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3.2. The standard EN 15232
What is EN 15232?
A new European standard EN 15232: "Energy performance of buildings - Impact of Building
Automation, Control and Building Management" is one of a set of CEN (Comité Européen de
Normalisation, European Committee for Standardization) standards, which are developed within a
standardization project sponsored by the EU. The aim of this project is to support the Directive of
Energy Performance of Building (EPBD) to enhance energy performance of buildings in the member
states of the EU. Standard EN 15232 specifies methods to assess the impact of Building Automation
and Control System (BACS) and Technical Building Management (TBM) functions on the energy
performance of buildings, and a method to define minimum requirements of these functions to be
implemented in buildings of different complexities. Siemens Building Technologies was very much
involved in the elaboration of this standard.
Building Automation and Control System (BACS) and Technical Building Management (TBM) have
an impact on building energy performance from many aspects. BACS provides effective automation
and control of heating, ventilation, cooling, hot water and lighting appliances etc., that increase
operational and energy efficiencies. Complex and integrated energy saving functions and routines
can be configured on the actual use of a building depending on real user needs to avoid unnecessary
energy use and CO
2
emissions. Building Management (BM) especially TBM provides information for
operation, maintenance and management of buildings especially for energy management – trending
and alarming capabilities and detection of unnecessary energy use.
Content of EN 15232
Standard EN 15232: "Energy performance of buildings – Impact of Building Automation, Control and
Building Management" provides guidance for taking BACS and TBM functions as far as possible into
account in the relevant standards. This standard specifies
· a structured list of control, building automation and technical building management functions
which have an impact on the energy performance of buildings
· a method to define minimum requirements regarding the control, building automation and
technical building management functions to be implemented in buildings of different complexities,
· detailed methods to assess the impact of these functions on the energy performance of a given
building. These methods enable to introduce the impact of these functions in the calculations of
energy performance ratings and indicators calculated by the relevant standards,
· a simplified method to get a first estimation of the impact of these functions on the energy
performance of typical buildings.
3.3. eu.bac Certification
eu.bac Cert is a joint venture of eu.bac and various European certification bodies and test
laboratories in conformity with the relevant provisions of the EN 45000 set of standards.
EU mandate for CEN
to standardize calcu-
lation methods to im-
prove energy efficiency
TC247: EN 15232
„Energy efficiency of
buildings – Impact of
Building Automation“
and
Product standards
- Terminology
- Product data incl.
Energy efficiency
criteria
- Test procedures
Independent
certifier
Accredited
laboratory
Test Tool
Rules