A review on Building Renovation Passport: Potentialities and barriers on current initiatives

Sesana, Marta Maria; Salvalai, Graziano

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.05.027

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“…EU members have implemented EPC schemes, following their own approaches. However, the implementation of the EPC has been slow and it is not sufficiently enforced in the MSs because of a lack of information, awareness, quality, and user-friendliness, resulting in a limited market penetration and acceptance among users [11], [57], [58]. During the implementation of the EPC, new issues emerged: how reliable is the certificate?…”

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“…The EPC remains an administrative burden and people feel obliged to have an energy efficiency rating. For example, in Germany, the EPC is not considered a reliable tool to motivate building renovation and is viewed as an administrative obligation [11], [58]. Meanwhile, the impact of the EPC on real estate and building renovation is limited in some countries [60].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…1. It has been confirmed by surveys and reports from Building Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) that EPCs are among the most important information sources regarding building energy performance in the EU's building stock [10], [11]. Each MS has developed its own approaches for EPCs working on their implementation, but the main objective is the same, promoting improvements in building energy performance to reduce carbon emissions.…”

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Review of building energy performance certification schemes towards future improvement

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The building sector accounts for 40% of the total energy consumption in the EU. It faces great challenges to meet the goal of transforming the existing building stocks into near zero-energy buildings by 2050. The development of Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) schemes in the EU provides a powerful and comprehensive information tool to quantitatively predict annual energy demand from the building stock, creating a demand-driven market for energy-effective buildings. Properties with improved energy rating have had a positive impact on property investments and rental return because of the reduced energy bills. In addition, the EPC databases have been applied to energy planning and building renovations. However, it should be mentioned that the current evaluation system faces problems, such as not being fully implemented, delivering low quality and insufficient information to stimulate renovation, therefore requiring improvements to be made. This paper provides a review of the current EPC situations in the EU and discusses the direction of future improvements. The next generation EPC should rely on BIM technology, benefit from big data techniques and use building smart-readiness indicators to create a more reliable, affordable, comprehensive and customer-tailored instrument, which could better represent energy efficiency, together with occupants' perceived comfort, and air quality. Improved EPC schemes are expected to play an active role in monitoring building performance, future energy planning and quantifying building renovation rates, promoting energy conservation and sustainability. Highlights  Presentation of a brief review of the EPC-related directives  Review and comparison of the development of the EPC in EU member states  Discussion of the utilization of the EPC at the urban scale  Identification of the existing issues and shortcomings in the current EPC

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Section: Issues Within the Current Epc Frameworkmentioning

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Section: Issues Within the Current Epc Frameworkmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…The ALDREN BRP focuses only on non-residential typologies in particular offices and hotels. Four are the main take-away points identified by the review of the state of the art on current BRP initiatives and on which, the ALDREN approach has been based on [29].…”

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Overview of the Available Knowledge for the Data Model Definition of a Building Renovation Passport for Non-Residential Buildings: The ALDREN Project Experience

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According to its strategic long-term vision, Europe wants to be a climate-neutral economy by 2050. Buildings play a crucial role in this vision, and they represent a sector with low-cost opportunities for high-level CO2 reduction. The challenge the renovation of the existing building stock, which must be increased to 3%/year, more than double compared to the current 1.2%/year. In this context, the ALliance for Deep RENovation (ALDREN) project has the goal of encouraging property owners to undertake renovation of existing buildings using a clear, robust, and comparable method. This paper aims to present the ALDREN approach and the ALDREN Building Renovation Passport (BRP), giving an overview of the connections and data links to other existing databases and certification schemes. To understand the data value potential of buildings, one requires reliable and trustworthy information. The Building Renovation Passport, introduced by the recent Energy Performance Building Directive (EPBD) recast 844/2018/EU, aims to provide this information. This paper presents the experience of the ALDREN BRP for non-residential buildings as well as the development procedure for its data model and the potential that this tool could have for the construction market. The ALDREN BRP has been structured into two main parts—BuildLog and RenoMap—with a common language that facilitates communication on the one hand and, on the other, the setting of renovation targets based on lifetime, operation, and user needs.

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“…Building passports have evolved over time and continue to evolve into a tool for communicating diverse buildings features to multiple beneficiaries in different European countries [23].…”

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Alliance for deep renovation in buildings. A step forward to the common European voluntary certification scheme

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The ALDREN project (ALliance for Deep RENovation in Buildings) is the extended development and the implementation of a common European Voluntary Certification Scheme (EVCS) for non-residential buildings based on the EPBD Art. 11 (9) and CEN / ISO standards. ALDREN is a coordination and support action (CSA). It focuses on existing tools and schemes (partly developed by the European Commission), on networking, standardization, awareness raising and communications. The main goal of ALDREN is to encourage the construction sector value chain stakeholders to undertake deep renovation projects on their properties. Issuing completed and verified Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) before and after renovation, are to contribute to the development of innovative financial valuation of building assets and financing instruments (e.g. integrating loans with differentiated interest rates) and establishing business case for deep renovation to motivate private investment. The core objectives of the ALDREN project are: • To provide a harmonized European energy performance rating methodology based on the European Voluntary Certification Scheme (EVCS) verified by measurements to increase comparability, confidence and market uptake by standardized solutions (CEN/ISO standards) at European scale; • To associate low energy renovation with high quality indoor environments to trigger renovation and to promote solutions supporting health and well-being; • To align market recognition of high quality with enhanced building value and capacity building. The ALDREN overarching outcome will be the infrastructure to enable market transformation for deep renovation and directly support the EU policies (EED, EPBD). Specific solutions and step-by-step renovation process will be integrated in a consistent, common way in a Building Renovation Passport (BRP). The ALDREN BRP will be aligned with the GABC (Global Alliance for Building and Construction) Building Passport initiative, seconded by DG Grow and DG Environment and with the current initiatives for residential buildings. The non-residential sector (office buildings and hotels) is to be considered as a first step. To demonstrate the ALDREN approach , the upgraded EVCS will be implemented in pilot office buildings and hotels in different climates over the European territory. However, the ALDREN approach could be adapted to other market sectors, in a further development. ALDREN renovation protocols may be used as individual modules in existing schemes or as standalone tool, being potentially overtaken by Member States of the European Union.

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A review on Building Renovation Passport: Potentialities and barriers on current initiatives

Cited by 81 publications

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Review of building energy performance certification schemes towards future improvement

Review of building energy performance certification schemes towards future improvement

Overview of the Available Knowledge for the Data Model Definition of a Building Renovation Passport for Non-Residential Buildings: The ALDREN Project Experience

Alliance for deep renovation in buildings. A step forward to the common European voluntary certification scheme

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