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QualDeEPC – High-quality Energy Performance Assessment and
Certification in Europe Accelerating Deep Energy Renovation

QualDeEPC stands for the high-quality improvements as possible during the
energy performance assessment and project period, an intensive dialogue
certification in Europe accelerating deep involving the important stakeholders at all
energy renovation. The project partners levels takes place. Together with national
work on the EU-wide conver-gence of the experts the partners defined seven renovation network platforms; Regular
building assessment and the issuance, priorities QualDeEPC develops further mandatory EPC assessor training; High
and verification of quality-enhanced to improve the long-term reliabil-ity and user-friendliness of the EPC; Voluntary/
EPCs as well as their recommendations utilisation of EPC schemes and to tackle mandatory advertising guidelines for
for building renovation. The aim is the grand challenge of the harmonization EPCs; and Improving compliance with
to generate a coherent link between of EPCs across the EU: Improving the the mandatory use of EPCs in real estate
these recommendations and a deep recommendations for renovation, provided advertise-ments. Visit QualDeEPC and
energy renovation towards a nearly-zero on the EPCs, towards deep energy have a look at results so far. l
energy building stock by 2050. To create renovation; Online tool for comparing EPC Website: https://qualdeepc.eu/
consensus in the participating countries recommendations to deep energy reno- Twitter: @QualDeEPC
and EU-wide, and to implement as many vation recommendations; Creating deep LinkedIn: QualDeEPC project

U-CERT – Towards a new generation of user-centred Energy Performance Assessment and Certification;
facilitated and empowered by the EPB Center

U-CERT is a Horizon 2020 Coordination • Encourage the development and
and Support Action project (September application of holistic user-centred
2019 – November 2022) with the main aim innovative solutions, including the
to introduce a next generation of user- Smart Readiness Indicator for buildings
centred Energy Performance Assessment and Indoor Environmental Quality
and Certification Scheme to value buildings
in a holistic and cost-effective manner. • Encourage and support users in perspective and creating a level playing
decision making (e.g. on deep field for sharing implementation
• Facilitate convergence of quality renovation), nudge for better choices experience to all involved stakeholders,
and reliability, using the set of and instil trust by making visible added facilitated and empowered by the
CEN/ISO EPB standards, enabling a (building) value, using EPCs EPB Center. l
technology neutral approach that is Website: https://u-certproject.eu/
transparently presenting the national U-CERT has a focus on strengthening Twitter: @cert_u
and regional choices on a comparable actual implementation of the EPBD by LinkedIn: U-CERT PROJECT
basis providing and applying insights from a user Facebook: @ucertproject

D^2EPC – Next-generation Dynamic Digital EPCs for Enhanced Quality and User Awareness

D^2EPC ambitiously aims to set the classification of the building in question.
grounds for the next generation of Under the project vision, the proposed
dynamic Energy Performance Certificates indicators will render dynamic EPCs a
(EPCs) for buildings. The proposed realistic, accurate and comprehensive
framework sets its foundations on the tool that can lead the transformation of
smart-readiness level of the buildings the European building stock into zero-
and the corresponding data collection energy buildings and stimulate an energy- performance as well as performance
infrastructure and management systems. efficient behavioural change in the building verification services. The proposed
occupants. D^2EPC proposes a digital scheme will contribute to the redefinition
It is fed by operational data and adopts platform that will enable the issuance of EPC-related policies and to the update
the ‘digital twin’ concept to advance and update of new EPCs on a regular of current standards, along with guidance
Building Information Modelling, calculate basis, integrate a GIS environment and for their implementation. l
a novel set of energy, environmental, provide services including user-centered Website: https://www.d2epc.eu/en
financial, and human comfort/ wellbeing recommendations for energy renovation, Twitter: @D2Epc
indicators, and through them the EPC benchmarking and forecasting of buildings’ LinkedIn: D2EPC

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