Energy Efficient Public Buildings in Central Europe
Addressing poor energy performances of public buildings is at the core of EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive and Energy Performance Building Directive but also one of growing financial issues in Central European countries. To address that eCentral project will support key stakeholders to realize benefits of newly implemented building standard - nearly zero energy building (nZEB). eCentral project will prove that nZEB approach, although innovative, is optimal and cost-effective solution for renovation and construction of public buildings. Project aims to capitalise on results of previous and ongoing EU initiatives. Austria has a proven track record with nZEB renovation projects and will be leading other implementing partners (CRO, SLO, HUN) by example. Transnational cooperation will be used to receive maximum international visibility of selected pilot actions. Main outputs of the project are:energy performance certificate (EPC) Tool for public authoritiesdeployment and promotion of innovative financing schemestraining programme and project development assistance for nZEB projectsbuilding renovation strategies for selected regionsstate of the art pilot nZEB public buildings in selected regionsestablished cooperation with scientific institutions and other nZEB initiativesTransnational Assessment and Support Group, formed from project experts and scientific institutions will act as a support team and provide quality checks of each output. EPC Tool will be developed and used by public sector decision makers and project developers beyond eCentral project lifetime. Trained energy efficiency teams within the regional government will serve as a backbone for conducting future nZEB projects. The European Academy of Bolzano (EURAC), one of the leading centres of expertise on energy efficiency in the Central Europe region, will focus on policy analysis and dissemination of eCentral project results.