Environmental Management Activities Decree: Energy efficiency obligation

Last updated: 3 October 2019

The Environmental Management Activities Decree (Activiteitenbesluit Milieubeheer) requires organisations in the Netherlands that use 50,000 kWh of electricity or 25,000 m3 of natural gas (or an equivalent) or more per year, to take energy efficiency measures with a payback period of five years or less. This is the energy efficiency obligation.

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