Energy Performance Certificate Recast
Graziano SALVALAI (docente coordinatore), Marta Maria SESANA, Diletta BRUTTI
Graziano SALVALAI (docente coordinatore), Marta Maria SESANA, Diletta BRUTTI
Energy retrofit strategies for buildings represent a major challenge for the achievement of EU decarbonisation goals. In 2002, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) introduced the Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) as an instrument to assess building energy performance, propose and support energy retrofit projects, and develop financing tools. However, this instrument remains largely unexploited due to several challenges influencing confidence, decision support and articulation for financing. Moreover, to engage end users, the certification should propose concrete roads to ambitious goals respecting buildings’ overall quality and increasing energy performance.
EPC RECAST project will develop a well-structured process and a toolbox that will support the development, performance and validation of new EPCs with particular focus on existing residential buildings with high retrofit needs.
DABC role
Leader of the WP on “Demonstration and impact evaluation”: definition of testing, training, and evaluation strategies for the demonstrations; recruitment of EPC RECAST demonstration sites in 6 EU countries; long-term monitoring of pilot buildings/dwellings; testing of the next-generation EPC on selected pilot buildings/dwellings.
Partners
Centre Sciéntifique et Technique du Bâtiment (coordinator), Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology; Electricité de France, Engie, Bimeo, Enbee Sro; R2m Solution Srl, Federatie van Verenigingen voor Verwarming en Luchtbehandeling in Europa REHVA