Patrik Kolar, Head of Department B (LIFE and Horizon 2020 Energy, Environment, Resources) at the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) in Brussels.
David Weatherall, Head of Policy at the Energy Saving Trust, UK.ARC research group
Keynote, Session 3
“Using data to build the market for low carbon renovation in buildings: the evolving data-driven services of energy agencies in providing publicly-funded advice on energetic renovation of buildings”
David Weatherall, Head of Policy at the Energy Saving Trust, UK.ARC research group
Keynote, Session 3
“Using data to build the market for low carbon renovation in buildings: the evolving data-driven services of energy agencies in providing publicly-funded advice on energetic renovation of buildings”
Boris Sučić, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ARC research group
Presentation 1 Session 1
“How to close the gap between calculated and actual energy consumption of building – re-commissioning instead of certification?”
A policy perspective on Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS)Leonardo ENERGY
Improved management of technical building systems (TBS) can offer a cost-effective potential to reduce building energy consumption, improve the quality of life of occupants and facilitate the integration of renewable energy systems by providing flexibility to the connected energy grids.
Multiple policy initiatives related to BACS currently exist or are under development. This presentation will give an overview and some examples of European policy tools and/or local implementations. The most relevant policy tools that can help contribute accessing these savings potentials are the Energy Performance in Buildings Directive (EPBD), the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), Ecodesign Directive (ED) and Energy Labelling Regulation (ELR).
Some examples of existing policy will be given and reference will be made to the recently completed Smart Readiness Indicator study and the ongoing Ecodesign BACS preparatory study.
SEMANCO Workshop: Analysing and Visualising energy related data in our buildings, towns, and cities.
http://semanco-visualization-workshop.blogspot.com.es/
La Salle Campus Barcelona, Spain, 11-12 April 2013.
The impact of the revision of the EPBD on energy savings from the use of BACSLeonardo ENERGY
Specific requirements in the revised EPBD concerning building automation and control systems (BACS) will ensure that the European Union reduces building energy consumption significantly further and faster than if the Directive was implemented without BACS. In this webinar of the BACS Academy, Paul Waide, the author of the recent study “The impact of the revision of the EPBD on energy savings from the use of building automation and controls”, will provide the attendants with valuable information on how to effectively transform words into actions.
Peer-to-Peer energy trading and community self-consumptionLeonardo ENERGY
Electricity markets are experiencing a shift to a more decentralized structure. While peer-to-peer (P2P) markets are a promising strategy to grant consumers and small-scale producers a more active role in energy markets, in reality they face multiple complex barriers. As one of the first local P2P energy markets worldwide actually deployed, the Quartierstrom project explores the feasibility and impact of a P2P energy market in the real world in a pilot with 37 households.
Motivation, benefits, and challenges for new photovoltaic material & module d...Leonardo ENERGY
The main objective of the IEA-PVPS Task 13 Report on “Designing New Materials for Photovoltaics: Opportunities for Lowering Cost and Increasing Performance through Advanced Material Innovations” is to provide a global survey of technical efforts aimed at lowering cost and increasing performance and reliability of PV modules by employing new designs, materials and concepts. Furthermore, the report aims to (1) increase the exchange of information about promising materials and design concepts, (2) provide the means for increasing the value of PV modules, (3) provide recommendations on characterization methods for new technologies and (4) give input regarding new requirements for standardization. This paper focuses on describing the motivation, benefits, and challenges for new photovoltaic material and module developments.
In this webinar, the editors of the Green Book on the “Electricity Supply Systems of the Future” will describe their long journey to summarize the collective knowledge acquired in CIGRE Study Committees. This journey can never be over, as visions become realities or become obsolete and new challenges and developments unavoidably appear. Nevertheless, the Green Book provides CIGRE’s unique and unbiased technical views for the current and future state of electricity supply systems. It also shows the value of global collaborative work of numerous experts from industry and academia mobilized within the CIGRE community. CIGRE is the foremost authority for end-to-end power system expertise.
Five actions fit for 55: streamlining energy savings calculationsLeonardo ENERGY
During the first year of the H2020 project streamSAVE, multiple activities were organized to support countries in developing savings estimations under Art.3 and Art.7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).
