Periodic Reporting for period 2 - SEEtheSkills (Sustainable EnErgy Skills in construction: Visible, Validated, Valuable)
Reporting period: 2022-12-01 to 2024-05-31
The project stands in front of the challenge for energy efficient construction of new and renovation of existing building stocks and aims to act at market level in order to stimulate the demand for previously developed and new or upgraded energy skills. The goal was by acting through a novel 3V approach on wide interregional level, to tackle direct stimulation of demand of energy skills in construction, in order to ensure easy uptake of project results not only in partner countries, but also beyond by replication in at least 3 member states. The 3V approach refered to: VISIBILITY of skills by creation of an on-line repository for skills registration i.e. Integrated SEEtheSkills area to make the skills visible, VALIDATION of energy skills by making them comparable within SEEtheSkills area for management of knowledge&skills and through transferring and replication of training schemes between project partners; which finally results with the raise of the VALUE of skills and tackling their market demand internationally and globally, initiated by expressing the benefits of using energy skills in achieving sustainability of construction.
SEEtheSkills aimed at uniting the best from BUS experiences in five countries: North Macedonia, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Netherlands. Precedent actions in each of the countries put a mark and become recognized by innovation and bravery to meet the challenges in introduction of new approaches in meeting needs for energy efficiency in building sector. As the actions within BUS initiative and follow-up H2020 Construction skills projects revealed different approaches in skilling and upskilling of building workforce, the best experiences were used as a starting point to build upon in this action and were subject of iterative improvement and upgrading during project implementation.
The overall objective of the proposed project was: Challenging market acceptance and acting toward stimulation of demand of energy skills in construction through a novel 3V approach, to support need for energy-efficient construction of new and renovation of the existing building stock
SEETheSkills provided a way to
To show the value of the skills – and make them VISIBLE
To upskill and learn new things – and VALIDATE the knowledge
To promote the skills on the labor market – and make them more VALUABLE
SEEtheSkills aimed at uniting the best from BUS experiences in five countries: North Macedonia, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Netherlands. Precedent actions in each of the countries put a mark and become recognized by innovation and bravery to meet the challenges in introduction of new approaches in meeting needs for energy efficiency in building sector. As the actions within BUS initiative and follow-up H2020 Construction skills projects revealed different approaches in skilling and upskilling of building workforce, the best experiences were used as a starting point to build upon in this action and were subject of iterative improvement and upgrading during project implementation.
The overall objective of the proposed project was: Challenging market acceptance and acting toward stimulation of demand of energy skills in construction through a novel 3V approach, to support need for energy-efficient construction of new and renovation of the existing building stock
SEETheSkills provided a way to
To show the value of the skills – and make them VISIBLE
To upskill and learn new things – and VALIDATE the knowledge
To promote the skills on the labor market – and make them more VALUABLE
As SEEtheSkills is dedicated to act toward higher visibility, validation and valuing of energy skills, the methodology to reach this ambitious goal is based on a few stages. The project actions resulted with production of multiple and diverse results, many of them valuable on interregional level and bringing innovative approaches. The most significant project results are listed below.
The visibility of energy skills is reached by:
• Report on the existing EE measures sumarised in the Interregional survey on the measures toward EE in different partner countries
• Implemented the utmost project product, the Integrated register of energy skills containing: the Database of training schemes, the Register of certified professionals, database of EE construction materials
• Enabled e-learning on developed training schemes and establishing connections and links with SEEtheSkills Integrated repository of skills.
Validation of the skills was enabled with creation of several different actions:
• Defined Minimum requirements and procedure for mutual acceptance of EE qualifications (based on the Units of earning outcomes ULOs)
• Transferred methodology for using RPL and developing e-RPL tool for interregional use
• Developed mobile app for self assessment of skills for workers
• Enabled achievement of LO through microlearning and gamification
• Concept for sustainable energy skills Digital badge
Finally, the increased value of the energy skills was supported by:
• Use of Digital badge to display the value of personal and organisational EE skills
• Enabled app “Find your craftsman”
• Upgraded methodology for Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) as a tool for identification of energy gaps by occupants
• Drafted national “micro” roadmaps for legislation changes necessary to stimulate demand for energy skills
• Case studies on energy performance and gap analysis by using BIM tools, in order to show the benefits of skilled workers
The visibility of energy skills is reached by:
• Report on the existing EE measures sumarised in the Interregional survey on the measures toward EE in different partner countries
• Implemented the utmost project product, the Integrated register of energy skills containing: the Database of training schemes, the Register of certified professionals, database of EE construction materials
• Enabled e-learning on developed training schemes and establishing connections and links with SEEtheSkills Integrated repository of skills.
