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PRO-Heritage Training 7th - 9th June 2022

Start: June 7, 2022

End: June 9, 2022

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Sustainable Energy Week 2021: Energy-efficient Traditional Buildings

October 28, 2021

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CIOB Annual Conservation Conference

Balancing Heritage and Sustainability

April 21, 2021

PRO-Heritage Promotion Day

October 6, 2021

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Pro-Heritage Kick-off, Vienna (AT)

Start: March 12, 2019

End: March 13, 2019

CIOB Conference, London (UK)

Start: April 29, 2019

End: May 1, 2020

https://events.ciob.org/ehome/index.php?eventid=200192697&

EASME Workshop, Barcelona (ES)

Public workshop on digital construction skills: enabling the energy transition in Europe’s building stock

May 16, 2019

https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/public-workshop-digital-construction-skills-enabling-energy-transition-europe-s-building-stock

Study Visit, Kartause Mauerbach (AT)

June 25, 2019

Study Visit, Banská Štiavnica (SK)

Start: June 26, 2019

End: June 27, 2019

Euro SPI² Conference, Edinbourgh (UK)

Start: September 18, 2019

End: September 20, 2019

http://2019.eurospi.net/index.php/programme/conference-programme

First General Assembly, Vienna (AT)

October 15, 2019

8th BHOe Congress, Vienna (AT)

Born in the Past - Used Today - Preserved for the Future

Start: October 16, 2019

End: October 17, 2019

https://www.burghauptmannschaft-kongress.at/en/

Workshop, Innsbruck (AT)

Terminology for Energy Efficiency of Traditional Buildings

Start: November 18, 2019

End: November 19, 2019

Study Visit, Bauarchiv Thierhaupten (DE)

Start: November 20, 2019

End: November 21, 2019

Study Visits, Newcastle (UK)

Start: January 22, 2020

End: January 24, 2020

Study Visit, Sevilla (ES)

Start: November 16, 2020

End: November 20, 2020

First General Assembly, Vienna (AT)

Start: October 1, 2020

End: October 31, 2020

Euro SPI² Conference, Düsseldorf (DE)

Start: September 9, 2020

End: September 11, 2020

http://2020.eurospi.net/index.php/programme/conference-programme

"Online" Partner-Meeting (PT)

Start: June 18, 2020

End: June 19, 2020

EASME Contractor´s Meeting, Brussels (BE)

Start: May 12, 2020

End: May 13, 2020

EASME Public Workshop, Brussels (BE)

Role of Skilled Building Professionals to Deliver the European Green Deal

Start: May 12, 2020

End: May 12, 2020

April 2022

The Horizon 2020 project PRO-Heritage aims to provide professionals and craftspeople with training in traditional competences and skills to optimise energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy for historic built Heritage. The learning elements are based on Best Practices of the partner organisations. In addition, PRO-Heritage – PROtect traditionally built Heritage Skills – creates a structure as well as an environment for regular exchanges of journeymen in Europe to learn from each other and share competences and skills.

The main issues of PRO-Heritage are

the protection of traditional built Heritage skills and competences relevant for energy efficiency and renewable energies
the need to involve sufficiently educated and trained professionals and tradespeople in appropriate conservation, maintenance and ongoing care
the need to certify these professionals and tradespeople to enable them to be recognised for their competences and skills

Achieving better energy efficiency in historic buildings is seen as a WIN-WIN situation for all – owners face lower energy costs, occupants enjoy modern comforts at reasonable prices, and society as a whole reduces energy consumption and CO₂ emissions, which seems inevitable in times like these. For example, Imperial Palace Vienna was able to reduce its energy consumption from around 200 to around 80kWh per m² per year.

The project duration of PRO-Heritage was recently extended. This means that necessary Face-to-Face courses that had to be postponed due to Covid19 can now be held. An improved version of the teaching videos has thus become possible as well.

December 2021

The Horizon 2020 project PRO-Heritage is currently seeking a project extension as the COVID-19 crisis has severely disrupted the project work. Nevertheless, the project can present quite some successes. In addition to the country reports and curricula, the dissemination was pushed forward. The project and its ambitious goals were disseminated at international workshops and presentations and demonstrated that these goals are definitely achievable. For example, the Imperial Palace Vienna was able to reduce its energy consumption from about 200 to around 80 kWh per m² per year.

At the beginning of November, the first train-the-trainer course for PRO-Heritage took place in Lisbon. Read what participants had to say here.

In November 2021, PRO-Heritage was also a high-profile participant in the BUILD-UP Skills and EU Sustainable Energy. Furthermore, the consortium organised a dissemination event in Lisbon.

The second PRO-Heritage symposium entitled “Energy-efficient buildings” in the Charterhouse Mauerbach was again well attended. Due to the infection figures, the event could be attended both onsite and online. A programme for recapitualising is available here.

In the future, after the event an eBook shall be issued.

