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Improving Competences of Engineers and Workers in the AEC Industry for Delivering NZEBs

The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive requires from the European Union Member States to ensure that by 31st of December 2020 all new buildings are Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (NZEB) and after 31st of December 2018, new buildings occupied and owned by the public authorities should also have the NZEB performance. The large-scale deployment of NZEBs represents a challenge for all the stakeholders involved in the construction sector, where the lack of adequate competences is identified as one of the main obstacles. This paper analyses the current situation in the construction industry in Croatia and provides a possible solution for the abovementioned problem. Fit-to- NZEB and Net- UBIEP (Horizon 2020 projects) are dealing with the lack of education and competences in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry for delivering NZEBs. Fit-to- NZEB aims to increase knowledge of AEC engineers and workers in deep energy retrofit through the education in EQF levels 3- 7, while Net-UBIEP seeks to develop the schemes for using Building Information Modelling (BIM) throughout the whole building lifecycle to increase building’s energy performance. The integrated design process and strengthen control on the construction site, supported by BIM, should be carried out as they are the most critical parts in delivering NZEBs. Therefore, Fit-to-NZEB and Net- UBIEP projects can contribute to upgrading professional competences of all the stakeholders involved in the design and realisation of NZEBs.

education in construction ; nearly zero-energy buildings ; net-UBIEP ; fit-to-NZEB ; BIMzeED ; building information modelling

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