FIEC Newsletter – 22 Ιουνίου 2021

On 1/7/2021 the Construction 2050 Alliance will organise its second public event aimed at promoting a positive image of the sector.Specific examples will focus on digitalisation and innovation, on training and education, on sustainability, on women in construction and on the workers’ view on these issues.

Among the speakers will be our Vice-President Joël Schons, responsible for Social Affairs, and Angela Martina, the Chair of our committee on “Vocational education and training”.

You can find the proposed programme and the link to register by clicking on the button below.

The EU funded BIM-SPEED project partners are pleased to announce the launch of the “EU BIM for Building Renovation Competition” which will take place from 21 June 2021 to 21 January 2022.

The  competition aims to bring together multi-disciplinary teams active in the design and construction industry to present a building renovation project that applies the BIM tools and methods developed by the BIM-SPEED partners, on their own or in conjunction with other tools available on the market. The challenge is to develop a renovation project using BIM in a way that results in energy savings for the occupants, improves their comfort while at the same time reducing the duration and cost of the overall renovation process.

The competition is free of charge for the participants and divided in two categories: professionals and students.

Further information and details on the registration process available soon, stay tuned!

The public consultation on the revision of the Energy Performance in Buildings Directive (EPBD) closes today.  FIEC believes that greater harmonisation is required for certain measures and definitions, including that for “deep renovation”.The approach to Energy Performance Certificate audits should be standardised to enable comparability across the EU and a standard for deep renovation should be introduced.

FIEC supports Mandatory Miniumum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS), but does not agree to the inclusion of requirements to address embodied carbon in the revision.  Embodied carbon includes emissions from the extraction of raw materials, manufacture of construction products, construction process and transport of materials and workers. These emissions should be handled separately, perhaps through a combination of legal and voluntary approaches, because, amongst other reasons, the construction and use of infrastructure also generates emissions but is not covered by the EPBD.

FIEC’s position on the revision of the Directive will be published shortly. Just a few hours remain to respond to the consultation.  This can be found on the link below.