Report of EPBD Concerted Action-2 and CENSE workshop December 1, 2008 in ...

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Posting Date | 17 September 2009Publication Date | 2009
Country | Pan European
Geographic Coverage | International
Type of publication | Article
Author(s) | Dick van Dijk (TNO , The Netherlands) , Johann Zirngibl (CSTB , France)
Publisher | CENSE
Number pages | 18
Source Languages | English

Report of EPBD Concerted Action-2 and CENSE workshop December 1, 2008 in Prague - Experiences from implementation of CEN standards by Member States

This document is the report from a workshop organised by the EPBD Concerted Action and the IEE-CENSE project. The EPBD Concerted Action, a joint initiative of the EU Member States and the European Commission, was launched in 2005. It involves those representatives of national ministries or their affiliated institutions charged with preparing the technical, legal and administrative framework for the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2002/91/EC) in each country. The key aim is to enhance the sharing of information and experiences from national adoption and implementation of this important European legislation. The objective of the IEE CENSE project (2007-2010) is to accelerate the adoption and improved effectiveness of EPBD related building energy performance standards from CEN in the EU Member States. The IEE CENSE project initiates a number of international/regional workshops: - to present their work plan and the interim results on information on the CEN standards - to get feedback from the Member States or other target groups on possible obstacles to use of the standards and on good practice examples - to identify together the ways for an increased convergence This workshop consisted of four parts, each with introduction by a partner in CENSE and two country presentations, followed by discussion and conclusions: - Overall consistency - Lighting - Heating and domestic hot water - Ventilation and cooling Note: Annex B containing the introductory presentations, is published as separate file.