EuroACE – Energy Efficient Buildings invites you to the upcoming webinar “Renovating History: how to bring historic buildings into the 21st century”, which will take place on 11 July 2022, 10:30 - 11:30 CEST.
The need to urgently reduce the EU’s dependency on Russian fossil fuels and at the same time to transform our buildings to be highly energy efficient and decarbonised by 2050 requires us to take into account the entire building stock. A sizable proportion of the existing building stock in the EU can fall into the category of historic, heritage and other protected buildings, many of which are amongst the worst-performing buildings in terms of energy consumption.
It is therefore imperative that they must be taken into account in the design of future national buildings renovation plans and policy measures to meet the EU’s climate objectives by improving their energy performance and reducing CO2 emissions while also improving living conditions.
This webinar will demonstrate opportunities for energy renovation of historic buildings. Speakers will present practical solutions, such as the HiBERatlas and HiBERtool projects and the Italian Green Building Council’s certification scheme, and will discuss possible approaches to tackle this topic at EU and local level with the contribution of MEP Marcos Ros Sempere, shadow rapporteur on the EPBD within the Parliament’s ENVI Committee.
Agenda
Introduction
Céline Carré, President at EuroACE
Practical solutions and strategies for the renovation of historic buildings
• The GBC Historic Building certification scheme
Marco Mari, President, Italian Green Building Council
• The IEA EBC Annex 76 on renovating historic buildings and the HiBERatlas project
Alexandra Troi, Vice Head of the Renewable Energy Institute, Eurac
The importance of not leaving historic buildings behind
Marcos Ros Sempere, MEP (S&D, Spain), European Parliament
Discussion
Wrap-up
Céline Carré, President at EuroACE
