Zero carbon standard launched forIrish homes

爱尔兰房屋实行零碳标准

（照片：爱尔兰绿色建筑委员会董事会成员布莱恩·多兰（Brian Dolan）在新的零碳标准启动时的照片；住房部长Eoghan Murphy 爱尔兰绿色建筑委员会业务发展经理MarionJammet；爱尔兰绿色建筑委员会主席Kevin O'Rourke）

The Irish Green Building Council launched a zero-carbonstandard for new homes at its Better Homes conference in Dublin today, November. The new standard will enable Irish home builders to offer certified zerocarbon homes to home buyers.

爱尔兰绿色建筑委员会于11月在都柏林举行的“更好的房屋”会议上推出了新房屋的零碳标准。新标准将使爱尔兰的房屋建筑商向购房者提供经过认证的零碳房屋。

Besides energy efficiency, the new zero carbonstandard also considers the upfront carbon emissions associated with theconstruction of the homes. It also encourages home builders to actually measurehow the homes perform after they are purchased and lived in.

除了提高能效外，新的零碳标准还考虑了与房屋建设相关的前期碳排放。它还鼓励房屋建筑商实际衡量房屋在购买和居住后的性能。

Under the newbuilding regulations all new homes must reach a minimum building energy rating(BER) of A2. Whilethis means all new homes must be highly energy efficient, it does not take intoaccount the emissions associated with the construction of a house. Theseemissions account for more than half of the whole lifetime carbon emissionsfrom new homes.The zero-carbonstandard has been introduced within the new version of the Home Performance Index certification. The Home Performance Index isIreland’s first national certification system for quality and sustainableresidential development. The certificate demonstrates that a home has beendesigned and constructed with care to ensure low running costs, enhance thehealth and wellbeing of the occupants and minimise environmental impacts.

根据新的建筑法规，所有新房屋必须达到A2 的最低建筑能耗等级（BER）。尽管这意味着所有新房屋都必须具有很高的能源效率，但并未考虑与房屋建造相关的排放。这些排放量占新房屋整个生命周期碳排放量的一半以上。新版《家庭绩效指数》引入了零碳标准认证。家庭绩效指数是爱尔兰首个针对质量和可持续住宅发展的国家认证体系。该证书表明，精心设计和建造的房屋可确保低廉的运营成本，增强居住者的健康和福祉并最大程度地减少对环境的影响。

The Better Homesconference was closed by Minister Eoghan Murphy TD, who stated: “As agovernment we are committed to responding to climate change through ourpolicies and legislation. We have set ambitious targets for the decarbonisationof our built environment – these form an integral part of our all of governmentaction plan to tackle climate breakdown and we are driving a number of actionsthat will contribute to energy efficient housing.

更好的房屋会议由部长Eoghan Murphy TD宣布闭幕。他说：“作为政府，我们致力于通过我们的政策和立法应对气候变化。我们为建筑环境的脱碳制定了雄心勃勃的目标-这些目标构成了我们应对气候崩溃的所有政府行动计划的组成部分，并且我们正在推动一系列行动，这些行动将为节能住宅做出贡献。

'One of thekey functions of my department is creating the regulatory framework to achievethis, and I was very pleased to sign the regulations implementing NZEB fordwellings earlier this year.  Early next year I will be implementinglegislation to provide for electric vehicle recharging infrastructure. Lack ofthis infrastructure is a barrier to the take up of electric vehicles and thesemeasures aim to encourage this take up.”

“我部门的主要职能之一是建立监管框架来实现这一目标，我很高兴在今年早些时候签署了实施NZEB住宅的法规。明年年初，我将实施有关电动汽车充电基础设施的立法。缺乏这种基础设施阻碍了电动汽车的普及，这些措施旨在鼓励电动汽车的普及。”