The CAIV EPBD has ensured exchange of experience among national experts from all participating countries at four plenary meetings :
1) Copenhagen - October 2015;
2) Vilnius - June 2016;
3) Valletta - February 2017;
4) Bucharest - October 2017.
Each of these meetings included plenaries as well as 18 parallel sessions focusing on topics deemed relevant by the CA EPBD experts.
The CA EPBD plenaries have been used to share lessons learned, to discuss and to develop common solutions to problems experienced in connection to the implementation of specific elements of the EPBD recast. The discussions were held in confidentiality to allow countries to have free exchange of information. From 125 to 140 experts involved in the national implementation of the EPBD attended each of these plenary meetings.
In-depth workshop was hold in Frankfurt in May 2018 with 12 sessions in 2 parallel streams; one around Renovation Strategies and one on NZEB Hospitals. These sessions were complemented with two site visits; to a deep renovation of social housing and to a NZEB hospital under construction. More than 135 experts participated in this in-depth workshop.
Further, the CA EPBD organised three public stakeholder events: 1) In Vilnius on Renovation Strategies; 2) In Valletta on Smart Buildings for a Greener Europe; 3) In Bucharest on Vocational skills for energy efficient buildings. These public events were held in connection to the plenary meetings allowing CA experts to interact with additional national experts and international stakeholders. Two of these were also live web streamed and the recorded presentations were made available on the CA EPBD website / YouTube. On-site participation during these events were from 65 to 120 experts, and the web streaming was further watched live by 100-150 experts each.
The CA EPBD public website (epbd-ca.eu) contains all public material from the CA EPBD, including public outcomes of the work performed in form of; 7 thematic (CTM) reports, 34 Country Reports on progress in countries, 11 factsheets on best practices, 22 Key Implementation Decisions Reports (KIDs), material from public events, news relevant to the CA EPBD.
A major outcome of the CA EPBD is a database-driven book in pdf, which holds all public reports on the key topics discussed at CA EPBD and reports on the implementation of the EPBD in each country by 2017.
Lessons learned in one country inspired others to overcome challenges through development of new and better solutions for new construction, improvement of existing buildings and use of Energy Performance Certificates. Cross-cutting teams worked with technical elements, policy integration and compliance, as well as interaction with the CA EED, the CA RES and other EU funded projects.