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The Intelligent Energy - Europe programme is the EU's tool for funding action to improve these conditions and move us towards a more energy intelligent Europe.

BUILDUP is the European Portal for Energy Efficiency in Buildings.

The International Network for Information on Ventilation and Energy Performance (INIVE EEIG) is composed of leading organisations in the building sector and has multiple aims including the collection and transfer of relevant information in the area of indoor climate, ventilation, energy efficiency and building energy-performance regulations.

REHVA, the Federation of European Heating, Ventilating and Air-conditioning Associations, represents 100 000 experts in building services engineering in 28 European countries. REHVA is the leading professional organization in Europe, dedicated to the improvement of health, comfort and energy efficiency in all buildings and communities. It encourages the development and application of both energy conservation and renewable energy sources. In these areas, REHVA has a significant impact on National and International strategic planning and research initiatives, as well as on the associated educational and training programmes. REHVA´s multilingual dictionary for heating, ventilation and air conditioning is available at www.rehvadictionary.eu. Quarterly REHVA journal is available at www.rehvajournal.com.

The IEE ThermCo project  has a clear link with ASIEPI WP7. ThermCo evaluates low-energy cooling concepts all-over Europe using a standardised method based on existing monitoring data from best practice examples, provides design guidelines for typical building concepts in the European climate zones for architects and HVAC-engineers and collects the knowledge available.

The IEE CENSE project has a clear link with ASIEPI. CENSE aims to support the EU Member States and other target groups in the awareness and effective use of the European (CEN) standards related to the EPBD. Their implementation in the MS is far from trivial: the standards cover a wide variety of levels and a wide range of interlaced topics from different areas of expertise. They comprise different levels of complexity and allow differentiation and national choices at various levels for different applications.

The IEE COMMONCENSE project has a clear link with ASIEPI WP7.  The European standard EN15251 was recently adopted to define acceptable indoor temperatures and light levels as the basis for energy calculation. The provision of comfort is a key concern for building designers. Mechanical cooling is energy intensive. Naturally ventilated (NV) buildings with fewer energy costs cannot control indoor conditions closely. Formally standards have used comfort models which favour close environmental control so NV buildings have been looked on as second-rate. EN15251 allows NV buildings more freedom for environmental variation in line with the findings of comfort theory. This project seeks to use existing information from field surveys to test the limits set by EN15251 for temperature and lighting and to validate its recommendations using existing data and building simulations.

Energy use by ventilation losses and fans accounts for almost 10% of energy use in the EU. About 1/3 of this could be saved through improved ventilation systems. The IEE Building AdVent project will disseminate information to designers on 18 non-domestic buildings that are examples of successfully implemented low energy ventilation systems. The buildings are spread throughout the various climates of Europe.

The IEE HARMONAC project supported deals with the inspection of air-condtioning systems deriving from the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). Article 9 of this important and innovative European law, that aims to reduce CO2 emissions within the building sector, requires a regular inspection including recommendations for renovating A/C systems with more than 12 kW cooling capacity. However, so far only a few Member States have transferred Article 9 of the EPBD into national law. There is also a lack of procedures and technical support for the practical implementation of the law.