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OBJECTIVES
The
Concerted Action supporting transposition and implementation of
Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(CA EPBD II) is an activity which aims to foster exchange of information
and experience among Member States and participating countries with
regards to the implementation of the specific Community legislation
and policy on the energy performance of buildings. It involves the
national authorities implementing the Directive, or those bodies
appointed and entrusted by the national authorities to do so. It
is carried out under the coordination of one member of the consortium.
The CA EPBD II consortium is composed of organisations designated
by all 27 Member States plus Norway and Croatia. The Intelligent
Energy Europe Programme supports the additional costs arising from
the coordination activities, together with those activities necessary
for the European dimension of the action.
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The specific
objectives of the CA EPBD II are to:
- enhance
and structure sharing of information and experience from
national implementation and promote good practice in activities
required of Member States for implementation of the Energy
Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD);
- create
favourable conditions for faster convergence of national
procedures on EPBD related matters;
- supplement
the work of the Energy Demand Management Committee (Article
14 of the EPBD) and its ad-hoc group on CEN standards and
certification exercises.
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The
CA EPBD II is the continuation of the first Concerted Action supporting
transposition of the Directive, which ran from January 2005 to June
2007 .
The objectives of the CA will be achieved by organising a series
of 6 structured meetings of representatives of the national authorities
implementing the Directive, or those bodies appointed and entrusted
by them to do so, of typically 2 days each, to discuss and exchange
on various topics, together with other activities to support the
effectiveness of those meetings (e.g. facilitation of working groups,
preparation of national implementation reports, on-line communication
centre, etc).
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In more
detail, CA EPBD II covers five central themes:
- Certification
procedures
Questions related to Article 7 of the Directive on the actual
functional certification scheme and all its procedures;
- Inspection
of boilers and air-conditioning systems
Questions relating to Articles 8 and 9 of the Directive;
- Specifications
and training requirements for experts and inspectors
Questions relating to Article 10 of the Directive;
- Methods
and procedural aspects for energy performance characterisation
Questions relating to Articles 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Directive;
- Information
campaigns
Questions relating to Article 12 of the Directive.
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For
each of these topics, issues are addressed on which the Directive
does not require harmonised national implementation but where harmonised,
coordinated implementation would increase the impact of the Directive
and reduce the implementing costs.
Moreover,
special attention is given to promoting formal and informal contacts
between the Concerted Action and relevant groups that are working
towards the transposition of the EPBD in the MS.
More
particulary:
The CEN working group in charge of preparing the new standards
required for implementation of the EPBD;
The SAVE projects financed by the EIE programme to develop
and demonstrate various issues related to the EPBD implemenation;
The EPBD Buildings Platform launched by the European Commission
within the framework of the Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE) programme,
whose objective is to support the full and continued implementation
of the Buildings Directive by setting up mechanisms for transferring
information among stakeholders, notably via its website www.buildingsplatform.eu.
PARTICIPANTS
The
CA EPBD II working plan is organized around a series of 6 meetings
(from December 2007 to November 2010), bringing
together organisations designated by all 27 Member States plus Norway
and Croatia.
The CA-participants are the representatives of national governmental
ministries or governmental affiliated institutions that are in charge
of preparing the technical, legal and administrative framework for
transposing the EPBD in their own country.
INFORMATION
FROM CA
In
the framework of CA I, there was an EPBD Webzine which was also
available for persons not involved in the CA activities. Since there
is since January 2006 the EPBD Buildings Platform with its own newsletter,
there is no longer a webzine in CA II.
As
a result, this website is the only direct dissemination from the
Concerted Action.
The EPBD Buildings Platform (www.buildingsplatform.eu) is the official
information channel of DG TREN with respect to EPBD related information
from January 2006. Therefore, the CA EPBD II has set up a close
collaboration with the Buildings Platform for the dissemination
of public information.
Subscribe
to the Buildings Platform newsletter
The
following reports will be disseminated through the EPBD Buildings
Platform:
 National
Summary Reports
o A 1st report per country, before
summer 2008
o A 2nd report per country, to be
available before end of 2010
Core
theme summary reports
o A total of 10 reports are foreseen
Technical
summaries from interesting topics
o A total of 12 reports are foreseen
Executive
summary report of CA II, to be published in the beginning of 2010
STEERING
COMMITTEE
The
coordinator of the CA EPBD II is ADENE, the Portuguese National
Energy Agency, which has appointed Eduardo Maldonado as technical
coordinator of the project, assisted by Pedro Mateus.
To assist the coordinator in the Daily Management of the project,
a complementary Management team has been designated.
The members of the Management team shall be in charge of the following
specific tasks or portfolios:
- Evaluation
of participant satisfaction and identification of needs for change
(Andras Zold, Hungary)
- Internal
collection, internal communications and distribution of information
- Project Centre and Webzine (Peter Wouters, Belgium)
- Meeting
location selection, local logistics, meeting program coordination
and coordination of Core Theme and WG Reporting activities (Aleksander
Panek, Poland)
- Core
theme leader 1: Certification of Buildings
(Kirsten Thomsen, Denmark)
- Core
theme leader 2: Inspection of boilers and air-conditioning
systems
(Marcello Antinucci, Italy)
- Central
theme leader 3: Specifications and training requirements for
experts and inspectors
(Kevin O'Rourke, Ireland)
- Central
theme leader 4: Methods and procedural aspects for energy
performance characterisation
(Hans Erhorn, Germany)
- Central
theme leader 5: Information campaigns
(Hans van Eck, The Netherlands)
INTERESTING
LINKS
For
interesting links, see the links page on www.buildingsplatform.eu.
DOWNLOADS
Presentation
by E. Maldonado at the Energy Demand Management Committee (EDMC)
of March 31, 2008: Main
conclusions of the first Concerted Action.
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