Technical building systems that are explicitly covered by an agreed energy performance criterion or a contractual arrangement specifying an agreed level of energy efficiency improvement, such as energy performance contracting, or that are operated by a utility or network operator and therefore subject to performance monitoring measures on the system side, shall be exempt from the requirements laid down in paragraph 1, provided that the overall impact of such an approach is equivalent to that resulting from paragraph 1.
Maidir le córais theicniúla foirgneamh atá cumhdaithe go sainráite le critéar comhaontaithe i ndáil le feidhmíocht fuinnimh nó le socrú conarthach lena sonraítear leibhéal comhaontaithe feabhais ar éifeachtúlacht fuinnimh, amhail conraitheoireacht feidhmíochta fuinnimh, nó atá á n-oibriú ag fóntas nó oibreoir líonra agus, dá bhrí sin, faoi réir bearta faireacháin ar fheidhmíocht ar thaobh an chórais, beidh siad díolmhaithe ó na ceanglais a leagtar síos i mír 1, ar choinníoll go bhfuil tionchar foriomlán an chur chuige sin coibhéiseach leis sin mar thoradh ar mhír 1.