The VDI (The Association of German Engineers) - Technical Division Building Services will host the REHVA Annual Meeting 2014 in Düsseldorf. From 28th to 30th April 2014, leading experts from the international building services community will be guests in Germany. More than 150 visitors are expected, when the VDI welcomes the members of REHVA, the Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations.
REHVA-internal meetings and the REHVA General Assembly will be held around the technical Conference “Energy efficient, smart and healthy buildings” that will be held on the 30th April 2014. The conference language is English.

Venue: Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf, Maritim-Platz 1, 40474 Düsseldorf, Germany

Contact:
VDI-Society for Civil Engineering and Building Services:
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Thomas Terhorst VDI
Tel: +49 211 6214-466
Email: gbg@vdi.de

Conference Organization:
Tanja Teloy
Tel: +49 211 6214-251
Email: teloy@vdi.de

More information is available online at www.vdi.de/rehva-am-2014

Conference „Energy-efficient, smart and healthy buildings“
The REHVA Annual Conference is organized by the VDI-Society for Civil Engineering and Building Services in the Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf Airport. It takes place during the REHVA Annual Meeting.

REHVA, The Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning Associations is the leading professional organization in Europe, dedicated to the improvement of health, comfort and energy efficiency in all buildings and communities. REHVA connects European professionals in the area of building engineering services and represents more than 110 000 engineers from 26 European countries. REHVA ́s main activity is to develop and disseminate economical, energy-efficient and healthy technology for building services.
REHVA is a leading organization in Europe in the improvement of energy efficiency use of renewable energy sources in buildings and communities to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions. The objective of REHVA is to develop and disseminate technical information for the benefit of REHVA members and supporters, enhance development of standards and research on the European level, and increase the REHVA participation and visibility.

• The 2014 REHVA Annual Conference will focus on:
• Green Buildings/nZEBBuilding Automation and Control Systems
• Important Standards
• REHVA Research projects

Many other interesting topics will be covered and some case studies will be presented.

With this conference we would like to give reports about the work of REHVA in different European projects and the benefit for the member associations. We would also like to present some of the main topics of the work of VDI and how these can be used by the other members.

Who should participate?
The scope of the conference will be to offer researchers, industry, building owners, end users, consultants, engineers, architects, policy-makers, etc., a platform for the exchange of scientific knowledge and innovative technical solutions.
Extend your personal network with all the visitors of the Annual meeting, get to know about REHVA and VDI activities and take part in the REHVA conference 2014!

Programme and Speakers

Section 1: Energy Efficiency
• Energy efficient and green buildings in Germany
Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Kleist VDI, GREYDOT, Germany
• REHVA Definition on nZEB
Prof. Jarek Kurnitski, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Influence of Building Automation and Control Systems on energy standards
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Becker VDI, University of Applied Sciences Biberach, Germany
• Building services in listed or historic buildings – VDI-Standard 3817
Dipl.-Ing., Dipl.-Chem. Rainer Kryschi VDI, Kryschi Wasserhygiene, Germany

Section 2: Ventilation
• Hygiene in air-conditioning systems – new development of VDI-standard 6022
Dr. Andreas Winkens VDI, Ingenieurbüro Winkens, Wegberg, Germany
• Cooling Loads – the new standard VDI 2078
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Franzke VDI, ILK-Dresden, Germany
• Weather Data for building services
Prof. Dr. Livio Mazzarella, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
• Mixed Ventilation – the new REHVA-Guidebook No. 19
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Müller VDI, E.ON Energy Research Center RWTH Aachen, Germany

Section 3: European good practices and frontrunners - EU projects of REHVA
• REHVA Cooperation in EU projects
Anita Derjanecz, REHVA Project Officer
• Nearly Zero Energy Hotels - case studies and the definition of a NZEH
Stefano Corgnati PhD., REHVA vice-president
• BUILD UP portal: achievements and new priorities
Peter Wouters PhD., INIVE EEIG, Belgium
• Monitoring and benchmarking of HVAC system efficiency
Ian Knight PhD., Cardiff University, iServ project coordinator
• REHVA Student Competition Awards Ceremony
Prof. Dr. Manuel Gameiro da Silva, REHVA vice president
• REHVA Student Competition Winner Presentation
• Summary
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Müller VDI