During May and June 2023, the EU-funded project SRI-ENACT organized 8 national co-creation workshops in 8 countries. The goal of all workshops was to establish ‘stakeholder liaison groups’ and obtain feedback on how to tailor the SRI methodology to specific national regulations and practices.
The workshops addressed a wide range of stakeholders in each pilot country, such as policymakers, energy experts, representatives of construction companies, representatives of Municipalities/Regions, utilities, energy consulting companies, managers of relevant EU projects, research centers, universities, etc.
Click on a respective country to read more about results from the workshops:
GREECE
SingularLogic together with EPU-NTUA organized a workshop in Athens where different stakeholders gathered and discussed on the future of SRI in Greece.
Stakeholders had the opportunity to interact and exchange their expertise and know-how on the Smart Readiness Indicator, aiming to create a tailor-made framework for implementing the EU SRI Methodology in Greece.
LATVIA
Project partners from Latvia managed to engage about 25 participants all together representing projects stakeholders: Ministry of Economy, Energy Agency of Riga, The State Construction Control Bureau, Technical University, Association of Energoauditors, municipalities of the Riga Planning Region, and representatives of the private sector.
As subjects for the agenda was presentation of the project and expected project results, both in general and in particular for Latvia, as well as in-depth discussion about how it is better to structure work and to involve stakeholders, and preliminary discussion about what would be the most efficient way for Latvia for SRI uptake and implementation.
BULGARIA
On 18th May 2023, the first meeting of SRI-ENACT Bulgarian stakeholders took place to discuss the opportunities for the introduction of Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) in the country. The 11 participants included the key stakeholders – the two Government authorities in charge of SRI, the national energy efficiency fund, auditors, BMS suppliers, and others.
It was concluded that SRI-ENACT and Smart Square – the two SRI-focused LIFE-funded projects covering Bulgaria – have identical objectives, but complementary activities, so their combination would effectively lay the foundation for SRI in the country.
The participants agreed that the introduction of SRI looks very promising for the commercial buildings and that the normative SRI obligation is the most appropriate enforcement option for the country. There was consensus that SRI procedures need to be integrated into the well-established national regulations and practice for audit and certification of energy performance of buildings. It was decided that the domain weightings for each type of building will be calculated based on data about previously certified buildings. Finally, participants preferred to define three representative climatic zones for the country.
CROATIA
An outlook of the new version of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) greatly encourage buildings to implement digital solutions for their management. Through the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI), each member country should adapt the methodology to national needs. The mentioned indicator will become a part of a next-gen EPC that evaluates buildings according to their ability to use smart technologies,to manage and adapt to users’ needs.
REGEA has recognized the importance of SRI and participates as an implementer in the LIFE project SRI-ENACT through which, together with the Hrvoje Požar Energy Institute and the sister project SRI2MARKET, should advise the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Construction and State Assests on the implementation of the new version of EPBD regarding SRI.
With this goal in mind, a co-creation workshop was organized on Monday, where 15 experts gathered and actively discussed about adaptation of SRI in Croatia.
ROMANIA
On the 30th of May 2023, within the framework of the LIFE SRI-ENACT project, ISPE organized the Stakeholder Liaison Group meeting on the implementation of the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) in Romania.
The meeting was organized in hybrid format and was attended by 9 Romanian experts comprising representatives of the Ministry of Development and Public Works, the auditors order and association, research centers and technical universities, municipalities, the cluster for promotion of nZEB, national institute for research and development in constructions.
After a short presentation of the SRI-ENACT project and the research results on the actual national SRI landscape, the discussion was focused on tailoring the SRI methodology in the national specific context by considering the particularities of the regulations and current practices in Romania.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech team arranged a workshop as a start of Czech co-creation process to gather the most valuable information on SRI and find the best option on Czech SRI implementation.
There were 8 participants in total, including 3 representatives from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
AUSTRIA
Blueprint Energy Solutions (BPE) organized co-creation workshop in Vienna about implementation of the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) for the building stock in Austria, within the framework of the LIFE SRI-ENACT European project.
A group of experts participated as a Stakeholder Liaison Group, comprising representatives of the sister projects: SRI2Market and EasySRI; including Austrian Institute of Construction Engineering and Institute for sustainable technologies.
The participants had focused discussion with the aim to cooperate on the all SRI projects and initiate the change of the current methodology to make it more usable for the Austrian requirements. Important topics and findings during Austrian SRI pilot phase will be presented to the key stakeholders during national meeting organized for the 11th October this year, during which BPE will organize SRI ENACT info day.
SPAIN
On 21st June, Veolia organised in Madrid a Co-creation Workshop as representatives of the SRI-ENACT project in Spain, with the collaboration of the partners of two other projects under the LIFE-CET call, CENER for “SRI2MARKET” and SGS for “EasySRI.
Participants had the opportunity to interact and exchange their experience and know-how about the Smart Readiness Indicator, with the aim to create a cluster with all stakeholders and discuss how to create a tailor-made framework to implement the EU SRI Methodology in Spain”