Renovation of existing buildings. EU technical mitigation criteria Comments on potential alignment Mitigation criteria (metric and threshold) The building renovation complies with the applicable requirements for major renovations24. Alternatively, it leads to a reduction of primary energy demand of at least 30%25. Crown is aligned with the stated criteria as its Framework sets the same criteria for the renovation of existing buildings. EU Taxonomy DNSH criteria Comments on potential alignment Climate change adaptation The activity complies with the criteria set out in Appendix A to this Annex No climate risk or vulnerability assessment has been conducted because the climate- related hazards listed in Section II of Appendix A are not directly material to the activity financed under this Framework. Sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources Where installed, except for installations in residential building units, the specified water use for the following water appliances are tested by product datasheets, a building certification or an existing product label in the Union, in accordance with the technical specifications laid down in Appendix E to this Annex: (a) Wash hand basin taps and kitchen taps have a maximum water flow of 6 litres/min; (b) Showers have a maximum water flow of 8 litres/min; (c) WCs, including suites, bowls and flushing cisterns, have a full flush volume of a maximum of 6 litres and a maximum average flush volume of 3.5 litres; (d) Urinals use a maximum of 2 litres/bowl/hour. Flushing urinals have a maximum full flush volume of 1 litre. Crown has expressed its efforts to comply with the DNSH criteria. In addition, Crown plans to monitor the performance of the state-of-the-art water appliances in its buildings. Transition to a circular economy (circular economy) At least 70% (by weight) of the non-hazardous construction and demolition waste (excluding naturally occurring material referred to in category 17 05 04 in the European List of Waste established by Decision 2000/532/EC) generated on the construction site is prepared for reuse, recycling and other material recovery, including backfilling operations using waste to substitute other materials, in accordance with the waste hierarchy and the EU Construction and Demolition Waste Management Protocol. Operators limit waste generation in processes related to construction and demolition, in accordance with the EU Construction and Demolition Waste Management Protocol and taking into account best available techn...
