1. Vocational Training Contribution in Energy Efficiency of Building Sector Dr. Emmanuel Karapidakis

2. Project Details Contract number: IEE/09/886/SI2.558310 EU programme: Intelligent Energy for Europe Full title: Training on Renewable Energy solutions and Energy Efficiency in reTROFITting (REE_TROFIT) Duration: 36 months Start Date: 1 May 2010 End Date: 30 April 2013 Project Cost: 1,562,004.00 € European Commission Funding: 1,171,503.00 € Web site: http://www.reetrofit.eu/content.php Contact: karapidakis@chania.teicrete.gr ree_trofit@lucense.it Event title and other logos here

3. Scope of the Project REE_TROFIT aims at fostering the adoption of institutionalised vocational training courses on Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and energy efficiency in retrofitting to contribute to solve the shortage of local qualified and accredited retrofitting experts for the implementation of the European Performance of Buildings Directive (EBPD) and its recast Event title and other logos here

4. Necessity of Project A major bottleneck for increasing energy performance of existing building stock as foreseen in the EPBD and its recast lies in the shortage of local qualified and/or accredited retrofitting experts. The main reasons are: – Building professionals are still not enough aware of the urgency for implementing low-energy retrofitting techniques for energy saving based on EPBD requirements – Building professionals are insufficiently trained on the available low- energy techniques and technologies for retrofitting – Building professionals are not enough prepared to convincingly propose and properly apply available most up-to-date techniques and technologies for retrofitting (e.g. choosing and dimensioning the most energy efficient plant/configuration for a specific situation) – Building professionals show limited motivation for (re)qualification programmes unless proper incentives are put in place (e.g. institutionalization of training) – Lacking of vocational training programmes on low energy retrofitting techniques and technologies Event title and other logos here

5. Project Partners 1.Lucense (Coordinator - Italy) 2.Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Lucca (Italy) 3.Technological Educational Institute of Crete – Department of Natural Resources and Environment (Greece) 4.The Bács-Kiskun County (Hungary) 5.Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Drome (France) 6.ABITA Interuniversity Research Centre (Italy) 7.Engineering College of Aarhus (Denmark) 8.Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Bulgaria) 9.European Labour Institute (Bulgaria) Event title and other logos here

6. Target groups Trainers of academic and vocational courses and energy consultants Building Professionals/Technicians from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) Policy Makers at the regional, national and EU level House Owners at the regional and national level Housing and Consumer Associations at the regional and national level Event title and other logos here

7. Project Targets Organizing, promoting and implementing vocational training courses over 3 rolling cycles in each country with at least 18 vocational training courses qualifying more than 450 retrofitters in 6 European countries These retrofitters include: Building Professionals Electrical Installers Thermo-Hydraulic Installers Until now, 2 cycles have been implemented in the three major cities of Crete (Heraklion, Chania and Rethymnon) with 293 participants Event title and other logos here

8. Training Course – Heraklion Event title and other logos here

9. Training Course – Chania Event title and other logos here

10. Training Course – Rethymnon Event title and other logos here

11. THANK YOU!!! Event title and other logos here