Interim findings
Content:
· Interim report: your feedback will be appreciated
· Other preliminary findings
Interim report: your feedback will be appreciated
With pleasure we herewith present to you, for information and comments, the following interim report from the CENSE project:
First draft set of recommendations:
Towards a second generation of CEN standards related to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)
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This draft document is publicly distributed for feed back and discussion. It will be gradually updated and expanded in the coming months.
Consequently, your comments and suggestions are highly appreciated! Go to Feedback.
Please note that your comments and suggestions coming in before December 18, 2009 can and will be taken into consideration in the first next update of the document and may also be reflected in presentations and discussions (workshops, internet communities) which will be organised during the coming months.
Final versions of these recommendations (including recommendations of specific technical nature and identification of gaps) will be reported before the end of the CENSE project (March 31, 2010).
Other document on feedback
Other preliminary findings
The following suggestions, remarks, priorities and future directions have been derived from recent workshops.
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Some concrete suggestions and remarks:
Ø To avoid ambiguities and for a more efficient use of the standards: recommend to CEN that there are no open ends in the procedures:for each variable it should be made clear whether the input is expected from another (which?!) equation, from another (which?!) standard or to be provided nationally.
Ø It would also help the transparency of the calculation procedures if all standards had a similar structure, distinguishing general procedures, specific detailed procedures (e.g. allowing for national options) and (e.g. partly national) input and boundary conditions.
Ø Better links are needed from product standards to the EPBD standards.
Ø CEN procedures may form a barrier for swift national responses to movements or opportunities in the market.
Ø Some EU Member States: building code writers are not involved in CEN standards writing.
Ø EU Member States are most interested in a harmonized framework (methodology) that allow national differentiation.
Ø Standards should be distinguished from complementary guidebooks.
Ø Copyright of the CEN standards is a barrier for use.
Ø There is a need for more transparency in the planning of the future steps of CEN and ISO.
Ø Problems for changing the method because the methods are linked to the ratings (certificates)
Ø Too many options allowed in the CEN standards
Ø In the future the standards will be mainly applied by computer software. Standards writers should have this in mind.
These specific suggestions and remarks are related to either or both:
Ø CEN and/or ISO internal procedures and rules. Of course, we can only transfer these comments to CEN and ISO.
Ø the technical content of the CEN and/or ISO standards. These will be further considered within CENSE, in dialogue with the target groups, and may lead to recommendations with regard to common principles, structure and content of the CEN standards.
The following priorities were identified:
Ø Promote the use of the common CEN calculation structure in Member States according to EN 15603
o Including the identification of possible barriers
Ø Analyse and discuss whether it is feasible and helpful to distinguish parts of the CEN standards that are best suited for ‘plug-and-play’ and parts that require more national choices or input.
o This could lead to recommendations for technical editing of the CEN standards
Ø Collect and synthesize concrete suggestions for improvements, per standard
Future directions:
The conclusions above provide concrete leads for the activities in CENSE.
In the coming period, IEE-CENSEwill keep the initiative to continue the dialogue with the Member States.
The following instruments for this continued dialogue are envisaged:
Ø Information part of the IEE-CENSE website: supporting information (Information Papers, reports, FAQ, ...)
Ø Interactive part of the IEE-CENSE website (contact form, helpdesk)
Ø Virtual community "Energy Performance Calculation Procedures" at the Portal of BUILD UP (new, since July 2009!), with input from IEE-CENSE: http://www.buildup.eu/communities/epcalc
Ø IEE-CENSE questionnaires
Ø Workshops initiated or supported by IEE-CENSE
Ø Via personal contacts between IEE-CENSE partners and representatives from Member States and other target groups (in C.A., in CEN, etc.)
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Also with regard to future directions it is important to note that the intended recast of the EPBD may have a significant impact on the calculation procedures. An Information Paper on this subject (P149) has been published by the Buildings Platform (download paper here).
On behalf of the CENSE consortium,
Dick van Dijk (TNO)
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