NEWSLETTER issue 1/2009 – February 09REHVA - Federation of European Heating & Air-conditioning Associations

REHVA Community News

Russian HVAC society AVOK honours Dr Branislav Todorovic

During the opening ceremony of 39th international congress of HVAC&R in Belgrade, last December, Vice President of the Russian Society for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (AVOK), Mrs Pr Marianna Brodach presented to Dr Branislav Todorovic the highest award of AVOK, the golden medal named after Pr Bogoslovski, the famous Russian specialist of thermodynamics and building physics.

REHVA Staff• Ms Lara EGLI, a long time colleague of REHVA, is leaving the organization : we wish her good luck in all her

new endeavours.• Ms Nathalie Wouters is joining the REHVA Office : we welcome her wholeheartedly.• Mr Claudiu Razvan Mizu worked in the REHVA Office as Project Assistant in the last quarter of 2008 and will

be back in the Office from February to April 2009.

53rd REHVA General Assembly, Amsterdam, May 14-16, 2009Welcome to the 53rd REHVA General Assembly! Our General Assembly is the peak event of our Federation’s activity each year. It is the best opportunity to share the results obtained and to elaborate on our vision for the future. As you may have noticed, we intend to make the GA the crossroad for exchange of information and experience. We are offering a wealth of activity based on seminars, reports of our committees, and lectures. See you in Amsterdam!Check www.tvvl.nl/rehvaGA2009 for the GA programme, social events and partners programme, and also for more information, the hotel registration form and online registration. For further assistance please contact Loes Swaning, tel: +31 33 434 57 63, l.swaning@tvvl.nl

Upcoming HVAC Events

ISH – Frankfurt, March 2009The next ISH-Frankfurt Fair, world's leading trade fair in Building, Energy, Air-conditioning Technologies and Renewable Energies, will be held 10-14 March 2009, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

REHVA seminar in Frankfurt at ISH “Sustainability - More than Just Energy Efficiency" – Frankfurt - March 12 at 15h00 at ISH Frankfurt Exhibition (please check the room at exhibition site) Prof. Michael Schmidt, REHVA Vice President, will moderate the presentations of experts from REHVA Member Associations explaining the approaches of European countries to the issue of sustainability in buildings and building services. The issues addressed will include:- Can LEED really claim "leadership" in energy-efficient design?- What are the approaches to sustainability taken by EU countries such UK, France, The Netherlands, and Germany.All interested members from REHVA Member Associations and Supporters are invited to participate. The seminar will be held in German and English with simultaneous translation. Attendance is free of charge.

Cold Climate HVAC, March 16-19, 2009The 6th International Conference on Cold Climate - Heating, Ventilating and Air- Conditioning will be held in Sisimiut, Greenland. Abstracts should be submitted by Oct 1st 2008 to secretariat info@danvak.dk. Complete information is available on www.coldclimate2009.dk.

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5th CLIMAMED Congress 2009, April 16-18, 2009 in Lisbon The Congress will take place in a nice novel venue called Fundação Oriente, quite near the river Tejo, in Lisbon.More information: www.apirac.pt and luis.fsilva@apirac.pt, tecnico@apirac.pt

Healthy Buildings 2009, a premier international conference and exhibition, will be hosted by Syracuse Center of Excellence and Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY, USA, on September 13-17, 2009.The conference website is now open and is accepting abstracts through an on-line abstract submittal system. Please access it at www.hb2009.org for information on conference topics.

3rd International Conference Solar Air-Conditioning Conference - University of Palermo, Sicily, Italy, September 30 - October 2, 2009. Deadline for submissions of abstracts: February 27th, 2009 Please upload your abstract in our review system under: review.otti.eu Please find all further information here: www.otti.de/pdf/SAC3110.pdf

International symposium on high-quality thermal retrofit of large-volume buildings, Weiz, Austria - October 7-9, 2009 AEE INTEC and the city of Weiz will organise the international symposium “ Ökosan - high-quality thermal retrofit of large-volume buildings”. For further information please see: www.aee-intec.at Please send your paper until February 16, 2009 to seminare-aeeintec@aee.at

47th AICARR International Conference Systems, Energy and Confined Environment toward a Sustainable Comfort - October 8-9, 2009 - Tivoli - Rome - Italy

Proposals for free papers can be submitted by sending an abstract to convegnoroma@aicarr.it until February 16, 2009The Conference is organized with ASHRAE and REHVA scientific cooperation; it will be held in two Plenary Sessions and four Parallel Technical Sessions.

ISHVAC2009: The 6th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning - Southeast University, Nanjing, China, November 6-9, 2009.More information: www.ishvac09.org.cnConference secretariat: Dr. Keenwa Hua QIAN, Executive General Secretary of ISHVAC09, ISHVAC09@seu.edu.cn

CLIMA 2010 International HVAC Congress Antalya, Turkey, 9-12 May 2010

REHVA International HVAC congress

• Online abstract submission system is now open• Congress Hotel is WOW Hotel Topkapı Palace, Antalya, Turkey• Online registration is open since 1 January 2009

Please visit the Congress site www.clima2010.org

EC & EC supported projects info

EUSEW The European Sustainable Energy Week will be held in Brussels and other European cities from 9 to 13 February. More information : www.eusew.eu

The Intelligent Energy Europe European Info Day will take place on 12 February 2009 during the EUSEW (EU Sustainable Energy Week) in Brussels. The event is fully booked but you may follow via web streaming. Subscribe to the IEE newsalert to receive the link shortly before the event will take place. [More...]

