A.BD.CZ Association of Czech airtightness test providers

1. A.BD.CZ Association of Czech airtightness test providers Jiří Novák Czech Technical University, Prague

2. situation • 2009: approx. 5 airtightness test providers in CZ • launch of state subsidies for construction of passive houses • new construction – financial support bound up with a succesfull airtighnes test • expected rise of the number of test providers • need of quality control Jiří Novák | April2011

3. foundation of A.BD.CZ • July 2009: Asociace Blower Door CZ founded (A.BD.CZ) www.asociaceblowerdoor.cz July2010 “a voluntary, non-political, professional association of persons performing the measurements of building airtightness by means of the fan pressurization method or derived methods and promoting a complex quality of buildings, particularly the reduction of energy consumption due to the limitation of their air permeability” Jiří Novák | April2011

4. goals of A.BD.CZ • supervision and quality control of the professional activities of the members • support of knowledge exchange and lifelong learning of the members • development of measuring procedures and their implementation • cooperation with state authorities Jiří Novák | April2011

5. members of A.BD.CZ • 35 members • 19 mesuring devices • membership open to every active airtightness test provider • observation of ethical code required • violations of ethical code – disciplinary procedure Jiří Novák | April2011

6. foregoing activities • common protocol of test results for the purpose of Green Savings programme (subsidies for PH) • definition of general conditions of the test (state of the building at the moment of the test) Jiří Novák | April2011

7. ongoing activities • general meetings with workshops • round-robin tests (2010, 2012) • collection of test results • development and analysis of a leakage database Jiří Novák | April2011

8. planned activities • certification of members • commentary of EN 13829 (common interpretation) Jiří Novák | April2011

9. EU network - motivation / expectations • motivation • need of information exchange (learning from good examples, successful approaches...) • contribute, support this information exchange Jiří Novák | April2011

10. EU network - motivation / expectations • motivation • need of information exchange (learning from good examples, successful approaches...) • contribute, support this information exchange • expectations (role of the EU network) • gathering the information about the approaches adopted in different countries to deal with selected issues („summary tables“) • gathering detailed information concerning main issues (conference / workshop papers, leakage data...) • facilitate a homogenous testing practice - common approaches or guidelines (e.g. structure of test protocol, of a lekage database training...,) Jiří Novák | April2011

11. we can offer... • experience with: • round-robin tests • development and analysis of a leakage database • implementation of EN 13829 • developpment of a common test protocol Jiří Novák | April2011

12. thank you...