DG ENER event on energy efficiency in buildings - EUSEW, Tue, 23 March
From recast to reality - public buildings leading the way towards more energy efficiency

14:15 – 14:20

Welcome and introduction by Deputy Director General and Acting Director F. Barbaso  

14:20 – 14:40

Key features and main changes of the recently adopted EPBD recast
Presentation by Martin Elsberger, policy officer, DG ENER, unit C4

14:40 – 15:45

Panel discussion: Key issues ahead for the implementation of the EPBD

Chair: P.-L. Koskimaki, Head of Unit C4, DG ENER

Participants:                

- Ms Silvia-Adriana Ticau, MEP

- Mr Peter Bach, Senior Advisor, Danish Energy Agency

- Mr Oliver Loebel, Secretary Energy, PU Europe, Brussels

- Mr Martin Powell, Director of Environment and capital projects, London Development Agency

15:45 – 16:15     Coffee break

16:15 – 17:30

Panel discussion: The public sector – leading towards to more energy efficient buildings 

Interventions from the following panellists with different focus:

- The public sector and very low energy (social) housing: Mr Helmut Krapmeier, Energieinstitut Vorarlberg

- Saving energy in existing buildings: Ms Katri Kuusinen, Senior Energy Expert, City of Helsinki

- Public Procurement in support of more energy efficiency in public buildings: NN

- Leadership on improving the energy efficiency of social housing: Mr Peter Matthew, Communities and Local Government, UK

- Measures to make the public sector a frontrunner: Mr Wolfgang Ornth, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany

chair: Anette Persson, Swedish Energy Agency

17:30

Concluding remarks by P.-L. Koskimaki, DG ENER