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Date: 9 April 2008 Venue: Messe Frankfurt, Hall 9.1, Frankfurt am Main Organisers: Messe Frankfurt in co-operation with the Association of German Machine and Plant Manufacturers (VDMA) with the Working Group Automation + Management for House + Building There is a world-wide agreement to significantly reduce CO2 emissions by means of energy saving measures, in order to confront the damaging results of climate change (the Kyoto Protocol). In Europe, around 40% of the total combined primary energy usage goes to provide heating and electricity in buildings. This makes abundantly clear the importance that must be attached to the energy efficiency of buildings. For their part, the EU Commission has recently issued a whole raft of directives, such as, for instance, the directives on energy performance of buildings, energy services and energy-consuming products. Because of the obligation to adopt these at national level, the German regulations concerning energy savings (EnEV 2007), the regulation regarding energy services and the "energy-using products act" (EBPG) have come into force in Germany. Germany has set its climate policy targets at significantly more stringent levels even than those required by the EU and, in December 2007, put forward an integrated programme of measures with regard to energy and climate. With these resolutions, a raft of 30 diverse individual measures, the Federal Government is seeking to further the cause of climate protection, stimulate innovative approaches and safeguard jobs. 6 measures affect the building industry, including a drastic tightening of the energy requirements in buildings (to be introduced in two stages, to achieve a total of 50% more than EnEV 2007), regulations for energy efficient products (central heating boilers, pumps) and 3 programmes for the modernisation of energy consumption in buildings. In all measures to increase energy efficiency, building automation plays a central and sustainable role, be it in new builds or in the renovation of existing buildings. Building automation systems have a relatively short payback period. It is only with automated building services that buildings can be run in a way which is both use- and needs-driven and is at the same time energy efficient and safe. Building automation includes the automatic control, regulation, monitoring, optimisation and operation of technical equipment which supplies the requirements within the building itself (heating, room ventilation, lighting etc.) With the use of building automation, energy consumption is reduced by up to 25%, and in a way that is sustainable. Approval: The lectures are also approved as continuing professional events by the Chamber of Engineers of the German State of Hesse and by the Chamber of Engineers of the German State of Saarland and the Chamber of Engineers of the German State of Baden-Württemberg. The lectures are free of charge and are conducted in German. Registration is not required. |
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