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Renewable Energy DirectiveThe Renewable Energy Directive was adopted by the European Parliament on 17 December 2008. It establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy from renewable sources. It sets mandatory national targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy and for the share of energy from renewable sources in transport. It lays down rules relating to statistical transfers between Member States, joint projects between Member States and with third countries, guarantees of origin, administrative procedures, information and training and access to the electricity grid for energy from renewable sources. Read more from Rehva Journal 1/2009.The whole text of directive is available in most EU- languages at the website of DG TREN at European Commission : http://ec.europa.eu/energy/strategies/2008/2008_01_climate_change_en.htm

EPBD 2010 In November 2008 the Commission adopted a proposal for a new EPBD (the term the Commission uses is “recast” EPBD). This proposal is an essential part of an extensive revised package for the energy and climate policy published at the same time. The previous policy package was published in January 2008. The recast EPBD will come into force in 2010 after acceptance by European Parliament and Council.The whole EPBD 2010 proposal can be downloaded from the address:http://ec.europa.eu/energy/strategies/2008/doc/2008_11_ser2/buildings_directive_proposal.pdf

Energy Using Products Directive.European Union adopted some years ago two important Framework Directives Energy Using Products (EuP) and Energy Labelling (ELD). The objective of both these Directives is to promote sustainable development and integration of environmental goals into both competitiveness and consumer issues (i.e. the Lisbon Strategy objectives).Mr Ismo Grönroos Saikkala from DG TREN European Commission tells that 30 product groups have been selected for the regulations in respect of eco-design. The first regulations will be adopted in February 2009. The regulations automatically apply to all member states. All products in the market has to fulfill the requirements. HVAC –related product groups include boilers, water heaters, fans, pumps, air-conditioners etc. Read more from the interview of Mr Grönroos-Saikkala from the next issue of REHVA journal.

INIVE Workshop on Summer Comfort and Cooling - 31st of March and 1st of April 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.Organized by INIVE, the International Network on Infiltration Ventilation and Energy (www.inive.org) , in collaboration with AIVC, The Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (www.aivc.org) , and the IEE Program ASIEPI (www.asiepi.eu).This workshop will be co-organized with the University of Barcelona, CIMNE group. The aim is to examine the evolutions in the national regulations related to passive cooling and summer comfort.

Publications

New Journal - Intelligent Buildings InternationalEditor In Chief: Derek Clements-Croome, University of Reading, UK

Earthscan has announced the addition of ‘Intelligent Buildings International’ to their journals programme for 2009. Intelligent Buildings International is a new journal on the design, construction and management of intelligent buildings. Covering commercial, public and domestic buildings, papers report on both fundamental research and applied work dealing with practical issues and industrial innovations.

In this way readers can explore the interaction between technical consideration and management issues. Papers in the first issue include:

• Development of intelligence analytic models for integrated building management systems (IBMS) in intelligent building

• Reconciling human and automated intelligence in the provision of occupant comfort.• Intelligent building systems engineering for the built environment

Review the first issue at: http://www.earthscanjournals.com/inbi/001/01/default.htm

RIETSCHEL „Raumklimatechnik“ Band 2, 16th edition – Published by Springer Verlag, GermanyWe are pleased to inform you that the production of the above book is complete. The list price is 199,95 EUR.

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Basics of psychometric processes and air conditioning in Italian“Impianti di Climatizzazione – Manuale di calculo” by Michele Vio. Publisher Editoriale Delfino, 2008, 384 pagesThis book organized in six chapters is directly dedicated to engineers or designers of air conditioning systems. It gives all the necessary fundamentals or air physics based mainly on a deep analysis of the psychrometric chart, then a technical description of the main scenario of operation of an air conditioning equipment is proposed before focusing on specific aspects such as partial load design, free cooling or other strategy of energy recovering which lead to the general design of air conditioning systems. A CD with various examples of use of the psychrometric chart is also given. A very pragmatic approach of air conditioning system design for engineers or students in HVAC field. www.editorialedelfino.it

EPBD Buildings Platform Information PapersThe EPBD Buildings Platform is a European Commission initiative which provides information services for practitioners and consultants, experts in energy agencies, interest groups and national policy makers in the European Member States for helping the implementation of the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD): see www.buildingsplatform.euMany of the Information Papers are also available in languages other than English. The first stage of Buildings Platform project will end with the year 2008. The second stage will begin early 2009 with more focus on informing the various target groups.

REHVA JournalIn response to the readers demand the number of the issues will be increased from the previous four issues to six issues per year. The number of pages will be also increased as well as the circulation.To be able to better follow the rapid developments in the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning domain, Pr Olli Seppänen has been appointed as the Editor-in-chief for the Journal. The goal is to make the REHVA Journal the top journal in Europe in this domain within the coming years. To this end, much help will be required from REHVA members and supporters!

REHVA NewsletterREHVA also publishes this Newsletter, which can be accessed free of charge from www.rehva.eu >publications>newsletter. The REHVA Journal is also available from the same address.

Credit card sales of REHVA Guidebooks REHVA Guidebooks provide the latest technical knowledge and guidance on various specific HVAC technologies. They can be purchased with credit card from the REHVA Bookstore at www.rehva.eu/?page=bookstore.

News from Cooperating Organizations

ACE - the Architects' Council of EuropeThe latest 2008 edition of the ACE Info, the update from the ACE, is available at www.ace-cae.org/MemberN/Content/EN/pub/inf/inf042.html

FEDARENE are supporting and co-organizing several events in the framework of the EUSEW, and in particular:- the workshop “Facilitating Building Renovation & Financing schemes” 12 February and- the conference “Energy and employment: state of art and new opportunities for Europe” 12 February too.

Mr Uwe Trenkner of ESTIF will participate in the seminar on Solar Assisted Air-conditioning organized by the IEE SOLAIR Project in the EUSEW framework on Tuesday 10 February.

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