Validation of the skills was enabled with creation of several different actions:
• Defined Minimum requirements and procedure for mutual acceptance of EE qualifications (based on the Units of earning outcomes ULOs)
• Transferred methodology for using RPL and developing e-RPL tool for interregional use
• Developed mobile app for self assessment of skills for workers
• Enabled achievement of LO through microlearning and gamification
• Concept for sustainable energy skills Digital badge
Finally, the increased value of the energy skills was supported by:
• Use of Digital badge to display the value of personal and organisational EE skills
• Enabled app “Find your craftsman”
• Upgraded methodology for Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) as a tool for identification of energy gaps by occupants
• Drafted national “micro” roadmaps for legislation changes necessary to stimulate demand for energy skills
• Case studies on energy performance and gap analysis by using BIM tools, in order to show the benefits of skilled workers
The project had produced different type of results, that ensure reaching the project impacts:
-Reports. Based on the comprehensive research, studies and surveys, the reports prepared by SEEtheSkills have given an important insight into the current status of energy skills, the challenges and the need for boosting their further promotion
-Digital solutions & e-tools. Striving to bring innovation and advanced approach in reaching the goals, the project was dedicated to developing an entire set of digital tools to enhance deployment of energy skills. The most of the tangible project results are centered around the web based Integrated Register of energy skills, the project outmost result, with its digital tools and many functionalities
-Media products. A plethora of designed media tools and products, including brochures, leaflets, clips and videos are developed, aiming to extend the reach the diverse target groups
As the Integrated Register of Energy skills aimed to be available on EU level, it was extensively promoted and also proposed for replication in 3 european countries. The focus of SEEtheSkills while realizing the SEEtheSkills Integrated repository was connecting and implementing existing functionalities to provide an immersive set of tools and services needed to both stimulate demand for energy skills and provide attractive upskilling supply and profiling possibilities for the construction sector in SEEtheSkills interregional area. The achieved results beyond the state of the art go toward:
-Increase the number of skilled building professionals and frameworks for stimulating requirements for skilled workforce
-Attractive and easier recourse to skilled professionals or companies (e.g. ESCOs) and raise awareness about energy efficient products
-Facilitating the mutual recognition of energy skills and qualifications
-Raising awareness of owners and tenants about the benefits of sustainable energy skills
-Showing the reduction of performance gap as result of an increase quality of the works
The recognized wider implications of the project go toward louder pronouncement that there are many and different actions already taken to develop and increase energy skills, but what is lacking is higher visibility and structuring of all the available outcomes and achievements, which make it no so easy to access all the possibilities. This have resulted in absence of recognition of the value of energy skills and not expressed demand for skilled professionals. The common actions of similar projects and joint activities are the key to getting wider attention to the issue and more significant socio-economical impact.
-Reports. Based on the comprehensive research, studies and surveys, the reports prepared by SEEtheSkills have given an important insight into the current status of energy skills, the challenges and the need for boosting their further promotion
-Digital solutions & e-tools. Striving to bring innovation and advanced approach in reaching the goals, the project was dedicated to developing an entire set of digital tools to enhance deployment of energy skills. The most of the tangible project results are centered around the web based Integrated Register of energy skills, the project outmost result, with its digital tools and many functionalities
-Media products. A plethora of designed media tools and products, including brochures, leaflets, clips and videos are developed, aiming to extend the reach the diverse target groups
As the Integrated Register of Energy skills aimed to be available on EU level, it was extensively promoted and also proposed for replication in 3 european countries. The focus of SEEtheSkills while realizing the SEEtheSkills Integrated repository was connecting and implementing existing functionalities to provide an immersive set of tools and services needed to both stimulate demand for energy skills and provide attractive upskilling supply and profiling possibilities for the construction sector in SEEtheSkills interregional area. The achieved results beyond the state of the art go toward:
-Increase the number of skilled building professionals and frameworks for stimulating requirements for skilled workforce
-Attractive and easier recourse to skilled professionals or companies (e.g. ESCOs) and raise awareness about energy efficient products
-Facilitating the mutual recognition of energy skills and qualifications
-Raising awareness of owners and tenants about the benefits of sustainable energy skills
-Showing the reduction of performance gap as result of an increase quality of the works
The recognized wider implications of the project go toward louder pronouncement that there are many and different actions already taken to develop and increase energy skills, but what is lacking is higher visibility and structuring of all the available outcomes and achievements, which make it no so easy to access all the possibilities. This have resulted in absence of recognition of the value of energy skills and not expressed demand for skilled professionals. The common actions of similar projects and joint activities are the key to getting wider attention to the issue and more significant socio-economical impact.