Novel technologies are rapidly transforming the notion of energy efficiency, and thus the expectations of both industry and residents. Aiming to offer a better understanding of the contemporary and future landscape in terms of technical capabilities, the D2EPC project organised the session ‘Building performance assessment towards next-generation EPC’, gathering ten exponents from multiple disciplines on June 8. MiniStor was highly praised for its minimal size thermal energy storage, a ground-breaking solution that made its way into D2EPC’s avant-garde network.
It was the coordinator of MiniStor, Carlos Ochoa from the International Energy Research Centre, who was given the opportunity to share how the project is impacting energy performance standards. His presentation was accompanied by those of the representatives from the Politecnico di Torino, Cleopa GmbH, University of Cambridge, BPIE, Hypertech, Aalborg University, TU Dublin, Frederick University and DEMO Consultants BV. From human comfort to monetisation, they together demonstrated the need for new certifications and the importance of an initiative such as D2EPC.