Project IEE/09/841/SI2.558360 Start: 01/09/2010 Deliverable 7.1 Plan for local certification Due date : 2012-04-30 (m20) Actual submission date : 2013-02-28 Lead participant : Projektgesellschaft für Rationalisierung, Information und Standardisierung mbH (AGFW), Germany Partners : Aalto University Professional Development, Aalto PRO - Coordinator Building Research Establishment Ltd (BRE), United Kingdom Debreceni Egyetem (UD), Hungary Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany Sabaté associats Arquitectura I Sostenibilitat (SaAS), Spain Universität Augsburg (UA), Germany AGFW-Projektgesellschaft für Rationalisierung, Information und Standardisierung mbH (AGFW), Germany Dissemination level PU Public X CO Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services) The sole responsibility for the content of this presentation lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. 2 Table of contents 1. Introduction.........................................................................................................................................3 2. Review of existing certification programs.......................................................................................4 2.1 Finland ......................................................................................................................4 2.1.1 Urban Planners .......................................................................................................... 4 2.1.2 Energy auditors.......................................................................................................... 5 2.1.3 Energy managers....................................................................................................... 5 2.2 United Kingdom ........................................................................................................6 2.3 Hungary ....................................................................................................................7 2.4 Germany ...................................................................................................................9 2.4.1 Requirements of the Chamber of Architects (Bundesarchitektenkammer - BAK)..... 9 2.4.2 Regulations of the Federal State Chambers of Architects....................................... 10 2.4.3 Overview ..................................................................................................................16 2.5 Spain.......................................................................................................................17 3. References ........................................................................................................................................18 3 1. INTRODUCTION Urban planning practices broadly vary amongst European countries and each country has its own approach. Within the UP-RES project the urban planning approaches of the five partner countries have been demonstrated. In order to have RES and EE publically and officially recognized as a new and essential part of urban planning, certification is needed. But due to the differences in the urban planning approaches in European countries, the existing certification processes vary as well. The extended certification of urban planners to cover RES is based on the requirements of the RES Directive 2009/28, as mentioned in Article 14, paragraph 5 in particular which states that "Member States shall ensure that guidance is made available to all relevant actors, notably for planners and architects so that they are able properly to consider the optimal combination of renewable energy sources, of high-efficiency technologies and of district heating and cooling when planning, designing, building and renovating industrial or residential areas.". The RES Directive actually requires the national certificates to be issued only to those who install RES, but UP-RES project would extend the certification to cover urban planners as well. Examples will be gained from other programs such as EUREM, for instance, in which European Energy Managers will be certified on the European level and registered by EUROCHAMBRES. In Germany, for instance, the requirements and qualification of “urban planner” is specified differently in the federal states (Bundesland), whereas in Hungary such a profession does not officially exist. In Finland, an urban planning professional title can be accredited as voluntary basis for a charge. The title can be given to a person with proven education, competences and experience of urban and regional planning. In Finland, compared to many other countries in Europe, there is little tradition in certifying training courses and professions, other than by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry sets the basic requirements for education (normative number of years to be studied to become a hospital nurse or Master of Science, for instance, but does not influence on the content of training. Due to these national differences, the UP-RES training was: • Nationally certified with 60 ECTS in Hungary by the Office of Education of the Ministry of Human Resources; • Included in to the qualification criteria of urban planners of FISE (Qualification of Professionals in Building, HVAC and Real Estate Sector in Finland) in Finland; • Certified by the Catalan Chamber of Architects in Spain, quality labelled by the International Union of Architects Continuing Professional Development Program; • Certified by the Chambers of Architects and Urban Planners of six federal states such as Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Sachsen, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany; and, • Certified by the Royal Institute of British Architects under the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme in the UK. 4 2. REVIEW OF EXISTING CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS 2.1 Finland 2.1.1 Urban Planners In Oct 1, 2012, some 6 637 professional qualifications have been issued by FISE, some 300 of which are certified/qualified urban and regional planners, which is 20-30% of the estimated total planner staff in Finland FISE - Qualification of Professionals in Building, HVAC and Real Estate Sector in Finland - recognizes qualifications in building planning as well in site supervision and management based on law and complementary building act and code. Moreover, it has been included in the system a voluntary recognition of market-driven construction and built property professionals` qualifications. There are 18 stakeholder organizations in FISE Lt. Qualification is recognized for seven years at a time. Recognition may be withdrawn with reason, before the validity expires. FISE recognizes qualifications based on 25 qualification committees, named by FISE's board of directors, and handled by 8 secretaries. Meetings are held at least twice a year. Two hundred experts are doing mostly voluntary work in the committees in eight secretary organizations. To guarantee high quality in professional conduct of the qualified persons FISE has a code of ethics. The purpose is to ensure the person's commitment to high standards of professionalism, honesty and good construction practice. The correction board deals with FISE's decisions dissatisfied applicants' correction requests. The four members of the correction board cannot work in other FISE's operations related tasks. Qualification will be renewed based on the evidence presented in the application after 7 years. A recognized qualification indicates that qualified person's basic and additional education and work experience meet the detailed requirements. FISE also maintains the Construction defect database. The Database secures the spreading of the information from the good and safe construction and building, promotes the developing of the building and prevents mistakes and environmental hazards. The most common defect cases are collected to the Database. RES skilled urban planners could be certified according to the procedure as follows: • An individual submits a certification application to FISE • The secretary of the Committee responsible for urban planning evaluates the application • The secretary may request for additional information from the applicant • The secretary concludes evaluation according to the set criteria, which either rejects the application or meets the criteria (one-time UP-RES pilot course is not an adequate criteria for approval but a sequential row of courses is needed) • The secretary recommends the Committee to approve the application. Further on, the Committee transfers the recommended application to the Board of FISE for final approval. After approval, a fee of about € 400 needs to be paid by the applicant. 5 UP-RES type training can be certified by submitting the application to FISE board. The next board meeting takes place on Feb. 12, 2013, and the application material has to be submitted to the secretary two weeks prior to the meeting. The applicants wishing to become certified urban planners can use 20 CETS of UP-RES to cover 1/3 of the required 60 CETS during seven years [1]. The secretariat of FISE comprises several committees, each supported by a secretary. The committee responsible for urban planning certificates is secretarized by the Association of Finnish Architects, SAFA [2]. 2.1.2 Energy auditors Motiva trains the energy auditors in Finland and provides them with a certificate. As the Ministry of Employment and The Economy is the main