Urban planning & Environment

SITUATION: CORONAVIRUS / COVID-19 In the context of the current exceptional situation with respect to Covid-19, the time limits for the submission of reports for the attention of the Environment Agency are suspended until further notice. SITUATION: CORONAVIRUS / COVID......

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is based on a voluntary change to a sustainable responsible behaviour towards other economic players, the environment and society in general. CSR is the application of sustainable development principles by businesses and aims at establishing a...

An energy performance certificate (also known as "passeport énergétique") must be presented when selling, leasing, renovating, extending or constructing a non-residential building. Non-residential buildings (i.e. buildings in which less than 90% of the energy reference area is......

The Luxembourg state supports the production of electricity from renewable energy sources by natural or legal persons by offering 3 types of remuneration: feed-in tariffs; market premiums; calls for tenders. Feed-in tariffs A feed-in tariff agreement has......

Sustainability certificates for residential buildings (LENOZ certificates) must be issued by: an architect; a consulting engineer; an energy consultant; a professional approved to perform technical tasks for the purpose of energy-related studies or inspections, and more particularly for theLENOZLENOZ...

In 2017, Luxembourg introduced its own environmental certification scheme for residential buildings. LENOZ (Lëtzebuerger Nohaltegkeets-Zertifizéierung – Luxembourg sustainability certification) certification is designed to serve the specific needs of the residential sector (single-family houses and multi-unit residential buildings inTheTheLENOZ...