New buildings or those that will undergo major renovation works will need to have infrastructure for the installation of charging stations for electric vehicles, if they have at least 10 parking spaces. Equipping with automatic devices for distinct regulation of indoor air temperature and quality also becomes mandatory, according to the provisions of Law 101/2020, published in the Official Gazette in July, according to Newsenergy.ro.
In the case of new non-residential buildings or those undergoing major renovation works, which have more than 10 parking spaces, investors and owners, as the case may be, are obliged to install at least one recharging point for electric vehicles, as well as recessed piping for electrical cables for at least 20% of the planned parking spaces.
They must allow the recharging points for electric vehicles to be installed at a later stage. The rule applies when the parking lot is located inside or adjacent to the building, or if the renovation measures include the parking lot or the electrical infrastructure of the building/ parking lot.
In the case of existing non-residential buildings with more than 20 parking spaces, the owners have the obligation to install by 1 January 2025 a number of recharging points for electric vehicles at least equal to 10% of the total number of parking spaces, but not less than two recharging points for electric vehicles. Exceptions to these obligations are buildings owned and occupied by small and medium-sized enterprises.
The above provisions do not apply to new residential and non-residential buildings or those undergoing major renovations for which building permit applications were submitted before March 10, 2021. They also do not apply to existing residential and non-residential buildings undergoing major renovations for which the estimated cost of recharging installations for electric and built-in vehicles, provided for in the general estimate and specified in the specialty memorandum, exceeds 7% of the total cost of the major renovation of the building.