Events      Content: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES providing guidance on the CEN standards WORKSHOPS to obtain feedback on the CEN standards     INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES providing guidance on the CEN standards   Sessions at international conferences to give guidance to our target groups on the European (CEN) standards that are related to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).     EEDAL Conference 2009 2009-07-16 Berlin Germany Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Policy makers Contact:   EEDAL is an established forum in which experts for energy efficiency from the political arena, industry, science and associations meet every three years at a venue in Europe. The perspective is global and the participants come from all over the world. This important international event provides a unique forum to share both knowledge and experiences.   IBPSA Building Simulation 2009 2009-07-27 Glasgow United Kingdom Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Manufacturers Contact:   The conference will be held on the University's Glasgow City Centre Campus and will welcome simulation-based papers in the following themes: Advances in building physics, human aspects of the indoor environment, building services, commissioning and operation, energy capture and conversion, advances in applications, validation and calibration, software issues, simulation in design practice, regulation/code compliance, application day case studies.   13th International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics 2009-08-02 Boston, MA USA Target group: Universities Contact:  John Castellani       11th European Lighting Conference “LUX EUROPA 2009” 2009-09-09 Istanbul Turkey Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Manufacturers Contact:    The main theme of the Conference is Lighting and the Environment. The Conference covers not only this subject, but also many others on natural and artificial lighting. There will be a platform to discuss research works from different countries around the world.   Healthy Buildings 2009 2009-09-13 Syracuse, NY USA Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Standard writers Contact:  http://www.hb2009.org/contacts This international meeting, hosted by Syracuse University and the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (SyracuseCoE), will provide a forum for exchange of leading research and technology developments, a unique opportunity to share information on your company’s innovative products and services, and an extraordinary venue to network with national and global leaders and professionals in the fields of indoor air quality and healthy built environments.   30th AIVC conference “Trends in High Performance Buildings and the role of Ventilation“ and “International Conference on Building and Ductwork Air tightness” 2009-10-01 Berlin Germany Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities Contact:    The combined conferences 30th AIVC conference “Trends in high performance buildings and the role of Ventilation” and “4th International Symposium on Building and Ductwork Airtightness” aim to focus on 2 key aspects of the present ventilation challenges. – Since 1980, the AIVC conferences have been the meeting point for presenting and discussing interesting developments and results regarding ventilation in buildings. For each conference a specific theme is selected and a substantial part of the presentations relate to this theme. At this occasion, there are 2 themes: • Building and ductwork airtightness – from theory to large scale application • Energy efficient ventilation and other innovations for high performance buildings   47th AiCARR International Conference 2009-10-08 Rome Italy Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Manufacturers Contact:  convegnoroma@aicarr.it The Conference is organized with ASHRAE and REHVA scientific cooperation; it will be held in two Plenary Sessions and four Parallel Technical Sessions.   Ventilation 2009 2009-10-18 Zurich Switzerland Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Manufacturers Contact:  moser@scienceservices.ch The VENT 2009 Conference will focus on Future Trends for Clean Air Technology for High Quality Products and a Healthy Workplace Environment. This conference will bring together world leaders in research, technology developers, engineers, equipment suppliers, practitioners and government officials to show case leading edge technology for the industrial and business communities. The Conference will include technical presentations, poster sessions and informative and interactive round table discussions on selected topics.   ISHVAC 2009The 6th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning 2009-11-06 Nanjing China Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Manufacturers Contact:  Considering the recent attention on building energy consumption and energy efficiency, ISHVAC2009 will provide a platform for discussing recent research and development on different aspects of HVAC systems and components, with a focus on building energy consumption, energy efficiency and indoor environment. Furthermore, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of PRC (MOHURD) will support our conference and exhibit achievements of energy saving and demonstration buildings with ultra low energy consumption supported by MOHURD during 2006-2010.   