Newsletter Issue 2/2016

REHVA Community news

REHVA staff in Brussels

Chiara Girardi will be the new Publications and Promotion Officer. She started on 14 March 2016. From 31 March, Chiara Girardi will take over all the responsibilities regarding the REHVA Journal, the Guidebooks, the events and the activities for the REHVA supporters. After spending several years at REHVA, Cynthia Despradel bids farewell on 30 March 2016 to REHVA to pursue other career opportunities. 

Chiara obtained a Master in International Journalism Studies in Dublin City University, Ireland. She worked first as Sales Representative in Italy and then she started her experience in the Press Office of the European Parliament. Immediately after the end of her internship in the European Parliament, she started working in an energy and environmental lobby in Brussels. Her experience there lasted a year and half before moving to REHVA. During her previous experience, she took care of the entire communication tasks such as Press Releases, Statistics and communication with Members, but also of a Project, RBO, dealing with invoices, international lobbying, organisation of events, etc. She speaks fluently English and Italian (mother tongue), and at basic level also Russian, 4 years of studies at university, and Spanish. Finally, she is studying French at l’Alliance Française in Brussels.

Francesco Mariottini will join the REHVA team on 1 April as Assistant Project Engineer. Francesco Mariottini has been trained as researcher in environmental and energy topics before obtaining his Master in Engineering; he continued to specialise in indoor comfort and energy efficiency through professional trainings in Italy and abroad (e.g. at London Metropolitan University). In 2013, he performed energy performance certifications of houses before collaborating with Sofia Energy Agency within different European projects related to building performances and statistics (e.g. ENTRANZE).  From 2011 to 2013, he has also worked as system administrator and software developer, focusing mainly on management of databases for various companies. From 2014 to 2016 Francesco worked at the Buildings Performance Institute Europe where he managed statistics on building stock and technical systems  (e.g. EPISCOPE and BPIE Data Hub),  realised cross-country reports on the implementation of EED and EPBD directives (e.g. on NZEB definitions,  EPCs and Qualification and Accreditation of Certifiers), analysed regulatory frameworks  and wrote publications on technical requirements ( e.g. study on Indoor Air Quality). Proficient in English, French and Italian (native speaker), he also enjoy performing researches and analysing regulatory frameworks in other languages (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian and Dutch).  

We welcome them both within our team.

CLIMA 2016 - 12th REHVA World Congress, Aalborg, Denmark, March 22-25

In May 2016, Aalborg will host one of the most significant professional events of the year focused on heating, ventilation and air conditioning in buildings – the REHVA Congress CLIMA 2016. The Congress will be the 12th REHVA international Congress. The CLIMA 2016 puts a great emphasis on contributions that will address those skilled in this art. Therefore, the Congress Programme includes presentations of contributions, posters, workshops, as well as an additional expert lessons such as the REHVA Courses. To register, please visit www.clima2016.org.

REHVA Courses at CLIMA 2016!

REHVA is offering two educational courses of three hours each covering best practices for building, design and operation at CLIMA 2016 in Aalborg. The training couples technology advancements with real-world practices and draws upon new REHVA literature. Each attendee receives course materials and a certificate of attendance. The courses are presented in English only. Choose from two short courses to help you stay current on industry trends and cutting edge technology: Nearly Zero Energy building design and performance and Chilled Beam Technology for Excellent Indoor Climate in Sustainable Buildings. More information is available online.

REHVA workshops at CLIMA 2016

The REHVA workshops will take place parallel to other sessions at CLIMA 2016 congress. Each workshop will focus on a specific question or questions. The results will be presented to the Conference participants in a summary report that will be sent to all participants after the conference. More information on the workshops and the programme are available online.

REHVA seminar during Mostra Convegno

REHVA organised in collaboration with AiCARR a Seminar during Mostra Convegno in Milan on Thursday 17 March 2016. The topic was Principles, expected effects and national implementations of European Directive 31/2010 and 27/2012. The presentations are available online.

The March issue of the REHVA Journal (2/2016) focused on EPB standards and European Certification and Energy efficient HVAC Systems is now online.

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