12 January 2016 Building airtightness is a critical factor for Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings and represents a key challenge for the building sector. The objective of this webinar was to give background information on selected initiatives to improve the quality of … Continue reading
17 December 2015 Ventilative cooling—i.e., the use of natural or mechanical ventilation strategies to cool indoor spaces—can be very effective to reduce the cooling energy demand in buildings in summer or mid-season conditions. This webinar is part of a broader … Continue reading
Brussels, 4 September 2015 | VEA Auditorium The second QUALICHeCK Conference “EPBD Review – Elements for better compliance and quality of works” took place on 4 September 2015 at the VEA Auditorium in Brussels. The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive recast introduced … Continue reading
The latest REHVA Journal (Volume 52, issue 4, August 2015) focuses on Quality & Compliance and airconditioning systems, and includes numerous articles contributed within the context of the QUALICHeCK project by Peter Wouters (QUALICHeCK Coordinator, BBRI), François Durier (CETIAT), Heike … Continue reading
A first set of results from QUALICHeCK reviews and new studies is included in the BUILD UP overview article “Quality and compliance issues in relation to the energy performance of buildings”. The full article is available here. … Continue reading
27 April 2015 The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive recast gives ambitious goals for the building sector to reduce energy use as well as greenhouse gas emissions. It requires member states to engage in the generalisation of Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings … Continue reading
Overview of existing surveys on energy performance related quality and compliance Although experience has shown that Nearly Zero Energy Buildings can be realised in practice, many challenges lie ahead of driving the market in this direction. A specific challenge concerns the … Continue reading
Although ventilation and airtightness are covered in most countries by various regulations focused on energy performance and/or indoor air quality, the effectiveness of these regulations is often called into question. A number of studies have shown significant deviations between assumed … Continue reading
Fact sheet #03 describes a voluntary scheme defining the data to be announced in the product documentation. The scheme has been launched in 2012 by Uniclima, the French association of ventilation product manufacturers. It ensures that product characteristics are provided … Continue reading
Fact sheet #02 describes a new obligatory scheme introduced in Germany, which requires contractors to confirm in writing that the specific minimum energy performance requirements for building envelope components, space heating and hot water generation and distribution systems and newly … Continue reading