REHVA Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations www.rehva.eu Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
What is REHVA? (founded 1963) REHVA is a professional organisation representing more than 100 000 building services engineers (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning for energy efficient, healthy buildings) from 27 European countries Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
REHVA Network 27 Member Associations in Europe, representing 100 000 practitioners and academics in the following countries: Belgium Germany Romania Bulgaria Hungary Russia Croatia Italy Serbia Czech Republic Latvia Slovakia Denmark Lithuania Slovenia Estonia Netherlands Spain Finland Norway Sweden France Poland Switzerland Portugal Turkey United Kingdom Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
Activities of REHVA members • Member associations represent about100 000 experts in HVAC • Co-operation with more than 1500 industrial companies • Over 20 journals with more than 110 issues per year • Close to 100 congresses per year- focus on HVAC and energy • Hundreds of training events • Support to more than 10 regular international exhibitions Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
Recent REHVA Presidents • Francis Allard, France, 2008- • Olli Seppänen, Finland, 2005-2008 • Dusan Petras, Slovakia, 2002-2005 • Per Rasmussen, Denmark, 1999-2002 • Nicolas Gomez Gil, Spain, 1996-1999 • Ken Dale, UK, 1993-1996 • B Jacobsen, Denmark, 1990-1993 • Branko Todorovic, Yugoslavia, 1987-1990 Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
REHVA Board of directors mixture of academics and practitioners good geographical coverage • Francis Allard, France, president, 2008-2011 • Michael Schmidt, Germany, vp education, 2007-2010 • Ioan Dobosi. Romania, vp Supporters, 2007-2010 • Zoltan Magyar, Hungary, treasurer, 2008-2011 • Maija Virta, Finland, vp Publications, 2008-2011 • Karel Kabele, Check R, vp Web, 2008-2011 • Don Leeper, UK, vp external relations, 2008-2011 Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
Daily Work under the Committees 1. Technology and research 2. Publishing and promotion 3. Educational 4. Industrial Supporters 5. Awards 6. External relations Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
REHVA Organisation GENERAL ASSEMBLY (GA) Long term policy Mission Budget REHVA OFFICE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Implementation of the annual action plan TREASURER Implement GA decisions and policy Daily management of contacts and finances Budgets Financial and legal responsibility Assistance for committees Follow up the budget Short and long term planning Sales of REHVA guidebooks Supervising the REHVA office and Financial reports Assistance to REHVA journal Committees Approval of invoices EUROPEAN PROJECTS REGIONS AWARD SUPPORTERS EDUCATION COMMITTEE Financial management COMMITTEE COMMITTEE EXTERNAL RELATIONS TECHNOLOGY & PUBLISHING Services to supporters Project management COMMITTEE Student Competitions REGION 1 RESEARCH COMMITTEE reports New supporters COMMITTEE Announcement and Common courses selection Promoting the EU Common educational SCANVAC Website development of DAILY MANAGEMENT Gold Metal material New members Seminars European industry in Sales of publications Correspondence Directory of P.O. Fanger Awards in Relationships with the HVAC field Tasks forces Science REHVA journal Educational Status of membership and other associations Technical guidebooks Organizing seminars Institutions supporters fees Promotional material Professional Awards Relationship with and reports and symposiums by Directory of National other (non-HVAC) REHVA in collaboration Task force Young Researches Network of experts Contact persons organizations with supporters Award Tasks force Tasks force Tasks force Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
Technical Committee Task Forces International working-groups, focusing on areas where development and/or dissemination of knowledge is needed & Publishing REHVA Technical Guidebooks such as • Indoor climate and energy of school buildings • Building simulation • Air conditioning inspections • Filters in HVAC systems air handling units • HVAC in large commercial buildings • Solar shading and HVAC • Radiant heating for large spaces • Low energy cooling and thermal comfort • Advanced air distribution systems • Guide for A/C inspections • IAQ investigations Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
• Six issues a year- 64 pages – technical • Website www.rehvajournal.com • Theme of 2010 - energy efficiency • Editor-in-chief Olli Seppänen • Published and printed in Turkey Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
Editorial board mixture of academics and practitioners good European coverage • Francis Allard, France • Zoltan Magyar, Hungary • Ahmet Arisoy, Turkey • Eduardo Maldonado, Portugal • Renato Merati, Italy • Derrick Braham, UK • Bjarne Olesen, Denmark • Marianna Brodatch, Russia • Dusan Petras, Slovakia • Ioan Dobosi, Romania • Michael Schmidt, Germany • Gian Vincenzo Fracastoro, • Thierry van Steenberghe, Italy Belgium • Karel Kabele, Czech Republic • Branislav Todorovic, Serbia • Maija Virta, Finland • Don Leeper, UK Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
Exchange of articles - network of 21 national journals Some articles and interviews translated and published in more that 10 national journals Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
REHVA Newsletter o rders from www.rehva.eu Min six issues a year Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
REHVA dictionary • REHVA multilingual HVAC dictionary www.rehvadictionary.eu • 12 000+ HVAC words • 14 languages • Contacts: Koos Mast, Derrick Braham Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
REHVA information and dissemination services • Network of national journals • Network of newsletters of industrial organisations • Events database and links at www.rehva.eu and www.buildup.eu • REHVA network of energy expert • REHVA network of ventilation experts Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
REHVA Guidebooks source of updated information on energy efficient building services technology www.rehva.eu Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
Translation and printing of REHVA guidebooks approximately 45 translations 1-2000 each close to 100 000 copies distributed 1. Displacement Ventilation: Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Turkis h - 13 2. Ventilation Effectiveness: Hungarian, Japanese, Latvian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian - 6 3. Electrostatic Precipitators for Industrial Ventilation 4. Ventilation & Smoking: Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish - 3 5. Chilled Beam: French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish - 8 6. Indoor Climate & Productivity: Dutch, Italian, Japanese - 3 7. Low Temperature Heating and High Temperature Cooling: Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Turkish - 6 8. Cleanliness of Ventilation Systems: German, Italian, Portuguese - 3 9. Hygiene Requirement: Italian, Portuguese - 2 10. CFD in ventilation design: Hungarian, Japanese - 2 Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
Activities in EC and EU • DG ENERGY: Energy efficiency units C3 and C4 • DG SANCO: Indoor Climate issues • EACI –Executive agency for innovation and competitiveness • European parliament Conservatives, Greens, Social democrats, Rapporteurs • European council – through national associations Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
Examples of European Projects – IEE program • Vent Dis Course - Development of Distance Learning Material for the Promotion of the Energy Efficient Ventilation • ASTECH - Advanced sustainable technologies for heating and cooling • ECOLISH – Energy conservation in low income housing • Solair- Solar air conditioning • ASIEPI- Assessment and Improvement of the EPBD Impact for new buildings and building renovation - www.asiepi.eu • AdVent - Building Advanced Ventilation Technological examples to demonstrate materialised energy savings for acceptable indoor air quality and thermal comfort in different European climatic regions – www.advent. • ThermCo Low energy cooling and thermal comfort www.thermco.eu • EPBD-platform – dissemination of implementation information on EPBD –Database on implementation of Energy Performance Buildings Directive wwwwww.buildingsplatform.eu and its successor BUILD UP 2009-2010 Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations
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