X-tendo and U-Cert final conference: the road to enhanced and future-proof energy performance certificates – 6 July 2022

Brussles and online

31/05/2022

Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, X-tendo and U-CERT are closing three years of commitments and achievements in the field of next generation building performance assessment and certification. Part of the Next Gen EPCs cluster (D^2EPC, E-DYCE, ePANACEA, EPC-RECAST, crossCert, EUBSuperHub, iBRoad2EPC, TIMEPAC) with other 9 projects and, and together with QualDeEPC, they were the first to start in 2019 on this topic.

The two teams, their guest speakers and colleagues from the Next Gen EPCs cluster, are coming together on 6 July for what will be THE 2022 event on Energy Performance Certificates. The programme will tell the story of these H2020 research and innovation projects, highlighting main results and preparing the floor for the exploitation of the outputs, both at EU and national levels. While X-tendo has by design a modular structure covering 10 features (smart readiness indicator, comfort, outdoor air pollution, real energy consumption, district heating, EPC databases, building logbook, tailored recommendations, financing options, one stop shops), U-CERT project has a specific recipe still allowing flexibility (convergence of calculation methodologies with the EPB standards, user-centred approach with a nudging effect, indoor environmental quality, smart readiness indicator, measured building performance and operational rating).

The event will be in English and will be held physically in Brussels and livestreamed via the BuildUp Portal.

Final agenda

Moderator: Sonja van Renssen, Energy Monitor (tbc)

Session 1: Current status of EPCs and overview of the projects’ results 

10:30 Welcome coffee 

11:00 Welcome and introduction from the moderator

• Sonja van Renssen (Energy Monitor)

11:05 Welcome and introduction on X-tendo and U-CERT by the project coordinators

• Lukas Kranzl (TU Wien)
• Peter op ‘t Veld (Huygen)

11:25 Energy performance certificates in the current EU policy framework 

• Pau Garcia Audi (DG ENER)

11:35 Energy performance certificates in the current EU policy framework  

• Heike Leberle (European Parliament)

11:45 Energy performance certificates in EU projects: overview, new projects starting and LIFE CET calls in 2022 

• Ulrike Nuscheler, X-tendo Project Officer (CINEA)

11:55 Panel discussion “Enhancing EPC schemes on both EU and national levels” (including 5 min Q&A from the audience) 

• Rui Fragoso (ADENE)
• Pau Garcia Audi (DG ENER)
• Jaap Hogeling (EPB Center)
• Adrian Joyce (EuroACE)
• Heike Leberle (European Parliament)
• Ulrike Nuscheler, X-tendo Project Offcer (CINEA)

12:55 Lunch 

Session 2: Next-generation Energy Performance Certificates: how to get there? 

13:55 Poster sessions 

• Comfort and Indoor Environmental Quality, including impact of outdoor
  • Sheikh Zuhaib (BPIE) – X-tendo
  • Andrei Vladimir Litiu (REHVA) – U-CERT
• Real energy consumption: asset rating, measured performance and operational rating
  • Jan Verheyen (Vito) – X-tendo
  • Marleen Spiekman (TNO) – U-CERT
• Data handling
  • Iná Maia (TU Wien) – X-tendo
• Convergent evolution of assessment methods
  • Jaap Hogeling (EPB Center) – U-CERT

14:55 Introduction to the sister projects of the Next Gen EPCs cluster 

• Andrei Vladimir Litiu (REHVA) 

15:00 Panel discussion with representatives of Next Gen EPCs cluster: opportunities, necessities and restrictions for extending EPC indicators 

• Stefan Thomas (Wuppertal Institute) 5 min opening pitch QualDeEPC
• Sheikh Zuhaib (BPIE) 5 min opening pitch X-tendo
• Andrei Vladimir Litiu (REHVA) 5 min opening pitch U-CERT
• Q&A/discussion with the Next Gen EPCs cluster and the audience
  • Stavros Koltsios (CERTH) representing D^2EPC
  • Michal Zbigniew Pomianowski (AAU) representing E-DYCE
  • Jan Verheyen (Vito) representing ePANACEA
  • Olivier Greslou (CSTB) representing EPC-RECAST
  • Zsolt Toth (BPIE) representing iBRoad2EPC

16:25 Conclusions 

• Lukas Kranzl (TU Wien) 
• Peter op ‘t Veld (Huygen)

16:30 Networking cocktail

Please find:

• At this link, the full recordings.
• At this link, the posters that we have presented during the event.
• At this link, the highlights video of the event.