Carbon Rating for the EPBD as featured in PFM on 14th March 2008

Beyond EPBD

Carbon rating a building’s entire lifecycle for the EPBD places great demands on resources. Michael Johnson explains how to manage these and develop an approach that exploits opportunities to compete more effectively in a hard-pressed property market

APRIL 6, 2008 WILL HAVE A SPECIAL RESONANCE for facilities managers in the public and private sectors. It will mark another significant milestone in the implementation of the (EU) European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive . Although the EPBD is now a priority for facilities managers, it is really part of a much bigger issue and a crucial objective – the need to reduce and control carbon emissions, improve energy efficiency, limit climate change and work towards a more sustainable world.

How does this affect facilities managers? As the government’s DEFRA website states: ‘Buildings are major consumers of energy. Around 40 per cent of final energy consumption in the European Community is in the buildings sector’ . This places substantial pressure on the whole property supply chain to make improvements. In the case of new-build or refurbishment it has even more profound ramifications.

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