A fascinating output of the project so far is the “Guidance on Standardized saving methodologies (energy, CO2 and costs)” for a first round of five so-called Priority Actions. This Guidance will assist EU member states in more accurately calculating savings for a set of new energy efficiency actions.
This webinar presents this Guidance and other project findings to the broader community, including industry and markets.
AGENDA
14:00 Introduction to streamSAVE
(Nele Renders, Project Coordinator)
14:10 Views from the EU Commission and the link with Fit-for-55 (Anne-Katherina Weidenbach, DG ENER)
14:20 The streamSAVE guidance and its platform illustrated (Elisabeth Böck, AEA)
14:55 A view from industry: What is the added value of streamSAVE (standardized) methods in frame of the EED (Conor Molloy, AEMS ECOfleet)
14:55 Country experiences: the added value of standardized methods (Elena Allegrini, ENEA, Italy)
The recordings of the webinar can be found on https://youtu.be/eUht10cUK1o
Energy auditing and energy efficiency indicatorsCETN
Principles of Energy Auditing
Auditing process summary
Undertaking an Energy Audit in house
Commissioning a commercial Audit
Equipment for auditing
Results and dissemination
Barriers to implementation of energy efficiency
Questions and answer session
Investigating Business Models for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)Leonardo ENERGY
Solar cells (photovoltaics, PV) for electricity generation is forecasted to become one of the main contributors in the future energy system. Better building integration of PV (BIPV) is desired for aesthetical reasons and potentially also for cost savings. As of now, BIPV is generally more expensive than ordinary building applied PV installations (BAPV) or regular building components, which means there is a need to include other values in BIPV business models. This webinar presents the results from an inventory of existing business models and case studies, performed within the work of IEA-PVPS Task 15.
A review of systems approaches in Ecodesign and Energy LabellingLeonardo ENERGY
It is widely recognised that there are substantial energy savings to be made from considering an energy system – how products are combined and operated – in addition to those from each product.
Recent ecodesign and energy label regulations and the ecodesign and energy label working plan which is currently in development are not adopting these approaches. The European Copper Institute wishes to understand why this is and if there is evidence to support challenging this omission. They commissioned this research to look into the experience with developing system related ecodesign and energy labelling regulations to date.
Systems have increasingly been studied explicitly, rather than as an ‘added benefit’ to a basically product based approach. This is in recognition of the additional energy savings which are accessible via a system approach.
This project has reviewed studies on eight product groups, most of them ecodesign and energy labelling preparatory or review studies:
* Walk-in cold rooms (WICRs)
* WICRs
* Case study method for heating systems
* Lighting systems
* “points system” approach
* Pumps
* Heater and water heater package energy label
* Heater and water heater package energy label
* Solar Photovoltaics (PV) (system energy label)
* Solar PV (system energy label)
* Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS)
* Power cables
Boris Sučić, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ARC research group
Presentation 1 Session 1
“How to close the gap between calculated and actual energy consumption of building – re-commissioning instead of certification?”
A policy perspective on Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS)Leonardo ENERGY
Improved management of technical building systems (TBS) can offer a cost-effective potential to reduce building energy consumption, improve the quality of life of occupants and facilitate the integration of renewable energy systems by providing flexibility to the connected energy grids.
Multiple policy initiatives related to BACS currently exist or are under development. This presentation will give an overview and some examples of European policy tools and/or local implementations. The most relevant policy tools that can help contribute accessing these savings potentials are the Energy Performance in Buildings Directive (EPBD), the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), Ecodesign Directive (ED) and Energy Labelling Regulation (ELR).
Some examples of existing policy will be given and reference will be made to the recently completed Smart Readiness Indicator study and the ongoing Ecodesign BACS preparatory study.
SEMANCO Workshop: Analysing and Visualising energy related data in our buildings, towns, and cities.
http://semanco-visualization-workshop.blogspot.com.es/
La Salle Campus Barcelona, Spain, 11-12 April 2013.
