ENERGIE+: AN ONLINE DECISION-MAKING GUIDE TO SUPPORT ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN TERTIARY SECTOR BUILDINGS

ENERGIE+ is a free decision-making guide available online and helping to check and to act on the energy consumptions and costs of building(s) in tertiary sector. It is mainly intended for the Energy Managers but also for architects, designers, installers or anyone in charge of energy in non-residential buildings, with a focus on renovation, construction, managing and raising awareness in projects aiming at energy efficiency. The structure of the information about energy, comfort, building and HVAC techniques and components is split into two parts. The first part, called The Decision-Making, is more practical and gives critical analyses and advices according to the project’s phase: Manage, Evaluate, Improve and Design. The second part is more theoretical and is called The Resources. It describes the systems and the components of a building, presents physical building theories, provides calculation tools, explains the different European and Belgian regulations, shows the measurement techniques and develops some case studies and relevant technical and physical values. This paper presents the purposes, the structure and the impact of the almost 800 times daily-visited online free ENERGIE+ guide which is a project of energy efficiency promotion and aims at the transfer of a large range of scientific and technical knowledge directly to the person in charge of the energy management in a public or private institution.