An introduction to the project

Energy Training for European Buildings is a two year project running from October 2005 to September 2007 and is part funded by the European Commission Leonardo da Vinci programme.

The project is led by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK) and has partners in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom.

Energy Training for European Buildings addresses the need to involve the users of public services in the design of those services and the role of training in making this involvement effective.

We have developed new training on the social and behavioural aspects of energy management in buildings to supplement the excellent materials on the technical and legal aspects developed by the TREN project.

These new materials focus on the use of social dialogue between energy managers (technical experts), building owners or occupiers (managers) and building users (workers, students, patients, tenants) to improve energy management plans and to change the behaviour of users.

Also, we are training trainers and consultants to use the technical and legal information provided by the TREN project together with the social approach provided by this project in their work with energy managers and building users.

The project promotes social inclusion and equal opportunities by involving tenants, patients, students and other building users in the management of energy in buildings.

To look at the training and information we have written, click on The guides at the top of this page.

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