Industry criticises the chaos around energy labels for new construction

Gepubliceerd op 27 oktober 2015 om 15:37

Builders and developers were buyers of a new home often no energy. This is because the internet program to request a label not working properly.

That put the four branch Aedes, Building Netherlands, NEPROM and NVB Building Tuesday.

According to the associations, the Ministry of Interior, the above procedure is not yet in order. The internet program for obtaining energy labels for new homes could contain teething problems and design flaws.

"Despite repeated reminders from the building and critical questions in parliament is still not possible to obtain an energy delivery to a new house," said Building Netherlands. President Maxime Verhagen speaks of "absolute chaos" and says that the construction sector suffers damage.

Letter

Last spring associations already sent a letter on the matter to the Minister for Housing Stef Blok. But the situation would not have improved since then. Meanwhile, construction companies risk fines from the Environmental Inspectorate.

The organizations want to block the requirement of a final energy for new homes temporarily suspends, until the procedure is working properly.

Silliness

"We believe that the silliness now has lasted long enough and want the minister promises nothing but acts and the obligation to suspend until he has put things in order," said Verhagen.

Building Netherlands emphasized that the provision of an energy label for new houses is "purely administrative" based on European rules matter because all new homes in the Netherlands amply would comply with the A-label.

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