ASHRAE 2010 Winter Conference 2010-01-23 Orlando, FL USA Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Manufacturers, Standard writers Contact:  ASHRAE seeks to advance the state of the art in indoor environmental control by focusing the technical program on the theme “Humidity and Sustainable Indoor Environment.”  Transactions Sessions and papers will address the latest developments in humidity control that contribute to making indoor environments sustainable.  Also, Transaction Sessions will relate to the conference tracks, which include Energy Conservation and Alternative Energy Sources, Sustainability, Humidity and Load Calculations.   Clima 2010 – 10th REHVA WORLD CONGRESS - Sustainable Energy Use in Buildings 2010-05-09 Antalya Turkey Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Manufacturers Contact:    The theme of the Clima2010 conference is "Sustainable Energy Use in Buildings". The conference will cover all aspects of HVAC technology with info on the latest research and technical innovations.       Related pages: Documents (including presentations) to provide guidance on the CEN standards FAQ           WORKSHOPS to obtain feedback on the CEN standards   International/regional workshops that we or others organise to trigger feedback from our target groups     The 11th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2008-08-17 Copenhagen   CENSE workshop Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Policy makers Contact: The series of Indoor Air and Climate conferences started in August 1978 in Copenhagen. At the 11th congress in 2008 we will celebrate the 30 year anniversary of the inaugural conference by revisiting Copenhagen. The 11th Indoor Air conference will be a multidisciplinary event involving participants from medicine, engineering, architecture and related fields. The conference will cover all aspects of Indoor Air Quality and Climate and the effects on human health, comfort and productivity. Cutting-edge research results will be presented, including ways to achieve an optimal indoor environment in a sustainable manner. The conference will address a variety of indoor environments - residential, office, school, industrial, commercial and transport.     The 43rd National Installation Conference of AIIR 2008-10-15 Sinaia Romania CENSE workshop Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities Contact:  Installations for the beginning of the third millennium. Improvement of building energy performance and of building services.     EPBD-Concerted Action meeting 2008-12-01 Prague Czech Republic CENSE workshop Target group: Standard writers, Policy makers Contact:  A workshop session on methods and procedural aspects for energy performance characterisation (Procedures and Requirements) – Core Theme 4. Core Theme 4 is related to Articles 3 to 6 in the EPBD. This will include the actual chosen procedures in the MS and the way requirements have been set up. The main objective in Core Theme 4 is to provide a convenient forum for discussing practical implementation of the new standards in regulations and certification procedures in MS, particularly for identification of common approaches to simplification and alternatives which pose common difficulties that are best solved together by the MS in frank discussions. Although it will be difficult to find a common solution that will fit all MS, the range of solutions can be narrowed down to a few selected possibilities, allowing a first level of convergence within the EU.     "EPBD Concerted Action-2 and CENSE workshop December 1, 2008 in Prague - Experiences from implementation of CEN standards by Member States ", Dick van Dijk and Johann Zirngibl, May, 2009       Annexes to "EPBD Concerted Action-2 and CENSE workshop December 1, 2008 in Prague - Experiences from implementation of CEN standards by Member States ", May, 2009          CENSE-ASIEPI Workshop 2009-02-18 Stuttgart Germany CENSE-ASIEPI workshop Target group: Universities, Standard writers Contact:  The workshop will present and discuss common issues for the two EU project listed below and which are dealing with the implementation of the EPBD and the use of related CEN-standards.   IEE-CENSE: Leading the CEN Standards on Energy performance of buildings to practice Towards effective support of the EPBD implementation and acceleration in the EU Member States. ASIEPI: Assessment and Improvement of the EPBD Impact (for new buildings and building renovation). Members from the two project groups will make presentations from activities in related work packages. Members from the two projects are invited to participate. Invitation will also be send to the members of CEN BT TF 173 EPBD.     "Workshop CENSE-ASIEPI, February 18, 2009 in Stuttgart - Common workshop of CENSE and ASIEPI", Bjarne Olesen and Dirk van Orshoven, May, 2009      Annexes to "Workshop CENSE-ASIEPI, February 18, 2009 in Stuttgart - Common workshop of CENSE and ASIEPI", May, 2009               CENSE-ThermCo-ASIEPI-CommonCense Workshop 2009-04-16 Lisbon Portugal CENSE-ThermCo-ASIEPI-CommonCense workshop Target group: Universities, Standard writers Contact:  Several projects under the EU Intelligent Energy program is dealing with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and related CEN standards. The main objective of the ThermCo project is to establish a normative guideline for comfortable low-energy cooling concepts and consistent evaluation criteria for all European climate zones. The Objective of CENSE project is leading the CEN Standards on Energy performance of buildings to practice by effective support of the EPBD implementation and acceleration in the EU Member States. The CommonCense project seeks to use existing information from field surveys to test the limits set by EN15251 for temperature and lighting and to validate its recommendations using existing data and building simulations. Finally ASIEPI is dealing with the assessment and improvement of the EPBD Impact (for new buildings and building renovation) including summer comfort. The objective of the workshop is briefly to present the projects and discuss the first results.       Draft Report          CENSE-REHVA workshop: Which role do the HVAC-societies play in implementing the EPBD on the national level? 2009-05-15 Amsterdam The Netherlands CENSE-REHVA workshop Target group: Universities, Standard writers Contact:    The objective of the workshop is to give REHVA members a status on the project showing the results of questionnaires and other activities. The objective of the workshop is to obtain delegates feedback and thoughts on the implementation of the EPBD and adoption of the EPBD related CEN standards. Another objective is to transfer information between HVAC-societies regarding active involvement in the implementation of the EPBD.     Report               CENSE Workshop:  Towards Pan-European Software for Building Energy Performance? 2009-06-29 Brussels Belgium CENSE workshop Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Manufacturers Contact:    The purpose of this workshop is to explore these issues further, in the context of: - software companies considering the regulatory market as an extension to existing design tools or e.g. as part of building stock maintenance tools, - Member States, especially those who have not yet fully implemented the EPBD. The objectives of the workshop are: - to inform about the present legal situation and the use of such software in Europe - to exchange views and opinions (interest on a common European method, linking regulation and design) - to discuss and identify common actions to push forward the development and application of a European energy calculation. The main objective is to identify if there is an interest of a unified framework and, if this is the case, how to organise to reach this target.       Flyer          Agenda          Report        Presentation by Roger Hitchin and Paul Davidson     Presentation by Johann Zirngibl     Presentation by Gordon Sutherland     Presentation by Laurent Socal      Presentation by Jaap Hogeling       Link to Information Paper P161 with summary and conclusions from this workshop        CENSE Workshop:  Overall energy use - the importance of technical building systems (EN 15603, EN 15316 series) 2009-08-15 Istanbul Turkey CENSE workshop Target group: Academicians, energy experts, software developers  Contact:    • The IEE CENSE project • EN 15603 overall energy use • EN 15316 series heating systems • Application of standards > software tools       Flyer        Report       Presentation by Johann Zirngibl         CEN-CENSE Conference:  Recasting the EPBD 2009-09-25 Paris France CEN-CENSE conference Target group: Consulting engineers, Standard writers, Policy makers Contact:  Current developments and the way forward to archieve an increased use of the EPBD standards The scope of this conference is to share information and combine efforts to bring the standards to application. Information will be given on actual developments around the recasting of the EPBD Directive and how the directive can be supported by standards, which provides transparency and comparable technical assessments approaches in different countries. The conference will show successful examples of the use of the EPBD standards by a member state and related software. Furthermore results of the CENSE project will be presented and discussed. Finally it will be discussed what can be done to capitalise on the full potential of the standards and which efforts are needed to bring the standards to application.   The target groups are people having interest in the use of a set of common standards supporting implementation of EPBD like: ·       Member States wishing reducing costs by taking CEN standards and not develop separate standards on national level (minimal reinvention of wheels) ·       Industrial interested in fair competition (comparable technical assessments approaches and an open market) ·       Engineers interested in the development and accessibility of tools of high quality, useable across Europe ·       Educational establishments interested to train people on a common basis         Flyer            Conclusions           Presentation by Bjane W. Olesen (DTU) - Opening remarks     Presentation by Dick van Dijk (TNO) - Brief introduction of CENSE     Presentation by Martin Elsberger (DG-TREN) - EU Energy Policy     Presentation by Jaap Hogeling (ISSO) - EPBD Standards      Presentation by Dick van Dijk (TNO) - Preliminary findings     Presentation by Laurent Socal (Edilclima) - Demonstration     Presentation by Martin Searle (EHI) - Heating     Presentation by Johann Zirngibl (CSTB) - Software     Presentation by Ioan Silviu Dobosi (REHVA) - REHVA      Presentation by Randall Bowie - Isolation     Presentation by Dieter Schornick (ZVEI) - Lighting     Presentation by Martin Searle (EHI) - General discussion     Presentation by Bruno Peuportier (ECOS)           CENSE Workshop in Tallinn   2009-09-30 Tallinn Estonia CENSE workshop Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Standard writers Contact:  The objective of this workshop is to inform and discuss the application of then EPBD-Standards in national building regulations. Special issues that will be discussed are, how the EPBD-standards can influence the work of consultants within the building and HVAC industry and what are the possibilities to integrate the use of the EPBD standards in education at universities,  of installers and others involved in the building industry.     