RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Building Code 'Thermal Performance of Buildings' (2018 Ed.)

Meta Data
Title in national language: 
СНиП "Тепловая защита зданий" (в ред. от 14.12.2018 г.)
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2012
Effective Start Year: 
2018
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Code
Economic Sector: 
Building
Energy Types: 
All, Other
Issued by: 
Ministry of Regional Development
Notes: 
No official English version available
Source: 
Regulatory Database 'Tekhexpert' (RU)
File: 
Building Code 'Thermal Performance of Buildings' (2018 Ed.) (RU)
Overall Summary: 
The Building Code was initially designed in 2003 and adopted in 2012 with a view to support further optimization of thermal efficiency in buildings. The policy is based on the Technical Regulation on Safety of Buildings and Works (the Federal Law N 384-FL of 30 December 2009). It is stressed that consistency and coherence with international standards and norms on energy efficiency in buildings have to be strengthened.
Efficiency
EE priorities: 
Advancing efforts on the way to cleaner and more efficient energy system, the Code concentrates on improvements in building energy efficiency. The Focus is made on thermal shielding of constructed and reconstructed public, residential, industrial, agricultural and storage buildings (art. 1).
EE building standards: 
Energy efficiency in buildings is elaborated based on consideration of the following criteria and specifications: specific demand for heating during heating season, indoor climate of the building, optimal parameters of the indoor climate, internal heat gain to the building, index of heat gain to the building, building compactness ratio, glazing-to-wall area ratio, length of heating season, factor of thermotechnical uniformity, thermotechnical nonuniform fragment of the enclosuring, specific losses of heat through linear thermotechnical uniformity, specific losses of heat through dot thermotechnical uniformity, fireproof encasement, internal heat loss at the surface, heat protection of the enclosure, specific losses of heat through dot thermotechnical uniformity, etc. ----- An emphasis is placed on energy efficiency requirements for heating and cooling of buildings. Art. 10.3. Ranking is made for buildings within certain class range (A to E). ---- Art. 10.4. It’s underscored that design and construction of buildings of D and E class is prohibited.
Pricing
Energy pricing: 
Calculation methodology for heat prices is provided in section ‘Additional Parameters’.
Governance
National policy structure: 
Coherence shall be ensured with the following regulations: GOST (All-union State Standard) 12.1.005-88 Standards for Labor Safety, GOST 24816-81 Construction Materials, GOST 26253-84 Buildings and Works, GOST 25820-2000 Lightweight Concrete. Technic Specifications, Building Regulation 131.13330.2011 (Building Code Construction Climatology’), Building Regulation 60.13330.2010 (Building Code 41-01-2003 ‘Heating, Ventilation and Cooling’), etc.