Belgian Pilot Project VITO. 2 Goals Adding value to the EPC Establishing communication between new home owner and EPC expert Improving renovation.

Belgian Pilot ProjectVITO

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Goals

Adding value to the EPC

Establishing communication between new home owner and EPC expert

Improving renovation uptake by providing tailored advice

Providing policy recommendations

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Actions: Information website

» For home owners are people considering to buy or rent a house

» General information about EPC’s

» Advice on how to improve the energy performance rating

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Actions: Expert training

» Develop framework

» Train experts

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Actions: Implement and Evaluate

» Setting a goal for # of epc+’s

» Questionnaire on results

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Expected input from WP3 & WP4

Info on training EPC experts

How is the quality of the EPC recommendations checked?

Best practices for recommendations?

Quality issues that can be addressed by the EPC assessor?

Input from the EPC assessor useful for renovation?

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Expected input from WP3 & WP4

Feedback about EPC and its appreciation

Framework for extended EPC recommendations

Feedback on meeting of Expert and home owner

Influence of EPC recommendations on quality

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Information website

Launch of www.epcinfo.be

General information on EPC

Information on renovation actions

Protected section for EPC consultants participating in the pilot

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Information websiteD

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Expert training

Expert calculation tool

Calculation of current EPC score

Renovation measures: impact on EPC-score and estimated cost

Calculation of pay-back time

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Expert TrainingE

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Expert Training

Info Session for experts

December, 14th

Update expert tool, based on feedback

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Upcoming Actions

End of March: Collect results from EPC experts

April: Interviews with EPC experts, house owners,…

Analysis of results and reporting: April, May

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Targets & Expected Results

Make up 80 EPC+’s with tailored advice

We expect 50% of the home owners to be motivated to take energy saving measures or install a renewable energy installation

Envisioned primary energy savings:

140.300 kWh/y

Envisioned CO2 savings:

40.224 kg/y

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Contact

Questions or Remarks?

Contact Stijn VERBEKE• [email protected]• +32 14 33 59 61

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