Programme 2023

Tuesday, 23 May, 18.oo-19.45

Kick off speech Energy crisis and challenges ahead

Leaders of the building sector on capacity gaps and the role and ambition to promote energy efficiency in CEE 

• Daikin: Tanja Banay, General Manager Strategic Business Unit Commercial CEE
• Danfoss: Adam Jedrzejczak, East Europe Regional President
• Knauf Insulation: Radek Bedrna, Managing Director, Eastern Europe and Middle East (tbc)
• ROCKWOOL: Andrzej Kielar, Managing Director, Central and Eastern Europe
• Saint-Gobain: Tomáš Rosák, CEO, Eastern Europe
• Signify: Eran Görgen, CEO, Europe East (tbc)
• Velux: Krisztián Mészáros, Senior Vice President, CEE Region

How to reflect the ambitions in the renovations of public buildings 

• Irena Kriz-Selendic, Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets, Croatia
• Ada Amon, advisor Mayor of Budapest
• Justyna Glusman, Poland

Wednesday, 24 May, 9.oo-1o.3o

Political leadership in times of crisis / How can closer cooperation foster energy efficiency as a solution to energy crisis

• Brian Motherway, Head of the Energy Efficiency Division at the International Energy Agency (tbc)
• Kadri Simson, European Commission / EC representative (tbc) 
• Martin Hojsík, Member of the European Parliament, Slovakia (confirmed)
• Waldemar Buda, Minister of Economic Development and Technology, Poland (tbc) 
• Alexander Duleba, Advisor to Prime Minister of Slovakia and Senior Fellow at the Research Centre of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA) (confirmed)
• Ľudovít Ódor, Vice Guvernor of the National Bank of Slovakia (confirmed)

Wednesday, 24 May, 11.oo-13.oo

Energy room

Session 1a. Supporting a green and resilient reconstruction of Ukraine (BPIE session)

Panel Leader – Oliver Rapf

Panel Leader – Oliver Rapf

Speakers:

• Anna Zamazieieva, Head State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine
• Ksenia Petrichenko (IEA)
• Anastasia Gorbach (Center for Environmental Initiatives \”Ecoaction\”)
• Julian Grinschgl and Rouven Stubbe (Berlin Economics)
• Andrzej Rajkiewicz (Member of Supervisory Board of Energy Efficiency Fund Ukraine)
• Ima Khrenova-Shymkina – Programme Director Ukraine EE Programme German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)
• Anna Ackermann – Policy analyst Green Reconstruction of Ukraine, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Board member of NGO Ecoaction

More information available here.

Wednesday, 24 May, 11.oo-12.3o

Motivation room

Session 1b.  Alleviating energy poverty and the role of the Social Climate Fund 

Panel Leader – Mihai Moia, ROENEF – The association for promoting energy efficiency in buildings, ROMANIA

 Presentations:

1. Measures needed to be offered by the social-climate fund for family homes owners in Slovakia, Kateřina Chajdiaková, Slovak Climate Initiative, SLOVAKIA
2. Developing energy poverty indicators and matrices for analysis, segmentation and policy targeting using interactive data visualization in Hungary, Nora Feldmar, Habitat for Humanity Hungary (HfHH), HUNGARY
3. Social Climate Fund, Šimon Lacena, Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic, SLOVAKIA

Wednesday, 24 May, 11.oo-12.3o

Innovation room

Session 1c.  Green skills needed for the construction industry

Panel Leader – Susanne Dyrboel, ROCKWOOL, DENMARK

Presentations:

1. (S)killing the beast: innovative ways to improve construction sector’s sustainability skills, Dragomir Tzanev, EnEffect, BULGARIA
2. Construction Industry on Crossroad – Results of the Status Quo Analysis in Czechia and Slovakia, Jiří Karásek, SEVEn, CZECHIA
3. Enhancing market readiness for Fit-to-55 package by updating skills in the construction sector, Horia Petran, INCD URBAN-INCERC / Pro-nZEB Cluster, ROMANIA
4. Awareness raising and upskilling construction sector with the aim of decarbonizing buildings, Bojan Milovanović, University of Zagreb, CROATIA

Wednesday, 24 May, 11.oo-12.3o

Inspiration room

Session 1d. Deploying technologies to reach net zero: think about people!

