OpenBEP4EU
– Towards an Open, Universal and Comprehensive Building Energy Performance Certification
Inspired by Europe’s deep renovation wave to enhance building sustainability and energy efficiency, openBEP4EU aims to deliver an open-source software solution, the EU Kernel EPC Engine. This tool is designed to harmonize the adoption of an innovative Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) calculation approach across EU Member States, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and reliability in EPC data. The project will also establish a Sustainable Design Data Hub for collaborative research and data exchange, fostering partnerships between financial institutions, energy service providers, and building owners. By promoting standardized EPC practices, the initiative will advance the sustainable renovation market and encourage the creation of financial products that support environmentally friendly building practices.
The project’s framework will be piloted and validated in five regions—Greece, Denmark, Spain, Cyprus, and Switzerland—covering a variety of climate zones and building types to ensure wide applicability. It will follow European standards on data sharing and ownership, contributing to the Common European Energy Data Space initiative.
Develop a Universal EPC Engine: To deliver an open-source software implementation of the ISO 52000 standards for EPC calculations, ensuring harmonized adoption across all EU Member States.
Improve EPC Data Quality and Accessibility: Enhance the reliability, consistency, and accessibility of EPC data, making it easily available to key stakeholders such as financial institutions, energy service providers, and building owners.
Facilitate Market Adoption of EPC Practices: Establish an EPC Support Team to promote and drive market uptake of the new EPC calculation approach across Europe.
Create a Sustainable Design Data Hub: Set up a platform to support collaboration, research, and data sharing for sustainable architecture and design, aligned with the European Bauhaus initiative.
Pilot and Validate in Multiple Regions: Test and validate the framework in five diverse European regions to ensure its effectiveness across various climate zones, building types, and EPC schemes.
Adhere to Data Sovereignty and Security Standards: Ensure that all data sharing complies with the principles of the Common European Energy Data Space, respecting data ownership and sovereign sharing protocols.
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