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sustainable development. To ensure credits will only be awarded to

meaningful installations, the criteria of assessment have been set with

reference to the percentage of the energy use in the assessed building

that will be replaced by renewable sources. Furthermore, no distinction

will be made of the means chosen for substituting electricity or fuel by

renewable energy. Hence, different or a combination of systems and

equipment may be incorporated into a building, such as solar hot water

systems, building integrated photovoltaic panels or wind turbines, etc.

Recognizing the fact that the application of renewable energy in densely

populated urban centres is more difficult than in less densely populated

settings, the performance criteria are relaxed for building developments

in urban centres.