Panel Leader – Quentin de Hults, European Copper Institute, BELGIUM

 Presentations:

1. Save lot of energy on shower without compromising comfort: heat recovery!, Pavel Sevela, University of Innsbruck, AUSTRIA
2. Ensure health and comfort while saving energy: ventilation!, Quentin Liebens, AERECO, FRANCE
3. From consumer to prosumer: the rebound effect of PV?, Katarzyna Korczak, Research and Innovation Centre Pro-Akademia, POLAND

Wednesday 24 May, 17.oo-18.15

Golden Hall, Pezinok, Simak Castle

Thursday, 25 May, 9.oo-1o.3o

Session 2a. One-stop shops: models for accelerating energy renovation

Motivation room

Panel Leader: Aniko Palffy, MEHI – Hungarian Energy Efficiency Institute, HUNGARY

Presentations:

1. RenoHUb – Hungarian one-stop-shop model for triggering home energy renovation, Ilona Illésné-Szécsi&Szabolcs Mizsei; Hungarian Energy Efficiency Institute, HUNGARY
2. re-HUB: a solutions platform to activate the renovation market, Borislav Ivanov, EnEffect, Center for Energy Efficiency, BULGARIA
3. OSS – model solution for Poland, Justyna Glusman, Fala Renowacji Association, POLAND

Thursday, 25 May, 9.oo-1o.3o

Energy room

Session 2b. New tools in the Buildings Directive: Minimum energy performance standards

Panel Leader: Roland Gladushenko, EURIMA, Belgium

Thursday, 25 May, 9.oo-1o.3o

Inspiration room

Session 2d. The power of data for policy implementation

Panel Leader: Horia Petran, INCD URBAN-INCERC, ROMANIA

Presentations:

1. A Roadmap for Dynamic Data Collection in the EU building stock sector, Alexander Deliyannis, Sympraxis Team / BuiltHub project, GREECE
2. EU Buildings Climate Tracker: how do CEE countries perform in relation to building decarbonisation?, Sheikh Zuhaib, BPIE, GERMANY
3. Statistical data on final energy use in building sector in Slovakia, Katarína Korytárová,  SLOVAKIA

Thursday, 25 May, 11.oo-12.3o

ENERGY room

Session 3a. Scaling up renovations of multi-apartment buildings in the current context of energy crisis (HfH session)

Panel Leader: Zita Kakalejcikova, HfH International, SLOVAKIA

Presentations:

1. Understanding the capacity of owners and communities: the results of the ComAct household survey, Eva Gehorazi, MRI, HUNGARY/Hanna Szemzo, MRI, HUNGARY
2. North Macedonia and Bulgaria – practical experience:

• Reflection on the successes and challenges of community development and its influence on energy efficiency investments in Bulgaria, Teodora Stanisheva, EnEffect, BULGARIA
• Citizen engagement in scaling up multi-apartment buildings renovations, Liljana Alceva, Habitat for Humanity Macedonia (HFHM), MACEDONIA

3. Lesson learned from the Hungarian one-stop-shop: the RenoHUb project, Fanni Sáfián-Farkas, MEHI, HUNGARY

Thursday, 25 May, 11.oo-12.3o

INNOVATION room

Session 3b. Financing energy renovation programmes

Panel Leader: Justyna Glusman

Presentations:

1. Round Tables on Financing Energy Efficiency as effective tool to speed up implementation of the EU policies and national programmes, Andrzej Rajkiewicz, SAPE, POLAND
2. Renovation of family houses financed by Slovak Republic’s Restoration and Resilience Plan , Matej Kerestúr&Omar Temori, SAŽP, Slovak environmental agency, SLOVAKIA
3. The LIFE Clean Energy Transition programme, Adrien Bullier, CINEA, European Commission, BELGIUM

Thursday, 25 May, 11.oo-12.3o

MOTIVATION room

Session 3c. Implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive: experiences from the ground

Panel Leader: Rémi Collombet, EuroACE, Belgium

Presentations:

1. Energy savings calculations under Articles 3 and 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), Václav Šebek, SEVEn, CZECHIA
2. From Article 7 to Article 8: the impacts of the new Energy Efficiency Directive on Member States’ energy efficiency policies, Marion Santini & Matevž Pusnik, Regulatory Assistance Project, Jozef Stefan Institute (both partners of the project ENSMOV Plus), BELGIUM/SLOVENIA
3. Experience from the first two years of the Hungarian Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme, Aniko Palffy, MEHI – Hungarian Energy Efficiency Institute, HUNGARY

Thursday, 25 May, 11.oo-12.3o

INSPIRATION room

Session 3d. The link between energy security and sufficiency

Panel Leader: Antonin Chapelot, The Coalition for Energy Savings, BELGIUM

Presentations:

1. Energy sufficiency in the time of energy crises, Veronika Kiss, GreenFormation Ltd., HUNGARY
2. Short-term reduction of gas demand for space and water heating in the EU: How to make it happen?, Maksymilian Kochański, Research and Innovation Centre Pro-Akademia, POLAND
3. tbd

