The table below provides an overview of the various elements covered in each country's Building Energy Codes and Standards (as assessed in this dataset).
GENERAL INQUIRIES
Topic Overview
| Country, City | Passive Design Requirements | Space Heating Requirements | Water Heating Requirements | Lighting Requirements | Resources for adoption | Financial resources and Incentives | Primary Energy Consumption Performance Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania, Tirana | Yes | Yes | Yes | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides | Grants | .. |
| Algeria, Algiers | Yes | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Training Programs | Grants | .. |
| Argentina, Buenos Aires | .. | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Rebates, Loans | .. |
| Armenia, Yerevan | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | .. |
| Australia, Melbourne | Yes | Yes | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | .. |
| Austria, Vienna | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | Yes |
| Bahrain, Manama | Yes | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, | .. | |
| Bangladesh, Dhaka | Yes | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Belgium, Brussels | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Loans | Yes |
| Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begwan | .. | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides | .. | |
| Bulgaria, Sofia | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | Yes |
| Canada, Toronto | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Rebates, Loans | .. |
| Chile, Santiago | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | .. |
| China, Beijing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | .. |
| Colombia, Bogota | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Tax Credits, ,Loans | .. |
| Costa Rica, San Jose | .. | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides | Loans | .. |
| Croatia, Zagreb | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | .. |
| Cyprus, Nicosia | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides, , Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Rebates, Loans | Yes |
| Czechia, Prague | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Loans | .. |
| Denmark, Copenhagen | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Rebates, Loans | .. |
| Ecuador, Quito | Yes | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides | Loans | .. |
| El Salvador, San Salvador | .. | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Training Programs | Loans | .. |
| Estonia, Tallinn | .. | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | .. |
| Finland, Helsinki | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | .. |
| France, Paris | .. | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Rebates, Loans | Yes |
| Georgia, Tbilisi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | .. | ||
| Germany, Berlin | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, , Loans | .. |
| Ghana, Accra | .. | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, , Training Programs | .. | |
| Greece, Athens | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | .. |
| Hong Kong SAR, China, Hong Kong | .. | Yes | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits | .. |
| Hungary, Budapest | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides | Grants | .. |
| Iceland, Reykjavík | Yes | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| India, Mumbai | Yes | Yes | Yes | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Rebates, Loans | .. |
| Indonesia, Jakarta | .. | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Loans | .. |
| Iran, Islamic Rep., Tehran | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, , Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Loans | .. |
| Ireland, Dublin | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits | .. |
| Israel, Jerusalem | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Loans | .. |
| Italy, Rome | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides, , Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits | .. |
| Japan, Tokyo | Yes | .. | Yes | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, | Grants , Tax Credits, Loans | Yes |
| Kazakhstan, Almaty | Yes | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Loans | .. |
| Kenya, Nairobi | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Training Programs | Tax Credits, , Loans | .. |
| Korea, Rep., Seoul | .. | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides | .. | |
| Kuwait, Kuwait | Yes | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides | .. | |
| Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants | .. |
| Latvia, Riga | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides | Grants , Tax Credits, , Loans | .. |
| Lithuania, Vilnius | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Rebates, Loans | .. |
| Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, , | .. |
| Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Tax Credits | .. |
| Malta, Valletta | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, , Loans | .. |
| Mexico, Mexico City | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, , | .. |
| Moldova, Chișinău | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Loans | .. |
| Montenegro, Podgorica | Yes | Yes | Yes | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances | Grants , Loans | .. |
| Morocco, Rabat | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, , Training Programs | .. | |
| Myanmar, Naipyidó | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, , Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, , Loans | .. |
| Netherlands, Amsterdam | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Rebates, Loans | .. |
| New Zealand, Wellington | Yes | .. | Yes | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Rebates, Loans | .. |
| Nigeria, Lagos | Yes | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | .. |
| Norway, Oslo | Yes | Yes | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | Yes |
| Pakistan, Islamabad | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides | .. | |
| Panama, Panama City | .. | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances | Loans | Yes |
| Paraguay, Asunción | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides | Tax Credits, , Loans | .. |
| Peru, Lima | Yes | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits | .. |
| Philippines, Manila | .. | .. | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Tax Credits, , Loans | .. |
| Poland, Warsaw | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes | Yes | ||
| Portugal, Lisboa | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances | Tax Credits, Loans | .. |
| Qatar, Doha | Yes | .. | Yes | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants | .. |
| Romania, Bucharest | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances | Grants , Tax Credits, Loans | .. |
| Rwanda, Kigali | Yes | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides | .. | |
| Saudi Arabia, Riyadh | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances | Rebates | .. |
| Serbia, Belgrade | Yes | Yes | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides | Grants , Loans | .. |
| Singapore, Singapore | Yes | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances | Grants , Tax Credits | .. |
| Slovak Republic, Bratislava | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides | Grants , Loans | Yes |
| Slovenia, Ljubljana | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | Yes |
| South Africa, Pretoria | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Tax Credits | .. |
| Spain, Madrid | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Loans | .. |
| Sri Lanka, Colombo | Yes | .. | Yes | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, | .. | |
| Sweden, Stockholm | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Loans | Yes |
| Thailand, Bangkok | .. | .. | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Loans | .. |
| Tunisia, Tunis | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits , Loans | Yes |
| Türkiye, Istanbul | Yes | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Loans | .. |
| Ukraine, Kyiv | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | .. | ||
| United Arab Emirates, Dubai | Yes | .. | .. | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Loans | .. |
| United Kingdom, London | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Rebates, Loans | .. |
| United States, Los Angeles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Rebates, Loans | .. |
| Uruguay, Montevideo | Yes | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, , Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Rebates, Loans | .. |
| Uzbekistan, Tashkent | .. | .. | .. | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides | Tax Credits, , Loans | .. |
| Venezuela, RB, Caracas | .. | .. | .. | Yes | .. | ||
| Vietnam, Hanoi | Yes | Yes | Yes | .. | Designer and Occupant Guides, Consumer Databases for Energy-Efficient Appliances, Training Programs | Grants , Tax Credits, Loans | .. |