Six official national REDay2020 events, organised by Renovate Europe’s national partners, supported the Brussels conference. These are the programmes of five of them.
Ireland
As many as 1.5 million Irish homes are considered energy inefficient and require upgrade work between now and 2050. Retrofitting our homes and businesses is not only critical to reach our climate targets; it can also improve our health and wellbeing, reduce fuel poverty and create sustainable construction jobs across the country.
As the Programme for Government commits to retrofitting 500,000 homes to a BER rating of B2 by 2030, and as the EU was about to launch its Renovation Wave initiative, the conference explored what is needed to deliver the renovation wave in Ireland.
- Introduction: Pat Barry, CEO, Irish Green Building Council, and Eamon Ryan TD, Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport
- Intervention, “Scaling up energy renovation in Ireland”: Adrian Joyce, Campaign Director, Renovate Europe
- Panel discussion, how to boost the Renovation Wave? Deep retrofitting Irish homes; retrofitting our social housing building stock; project aggregation and the importance of high-quality data (Xavier Dubuisson, Retrokit); the role of building renovation passports (IGBC)
- Q&A
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Austria
“If Austria raises considerable funds for building renovation from the EU Recovery and Resilience Fund, which is endowed with a record sum of €750 billion, what could we achieve with it? The EU states an investment requirement of €185 billion for energy renovation. Spending money in a targeted manner also needs a plan, and Austria is now calling for one.”
- “Is the new klimaaktiv standard suitable for a large wave of renovation?” by Inge Schrattenecker, ÖGUT
- “Renovation programme of the Climate and Energy Fund”
- “Example of innovative renovation” by Gerhard Kopeinig, architect
- “Component activation in renovation: the Salzburg multifunctional façade” by Matthias Gnigler, Centre for Alpine Building
- “Quality assurance with the new energy certificate” by Georg Thor, Energieberatung Salzburg
- “Qualification of specialists, international database” by Ronald Setznagel, EU project Newcom
- “Viennese one-stop shop supports the renovation of private buildings” by Walter Hüttler, EU project RenoBooster
- European Commission representation in Austria
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Slovenia
The event focused on the potential for energy renovation of buildings under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
- Introduction by Vladimir Gumilar, Director, Slovenian Construction Cluster (GIZ)
- Presentation of the Renovate Europe Campaign and “Opportunities for energy renovation of buildings within the Renovation Wave and the European Green Deal” by Adrian M. Joyce, Secretary General of Efficient Buildings Europe and Director of the Renovate Europe Campaign
- “Long-term strategy for promoting energy renovation of buildings in Slovenia” by Erik Potočar, Ministry of Infrastructure
- “National Plan for Reconstruction and Resilience” by Nena Dokuzov, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, with the Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy
- “Characteristics of the building stock in Slovenia, and opportunities and challenges of renovation” by Dr Marjana Šijanec Zavrl, Civil Engineering Institute ZRMK
- “Energy renovation of buildings in Slovenia: why so slow?” by Marko Umberger, President of the Slovenian Solar Energy Association, UM consulting
- Presentation of the European strategic partnership of clusters for excellence in nearly zero energy construction and renovation, by Horia Petran, Director, Cluster PROnZEB, Romania, and Project Manager, SMART4NZEB
- Discussion and closing by Vladimir Gumilar, Director, Slovenian Construction Cluster (GIZ)
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Greece
GIZ and INZEB organised “Smart & Energy Efficient Buildings” within the framework of REDay2020. The perspectives and framework for smart and energy efficient buildings in Europe, and the strategies, policies and technology developments in Greece, were the main topics presented and discussed.
According to IDATE DigiWorld’s report “Smart home and smart building market” (April 2017), smart buildings are a growing market, expected to grow by 15% between 2015 and 2025: the installed base of smart home and smart building devices will grow from 233 million to over 980 million units by 2025.
- Welcoming remarks by Ulrich Laumanns, Project Manager, GIZ, and Alice Corovessi, Managing Director, INZEB
- Welcoming remarks by Adrian Joyce, Campaign Director, Renovate Europe Campaign
- Maria Spyraki, MEP (EPP): “Perspectives for smart and energy efficient buildings in Europe”
- Dimitris Athanasiou, DG Energy, European Commission: “The EU framework for smart and energy efficient buildings”
- Antonis Marinos, Head of Office, Secretariat General for Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Environment and Energy: “Strategies and policies for smart and efficient buildings in Greece”
- Prof. Agis Papadopoulos, Professor of Energy Systems, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: “Technology developments in the field of smart and efficient buildings”
- Dr Haris Doukas, National Technical University of Athens: “Modular big data applications for holistic energy services in buildings”
- Q&A and discussion
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Bulgaria
The event focused on the renovation of buildings for the recovery of EU Member States, and the opportunities for Bulgaria.
- Introduction by Yordan Nikolov, Executive Director of BACIW
- Video statement by Tomislav Donchev, Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Video statement by Valentin Nikolov, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Construction Chamber
- Video statement by Dragomir Tsanev, Executive Director of EnEffect
- Presentation on the main theme of the event by Yordan Nikolov
