How Pro-Environmental Legal Regulations Affect the Design Process and Management of Multi-Family Residential Buildings in Poland

Miłosz Raczyński,Radosław Rutkowski

doi:10.3390/en13205449

Miłosz Raczyński, Radosław Rutkowski

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https://doi.org/10.3390/en13205449

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Abstract

This article addresses issues related to the quality of design and subsequent management of multi-family residential buildings in the context of their energy supply. The framework of the analysis carried out here are pro-environmental legal regulations currently in force in Poland. This article describes the impact of these regulations on the design process and the role of the designer. The requirements have been defined and the constraints have been identified. A number of factors directly related to the nature and parameters of the designed buildings and their location have been taken into consideration. On the basis of this study, the impact of legal regulations both on the method of energy supply in the buildings and on their later use and management have been presented. Positive and negative aspects of the analyzed regulations have been indicated and directions for their evaluation and optimization have been proposed. The research was carried out using real buildings, both completed and in the design phase. This article is based on the authors’ extensive experience in designing multi-family residential buildings in Poland.

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For many years, the issue of reducing energy consumption has become increasingly important both in the European Union (EU) and worldwide
The calculations assume that the auxiliary equipment will be supplied with mains electricity for which the coefficient w = 3, while the coefficients w for district heating were adopted in accordance with the values provided by individual heat suppliers
This article presents the results of research and analysis of the real-life design and investment processes of multi-family residential buildings

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The issue of reducing energy consumption has become increasingly important both in the European Union (EU) and worldwide. The primary objective of this directive was to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions by construction works. In 2018, it was replaced by a new directive (2018/844) [3], which tightens the regulations in this area. Its main objective is to decarbonize the existing building stock in the EU by 2050. The result of these directives is the introduction of local legislation in this area by individual EU members. In Poland some new legal regulations have been created [4,5] and appropriate changes have been introduced to the existing regulations [6,7,8]

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