Law on Energy Efficiency (Official Gazette of Montenegro 29/2010), amongst other, introduces certain obligations related to energy efficiency of buildings, which is regulated in a detailed manner through rulebooks provided for in the Law. Provisions of the Law and relevant secondary legislation represent transposition of requirements of the EU Energy Performance in Buildings Directive.
In cooperation with the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, the Ministry of Economy has adopted a set of 5 rulebooks which regulate this field in a detailed manner;
- Rulebook on minimal Energy Efficiency requirements in Buildings (Official Gazette of Montenegro 23/2013 of 27.05.2013) defining the minimal requirements related to energy efficiency of buildings, types of buildings which according to their purpose are not required to meet minimum energy efficiency requirements and methodology for calculating energy performance of buildings.
- Rulebook on the Regular Energy Performance Certification of Buildings (Official Gazette of Montenegro 23/2013 of 27.05.2013) which defined in a detailed manner certification of buildings, manner of determining the energy class of building, layout and content of the table with basic energy performance of public buildings, content of certificates and registry of issued certificates on energy performance of buildings and types of buildings, which are not certified, according to their purpose.
- Rulebook on the methodology for performing energy audits of buildings (Official Gazette of Montenegro 23/2013 of 27.05.2013.) determining the methodology for performing energy audits of buildings
- Rulebook on training program for energy audits, content of the requests for issuing authorizations and registry of authorized persons (Official Gazette of Montenegro 24/2013 of 31.05.2013) determining the training program for energy audits of buildings and regular energy audits of heating systems and air conditioning systems, content of the requests for issuing authorizations for performing energy audits and detailed content of the registry of authorized persons for performing energy audits.
- Rulebook on regular energy audits of air conditioning systems and heating systems(Official Gazette of Montenegro 24/2013 of 31.05.2013) determining the manner and deadlines for performing regular energy audits of air conditioning systems of nominal power of 12 kW and larger and gas, liquid or solid fuels heating systems of nominal power of 20 kW and larger.
Detailed tabular review of the above mentioned rulebooks can be downloaded here.