Country: FINLAND, Helsinki Building: KAISA LIBRARY Architect: ANTINNENOIVA ARCHITECTS Photographer: ©Serban Mestecaneanu
AT A GLANCE institutions should and recognise resource and
promote the contribution of architects to energy
efficient
construction in all relevant legislation, standards and funding programmes.
Closing the gap between expected and achieved energy performance Current legislation does not mandate the reporting of achieved operational performance or the validation of the indoor spatial and environmental quality achieved. This
has caused major unintended
consequences, including a significant gap between the expected and achieved energy
retrofitting of existing stock, has been decoupled from investment in the spatial and architectural design of buildings. With legislation focusing on technical solutions to energy efficiency, the business case to undertake
spatial and architectural
renovation as part of an energy efficient retrofit has been reduced. As EU member states embark on one of the largest retrofit efforts ever undertaken, there is a major opportunity to improve the uptake of efficiency measures by interlinking financial
instruments with architectural
design and renovation. By connecting energy efficiency with market drivers for
Organisation Description: The Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) is the representative organisation for the architectural profession at European level. Its headquarters and Secretariat are located in Brussels. Its membership currently consists of 46 Member Organisations, which are the regulatory and professional representative bodies in all European Union (EU) Member States, and accession Countries, Switzerland and Norway. Through them, the ACE represents the interests of over 545.000 architects from 33 countries in Europe.
“ACE emphasises the importance of design studies, which offer long-term cost-effective energy-saving solutions”
performance of buildings that must be tackled by revised EU legislation. A transparent and harmonised reporting and benchmarking of building energy use and building performance indicators by member states should be introduced. There should be EU-wide disclosure of building operating performance across all sectors, as well as implementation of measurement and verification of energy performance in use.
Interlinking financial instruments for energy efficiency measures and architectural design In recent years the financing of energy efficiency measures, in particular the
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investment in energy efficiency will offer far greater returns and achieve greater traction
technical
solutions. Priority should be placed on the development of innovative financial schemes for energy and resource efficiency in buildings that appreciate architecture as part of the solution rather than an on-cost.
Research and Innovation in energy efficient buildings Supporting research in the overlap of architecture and energy/resource efficiency is a priority if the legacy of EU investment
in energy efficiency is to stand the test of time. The architecture profession in Europe has much research potential but is in need of leadership to enable it to develop new evaluation tools, products and services. This is hampered by a lack of collaboration and a lack of research and development investment right across the construction industry. To resolve this, EU research funding programmes should be put in place that better target architecture SMEs and interdisciplinary collaboration across the construction industry.
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Contact: Web:
www.ace-cae.eu
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