Newsletter Issue 4/2016

REHVA Community news

Register for EUROVENTSUMMIT - REHVA Seminar & Meetings

REHVA will renew its annual Supporters’ Seminar and organise the 2016 edition in cooperation with EUROVENT on 29-30 September 2016 in Krakow, Poland, during the EUROVENTSUMMIT.

REHVA-Eurovent sessions include:

• The REHVA/EUROVENT seminar on EU regulation towards energy efficient and healthy buildings: REHVA’s revamped Supporters’ Seminar with speakers from the European Commission and REHVA
• The EUROVENT/REHVA Climate Chamber: the seminar is followed by an informal session to continue the discussions in the exclusive atmosphere of the Wieliczka Salt Mine (UNESCO World Heritage Site), 135 meters below the ground 
• REHVA Board and Committee meetings

The registration is now available on the EUROVENTSUMMIT website. Register yourself clicking on REHVA REGISTRATION, here

REHVA Guidebooks Summer Sales 2016

From 50% to 70% discount on 6 REHVA Guidebooks.
Offer valid on printed copies only until October 1st, 2016 depending on stock availability.
Minimum purchase: 2 REHVA Guidebooks, check the offers' details here

2 new REHVA Guidebooks available in the restricted area as eGuidebooks

Log into the REHVA Restricted area and read 10 REHVA eGuidebooks.
To get access to the REHVA Restricted area, please subscribe filling in the form here

REHVA creates the REHVA Institutional Supporters

REHVA Institutional Supporters are reputable Universities, research centres and institutional bodies that pursue the same objective as REHVA. The benefits for REHVA Institutional Supporters are multiple, such as networking opportunities with industry leaders and HVAC organisations and having access to most recent technical and educational material in the HVAC field.
REHVA created different options and possibilities to Universities to become Institutional Supporters, to have more information click here.

CCHVAC 2016 Conference - Join us to the REHVA Seminar

REHVA would like to invite you to attend the REHVA Seminar during the CCHVAC 2016 Conference in Hainan, China from November 8th to 12th, 2016. Click here to have more information. This year's topic is Residential Building Ventilation.

The May issue of the REHVA Journal (3/2016) focused on Quality and Compliance and Air conditioning systems is online.
The August issue of the REHVA Journal (4/2016) will be available online at the end of August 2016 and will focus on CLIMA 2016 and REHVA Annual Meeting Highlights and QUALICHeCK.
The October issue of the REHVA Journal (5/2016) will focus on Nearly Zero Energy Buildings

Subscribe to the restricted area of the REHVA website

As of January 2015, there is a private area in the website. To gain access to this section a user name and a password are required. REHVA asks you for a small financial contribution to be able to continue this extra service in the future: access to the restricted area is 40€ per year for all and 30€ for the members of REHVA Member Associations. Please click here to subscribe.

EU Policy News

Proposal on binding greenhouse gas emission reductions (2021-2030), 20/07/2015

The Commission presented a package of measures to accelerate the transition to low-carbon emissions in all sectors of the economy in Europe. The new framework is based on the principles of fairness, solidarity, cost-effectiveness and environmental integrity.

As regards buildings, the Commission is reviewing the existing EU-framework for energy efficiency and will present proposals later this year, including on how to attract financing into buildings renovation. The Commission will also finalise this year a voluntary industry-wide recycling protocol for construction and demolition waste.

New EC Energy Labelling proposal published, 15/07/2015

The European Commission released a summer package of energy policies including a legislative proposal for a framework regulation regarding energy labelling.  When adopted, this new regulation will replace the current energy labelling framework directive 2010/30/EU. The major new proposed changes can be found in articles 7 and 8. The main changes are the following: 

• Regulation instead of a directive, not requiring transposition by Member States
• Return to the single A-G energy labelling scale (no more A+++, A++, A+)
• Introduce a process for rescaling the existing labels
• The existing labels will be reviewed by the Commission within five years (after adoption of the proposal) with a view to rescaling them
• The rescaled labels will have empty top classes (A and B) and will be reviewed periodically (every 10 years).
• The introduction of a European product database.

The proposal has been submitted to the European Parliament and the Council where it will be discussed in view of adoption. If adopted, it will impact on products subject to Energy Labelling and the development of regulations: 

• Space heaters (811/2013)
• Water Heaters (812/2013)
• Room air conditioning (626/2011)
• Residential ventilation units (1254/2014)
• Professional refrigerated storage cabinets (2015/1094)
• The development of energy labelling for refrigerated display cabinets (ENER Lot 12)

The Commission also proposed the creation of a new energy efficient product digital database to boost transparency and improve compliance with the rules.