GTR/EuroACE workshop on EPBD and EED implementation in Spain

On 11 July 2013, EuroACE and the Grupo de Trabajo sobre Rehabilitación (GTR), the Working Group on Rehabilitation, organised a workshop in Madrid on the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) in Spain.

The workshop brought together the European Commission, the Spanish Government, industry, banks and building professionals. Julie Kjestrup (Danfoss), Chair of the EuroACE Working Group on Implementation, moderated the discussions.

Programme:

• Welcome – José Antonio Tenorio, Director General of the Eduardo Torroja Institute, and Javier Serra, Directorate General for Architecture, Housing and Planning, Spanish Ministry of Development
• The EU view on EPBD and EED implementation – Clemens Haury, DG Energy, European Commission
• A national perspective on Spain’s building sector – Peter Sweatman, co-author of the GTR report
• The European industry view – presentation of the EuroACE Toolkit for EPBD implementation and of the new Energy Efficiency Directive – Adrian Joyce, Secretary General of EuroACE
• Round table: the view from the market – with CNC, Fundación La Casa que Ahorra, ANESE and Banco Santander, chaired by Emilio Miguel Mitre (GBCe)
• Round table: technical and financial aspects – with GBCe, the Ministry of Development, MINETUR, Danfoss and SEOPAN, chaired by Peter Sweatman

The EuroACE Toolkit for the 2010 EPBD presented at the workshop is still available.