The modifications to the requirements on energy savings and thermal insulation of buildings in Poland in the years 1974-2021

Anna Życzyńska


Department of Conservation of Built Heritage; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technolog (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3435-3392

Tomasz Cholewa


Faculty of Environmental Engineering; Lublin University of Technology (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5310-2508

Abstract

Residential and public buildings use for heating more than 40% of the total energy consumption in the European Union. Therefore, this paper discusses the modifications to the building energy standard, which is currently in force. It is based on the requirements included in the Polish technical building regulations and standards. The proper energy-saving police have been implemented to this kind of consumers to diminish the energy consumption.

The analysis pertains to the values of heat transfer coefficients of building partitions as well as the indexes of the energy demand for various types of buildings. The analysis was conducted between 1974 and 2013. Moreover; the changes within this range, which will come into force in 2014 and will continue to 2021, which act in accordance with the technical requirements suitable for buildings, were also discussed. Furthermore, minimal thicknesses of insulation materials which enable meeting this requirements of a heat transfer coefficient for building partitions, were examined in the article.


Keywords:

heat transfer coefficient, energy policy, insulation thickness, usable energy, non-renewable primary energy demand index, building energy standard, energy saving

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2015-03-10

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Życzyńska, A. and Cholewa, T. (2015) “The modifications to the requirements on energy savings and thermal insulation of buildings in Poland in the years 1974-2021”, Budownictwo i Architektura, 14(1), pp. 145–154. doi: 10.35784/bud-arch.1680.

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Anna Życzyńska 

Department of Conservation of Built Heritage; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technolog Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3435-3392

Authors

Tomasz Cholewa 

Faculty of Environmental Engineering; Lublin University of Technology Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5310-2508

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