The impact of the revision of the EPBD on energy savings from the use of BACSLeonardo ENERGY
Specific requirements in the revised EPBD concerning building automation and control systems (BACS) will ensure that the European Union reduces building energy consumption significantly further and faster than if the Directive was implemented without BACS. In this webinar of the BACS Academy, Paul Waide, the author of the recent study “The impact of the revision of the EPBD on energy savings from the use of building automation and controls”, will provide the attendants with valuable information on how to effectively transform words into actions.
Peer-to-Peer energy trading and community self-consumptionLeonardo ENERGY
Electricity markets are experiencing a shift to a more decentralized structure. While peer-to-peer (P2P) markets are a promising strategy to grant consumers and small-scale producers a more active role in energy markets, in reality they face multiple complex barriers. As one of the first local P2P energy markets worldwide actually deployed, the Quartierstrom project explores the feasibility and impact of a P2P energy market in the real world in a pilot with 37 households.
Motivation, benefits, and challenges for new photovoltaic material & module d...Leonardo ENERGY
The main objective of the IEA-PVPS Task 13 Report on “Designing New Materials for Photovoltaics: Opportunities for Lowering Cost and Increasing Performance through Advanced Material Innovations” is to provide a global survey of technical efforts aimed at lowering cost and increasing performance and reliability of PV modules by employing new designs, materials and concepts. Furthermore, the report aims to (1) increase the exchange of information about promising materials and design concepts, (2) provide the means for increasing the value of PV modules, (3) provide recommendations on characterization methods for new technologies and (4) give input regarding new requirements for standardization. This paper focuses on describing the motivation, benefits, and challenges for new photovoltaic material and module developments.
In this webinar, the editors of the Green Book on the “Electricity Supply Systems of the Future” will describe their long journey to summarize the collective knowledge acquired in CIGRE Study Committees. This journey can never be over, as visions become realities or become obsolete and new challenges and developments unavoidably appear. Nevertheless, the Green Book provides CIGRE’s unique and unbiased technical views for the current and future state of electricity supply systems. It also shows the value of global collaborative work of numerous experts from industry and academia mobilized within the CIGRE community. CIGRE is the foremost authority for end-to-end power system expertise.
Five actions fit for 55: streamlining energy savings calculationsLeonardo ENERGY
During the first year of the H2020 project streamSAVE, multiple activities were organized to support countries in developing savings estimations under Art.3 and Art.7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).
A fascinating output of the project so far is the “Guidance on Standardized saving methodologies (energy, CO2 and costs)” for a first round of five so-called Priority Actions. This Guidance will assist EU member states in more accurately calculating savings for a set of new energy efficiency actions.
This webinar presents this Guidance and other project findings to the broader community, including industry and markets.
AGENDA
14:00 Introduction to streamSAVE
(Nele Renders, Project Coordinator)
14:10 Views from the EU Commission and the link with Fit-for-55 (Anne-Katherina Weidenbach, DG ENER)
14:20 The streamSAVE guidance and its platform illustrated (Elisabeth Böck, AEA)
14:55 A view from industry: What is the added value of streamSAVE (standardized) methods in frame of the EED (Conor Molloy, AEMS ECOfleet)
14:55 Country experiences: the added value of standardized methods (Elena Allegrini, ENEA, Italy)
The recordings of the webinar can be found on https://youtu.be/eUht10cUK1o
Energy auditing and energy efficiency indicatorsCETN
Principles of Energy Auditing
Auditing process summary
Undertaking an Energy Audit in house
Commissioning a commercial Audit
Equipment for auditing
Results and dissemination
Barriers to implementation of energy efficiency
Questions and answer session
Investigating Business Models for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)Leonardo ENERGY
Solar cells (photovoltaics, PV) for electricity generation is forecasted to become one of the main contributors in the future energy system. Better building integration of PV (BIPV) is desired for aesthetical reasons and potentially also for cost savings. As of now, BIPV is generally more expensive than ordinary building applied PV installations (BAPV) or regular building components, which means there is a need to include other values in BIPV business models. This webinar presents the results from an inventory of existing business models and case studies, performed within the work of IEA-PVPS Task 15.
