Energy certificate and energy audit guides

The legal framework of energy certification in Romania, checked against the text. Courtesy translations of the Romanian guides; the Romanian version prevails.

The national building renovation plan (EPBD Art. 3): what it contains and what it means for energy auditors

What Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2024/1275 requires of the national building renovation plan, the deadlines (31 December 2025 and 2026), where Romania stands and how energy performance certificates feed into the plan.

SR EN 12831-1: the design heat load for heating and where Romanian regulations require it

What SR EN 12831-1 covers, which national annex supplements it, where I 13 and Mc 001-2022 require it, and how the heat load (kW) differs from the annual energy demand (kWh/year).

SR 1907 (design heat demand): withdrawn in 2025 — what to use now and where it still appears

SR 1907-1 and SR 1907-2 were withdrawn in January 2025, with no replacement indicated by ASRO. What the regulations now point to for the heat load, and where SR 1907 still appears in I 13.

Code of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and Construction (Law 169/2026): what changes for energy auditors and design verifiers

What Law 169/2026 changes for energy auditors and design verifiers: attestation, RCP insurance, penalties, the NVP1-NVP4 verification levels and the repeals of the old laws.

Energy auditor attestation exam of 9 January 2027: calendar, registration and the written test

The MDLPA session of 9 January 2027: registration dates on atestari.mdlpa.ro, the training regime that applies, the 120-minute multiple-choice test and the steps after attestation, for grades I and II.

Energy certificate for a loan: the class required by Noua Casă and green loans (BCR Casa Mea NaturA)

What energy class FNGCIMM requires for Noua Casă, what BCR requires for Casa Mea NaturA (class, issue date), and what the auditor needs to find out from the client before starting the work.

CPE for an apartment: what data the methodology requires and what a calculation on a block apartment looks like

When a CPE is needed for an apartment, what fields the certificate model and the technical annex of Mc 001-2022 require, and an example on a 1975 block apartment in Constanța.

Professional civil liability insurance for energy auditors, mandatory from 25 August 2026

Law 169/2026 requires energy auditors to hold RCP insurance from 25 August 2026. What art. 556, 570 and 572 provide and what to check in a policy offer.

Energy audit and CPE: what is the difference and when you need each

The energy audit report and the energy performance certificate are different documents: the definitions in Law 372/2005, when each is prepared and an example on a house built in 1965.

Energy performance certificate (CPE): when it is mandatory, how long it is valid, who issues it

For which buildings a CPE is prepared, how long it is valid, who issues it, what the unique registration code means and what obligations arise on sale, letting and acceptance.

Mc 001-2022: where to find the official text (PDF) and what the methodology contains

Where to download the official text of Mc 001-2022 for free (PDF, Official Gazette no. 46 bis/2023), what the six chapters and five annexes contain, where the nZEB requirements and the CPE model are.

Order MDLPA 16/2023: what it approves, when it applies and what it repealed

Order MDLPA no. 16/2023 approves Mc 001-2022, the methodology for calculating the energy performance of buildings: entry into force, repeals and transitional rules.

nZEB building: the legal definition, deadlines and the nZEB compliance report

What an nZEB building is under Law 372/2005: the 30% renewable-source threshold, the application deadlines, the compliance report and the limits in Mc 001-2022, Tab. 2.10a.

EPBD (Directive EU 2024/1275) transposition in Romania: what has been transposed and what is missing

The verified status of the transposition of the recast EPBD Directive in Romania: what has been transposed, what is missing and what it means for auditors issuing CPEs today.

Order MDLPA 348/2026: the new attestation regulation for energy auditors

Order MDLPA 348/2026 changes the attestation rules for building energy auditors: professional grades, an electronic portal, qualified signature.

Design verification for the «energy saving and thermal insulation» requirement: what the certified verifier actually checks

What a certified design verifier checks on the energy requirement of buildings, how the legal framework changed through Law 169/2026 and what dedicated software can speed up.