Building performance standardisation:
the EPB Center

The set of Energy Performance of Buildings standards, developed by CEN under mandate M/480, provides a methodology to calculate overall energy performance of buildings supporting the EPBD. They provide EU Member States with a toolbox to help the implementation of the Directive and aim also at higher transparency regarding the energy performance calculation methodologies. Each EPB standard has a template for a national annex that enables Member States to tailor the methodology to the national situation.

REHVA and ISSO have created the EPB Center as a joint organisation with the aim to support the uptake of the new set of EPB standards that signed a service contract with the European Commission to develop and launch its services. This virtuous circle of implementation-application-improvement, fed-in by standards experts and users, plays a crucial role in the actual use of these standards at local level.

Services of the EPB Center

Services of the EPB Center

  • Supporting Member States and National Standardisation bodies that wish to complete the national annexes of the overarching standards,
  • Setting up a public frequently asked questions database on filling in annexes, practical application of the standards, etc.
  • Preparing practical case studies to support the use of standards
  • Disseminating and developing calculation tools for individual standards
  • Setting up a large network of current practitioners and future practitioners (i.e. building physics students) and support the uptake of standards by organising regular hands-on workshops, training sessions etc.

The set of Energy Performance of Buildings standards

Have a look at this user-friendly visualization of the EPB standards

Visualize the EPB standards

Your map for the set of EPB Standards in 6 min

Watch all 6 EPB Standards Explained short videos!

EPB standards webinar series on BuildUp portal

This webinar series was jointly organized by REHVA, BUILD UP and EPB Center’s experts under the scope of Service Contract ENER/C3/2017-437/SI2-785.185 “Support the dissemination and roll-out of the set of Energy Performance of Buildings standards developed under EC Mandate M/480” (duration September 2018 - September 2021).

Watch the 10 webinars for understanding and learning:

  • Why the EPB standards came into being to support the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (Mandates M/343 and M/480) and the relation to ongoing EU policy developments vis-à-vis building performance (e.g. people, environment, energy)
  • How by design the EPB standards are meant to facilitate the EU-wide transition to a healthy, sustainable and smart built environment
  • What online information resources and tailored services are available to all building sector stakeholders for providing guidance to reap all benefits of the EPB standards

These webinars provide a basic training like knowledge base, supporting informed decision making and better practices for all actors that have an indirect and direct impact on EU's building stock.

WATCH ALL 10 WEBINARS!

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