Turkey: Draft Energy Efficiency Law for Buildings

To harmonise its national Building Code with the EU’s 2003 Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings 2002/91/EC (EPBD), the Turkish government submitted an Energy Efficiency Law to the Prime Minister in December 2005. Due to be enacted in late 2006, the Energy Efficiency Law requires the amendment of TS 825, a November 1995 regulation of heat insulation standards, in line with EPBD requirements. As mandated by the Turkish National Energy Conservation Center, "the adaptation and/or effective implementation of all related Turkish regulations in compliance with this directive [2002/91/EC] should be assigned due consideration in the Energy Efficiency Strategy for Turkey."

Date Implemented: 2006

Status: In Force; Framework Policy

References: International Energy Agency