P-märkt innemiljö och energianvändningHandbok inför certifiering av energianvändning

SP Swedish Testing and Research Institute's P-marking quality assurance scheme forbuildings, products, services etc., now includes P-marking of indoor environment andenergy use performance in buildings. The rules for the system, which cover newbuildings, renovation and existing buildings, are set out in SP’s certification rules no.SPCR 114E, specifying requirements in respect of both energy use and indoorenvironment management.Over the last ten years, SP has carried out considerable work in the field of the indoorenvironment, resulting in the development of a quality assurance system concentrating onachieving a high quality indoor environment. This quality assurance system has beensuccessfully applied to schools, offices and dwellings. However, the performance of abuilding is determined not only by a good indoor environment, but also by low impact onthe external environment as a result of energy use in the building. In some cases,concentrating on either good indoor environment or energy efficiency may result in anadverse effect on the other aspect, and so the quality assurance system for indoorenvironments been extended with a section dealing with energy use.This document is a handbook for inspection of documentation concerning qualityassurance of energy use (primary energy analysis, determination of energy targets, energymanagement systems etc.). It can also be helpful when drawing up checklists for theorganisation that is applying for P-marking.The book concentrates on requirements for approved certification of energy use inconnection with P-marking of indoor environments and energy use in existing buildings:it does not cover requirements for certification of indoor environments. It starts bydescribing targeting, aims and requirements for P-marking of energy use, followed bypresentation of some examples of inspections of collected documentation