Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance

BEEO Amendments

Buildings Energy Efficiency (Amendment) Ordinance 2025

The Buildings Energy Efficiency (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 was published in the Gazette on 20 June 2025 and would come into effect in two stages:

1. The amendments for updating the qualifications eligible for registration as Registered Energy Assessors will commence first on 20 September 2025 (i.e. three months after the gazettal of the Ordinance), to enable professionals' early registration.
2. The remaining provisions will commence on 20 September 2026 (i.e. 15 months after the gazettal of the Ordinance), to allow adequate time for the sectors to make necessary preparations for compliance with the new regulations.

The major amendments include:

1. Regulate the energy efficiency standards of building services installations for all data centres
2. Require more types of building to conduct regular energy audits
3. Shorten the interval of energy audits
4. Disclose technical data in energy audit reports
5. Include more qualifications eligible for registration as "Registered Energy Assessor"