A review of systems approaches in Ecodesign and Energy LabellingLeonardo ENERGY
It is widely recognised that there are substantial energy savings to be made from considering an energy system – how products are combined and operated – in addition to those from each product.
Recent ecodesign and energy label regulations and the ecodesign and energy label working plan which is currently in development are not adopting these approaches. The European Copper Institute wishes to understand why this is and if there is evidence to support challenging this omission. They commissioned this research to look into the experience with developing system related ecodesign and energy labelling regulations to date.
Systems have increasingly been studied explicitly, rather than as an ‘added benefit’ to a basically product based approach. This is in recognition of the additional energy savings which are accessible via a system approach.
This project has reviewed studies on eight product groups, most of them ecodesign and energy labelling preparatory or review studies:
* Walk-in cold rooms (WICRs)
* WICRs
* Case study method for heating systems
* Lighting systems
* “points system” approach
* Pumps
* Heater and water heater package energy label
* Heater and water heater package energy label
* Solar Photovoltaics (PV) (system energy label)
* Solar PV (system energy label)
* Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS)
* Power cables
A review of systems approaches in Ecodesign and Energy Labelling
Similar to Patrik Kolar, Head of Department B (LIFE and Horizon 2020 Energy, Environment, Resources) at the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) in Brussels.
Addressing the Energy Efficiency First Principle in a National Energy and Cli...Leonardo ENERGY
When designing energy and climate policies, EU Member States have to apply the Energy Efficiency First Principle: priority should be given to measures reducing energy consumption before other decarbonization interventions are adopted. This webinar summarizes elements of the energy and climate policy of Cyprus illustrating how national authorities have addressed this principle so far, and outline challenges towards its much more rigorous implementation that is required in the coming years.
Energy Show 2022 - Deep Retrofit, Insulation and Recovery PlanSustainableEnergyAut
The National Insulation Association of Ireland (NIAI) will host a seminar during the SEAI Energy Show (RDS, 30-31 March 2022) on the importance of deep retrofit and how a fabric first approach incorporation insulation is essential to realise Ireland's energy and carbon reduction targets. Other key factors that are an essential part of the overall package, such as airtightness and new technologies, will also be discussed.
This seminar is an integral part of the programme and complements the best practice insulation demonstration that will take place on the dedicated Demonstration Arena on the Show Floor.
These are the supporting materials used by the different speakers of the H2020 WHY project opening session. This evento was held on September 10, 2020.
Presentations delivered at the "Financing Energy Efficiency - Green Mortgages" Workshop in Dublin, Ireland on 24th April 2018.
The workshop was organised by the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) as part of the H2020 funded EeMAP project (http://energyefficientmortgages.eu).
The objective of the workshop was to provide feedback on the Energy Efficient Mortgage Draft Proposal and to discuss how this could be implemented in Ireland.
This CPD webinar covers the need for a Circular Economy and describes an ideal one. Legislation and guides relevant to the lighting industry are outlined. Circular Design principles are examined related to luminaire design, materials, manufacturing and ecosystem. As a coda the Circular Economy is put into a wider environmental impact assessment context.
Talk by Roger Sexton, Business Development at Stoane Lighting
Best practices to address non-technical barriers to the renovation of EU buil...Leonardo ENERGY
The annual rate of home and commercial building renovation is well under the 3% required to achieve European climate and energy goals. There is a need to accelerate investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions to boost cost-effective building renovation benefiting all Europeans.
To achieve these ambitious objectives, European projects identified the main barriers (financial, technical, legal…) to the renovation of the EU building stocks. After this stage, projects have to adapt the best practices, or imagine business models to face these issues.
The EU H2020 project STUNNING (SusTainable bUsiNess models for the deep reNovation of buIldiNGs) has the goal to promote successful and innovative building renovation packages and business models around a virtual and collaborative knowledge sharing platform: the STUNNING Renovation Hub, so as to accelerate their adoption.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? The EU's energy efficiency policies scrutinise...Leonardo ENERGY
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) promotes accountability and transparency, and acts as the independent guardian of the financial interests of the EU citizens. ECA recently published two reports about EU energy efficiency policies (about appliances and buildings).
