"Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Implementation in practice"
Provisional program

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Opening Session

Welcome of participants
P.Wouters

Welcome of participants (by the EC)
V.Berruto

Welcome of participants (by BBRI)
R.Lenaers (*)

EPBD Concerted Action: role, objectives, functionning, ...
E.Maldonado

Activities of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in relation to energy, indoor climate and ventilation
M.Sherman

Ventilation, Indoor climate and energy: the mission of AIVC and INIVE and the link to the energy performance of buildings
P.Wouters

Session 1 - EP standards and calculation procedures

Overview of implementation of the CEN mandate
J.Hogeling

Status of work in EPBD CA regarding procedures
H.Erhorn

Calculation procedures, focus of standards prEN15203 and prEN-ISO13790 “Calculation of energy use for space heating and cooling “
Dick van Dijck

Ventilation related aspects in the CEN calculation procedures with focus on prEN 15241 & 15242
J.-R.Millet

Ventilation for Buildings - Calculation of room temperatures and of load and energy for buildings with room conditioning systems prEN15243
G. Zweifel

Session 2 - Inspection and commissioning of technical installations

Introduction M.Antinucci

Inspection of boilers: an overview presentation
I.Sofronis

Inspection of air conditioning facilities in Europe in EBPD; partial ex-ante regulatory impact assessment
J.Adnot

Quality assesment of ventilation systems: an overview of practical experiences
R.Carrié

Commissioning tools: a way to manage the growing complexity of energy systems in buildings
J.C.Visier

Comparison between the DIAGVENT diagnostic method and PR EN 15239 on Inspection of Ventilation Systems
P.J.Vialle

Session 3 - Existing buildings : calculation procedures – certification- labelling
ENPER-EXIST first workshop

Certification of existing buildings : overview of the information collected in the framework of the EPBD CA
J.Laustsen

US experience : resnet project
S. Baden

ENPER-exist: Challenge to apply European standards to existing buildings
M.Spiekman

An Energy Performance Assessment method for the Non-Residential building stock in accordance with the EPBD
B.Poel

EPLABEL : preparing for an EPBD requirement to display operational ratings on energy certificates in public buildings
R.Cohen

BEST-cert: Building energy standards - tool for certification - pilot methodologies investigated
D C Lillicrap

Pilot actions to develop a functioning market for energy performance certificates
G.Bucar

Securing the take off of building energy certification : concept and plans of the EIE STABLE project
I Aho & T Husu, Motiva

The SAVE IMPACT project
F Zegers

Session 4 - Indoor climate considerations and the EPBD

Indoor climate and productivity
O.Sepannen

How to handle the overheating risk in EP calculation?
D.Van Dijck

Handling of indoor climate in hot humid climates: the Asean approach
S. E. Lee

Activities of the KeepCool project
K.Leutgöb

National regulations for the indoor climate
- France            A.M.Bernard
- Netherlands     Mr Boerstra
- UK
- Greece           M.Santamouris

Indoor climate considerations to the EPBD
B.Olesen (Denmark)

Session 5 - Very low energy new and existing buildings and the EPBD

The penetration of ultra low energy houses into the national housing market. Best practice experiences in Germany
H. Erhorn

How to promote low energy buildings
Kirsten Engelund Thomsen

Low-energy inspiration project in perspective of the EPBD
Susanne Dyrbøl

EU FP6 ECO-buildings IP Brita in PuBs: Retrofit of public buildings to become low energy buildings
Heike Kluttig-Erhorn

Activities in the Passive-On project
Andrew Pindar

Activities in the PEP project
Henk Kaan


Session 6 - Airtightness and the energy for transport

Introduction by the chairman
M. Sherman

Regulations fan energy
W. de Gids

Regulations air tightness of buildings in CEN standards
J.R. Millet

Air tightness in low energy buildings
B. Cobbaert

Air tightness of commercial buildings

Duct air tightness
R. Carrié

Session 7 - Innovative systems and the EPBD

Introduction and short Overview on planned integration of renewables in the MS procedures
H.Erhorn

Innovations and the EPBD - Generell aspects
P. Wouters

What are the barriers to bringing retrofit innovations to applications - first results of the BRITA in PuBs project

RESHYVENT: a generic approach for handling innovative systems

Energy efficiency with double skin facades, ways to integrate them into the EP calculation (BESTFACADE)
R. Waldner

Innovation in conservation measures, how are they covered in the EP calculation

Humidity and IR controlled ventilation
S.Hagelskjaer

Advanced ventilation and automation systems at building level


Session 8 - Dissemination, training and non-technical issues

Training of inspectors in the context of the EPBD
H. Van Eck

Practical experiences with the EPBD implementation in DK

VentDiscourse
M.Kolokotroni (UK)

Presentation on EEBD and RURASU
A. Papadopoulos

Towards class A

Closing Session

Opening of the session
E. Maldonado

Summing-up of 8 EPBD related sessions by rapporteurs

Summing-up of ventilation track of conference
W.De Gids

Summing-up of track on humidity and moisture in buildings
H.Hens

Market view - what have we learnt - what are the remaining challenges

Presentation on energy efficiency initiatives of the European Commission
Luc Werring

IEE programme: New call for proposals
V.Berruto

Closing conference - announcement AIVC conference 2006
P.Wouters