CENSE Workshop in Zagreb    2009-12-08 Zagreb Croatia CENSE workshop Target group: Consulting engineers, Universities, Standard writers Contact:  The objective of the workshop is to exchange on how Croatia can adopt and adapt the EPBD - CEN standards in their building regulation and software. The workshop is organized in Zagreb by the IEE - CENSE project in cooperation with Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction, Directorate for Construction, who is responsible for building regulations.       Report            Minutes           Presentation by Nada Mardetko Skoro     Presentation by Johann Zirngibl     Presentation by Igor Balen     Presentation by Matjaz Zupan      Presentation by Jana Bendzalova (EN ISO 13790)     Presentation by Hans van Wolferen     Presentation by Damir Dovic     Presentation by Laurent Socal     Presentation by Hicham Lahmidi      Presentation by Jana Bendzalova (measured energy rating)     Presentation by Stromar           CENSE Workshop in Brussels: How to improve use of CEN standards in the implementation of EPBD  2010-03-22 Brussels Belgium CENSE workshop Target groups: Consultant engineers, Universities, Standard writers Contact:  The CENSE project has just been completed and the present workshop will present the main results, in particular the packages with information on the set of CEN standards to support the EPBD and a series of recommendations regarding a second generation of these standards. This should also be seen in relation to the recently decided revision (recast) of the EPBD. The existing standards are being used very differently in the EU member states. Some have implemented them fully, most have used some of the standards or excerpts of the standards and some others are not using the standards at all. On the other hand, there are many groups or organisations that would like to see more harmonized calculation procedures in Europe for evaluating the energy performance of buildings and HVAC systems. This is also the intention of the Commission, as indicated by the revision of the EPBD.   http://www.eusew.eu/page.cfm?page=event_content&sby=3&sval=0&sd=40257&id=472         Report           Presentation by Berrie van Kampen (TNO) - Welcome and programme     Presentation by Martin Elsberger (Unit D4 - Energy Efficiency) - Relevance for future standardisation      Presentation by Jaap Hogeling (ISSO) - CEN standardisation and implementation     Presentation by Dick van Dijk (TNO) - Contribution of CENSE to improve the use of CEN standards     Presentation by Johann Zirngibl (CSTB) - Calculation of energy performance of HVAC systems     Presentation by Karel Kabele (REHVA) - Influence of recast EPBDand related CEN standards          Towards a 2nd generation of energy performance calculation procedures in Europe    2010-03-31   Webseminar CENSE websiminar Special web event, addressing the EPBD Concerted Action-II members (upon personal invitation) Contact:    At this web event, the CENSE partners will present the series of recommendations regarding a second generation of the CEN standards to support the EPBD. These recommendations are based upon extensive feed back on the experiences with the national/regional implementation and the use of the current set of CEN-EPBD standards.   The current CEN standards are used in many EU Member States, but often in a “practical way”. E.g. by copying parts of CEN standards into national standards or building codes, mixed with national/regional choices and input data.   A more direct use would be much more efficient and transparent. But at the same time room is needed for national/regional choices. The recommendations include ways to meet both requirements.   The EPBD-recast calls for a wider spectrum of application, which is also reflected in these recommendations.     Report            Presentations              Welcome and Introduction by Dick van Dijk (TNO) and Berrie van Kampen (TNO)           Experiences with the current set of CEN-EPBD standard by Jaap Hogeling (ISSO)           Recommendations for 2nd generation of CEN standards by Dick van Dijk (TNO)           Examples related to building energy performance incl. lighting by Hans Erhorn (FhG-IBP)           Examples related to heating, ventilation and cooling systems by Johann Zirngibl (CSTB)                                        and Hicham Lahmidi (CSTB)                  Questions moderated by Jaap Hogeling          With thanks to BBRI for their technical support that made this web event possible.          Join our workshops         Related pages: Documents related to feedback Questionnaires

Information on the CEN-EPBD standards    Reports on feedback on the CEN-EPBD standards and recommendations