This webinar will present ECA’s role in the EU policy process, how it relates to evaluation, and the main conclusions from the two recent reports.
Presentation from the 2013 Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit expanded ministerial meeting. Presented by Riccardo Puliti, Head of Energy & Natural Resources for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Philipp Steinberg - La transición energética en Europa y el cambio climáticoFundación Ramón Areces
Entre el 30 de junio y el 2 de julio de 2014 organizamos en la Fundación Ramón Areces (C/ Vitruvio, 5, en Madrid) un curso de verano en colaboración con la Universidad Complutense de Madrid sobre los retos energéticos de Europa ante el cambio climático. En estas jornadas, diferentes expertos analizaron la transición energética en Europa para cumplir las exigencias de los compromisos internacionales en materia de emisiones de CO2.
Similar to Patrik Kolar, Head of Department B (LIFE and Horizon 2020 Energy, Environment, Resources) at the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) in Brussels. (20)
Presentation by Leandro Madrazo, ARC Engineering and Architecture La Salle, at the CARE4CLIMATE conference held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 8 June 2022. Research work in the field of energy efficiency in buildings and cities using digital technologies, carried out by the ARC research group from 2008 to the present.
You can see a recording of the presentation in this link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c36Z_blspiU
Discussion about the interrelationships between architecture and environmental pyschology. Presentation of the PROHABIT research project at the 2nd OIKONET postgraduate seminar, ISCTE-IUL Lisbon, February 15, 2018
ENERHAT / ENERPAT integración de datos energéticos sobre edificiosARC research group
Aplicaciones para promover la rehabilitación de edificios a partir de la integración de los certificados energéticos con otras fuentes de información desarrolladas en el marco del proyecto de investigación ENERSI. Presentación en el 5è Congrés d'Energia de Catalunya, Barcelona, 13 de febrero de 2018.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
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Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
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We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
From Siloed Products to Connected Ecosystem: Building a Sustainable and Scala...
Patrik Kolar, Head of Department B (LIFE and Horizon 2020 Energy, Environment, Resources) at the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) in Brussels.
1. 1 #EnergyUnion
EU Energy
policy
Patrik KOLAR
Head of Department B -
LIFE and Horizon 2020 Energy, Environment, Resources
EASME
European Commission
31 January 2019, Barcelona
EU Support for Buildings’
Energy Performance
Assessment and Certification
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. The Clean Energy for All Europeans Package
2. EASME and H2020 Energy Efficiency Support
3. Next-generation of Energy Performance Assessment and
Certification
3. CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL EUROPEANS
Clean Energy for All Europeans Package
WHAT ARE OUR GOALS?
CREATING JOBS & GROWTH, BRINGING DOWN GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS, SECURING ENERGY SUPPLY
Demonstrating
global
leadership in
renewables
Delivering
a fair deal
for
consumers
Putting energy
efficiency first
4. CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL EUROPEANS
Revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive – published
19 June 2018, entry into force – 9 July 2018.
Revised Energy Efficiency Directive – published 21 December
2018, entry into force – 24 December 2018.
Commission proposal for the revised Tyre labelling regulation
adopted (2 May 2018).
In preparation - revised or new ecodesign & energy labelling
regulations:
- household and commercial fridges, dishwashers, washing machines,
electronic displays, lighting;
- external power supplies, motors, industrial fans, transformers, servers and
welding equipment.
PROGRESS TO DATE
Energy Efficiency update
5. CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL EUROPEANS
75% of the housing stock is energy inefficient, missing the benefits of
increased renovation.
Renovation rates are too low and renovation depth is too shallow.
Need to accelerate and finance building renovation investments.
Tapping the potential of smart building technologies.
FACTS
EPBD review: focus on buildings – for good reasons
6. CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL EUROPEANS
Stronger long term renovation strategies for Member States, aiming at
decarbonisation by 2050 and with a solid financial component.
A Smart Readiness Indicator for buildings.
Targeted support to e-mobility infrastructure deployment in buildings' car
parks.
Enhanced transparency of national building energy performance
calculation methodologies.
