Green Partnerships – WP3 Joint approach for more efficient
implementation of local energy strategies
Expert Working Groups
Energy Efficiency in Buildings
www.greenpartnerships.eu
4. Indicative training materials/activities outline
To support the partners to the efficient implementation of the capacity building workshops,
the EWGs will prepare guidelines covering the following outline of the training materials
/activities (workshops, courses, training sessions, etc.):
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Target Audience
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Learning objectives
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Knowledge/Skills/Competences to be addressed
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Duration
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Contents (technologies, solutions, pro’s and con’s barriers, technical considerations,
economical/environmental aspects, case studies, terminology, resources/useful links)
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Training materials (e.g. Presentations, Handouts, Links for further resources, Best
Practices library)
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Training approach/methods and tools
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Facilities/infrastructure
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Trainers profile
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Train the trainers activities (if applicable)
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Evaluation – Reporting (specific template)
Types and structure of training materials/activities:
A. Specific workshop on EE in buildings
Define detailed structure of all training materials/activities
contents (see attached document: GP_GRANOLLERS_EWG_EE
Buildings_Work_Plan_V03, pages 5-9)
12th February 2014
Granollers City Council
Developing next training materials/activities (first draft):
Specific workshop on EE buildings (in cooperation
with GERES)
Developing these training materials/activities (final versions)
14th March 2014
4th April 2014
Granollers City Council In cooperation with: GERES
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Target Audience: members of EWG-EE in Buildings, public workers and private
companies focused on energy sector, and citizens interested, in general.
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Learning objectives: Main challenges and opportunities to improve EE in buildings of
cities and regions
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Knowledge/Skills/Competences to be addressed: state of the art in EU, main costeffective strategies, main cost-effective measures, environmental and economic
benefits (energy saving, GHG emission reduction).
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Duration: 2 h
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Contents: economical/environmental aspects of improving EE in buildings; main
concepts and targets on EE in public buildings; main saving energy and energy
efficiency measures applicable to public buildings; case studies; terminology;
resources/useful links; main and useful recommendations.
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Training materials: presentations, links for further resources, Best Practices library
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Training approach/methods and tools: conference by expert on the thematic area,
roundtable, discussion between EWG members and participants, and relating of main
conclusions.
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Facilities/infrastructure: aside next GPs SC meeting in Cyprus (12 or 13th June 2014),
with the participation of experts on the thematic area.
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Trainers profile: 1 or 2 experts on the thematic area.
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Evaluation – Reporting (specific template): celebration of the workshop, edition and
distribution of conclusions between participants.
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO ENERGY SAVING IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS ?
Specific workshop on energy efficiency in buildings
Date: 12th June 2014, 16-18:30 h (aside next GPs SC meeting in Cyprus)
Venue: Room/Hall in a public building of Lakatamia Municipality (Cyprus)
Key discussion topics: energy efficiency in public buildings, energy services, organisational measures and
users behaviour as a key factors to contribute to saving energy, practical work to find solutions.
Participants: members of Lakatamia’s Municipality LAG, technical staff and energy manager of
municipality, employees of public buildings, representatives of personnel department, representatives of
maintance department, external companies carrying out the maintenance, local energy service
companies, members of EWG_EE in buildings and all participants of GPs project.
Coordinator: Granollers City Council and GERES
Collaborates: Lakatamia Municipality
AGENDA
Duration
16.00 – 9.15
Topics
Welcome and presentation of activity
Meeting aims and agenda
16.15 –16.45
“Organisational and user behaviour as a key factors
to energy efficiency in public buildings”
Expert conference about economical/environmental
aspects of improving EE in public buildings; main
concepts and targets on EE in public buildings; main
saving and EE measures available to public buildings;
case studies; terminology; resources/useful links;
main and useful recommendations.
Tour of the building
Practical activity. All the participants, guided by the
external expert and the EWG_EE building coordinator
will realize a visit through the building in order to put
in practice the basic checklist ”Audit your building!”,
as a useful methodology to increase the knowledge of
the energy performance of a building.
Discussion and contributions
All participants, divided in groups, will discuss about:
the main results obtained from the fulfilled checklist
and further possibilities for the optimal control of the
commonly equipment and plant, and development of
recommendations for the optimisation of energy use,
in order to gain more knowledge regarding possible
energy saving measures.
End of activity
16.45 –17.45
17.45 –18.30
17.00
Speakers
Lakatamia’s Municipality
representative
Granollers City Council-EWG_EE
Building coordinator
Josep Puig Boix (external expert
of EWG_EE in building)
Josep Puig Boix (external expert
of EWG_EE in building)
Granollers City Council-EWG_EE
Building coordinator
Josep Puig Boix (external expert
of EWG_EE in building)
Moderation: Granollers City
Council-EWG_EE Building
coordinator