falling within the scope of the present must take all appropriate measures and obtain the appropriate technical equipment, which must be in line with the specifications and standards specified above within the prescribed deadlines to ensure savings. Energy. Justify; “> Article 9

   costs

   Expenses The budgets of the Ministries or the relevant bodies shall be borne by the implementation of this Decision. Specifically for 2022, the costs taken into account will be recorded in a distinct table using cost categories depending on the financial classification that each body applies to execute their budget. “> This is in force since its publication in the Government Gazette. This decision to be published in the Government Gazette. Athens, July 1, 2022

   Ministers

   Deputy Minister of Finance Theodoros Skalakakis

   Environment and Energy Constantine Skrekas

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   With a joint ministerial decision (JMD-Government Gazette B3424/2-7-2022) specialize measures to improve energy efficiency and save energy buildings and installations of the public sector. Digital Governance, Kyriakou Pierrakakis, as well as the Deputy Minister of Finance, Theodoros Skylakakis, and comes following the 9 ^{June 9 announcements, when the energy saving plan was presented to the State. Style = “Text-Align: Justify;”> The target for public bodies in terms of reducing electricity consumption is set at at least 10% compared to consumption of the same period of 2019, for the first year Application of measures. For the following years the target will be redefined. -ALIGN: Justify; “> 1) Maintenance of heating and cooling systems, including air conditioners, at least once per year. Specifically for the current year, preventive maintenance for cooling systems must be completed by 31.7.2022 and for heating systems until 31.10.2022. ) Determination of internal temperature (maximum/ minimum) in both heated/ air -conditioned and non -buildings based on the specifications of ELOT EN 15251: 2007. The internal temperature of the public and wider public sector office buildings, during the summer period is kept at 27 O C and during the winter at 19 O c.}

   3) Cooling/heating deactivation in places and hours that do not exist. In spaces and hours that do not exist employees. -align: justify; “> 6) Shading of the building to improve its energy behavior, since it does not reduce the natural lighting of the interiors to the unnecessary level. > 7) Reduction of energy consumption by at least 10%, indicative through optimization of the timeline and rationalization of the ornamental/decorative lighting. of energy efficiency of pumping stations (eg Inverter). Technically and economically feasible, heat recovery provisions from boilers and heat recovery devices from the rejected air of air -conditioned areas, installation of analogue temperature control system in central air conditioning units, insulation of heating systems, installation of smart meters. >

   To monitor the implementation of measures in each public sector building and to gather and provide data, the relevant Minister, within seven business days of the publication of the decision, sets out. Energy Infrastructure/Installation Officer for Ministry Services and its supervised bodies. For the supervised bodies of the ministry to the head of the body or in the administration. concerned mayor or regional governor, respectively, and is also responsible for the legal entities of the relevant Local Authority. For the Independent Authorities, it is defined by the head of the Authority and for the Decentralized Administrations by the relevant Coordinator. per building and/or per powered installation is done by the responsible for energy infrastructure/installations. They themselves define the administrators for the implementation of the measures. For all the installations each entity is defined one or more administrators who coordinate (for their buildings and/or facilities of their competence) actions such as: Time and economic planning of the necessary energy efficiency and energy -saving interventions, energy -saving interventions, Actions for the proper operation of central heating – cooling facilities and perform periodic maintenance of boilers – burner and air conditioning units etc. and the course of electricity consumption to achieve the goal of reducing energy consumption by at least 10%, through special electronic application () created for this purpose. -It can be rewarded by a decision of the Minister of Finance by rewarding their budget.