Reinforcement of building automation: additional requirements on room
temperature level controls, building automation and controls and enhanced
consideration of typical operating conditions.
Highlight: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Main outcomes of the revision:
A STRENGTHENED DIRECTIVE
7. CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL EUROPEANS
Energy Performance Certificates
WHY ARE ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES IMPORTANT?
Energy Performance Certificates:
• Provide information for consumers on buildings they plan to purchase or rent
• Include an energy performance rating
• Include recommendations for cost-effective improvements
Impact of Energy Performance Certificates:
• The European Commission commissioned a study on the Impact of Energy
Performance Certificates.
• Based on an analysis of residential markets in Europe, the study found that
higher energy savings resulted in substantially higher sale or rental prices on
average.
8. CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL EUROPEANS
Energy Performance Certificates
Energy Performance Certificates – no new legislation at EU level
Aims and objectives are the same:
• Compare and assess
• Make recommendations
Policy context changes:
• EPBD
• Greater role of smart systems (Smart Readiness Indicator and automation)
• Greater focus on renovation
• Use of standards
General context:
• More renovation – how to trigger and how to evaluate it
• More value on Energy Efficiency
• More visibility
• Policy monitoring
10. EASME 2014-2020 Programmes
• Part of Horizon 2020, in particular:
The Energy Efficiency part of ‘Secure,
Clean and Efficient Energy’
Part of 'Climate action, Environment,
Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials'
The SME instrument
• COSME
• LIFE
• European Maritime and
Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
• Intelligent Energy Europe
• Eco-innovation
http://ec.europa.eu/easme/
11. EASME manages 4 programmes with a total budget of €10.4 bn
2
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Horizon 2020 - € 7 billion
on 2020 - € 7 billion
LIFE – € 2.3 billion
– € 2.3 billion
COSME - € 0.7 billion
COSME - € 0.7 billion
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EMFF - €0.34 billion
12. EASME AND HORIZON 2020
Total H2020 budget managed by the Agency: € 7 billion
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SME Instrument - € 3 billion
Climate action, Environment,
Resource Efficiency and Raw
Materials (SC 5) – € 2.7 billion
Energy Efficiency (SC 3) –
€ 0.85 billion
Innovation in SMEs - €0.3 billion
Fast Track to Innovation –
€0.2 billion
14. PROJECT Energies POSIT'IF (2013-2017)
• Public-private Energy Service Company for deep
renovation of condominiums in Ile-de-France Region
• All-inclusive "Design-Implement-Operate" package
with guaranteed energy savings (>40%) and Third
Party Financing to condominiums
• One of the first EFSI loans with EIB (EUR 100 million)
• So far 8 condominiums have launched works of
EUR 38 million for 2000+ homes (994 jobs.year)
• 28 more condominiums in the pipeline – and growing
• EU grant: 1.5 M€ - leverage factor of 25 !
• Short movie Résidence Lançon (64% savings)
EPBD H & CConsumersSmart Finance ProductsEED
15. HIGH ENERGY PERFORMING BUILDINGS
PROJECTS
• The EU’s buildings sector needs innovative
solutions to enhance the building stock’s energy
efficiency and help meet energy and climate
policy targets.
• H2020 supports projects that address design
and construction processes as well as new
technologies.
• The results developed by these projects address
key challenges at each stage of the value chain
for new nearly zero-energy buildings, deep
renovation of existing buildings, and energy-
smart buildings.
