APEC Testing Rating Centre (Building Materials and Components) for SB-2 in Thailand

• FINAL AGENDA
• Official Invitation Letter
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• The simulation training is full. Instructions on how to download software before the workshop will be sent to the email you used to register.
• Energy Smart Communities Initiative Backgrounder.pdf
• Official Hotel List and Booking Form

This workshop is the launch activity to define and mobilize the BUILDING ENVELOPE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS TESTING AND RATING CENTRE identified as a key action item in APEC’s Energy Smart Communities Initiative (SB-2). The workshop is organized to bring together public, private and academic sector stakeholders involved in developing a model Building Envelope Energy Efficiency Centre, which can then be replicated in other Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies. Key decision makers from the APEC economies are invited as observers to provide their input and insights during the working sessions. The workshop will include discussions on policy, technology, component rating, infrastructure needs and building code implementation. The outcome of this event will be shared at the Leaders meeting in Hawaii in November 2011.

 The purpose of the BUILDING ENVELOPE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS TESTING AND RATING CENTRE (SB-2) is to provide accurate, consistent performance data essential to promoting trade in energy-efficient building envelope materials – such as insulation, cool roofs and advanced windows. The Centre in Thailand will provide such data through a rating and certification program, supporting infrastructure for code compliance and training in best practice design and simulation. APEC Participants will use testing and rating centres to certify the performance of energy-efficient building materials that are manufactured in their economies, thus promoting export markets for these materials from anywhere in APEC and enhancing consumer confidence.

Specific objectives of this meeting include:

• Initiate plans for the successful establishment of a APEC Building Materials and Component Testing and Rating Centre which will serve as a replicable template that in other APEC economies

• Demonstrate the practicality of energy-efficient  building envelope components  available now and discuss Centre’s role in driving credible entry for newer materials that go through the certification process

• Provide guidance on the fundamental infrastructure and related capacity building activities necessary for effective voluntary and mandatory energy-efficient building envelope adoption

• Basic Training - Using Simulation Tools -- THERM, WINDOWS and OPTICS