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Recording policy session | Next Gen EPCerts: making buildings fit for the energy transition
Thursday 28 October 2021
REHVA, BPIE, FEDARENE and Sympraxis Team, hosted by the BuildUp Portal, brought together key actors from the Next Generation Energy Performance Certificates for buildings Horizon 2020 cluster of projects for a lively and informative moderated panel discussion between the project's representatives with 2 prior short 'setting the scene' keynotes from DG ENER and BPIE to benefit all EPBD stakeholders, with a slightly enhanced focus on EU Member States and specifically decision-makers and influencers of the EPBD revision process.
PDF slide deckIn October 2021 with the EPBD revision close to the official adoption by EC services (Fit for 55 package part 2 planned for December 2021) insights and stateof-the-art information about the European Energy Performance Certification Schemes in use now for little over 10 years at Member State level are condensed in one shot, during the EUSEW2021 extended programme, providing at the same time the outlook for a holistic and future proof Building Performance Assessment and Certification framework and related processes across the EU for the benefit of all stakeholders and supporting the transition to an overarching digitally transformed EU building stock as means for healthy, affordable, efficient and green buildings.
REHVA, BPIE, FEDARENE and Sympraxis Team, hosted by the BuildUp Portal, brought together key actors from the Next Generation Energy Performance Certificates for buildings Horizon 2020 cluster of projects for a lively and informative moderated panel discussion between the project's representatives with 2 prior short 'setting the scene' keynotes from DG ENER and BPIE to benefit all EPBD stakeholders, with a slightly enhanced focus on EU Member States and specifically decision-makers and influencers of the EPBD revision process:
- 3 H2020 coordination and support actions, started in 2019: QualDeEPC, U-CERT, X-tendo (watch now their pitches)
- 4 H2020 innovation actions, started in 2020: D^2EPC, E-DYCE, ePANACEA, EPC RECAST (watch now their pitches)
- 4 H2020 coordination and support actions, started in 2021: crossCert, EUB SuperHub, iBRoad2EPC, TIMEPAC (watch now their pitches)
Programme (indicative timing)
05' Welcome and introduction, Frank Hovorka, President, REHVA
10' Keynote speech 1 "The EPBD revision: buildings Fit for 55", Pau Garcia Audi, Policy Officer, Buildings and Products, DG Energy, European Commission
10' Keynote speech 2 "EPCerts in the EPBD revision", Mariangiola Fabbri, Head of Research, BPIE
60' Panel discussion with the representatives of the 11 ongoing Next Gen EPCerts H2020 cluster moderated by Mariangiola Fabbri
- Stefan Thomas, QualDeEPC
- Andrei Litiu, U-CERT
- Iná Maia, X-tendo
- Panagiota Chatzipanagiotidou, D^2EPC
- Michal Pomianowski, E-DYCE
- Maria Fernandez Boneta, ePANACEA
- Olivier Greslou, EPC RECAST
- María Herrando, crossCert
- Peter Gyuris, EUB SuperHub
- Alexander Deliyannis, iBRoad2EPC
- Álvaro Sicilia, TIMEPAC
05' Closing remarks, Marie-Laure Falque-Masset, Vice-President, FEDARENE