Periodic Reporting for period 1 - IWG5-CSA (Expert support to Implementation Working Group 5 of the SET Plan - Energy Efficiency in Buildings)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2022-09-01 do 2024-02-29
The Implementation Working Group on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (IWG5) is network of country representatives, researchers and industry stakeholders working on buildings. IWG5 is part of the EU’s Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan. The Coordination and support action (CSA) project running between 2022 and 2025 provides secretariat facilities and expert advice to IWG5 members.
The IWG5-CSA’s project brief is to support IWG5 to review its Implementation Plan on energy-efficient solutions for buildings. This strategic document will require Member States to put in place measures favoring both innovation in building design and energy technologies for buildings, and the
uptake of these technologies by builders.
To support the review of IWG5’s Implementation Plan, the CSA project will provide scientific support to establish the performance of eco-building technologies today and assist the IWG5 in setting realistic but ambitious performance targets, then monitoring progress towards them. In addition, project partners will organize a task forces on 7 building-related topics that will feed into its Implementation Plan.
A key objective of the CSA project is to deepen and widen the membership of IWG5, in particular by adding to the group representatives from countries that are not yet members. The consortium will organize and animate regular discussions with IWG5 members on policy and technical developments, it will publish a dedicated newsletter called “Policy Radar” and it will organize annual Study Tours in different European countries to exchange best practices and visit buildings with innovative and sustainable concepts. Key topics of discussion will include the review process of National Energy and Climate Plans and the update of 2030 EU legislation, such as the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.
The CSA project will also seek to strengthen its visibility in the construction and building communities. It will disseminate its publications and main findings via: events, press releases, a new website, social media and a newsletter.
The IWG5-CSA’s project brief is to support IWG5 to review its Implementation Plan on energy-efficient solutions for buildings. This strategic document will require Member States to put in place measures favoring both innovation in building design and energy technologies for buildings, and the
uptake of these technologies by builders.
To support the review of IWG5’s Implementation Plan, the CSA project will provide scientific support to establish the performance of eco-building technologies today and assist the IWG5 in setting realistic but ambitious performance targets, then monitoring progress towards them. In addition, project partners will organize a task forces on 7 building-related topics that will feed into its Implementation Plan.
A key objective of the CSA project is to deepen and widen the membership of IWG5, in particular by adding to the group representatives from countries that are not yet members. The consortium will organize and animate regular discussions with IWG5 members on policy and technical developments, it will publish a dedicated newsletter called “Policy Radar” and it will organize annual Study Tours in different European countries to exchange best practices and visit buildings with innovative and sustainable concepts. Key topics of discussion will include the review process of National Energy and Climate Plans and the update of 2030 EU legislation, such as the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.
The CSA project will also seek to strengthen its visibility in the construction and building communities. It will disseminate its publications and main findings via: events, press releases, a new website, social media and a newsletter.
The IWG5-CSA project had several achievements during its first 18 months. The consortium led a campaign to boost the number of IWG5 members, with 10 new countries joining the group that previously had 14 countries. The project also supported the group’s Chairs to organize regular IWG5 bimonthly meetings, an in-person Study Tour in 2023 to visit innovative buildings in the technology park of Berlin-Adlershof and hosted parallel sessions at 2 SET Plan conferences in Prague and Barcelona.
Project partners also prepared publications in 2022 and 2023, including the following 3. EUREC has published a report that assessed measures that can support innovation in buildings in national energy and climate plans (NECP) drafts from 6 EU countries. The report serves as a basis to discuss the implementation of EU 2030 targets and policies. EURAC has published 2 reports: the first one on baselines provides a picture of Europe’s building stock in terms of energy efficiency and energy sources; the second has proposals for building-related targets for energy efficiency, renewables and other innovations in construction. The datasets of the modelling will be made publicly available, along with a free online tool that will be developed before by summer 2024 that will allow to surf into different technology deployment scenarios coming from performed parametric simulations.
Project partners also prepared publications in 2022 and 2023, including the following 3. EUREC has published a report that assessed measures that can support innovation in buildings in national energy and climate plans (NECP) drafts from 6 EU countries. The report serves as a basis to discuss the implementation of EU 2030 targets and policies. EURAC has published 2 reports: the first one on baselines provides a picture of Europe’s building stock in terms of energy efficiency and energy sources; the second has proposals for building-related targets for energy efficiency, renewables and other innovations in construction. The datasets of the modelling will be made publicly available, along with a free online tool that will be developed before by summer 2024 that will allow to surf into different technology deployment scenarios coming from performed parametric simulations.
Results will be presented at the end of the project.