Training material package for using EN-TRACK by building owners and contractors (interim report)

EN-TRACK, which stands for Energy Efficiency Performance-Tracking Platform for Benchmarking Savings and Investments in Buildings, is a critical and timely project that seeks to address a number of key barriers holding back greater investments in building energy efficiency. The core objectives of the project, which is funded through the European Union (EU) Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 885395, are to:

• Enable massive gathering of data on the before-and-after performance of energy efficiency measures in buildings.
• Create a continuous data collection process through structured engagement with stakeholders.
• Adopt standard data descriptions that align with current international standards and existing data platforms, notably the De-Risking Energy Efficiency Platform (DEEP).
• Create a self-sustaining solution that continues to be viable after the completion of the project in 2023.

The objective of this report is to create and provide the basis for the training material aimed at building owners and operators (BO) using the EN-TRACK platform. It can act as a direct manual for BO in guiding them through the platform requirements in terms of data to be provided, preparing them for its official launch. The report reviews the available sources of information in
both pilot countries (Bulgaria and Spain) aiming to facilitate BO in collecting and verifying the data needed by the platform. This task is a pre-requisite for the platform to work for them, and doing it well is the key to exploit its full potential.

The report also summarises the main benefits for BO, guiding them through the platform functionalities and outputs and describing how they can benefit from them. It highlights how EN-TRACK works for BO, facilitating the building management process by:

• Enabling operational control, monitoring and verification of implemented Energy efficiency measures (EEM).
• Supporting the elaboration of short- and long-term building renovation strategies at local level.
• Attracting funding for building renovation projects.

Thе report will be further complemented by a second one, expected in December 2022, once the platform is fully operational. It will focus more on the practicalities of the platform and the two documents combined will create a solid basis for the training materials to be produced in various formats, such as videos, platform wiki, and communication materials.