COUNTRY REPORT: Portugal

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1 COUNTRY REPORT: Portugal Prepared by: Maria João Carvalho /LNEG Version 2 Date: 20 th October 2014 Address: Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, LISBOA Tel. : Fax : mjoao.carvalho@lneg.pt QAiST is supported by:

2 This short report includes a brief description of the most important elements in Portuguese regulations and certification/subsidy schemes related to solar thermal products is given here below. The description is valid for October/ Regulatory Framework Building Regulation (general) The building regulations were published at the end of 2013 in order to accommodate in the Portuguese legislation the EPBD-recast - Directive n.º 2010/31/CE. These regulations define de Building Certification National System, in Portuguese SCE - Sistema de Certificação de Edifícios. The national entity responsible for the management of SCE is ADENE, National Energy Agency. All information related to SCE can be found in: The official document is: Decreto-Lei n.º 118/2013. D.R. n.º 159, Série I de It transposes, to the Portuguese legislation, the Directive n.º 2010/31/CE, of the European Parliament and Council of 2010, 19th May, related with energy performance of buildings, (EPBD-recast). It approves the Building Certification National System on Energy; The energy performance of commercial and services buildings code; The energy performance of residential buildings code. All additional legislation that consolidates the Building Certification National System on Energy can be found in: The present legislation imposes the usage of solar thermal collectors for water heating preparation in new buildings or buildings with major renovations. It also states: a) the annual energy production of the solar system must be calculated with a programme developed by LNEG (SOLTERM programme) or another software applying equivalent methodology and approved in the frame of SCE. 1 The original report was published in 2007 and was developed in the framework of the project Solar Keymark II with the support of the Intelligent Energy Europe programme. Version 1 of this report was published in september COUNTRY REPORT: Portugal Page 2 of 6

3 b) the solar systems or collectors should be certified in accordance with EN and EN requirements; c) installers of these systems must also be qualified installers according to a qualification scheme resulting either from European Directives or national legislation; d) for installations with a collector area higher than 20m 2 a project of the installation is necessary. Registration According to the present legislation the solar thermal installations are registered in a data base that is established by the entity responsible for the building certification scheme which is ADENE National Energy Agency Safety control Solar thermal systems and collectors, as part of the building, shall be in agreement with the legislation General Regulation on Urban Buildings (Regulamento Geral de Edificações Urbanas - Decreto-Lei n.º de 7 de Agosto de 1951). This law is dated of Several amendments have been issued 2. The law dated of 1951, indicates that all constructions must be made with the best practice rules. (Chapter I, Article 15 th, 16 th and 17 th ). No detailed guidelines are given concerning integration of solar thermal in building envelopes. Public Incentives (subsidies, ordinances or other) Relevant incentives: Presently there are no incentives to installation of solar thermal systems. Testing Presently there are two testing Laboratories in Portugal. - Solar Energy Laboratory of LNEG - Accredited for testing of Solar Thermal Collectors according to ISO 9806:2013 and Factory Made Systems according to EN 12976:2006; Testing know-how for Custom Built Systems according to EN 12977: Laboratory of Energy Systems of CTCV - Accredited for testing of Solar Thermal Collectors according to ISO 9806: Decreto-Lei n.º de 29 de Agosto de 1952, Decreto-Lei n.º de 31 de Março de 1962, Decreto-Lei n.º de 13 de Maio de 1963, Decreto-Lei n.º 650/75 de 18 de Novembro, Decreto-Lei n.º 43/82 de 8 de Fevereiro, Decreto-Lei n.º 463/85 de 4 de Novembro, Decreto-Lei n.º 172 H/86 de 30 de Junho, Decreto-Lei n.º 64/90 de 21 de Fevereiro, Decreto-Lei n.º 61/93 de 3 de Março, Decreto-Lei n.º 409/98 de 23 de Dezembro, Decreto-Lei n.º 410/98 de 23 de Dezembro, Decreto-Lei n.º 414/98 de 31 de Dezembro, Decreto-Lei n.º 555/99 de 16 de Dezembro, Decreto-Lei n.º 177/2001 de 4 de Junho, Decreto-Lei n.º 290/2007, de 17 de Agosto e Decreto-Lei n.º 50/2008, de 19 de Março. COUNTRY REPORT: Portugal Page 3 of 6

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5 Certification Product certification: o CERTIF is empowered by CEN to issue Solar Keymark Certificates; o Solar Keymark certification is accepted fully in Portugal without additional requirements. Installer certification: o Presently there is no certification scheme for solar thermal systems installers but the SCE legislation states that they shall respect other design requirements and quality of equipment and components applicable under the laws, rules and regulations in force Portuguese. Insurance There are no special insurance schemes for installation of Solar Thermal Systems. Other relevant information Presently the only requirements for Solar Thermal Systems, either at the STO Solar Thermal Obligation level (Energy Building Certification) or Incentives, is the need to have the collector certified (or the system when it is a Factory Made System). No requirements on other systems components (storage tank, controller ) exist. In the case of solar systems supporting electric resistance within the solar storage tank (typically thermo syphon systems), it is mandatory to include the installation of a programmable clock to prevent the electric resistance to be activated during the daytime in order that the solar collectors energy can be stored. For citizen s awareness rising, information on line is available concerning: building energy certification system (the referred SCE), on the official site of ADENE, which is the SCE manager: Trade Barriers The fact that: i) no incentives for installation of solar thermal systems exist; ii) no fiscal incentives for the installation of Solar Thermal Systems in existing houses, COUNTRY REPORT: Portugal Page 5 of 6

6 does not create the best conditions for installation of Solar Thermal System for, e.g., air conditioning or for industrial applications, which have large potential in Portugal for the growth of the Solar Thermal Market. Actions needed The STO Solar Thermal Obligation, implemented in Portugal is a good incentive for the growth of the Solar Thermal Market. Presently there is a reduction on new buildings and an effort has to be made to have good solutions for solar thermal systems installations in building renovation. Other areas of application of Solar Thermal Systems are those of Industrial Applications and Solar Cooling (Air conditioning). In these areas new forms of incentives are needed, specially incentives that are on similar level with feed in tariffs for production of electricity. It is expected that in the frame of the next program for application structural funds call Portugal 2020 possibilities there will be incentives for installation of solar thermal systems since one of the aspects to be supported is: - Sustainability and eficiency in the use of resources. COUNTRY REPORT: Portugal Page 6 of 6

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