EPBD H & CConsumersSmart Finance ProductsEED
16. • Standardised, affordable mass zero-energy retrofits in record time with
minimal disturbance of the tenants and 30-year performance warranty
• Successful Dutch model 'Energiesprong' scaled-up and transferred to the UK
and French markets working with social housing associations, suppliers and
financiers
IMPACT: 30,000 new contracts in NL and 5,000 first contracts in UK
and FR to be renovated to net zero-energy
EPBD H & CConsumersSmart Finance ProductsEED
PROJECT TRANSITION ZERO (2016-2018)
19. EE-05-2018-2019-2020: Next-generation of Energy
Performance Assessment and Certification
Specific Challenge (1/2):
• Assessment processes and Energy Performance Certificates
(EPCs) need to become more reliable, user-friendly, cost-
effective and compliant with EU legislation
• They need to increasingly reflect the smart dimension of
buildings and facilitate the convergence of quality and
reliability of EPCs across EU
• Holistic assessment of buildings: envelope and system
performances, smart readiness, RES, final energy use,
comfort levels
• Ensure a technology neutral approach, make use of
International and EU standards, particularly ISO/CEN
20. EE-05-2018-2019-2020: Next-generation of Energy
Performance Assessment and Certification
Specific Challenge (2/2):
• Assessments should be based on indicators such as
calculated annual final energy used, share of renewable
energy used, past final energy consumptions and
expenditures, comfort levels, level of smartness etc
• Assessments should increasingly take into account actual
measured data from sensors, smart meters, etc
• Demonstrate how schemes could be strengthened,
modernised and best linked to national certification schemes,
enhancing compliance checking and effectiveness of financial
support
21. EE-05-2018 topic (closed September 2018):
Coordination and Support Action
Characteristics of the 3 successful proposals:
• Improved compliance, reliability, usability and convergence of Energy
Performance Certificate schemes
• Innovative indicators in EPCs such as Smart Readiness, Comfort,
Outdoor Air Pollution, Real Energy Consumption, District Energy
• Innovative approaches to handling EPC data, maximising their value
in EPC Databases, Building Logbooks, Tailored Recommendations,
Financing Options, One-stop-shops
• Strong participation of national agencies, standards and technical
bodies involved in energy performance calculation and certification
schemes
• Providing national bodies with tools for EPBD and CEN standards
implementation.
• Encompassing asset rating and operational rating
• Improved link between EPCs and deep renovation
22. EE-05-2019 topic: Innovation Action
Scope:
• Innovative approaches for assessing building energy
performance
• Reliable assessment of building intrinsic performances
• Work towards output-based assessments using available
building energy related data
• Improve reliability, cost-effectiveness and compliance with EU-
standards, to allow for EU-wide deployment
• Involve relevant stakeholders, including certification bodies
• Consider using Energy Performance Certificates in building
passports and renovation roadmaps
23. EE-05-2019 topic: Innovation Action
• Approaches should rely on the combination of existing and
proven technology components starting from TRL 6-7
• Approaches should have well-structured methodologies and
protocols that can lead to the definition of new certification
schemes
• Funding rate: 70%
• Indicative budget: EUR 2-2.5 million
• Registrations open: 12 March 2019
• Deadline: 3 September 2019
• More information: https://h2020-sc3-info-day.b2match.io/
(Horizon 2020 Energy Efficiency Info Day)
24. EE-05-2019 topic: Innovation Action
Expected Impact:
• Improved user-friendliness of EPCs in terms of clarity and
accuracy of the information provided
• Enhanced user awareness of building energy efficiency
• Primary energy savings triggered (GWh/year)
• Investments in sustainable energy triggered (million EUR)
• Reduction of the emission of CO2 and/or air pollutants
triggered (in kg/year).
25. EE-05-2019 topic: Tips for a successful proposal!
• Explain well your innovative approaches for assessing building
energy performance
• Involve the relevant stakeholders: certification bodies, energy
agencies, etc
• Cleverly choose your demo cases, and explain them in detail
• Calculate your Impacts accurately and with credible baselines
• Explore improving the link between EPCs and deep renovation
• Show how your idea allows EU-wide replicability
• Read the topic carefully!
26. CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL EUROPEANS
26 #EnergyUnion
Thank you!
Department B -
LIFE and Horizon 2020
Energy, Environment, Resources
EASME
European Commission
https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/news/commission-proposes-new-rules-consumer-
centred-clean-energy-transition
Editor's Notes
Opportunities
Jobs and growth
The energy sector alone employs close to 2.2 million people, spread over 90 thousand enterprises across Europe.
