THE SET OF CEN STANDARDS DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS DIRECTIVE (EPBD) IN THE EU MEMBER STATES

The EPBD requires EU Member States to have legislation on Energy Performance of Buildings. Tosupport this a mandate was given to CEN (the European Standard Organisation) to produce thenecessary standards to support the implementation of the EPBD in the EU Member States. Thispaper gives an overview of the standards as they have been developed under the EU Mandate toCEN. It also gives some information on the interrelation of these standards. Also some information onCEN standardisation work is given.