Article 5

New buildings Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that new buildings meet the minimum energy performance requirements referred to in Article 4. For new buildings with a total useful floor area over 1000 m2, Member States shall ensure that the technical, environmental and economic feasibility of alternative systems such as: decentralised energy supply systems based on renewable energy, CHP, district or block heating or cooling, if available, heat pumps, under certain conditions, is considered and is taken into account before construction starts.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-30 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.