During the weekend of 11th – 13th November 2016, owners of low energy buildings will open their doors to the public nationwide during the NZEB Open Doors event. Supported by SEAI, the event will enable the public to visit really good examples of Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) in order to inspire them to aim for similar standards for their own building or renovation projects
The NZEB standard
will be in place EU-wide by 2019 for all new public buildings and by 2021 for all new buildings. The NZEB standard for dwellings in Ireland will be set at 45 kWh/m2/year (an A2 rating) and is expected to be introduced in Ireland in 2017. During NZEB Open Doors, the public can visit new and retrofitted homes, public and commercial buildings with high specification insulation, air tightness, glazing and the latest heating, ventilation and renewable technologies where building owners share their experiences of embarking on a NZEB project and of living or working in such buildings. NZEB Open Doors events took place in 2013 and 2014 under the NZEB 2021 programme promoted by EU's Intelligent Energy Europe programme and overlapped with the International Passive House Days.
