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First meeting of the Joint Task Force on Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings

30 - 31 October 2017
Salle VIII, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland

Provisional agenda of the First Meeting of the Joint Task Force on Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings

The “Strategy for sustainable housing and land management in the ECE region for the period 2014-2020” and the “Programme of Work of the Committee on Sustainable Energy for 2016-2017”, complemented by international commitments such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative, the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing, and the Astana Ministerial Statement on Sustainable Energy are guiding the joint work of the Committee on Housing and Land Management and the Committee on Sustainable Energy on energy efficiency standards in buildings in the UNECE region. 

In 2015, both Committees endorsed the establishment of a Joint Task Force on Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings to enhance market harmonization for products and technologies that increase energy efficiency in buildings and support the achievement of the global and regional commitments in the UNECE region. Representatives of member States, business community, academia, civil society and international organizations comprise the membership of the Joint Task Force. In order to support the objectives of this body, the secretariat has developed and started implementation of the project on Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings in the UNECE region funded by the Governments of Denmark and the Russian Federation. 

The first meeting of the Joint Task Force will take place on 30-31 October 2017. The meeting’s objectives are to operationalize the Task Force and to discuss the approaches and preliminary results of a study on mapping existing energy efficiency standards in buildings in the UNECE region. The Joint Task Force will also discuss and agree on the proposed activities to carry out until 31 December 2018.

The meeting will be held back-to-back with the Fourth Session of the Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency (31 October-1 November 2017).

Documents

Document title & symbol ENG FRE RUS
Background note PDF    
Provisional agenda PDF    
Framework guidelines for energy efficiency standards in buildings
ECE/ENERGY/GE.6/2017/4
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Work Plan of the Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency for 2018-2019
ECE/ENERGY/2017/5-ECE/ENERGY/GE.6/2017/7
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Report on the Joint Task Force Meeting on Energy Efficiency in Buildings PDF  

Presentations

Presentation title & author ENG FRE RUS
Opening remarks      
Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings
Mr. Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE
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Session A: Framing the issue      
Ms. Gabriela Prata Dias, Copenhagen Centre for Energy Efficiency PDF    
Energy efficiency of buildings in ISO
Ms. Anna Caterina Rossi, International Standards Organization (ISO)
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Buildings Performance Institute Europe
Ms. Frances Bean, Project Manager, Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE)
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Mr. Martin Russell-Croucher, General Manager, Association of European Experts in Buildings and Construction PDF    
Rental Cal: European housing framework for the profitability of energetic retroffitting investments – impacts on energy efficiency standards
Ms. Iris Behr, Senior Expert, Institute for Housing and Environment Buildings (IWU)
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Framework Proposal for Global Transformation of Buildings
Mr. Jim Freihaut, Professor, Architectural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University; Technical Director, PSU@The Navy Yard
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Building energy exchange - Introduction
Mr. Richard C. Yancey, Executive Director, Building Energy Exchange
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Session B: Preliminary approaches of the mapping of existing standards and technologies for energy efficiency in the UNECE region      
Promoting energy efficiency standards in buildings in the ECE region
Ms. Domenica Carriero, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, Housing and Land Management Unit, UNECE
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Mapping of existing energy efficiency standards and technologies in buildings in the UNECE region
Ms. Irina Davis, Sustainability Consultant
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Session C: Framework guidelines for energy efficiency standards in buildings      
Mr. Burkhard Schulze Darup, Architect, Co-chair, Joint Task Force, Germany PDF    
Energy efficiency in buildings - Unlocking the potential of the building sector
Mr. Helge Schramm, Sustainability and LCA Expert, Danfoss
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Investor Ready Energy Efficiency
Mr. Luís Castanheira, Technical Director, Investor Confidence Project Europe
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Energy Productivity in Buildings
Ms. Kankana Dubey, Senior Research Associate, KAPSARC
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Session D: Challenges and good practices for the implementation of energy efficiency standards in buildings      
Challenges and good practices for the implementation of energy efficiency standards in buildings
Mr. Armen Minassian, Advisor to the Chairman, State Urban Development Committee, Armenia
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The error in determining thermal characteristics and energy classification of buildings
Mr. Leonid Danilevski, Deputy Director, Republic Unitary Enterprise "Institute of Housing NIPTIS”, Belarus
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Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings of Turkmenistan
Ms. Irina Atamuradova, Senior Expert, UNDP Turkmenistan
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