EVENEF: a EU project aiming at fostering the efficiency energy in the building

The EvEnEf project is intended to support the development of innovative and competitive professional approaches in the field of energy efficiency in the building sector. As most of actors in the realization of buildings are SMEs, the training of entrepreneurs and managers is a major issue to meet the target of the Energy Performance of Buildings European Directive. The different national building thermal regulations are more and more innovative and demanding, but the professionals who are in charge of the realization of buildings are not well informed or trained. The new approaches in building design require new skills, new technologies and new practices.

The project brings together VET providers, higher education institutions, SMEs, chamber of crafts in the sector to assess future skills needs and promote business input into course design and delivery, as stated in the "New Skills for New Jobs" initiative and to adapt/develop special modules in the energy efficiency of buildings and its evaluation for upgrading knowledge in the sectors of construction, energy supply and water supply.

The European Energy Performance of Building Directive states that by 2020 all new buildings shall be nearly zero energy. This new objective leads to a completely new context for the professionals. The EVENEF project (Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency in the Building Sector) aims at helping the entrepreneurs and managers of SMEs to meet this new challenge. This target audience is potentially seeking for new markets and developments, but doesn’t necessarily have enough time to keep up to date with new technologies or regulations. The EVENEF project will use the results of a previous LEONARDO project called ENEF (Energy Efficiency in the Building Sector) which assessed the needs of entrepreneurs who wish to be more skilled in this field.  The training session developed in the ENEF project will be transferred to France and Bulgaria according their specific national context. The training sessions and self-evaluation tests will be implemented on an e-learning platform.

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This project has been founded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author