In the framework of the 2017 EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) and the Federal Chamber of German Architects (BAK) organised on Thursday 22 June 2017 in Brussels two public events on the theme Architecture: Towards a Step Change in Building Performance.

In the context of the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), the purpose of these events was to share feedback from architectural projects that have successfully overcome the challenges of achieving healthy, comfortable and productive environments at measurably low energy and resource consumption and to draw policy lessons from this. They also aimed to debate and shed light on the architectural determinants of building performance, the role of architecture in creating a step-change in the uptake of energy efficiency measures and the imperative to consider building performance in a broader and more holistic perspective.

 

MORNING SESSION - PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE RESIDENCE PALACE 

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WELCOME by Luciano Lazzari, ACE President

INTRODUCTION by Tillman PRINZ, BAK Secretary General

KEYNOTE SPEECH by Ms. Anne SPEICHER, Managing partner Baumschlager Eberle Architekten - Download the presentation

PANEL DISCUSSION moderated by Tillman PRINZ
        • Anne SPEICHER, Managing partner Baumschlager Eberle Architekten
        • Dr. Judit KIMPIAN, Chair of the ACE Sustainability Work Group - Download the presentation
        • Rodolphe NICOLLE, Buildings 2030 Executive Director
        • Josefina LINDBLOM, European Commission – DG Environment - Download the presentation 

The recording of the session is available on the ACE Youtube Channel. 

AFTERNOON SESSION - WORKSHOP AT THE ARCHITECTS' HOUSE

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INTRODUCTION by Dr. Judit KIMPIAN, Chair of the ACE Sustainable Architecture Work Group, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) - Download the presentation - Watch the video

SPEAKERS: 

• Paula REY-GARCIA, Buildings and Finance Team Leader at DG Energy - The Commission's proposal to revise the EPBD - Download the presentation - Watch the video

• Prof. Heiner LIPPE, Professor in Architecture at the Lübeck University – Embodied energy and construction materials - Download the presentation - Watch the video

• Dr. Peter Andreas SATTRUP, Senior Advisor on Sustainability at the Danish Association of Architectural Firms – Value creation, well-being, and life cycles - Download the presentation - Watch the video

• Thomas COLDEFY, Coldefy & Associates Architects Urban planners (CAAU) - Download the presentation - Watch the video

• Zsolt TOTH, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) - Value creation in the built environment - Download the presentation - Watch the video

• Matt PUMFREY, Energy Pro - The ABRACADABRA financial toolkit  - Download the presentation - Watch the video

The recording of the session are available on the ACE Youtube channel.