On the website Relevant Studies – PRO-Heritage you will find selected projects related to energy efficiency, renewable energy and construction, with PRO-Heritage holding a special position with its focus on historic buildings.

September 2021

The Horizon 2020 project PRO-Heritage can already present first products like the Country Reports and a list of Best Practice examples. Furthermore, an estimate of the reduction of the total energy consumption through the work of certified craftsmen is available. The curricula based on this have also been completed.

On 6 October 2021, the second PRO-Heritage Promotion Day entitled “Energy-efficient buildings” will take place at Charterhouseause Mauerbach. This event partly replaces the previous European Congress on the Use, Management and Conservation of Historically Important Buildings, due to the ongoing Covid19 crisis. Because of the unfortunately again increasing numbers of infections, the event can be attended onsite as well as online.

The Promotion Day programme is available here. At the event, the progress and results of the project work to date will be presented to a broad audience of experts.

PRO-Heritage already actively presented its results to the public in September 2021:

For the first time, PRO-Heritage and its results so far were the content of a keynote at EuroSPI² 2021 on 2 September.
The project was also presented at the final conference of the EU project “SyMBoL” on 3 September.
On 30 September, PRO-Heritage was part of the conference “Sustainable Places 2021” in Rome.

On the website Relevant Studies – PRO-Heritage you can find selected projects related to energy efficiency, renewable energy and construction, with PRO-Heritage having a special position with its focus on historic buildings.

June 2021

The Horizon 2020 project PRO-Heritage aims to integrate historical buildings more into national climate change and energy policy. In relation to suitable techniques and procedures this makes perfect sense. However, it is a challenge and can only be achieved by excellently trained craftsmen and trainees in the relevant craft. In the future, the PRO-Heritage training materials will be available for download on the EHA’s relaunched e-learning platform.

The curriculum is also almost finished and can be downloaded in it’s second generation.

Currently the project partners are preparing the next Promotion Day for PRO-Heritage. The event is scheduled for October 6, 2021. Like last year, it will be a hybrid event, i.e. a combination of physical and virtual participation at Charterhouse Mauerbach.

A preliminary programme of the Promotion Day will be available in July.

Contact with other EU projects in the field of “Sustainable Energy Skills in the Construction Sector” has been intensified and leads to interesting synergies for everyone involved. The declared goal is to increase cooperation and even better disseminate the project results.

On the website Relevant Studies – PRO-Heritage you will find selected projects related to renewable energy and the construction industry, whereby PRO-Heritage plays a special role with its focus on historical buildings.

March 2021

The Horizon 2020 project PRO-Heritage is running for more than one and a half years by now and the first products have already been completed.

Currently the partners are working on a relaunch of the project website, where all finished products will be available for download in the future. The completion of the new website is planned for mid April.

Furthermore, the consortium of PRO-Heritage has made contact with other EU projects in the field of “Sustainable Energy Skills in the Construction Sector”. The aim is to intensify the cooperation and to even better disseminate the project results.

On the website https://www.pro-heritage.eu/projects-events/ you will find selected projects related to renewable energy and the construction industry. Whereby PRO-Heritage has a special position with its focus on historical buildings.

It is also interesting to notice that the ESCO Observatory Newsletter (published by EC DG GROW) contains a link to the joint MDPI report “Sustainable Energy Skills in the Construction Sector”, which also contributes to the dissemination of these “sister” projects.

December 2020

The Horizon 2020 project PRO-Heritage by now runs for one and a half years and partners have submitted the interim report. The first products such as country reports and the list of Best Practice Examples, as well as the curriculum based on them, have been completed.

On 14 October 2020 the first symposium organised in PRO-Heritage took place at the Charterhouse Mauerbach. This event has partially replaced the previous European Congress on the Use, Management and Maintenance of Historically significant Buildings, which was owed to the ongoing Covid19 crisis. Due to the increased numbers of infections, the event could be attended both onsite and online. The programme of the symposium is available here.

This event was of course designed around the content of PRO-Heritage. In other words, further training of specialists in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energies for built Cultural Heritage – and what has been achieved in the project so far.

As for the last project meeting on June 18 and 19, 2020, the partners met online again for the specialist symposium. Despite this challenge, the team worked constructively and re-attuned the project plan.

July 2020

The Horizon 2020 project PRO-Heritage is approaching halfway – the partners are working on the preservation of traditional craftsmanship in the cultural heritage sector for almost a year and a half. The main result of the project, a sound curriculum for the further training of specialists in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energies for built cultural heritage is available in the first version. The document can be downloaded from the project website.

The last project meeting took place online for the first time on June 18 and 19, 2020. Despite this challenge, the team worked constructively and presented the completed country reports and the selected Best Practice examples.

During the meeting, the extension of the project duration was discussed and decided. This gives the consortium enough time to make up for the weeks lost due to the Corona crisis. The project schedule is revised and project meetings as well as study visits are re-scheduled.

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