Community is everything: be part of the EPB Standards tribe (#EPBstandards)

CEN-CE team encourages you to join the dedicated LinkedIn group EPB Standards Community (#EPBstandards) and the Build Up thematic topic energy performance calculation procedures and CEN standards.

Be sure to share and connect others to the EPB Standards Community and remember to use the hastag #EPBstandards.

The EPB Standards Community aims at becoming the ideal place for dissemination and communication about initiatives and ongoing activities focusing on the promotion and exploitation of the set of EPB standards at EU, national and regional levels.

CEN-CE is facilitating the community building around the EPB standards developed by CEN related to the Energy Performance of Buildings under mandate M480 of the European Commission for support of implementation of EPBD recast (Directive 2010/31/EU). The 2nd generation EPB Standards have been published during 2017 and the whole package contains around 50 standards with new innovative structure, focusing on the integration of renewable energy sources, new systems and processes.

CEN-CE project is actively contributing to the EPB Standards Community by sharing project developments and engaging relevant stakeholders for collecting valuable feedback and developing high-quality and professional EU-wide common training and qualification schemes that could sustainably operate in CEN-CE project’s afterlife and ultimately arrive in the future at covering the complete set of EPB Standards. CEN-CE project is covering to begin with the CEN standards related to HVAC systems developed in the technical committee CEN/TC 228 related to building technical systems and overarching standard in CEN TC/371 for global indicator calculation.

On the long term CEN-CE scheme endeavours to cover the full set of EPB Standards (visual overview + detailed overview). As a result of the implementation of this first H2020 project the following list of standards will serve as starting point for CEN-CE training and certification scheme:

• (EN) ISO 52000-1 (overarching EPB standard): Energy performance of buildings - Overarching EPB assessment - Part 1: General framework and procedures;
• EN 12831-1 (heat design load) / TR 12831-2: Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of the design heat load – Part 1: Space heating load, Module M3–3;
• EN 12831-3 (DHW systems heat load & needs) / TR 12831-4: Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of the design heat load – Part 3: Domestic hot water systems heat load and characterization of needs, Module M8–2, M8–3;
• EN 15316-1 (heat. & DHW systems, general) / TR 15316-6-1:Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of system energy requirements and system efficiencies – Part 1: General and Energy performance expression, Module M3–1, M3–4, M3–9, M8–1, M8–4;
• EN 15316–2 (heat. & cool., emiss.systems) / TR 15316-6-2: Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of system energy requirements and system efficiencies – Part 2: Space emission systems (heating and cooling), Module M3–5, M4–5;
• EN 15316–3 (heat., DHW & cool., distr. systems) / TR 15316-6-3: Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of system energy requirements and system efficiencies – Part 3: Space distribution systems (DHW, heating and cooling), Module M3–6, M4–6, M8–6;
• EN 15316–4-1 (heat. & DHW generation, combust. systems) / TR 15316-6-4: Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of system energy requirements and system efficiencies – Part 4–1: Space heating and DHW generation systems, combustion systems (boilers, biomass), Module M3–8-1 and M 8–8-1;
• EN 15316–4-2 (heat. & DHW generation, heat pump systems) / TR 15316-6-5: Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of system energy requirements and system efficiencies – Part 4–2: Space heating generation systems, heat pump systems, Module M3–8-2, M8–8-2;
• EN 15316–4-3 (heat generation, th.solar & PV systems) / TR 15316-6-6: Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of system energy requirements and system efficiencies – Part 4–3: Heat generation systems, thermal solar and photovoltaic systems, Module M3–8-3, M8–8-3, M11–8-3;
• EN 15316–4-4 (heating generation, cogen systems) / TR 15316-6-7: Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of system energy requirements and system efficiencies – Part 4–4: Heat generation systems, building-integrated cogeneration systems, Module M8–3-4, M8–8-4, M8–11-4;
• EN 15316–4-5 (heating generation, district H&C) / TR 15316-6-8: Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of system energy requirements and system efficiencies – Part 4–5: District heating and cooling, Module M3–8-5, M4–8-5, M8–8-5, M11–8-5;
• EN 15316–4-8 (heating generation, air heat. & ovhead rad. systems) / TR 15316-6-9: Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of system energy requirements and system efficiencies – Part 4–8: Space heating generation systems, air heating and overhead radiant heating systems, including stoves (local), Module M3–8-8;
• EN 15316–5 (heating and DHW storage systems) / TR 15316-6-10: Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of system energy requirements and system efficiencies – Part 5: Space heating and DHW storage systems (not cooling), Module M3–7, M8–7;
• EN 15316–4-10 (wind power gener. systems): Energy performance of buildings – Method for calculation of system energy requirements and system efficiencies – Part 4–10: Wind power generation systems, Module M11–8-3;
• EN 15378–1 (Inspect. boilers, heat.systems & DHW) / TR 15378-2: Energy performance of buildings – Heating systems and DHW in buildings - Part 1: Inspection of boilers, heating systems and DHW, Module M3-11, M8-11;
• EN 15378–3 (measured en. performance) / TR 15378-4: Energy performance of buildings –Heating and DHW systems in buildings – Part 3: Measured energy performance, Module M3–10 and M8–10;
• EN 15459-1 (economic evaluation procedure) / TR 15459-2: Energy performance of buildings — Economic evaluation procedure for energy systems in buildings — Part 1: Calculation procedures, Module M1–14.