Label C obligation and (re)leasing offices: who is responsible?

In this video, Juuk Hulshof (attorney for energy, environment and space) and Eline van der Zwaag - Holtland (attorney for real estate and project development) discuss who is responsible for meeting the label C requirement for office buildings. Is it the landlord or tenant? And what if you don't comply? Who bears the consequences?

Date: November 07, 2023

Modified November 01, 2024

Written by: Juuk Hulshof and Eline van der Zwaag-Holtland

Reading time: +/- 2 minutes

As part of the energy transition, the energy label requirement has been in place since Jan. 1, 2023. From that date, offices must carry a label of C or higher. See also this article by Jeroen Brinkman in which action on the part of the landlord is announced. This obligation proves difficult to implement in practice , especially for old and small offices. More than half of the offices have no label, but fines and enforcement are not (yet) forthcoming.


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