FEEDS event follow up as part of the 2024 European Fire Safety Week (EUFSW24)

The new EPBD includes several fire safety provisions that provide an enhanced framework for developing adequate measures which can contribute to a safer domestic environment for European citizens. This workshop presented how fire and electrical safety can be linked to the tools offered by the directive and developed a broader scope with other stakeholders in a discussion that concluded the session.

The Forum for European Electrical Domestic Safety (FEEDS) has demonstrated the predominance of domestic fires from electrical source which represent 30% of fires in the EU and 50% of accidental fires and, when it comes to fire safety, electrical safety is implicitly included.

For years FEEDS has worked on electrical safety, not only by establishing a complete picture of the situation in the EU but also by promoting a certain number of key recommendations and advice. This work can constitute valuable assistance in the development of guidelines related to fire safety within the framework of the EPBD.

During the FEEDS workshop as part of the EUFSW24, experts have presented the relevant tools proposed by the new EPBD and their functioning, with specific focus on the Building Renovation Passports, the Energy Performance Certificates, the Digital Building Logbook and the Building Stock Observatory. The round table which followed was introduced by a presentation on the FEEDS recommendations. Next Energy Consumer, European Fire Safety Alliance, Euralarm and Avere provided their perspective, stressing the need to consider fire safety in a broad range of measures that could make sense within a European strategy.

Workshop Agenda

Marco Morini, Policy Officer at DG ENER

General introduction of the new EPBD and focus on the new provisions on Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and Building Renovation Passports (BRPs)

Michael Flickenschild, Senior Consultant, Resilient Economies at ECORYS

The purpose of the report ‘Technical guidelines for digital building logbooks’ is to guide the Member States of the European Union in setting up and operationalising DBLs under a common EU Framework. The ultimate goal is to use this European-wide framework for exchanging built environment data seamlessly.

Andreas Hermelink, Director, Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure at GUIDEHOUSE

The EU Building Stock Observatory (BSO) has undergone the most substantial upgrade since its inception in 2016. In March 2024, the European Commission launched a new version that offers an improved user interface and more data availability.

Olivier Tissot, Coordinator of the FEEDS secretariat

Introduction to the round table: presentation of recommendations on electrical safety in the framework of the implementation of the EPBD

Round table moderated by Theresa Griffin FEEDS Chair with:

Marine Cornelis, Executive Director at Next Energy Consumer

Finian Joyce, European Fire Safety Alliance Vice-Chair

Paul van der Zanden, General Director at EURALARM

Raphaël Héliot, Policy Manager at AVERE