The package has the potential to deliver up to 900,000 additional jobs and €190 billion in GDP gains by 2030
Global clean energy transition:
Translate climate ambition into concrete climate actions
EU firms and technologies to secure a leading role in global clean energy transition
Energy security:
Fossil fuel import bill savings up to €290 billion for the 2021-2030 period compared to business as usual conditions
Internal energy market to support diversification of import sources
Consumers
Share of energy spending in low-income households spendings is 9%.
Energy efficiency measures to bring significant energy savings for all consumers
Energy consumers to become prosumers, to choose when and how to satisfy their energy needs
Challenges
Energy Efficiency
Need to increase rate and depth of buildings' renovation, from current 1% annual rate
EU firms and technologies to continue leading the race towards energy innovation
Renewables
EU firms and technologies to continue leading the race towards energy innovation
Electriticy markets to be made fit for renewables, and renewables fit for the markets
Deal for Consumers
Provide consumers with necessary tools to make them benefit from the energy transition: access to information, recognition of energy communities role, access to smart technologies
Ensure coherence and adequacy of policy action at various levels
EPCs have not been undergone any changes during the review of the EPC.
This is a conscious decision. It was decided not to touch them in the EPBD, but work more on the implementation. It was intentional to focus on the implementation aspects rather than the legislative ones.
Commission and Member States are working to improve how the information is provided in the EPC, the information itself, recommendations, calculation methodologies, quality mechanisms, etc.
The total budget managed by the Agency in the current MFF amounts to EUR 10.4 billion
The lion share goes to Horizon 2020 with almost 7 billion (6,979.991 MEUR)
Second largest programme in financial terms is the LIFE Programme with 2.3 billion (2,257.547 MEUR)
COSME and EMFF represent 0,7 billion (759.660 MEUR) and 0,34 billion respectively
EASME manages 9% of the total H2020 budget.
With a budget of 3 billion euro, the SME-instrument is the largest funding instrument in our Horizon 2020 portfolio. Not only in financial terms, but also in terms of applications, the numbers are impressive: we handle approximately 25% of all the H2020 applications (and this within ambitious targets for time to inform and time to grant).
Within the H2020 parts that the Agency manages, there is a strong focus on innovation: SME-instrument, FTI, INNOSUP.
News: The German Ministry of Economy has decided to add about € 3mio to support a German market support team based in the German Energy Agency (DENA) along the lines of those financed by us in the UK and France.
Key facts:
-In the NL, Energiesprong has brokered a deal for 11,000 dwellings to be renovated to the passivhouse standard.
-The works on the house take less and less time (down to one day in best cases).
-There is a guarantee on performance (no energy bill) for 30-50 years
-30,000 new contracts in NL and 5,000 first contracts in UK and FR aimed at
-technology so far: mostly excellent insultation of prefabricated modules combined with air heatpumps fuelled by PV panels both integrated in the buildings structure (facade, roof, staircase)
Abstract:
TRANSITION ZERO will make Net Zero Energy (E=0) refurbishments a market reality in the UK, France
and The Netherlands. Energiesprong brokered a deal between housing associations and builders to
refurbish 111,000 houses to E=0 levels in the Netherlands of which the roll-out will be further supported.
Building on the same methodology and the inspiring example, a similar innovation trajectory will be
facilitated in the UK and France through two deals of 5,000 houses per market and building a pipeline of
more demand.
TRANSITION ZERO will organize massive demand for a E=0 refurbishment proposition from social
housing organizations, facilitates financers and governments to tune their financing products and
regulations towards this product and challenges the construction sector to start an ambitious innovation
process to deliver the proposition. The massive demand, the security that there will be finance available
and an enabling regulatory environment will de-risk the innovation investment for the builders.
The problem to solve to get these propositions to the market is not around technical challenges
requiring breakthroughs. The problem is a set of market conditions that are not set right for the innovation
process in the construction sector to take off. The consortium is therefore convinced that the market needs
a new and independent actor to drive and coordinate actors to jointly develop all parts of the market
solution in parallel. This independent actor is the TRANSITION ZERO market development team.
The consortium has the partners and supporters to realize the objectives set out: National governments
and specialized agencies; the three key financiers of social housing in the three countries; the European en
all national umbrella organizations for social housing and 19 individual social housing organizations
managing over half a million houses.