Thursday, 25 May, 14.oo-15.3o

ENERGY room

Session 4a. Public perception of energy renovation measures and high energy prices

Panel Leader: Caroline Simpson, EuroACE, BELGIUM

Presentations:

1. What do we know about single-family houses in Slovakia, Richard Paksi, B4F, SLOVAKIA
2. How to avoid the next Yellow Vest movement? Evidence from a stated preference experiment, Jakub Sokołowski, Institute for Structural Research, POLAND
3. Public perception of residential energy prices and renovations in Hungary – a push towards more sustainable and just policies, Lili Vanko, Habitat for Humanity Hungary (HfHH), HUNGARY

Thursday, 25 May, 14.oo-15.3o

INNOVATION room

Session 4b. Building renovation passports supporting energy renovation

Panel Leader: Rutger Broer, BPIE, GERMANY

Presentations:

1. EU policy update focussing on building renovation passports, Rutger Broer, BPIE, GERMANY

2. Steps towards Building Renovation Passports in Romania, Lavinia Andrei, Terra Mileniul III, ROMANIA

3. Building Renovation Passports, experience, barriers and solutions, Slovakia, Jana Bendžalová, ENBEE, SLOVAKIA/Jan Mykhalchyk Hradicky, Útvar hodnoty za peniaze (Value for Money Institute), SLOVAKIA

4. Building Renovation Passports – how to make buildings climate neutral?, Kamen Simeonov, EnEffect, BULGARIA

Thursday, 25 May, 14.oo-15.3o

MOTIVATION room

ession 4c. Decarbonising buildings by 2050

Panel Leader: Andrei Popescu, INCD URBAN-INCERC, ROMANIA

Presentations:

1. Fully electrified buildings as part of smart, decarbonised energy system – are existing buildings ready for this?, Robert Pintér, European Copper Institute, BELGIUM
2. Climate neutrality in 2050 – we can come there, Dušana Dokupilová, Institute for Forecasting, CSPS Slovak Academy of Sciences, SLOVAKIA
3. Traditional House Built at ZEB standard in Rural Area of Romania, Emilia Mladin, Romanian Association of Energy Auditors for Building, ROMANIA
4. Green Deal for Buildings – Financing of building renovation – roadmap for 2050, Stanislav Laktis, Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency, SLOVAKIA

Thursday, 25 May, 14.oo-15.3o

INSPIRATION room

Session 4d. Building for wellbeing and health

Panel Leader: Simona Kalvoda, C4B, CZECHIA

Presentations:

1. Energy Poverty and Fire Risk, Olivier Tissot,
2. Healthy homes barameter, Ondrej Bores, Velux, CZECHIA
3. Easy to implement and low-cost solution to lower energy bills, Aleksandra Stępniak, Danfoss, POLAND

Plenaries are an opportunity to gather all C4E participants in one place and attend presentations of high level Speakers from international institutions, CEE countries and EU, invited to present and discuss regionally relevant subjects.

Opening plenary (Monday) – Leaders of the buidlings sector on capacity gaps and promoting energy efficiency in CEE

High level plenary (Tuesday) – Political leadership in times of crisis – How can closer cooperation foster energy efficiency as a solution to energy crisis?

Welcome cocktail is the first informal meeting after the Opening plenary and dinner, the first opportunity to get together and engage with the energy efficiency community. Usually, for a few moments the floor is also given to the Sponsors for a short introduction.

Panel Sessions are topical sessions created based on the presentations provided by the Participants. Depending on the number of presentations submitted by the Participants there might be organized simultaneously up to 5 sessions, in different meeting rooms. Th usual structure of such an event includes 3 slots of 12-minutes presentations on a specific topic within a session moderated by a Panel Leader.
Each panel session duration is 90 minutes and the 2nd half is dedicated to the engagement with audience and break-out group work.

The Panel sessions titles for 2023 are:

Controversial ideas session – we have all been there. Conferences often feel like preaching to the choir. Everyone patting each other on the back, agreeing on everything. It can even get a bit boring. Yet, we all know the best memorable events are the ones that are spiced up by a little controversy e.g. Do we need more policy at EU level or do we need the MS acting now?

Workshops are 60 minutes events prepared and hosted by Sponsors. OC strongly encourages the Sponsors to prepare a workshop on an important, relevant topic and avoid product-related PR.

DIY session is a slot on Thursday afternoon used for relaxing and engaging activities that involve all Participants for a good quality time spent together.

Closing talk is a short talk on broader topic given by inspirational/motivational speaker.

Party is an important part of the program, no explanation needed