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title: "Roofed car park"
description: "Roofed car park (EPBD IV): a roofed construction with at least three parking spaces that does not use energy to condition its indoor environment."
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published: "2026-10-14T18:25:55.953Z"
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# Roofed car park

A roofed construction, with at least three car parking spaces, that does not use energy to condition the indoor environment.

**What does "Roofed car park" mean under EPBD IV?**

Defined in: [EPBD IV](https://gencompl.ai/regulations/epbd) (32024L1275)

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> A roofed construction, with at least three car parking spaces, that does not use energy to condition the indoor environment

## Defined in / by

- [EPBD IV (32024L1275)](https://gencompl.ai/regulations/epbd), Article 2, point (35)

Last updated: 14 October 2026.

## A roof, three spaces and no conditioning

The definition has three conditions: a roof, at least three car parking spaces and no energy used to condition the indoor environment. The last condition separates it from a building, which point (1) defines as a roofed construction with walls for which energy is used to condition the indoor environment. A carport with three spaces under a canopy is a roofed car park; a heated underground garage is part of a building.

The term exists for one duty. Article 10(3)(e) requires suitable solar energy installations by 31 December 2029 on all new roofed car parks physically adjacent to buildings, if technically suitable and economically and functionally feasible. A car park is physically adjacent when it is intended for the residents, visitors or workers of a building and lies within the property area or in the direct vicinity of the building (point (65)). Article 10(4) requires Member States to publish national criteria for applying the solar duties and for possible exemptions.

The term is separate from the recharging duties. Article 14 counts the car parking spaces of buildings, and a roofed car park adjacent to a non-residential building can be part of the count under Article 14(1) when the car park is physically adjacent to the building.

In the Netherlands, the explanatory note to Staatsblad 2026, 103 states that the solar duties for new residential buildings and new adjacent roofed car parks will be introduced from 2030, with the zero-emission rules.

> **What we could not establish**
>
> The Directive does not say whether a car park with open sides and a roof of solar panels already meets the duty; national criteria under Article 10(4) decide. This entry fixes the term. It does not decide whether the term catches your institution; counsel decides that.

## Questions and answers

### Does EPBD IV require solar panels on car parks?

On new roofed car parks physically adjacent to buildings, by 31 December 2029, where technically suitable and economically and functionally feasible (Article 10(3)(e)). In the Netherlands, the rule is planned with the zero-emission rules from 2030.

### Is a heated parking garage a roofed car park?

No. A roofed car park does not use energy to condition the indoor environment. A heated garage is part of a building.

## Sources

- [Directive (EU) 2024/1275 on the energy performance of buildings (recast)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1275/oj/eng) (EUR-Lex · 8 May 2024)
- [Besluit van 21 april 2026 tot wijziging van het Besluit bouwwerken leefomgeving (eerste tranche EPBD IV), Stb. 2026, 103](https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-2026-103.html) (Officiële bekendmakingen · 7 May 2026)

## Related content

### Regulation

- [Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD IV)](https://gencompl.ai/regulations/epbd): EPBD IV is Directive (EU) 2024/1275, the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. The Netherlands put its first tranche into force on 29 May 2026 (Stb. 2026, 103), with duties staged to 2033: recharging points in existing car parks from 1 January 2027, solar and lighting control from 1 January 2028. Energy label D by 2030 is still a proposal.