Building EQ - Tools and methods for linking EPBD and continuous commissioning
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Posting Date | 26 August 2010
Country | Germany
Geographic Coverage | International
Theme | Energy policies, Legislation, regulations, standards, Energy performance certification, Heating, domestic hot water, Air conditioning, cooling, ventilation, air infiltration, Controls, energy management systems, Energy sources, district heating / cooling, cogeneration, Public and non residential buildings, Building operation, monitoring, energy management, Calculation, simulation
Abstract | Building EQ aimed at strengthening the implementation of the EPBD by linking the certification process with commissioning and optimization of building performance. Within the scope of the project methodologies and tools were developed that could be used for ongoing commissioning and optimization of non-domestic buildings using gathered data from the certification process according to the EPBD. The emphasis was on feasibility and cost-effectiveness with regard to building-practice.
Today, after the certification, usually there is no continuous evaluation of the building performance in order to reach or maintain an energy-efficient operation. As a result the performance of buildings is often poor and does not represent the energetic / economic optimum. The consortium evaluated the developed methods and tools in 11 demonstration buildings in the 4 participating countries. Main target groups were the industry for Facility and Energy Management, real estate owners, energy agencies and energy consultants.
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Description | Programme area:
SAVE, Multiplying success in buildings
Status:
finished
Coordinator:
Partners:
Website:
www.buildingeq.eu
Objective:
Provide methods and tools for ongoing commissioning of non-residential buildings with regard to building-practice and certification
Keywords:
EPBD, commissioning, building operation
Duration:
01/2007 – 12/2009
SAVE, Multiplying success in buildings
Status:
finished
Coordinator:
Nicolas Rehault
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems,Germany
E-mail: nicolas.rehault@ise.fraunhofer.de
Tel +49 (0)761 4588-5352
Partners:
- Energieagentur Regio Freiburg, Germany
- ennovatis GmbH, Germany
- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energetica, Italy
- CIT Energy Management AB, Sweden
- Insinööritoimisto Olof Granlund Oy, Finland
Website:
www.buildingeq.eu
Objective:
Provide methods and tools for ongoing commissioning of non-residential buildings with regard to building-practice and certification
Benefits:
Increased energy efficiency of non-residential buildings, tools on national and European levelKeywords:
EPBD, commissioning, building operation
Duration:
01/2007 – 12/2009
Web URL(s) of the case | http://www.buildingeq-online.net/, http://www.buildingeq-online.net/index.php?id=187
Lessons learnt | Guidelines for monitoring and evaluation of building performance in connection with the EPBD were designed.
Software tools for the ongoing evaluation of building performance were developed.
Furthermore, energy/cost savings and results of the evaluation of the tools were documentated for 13 demonstration buildings.
The methods were adopted by several members of the main target group.
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Additional documents |
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Case Languages | English
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