Presentation of recent improvements,

Users and Stakeholders Committee25 June 2010

including the possibility to have part of

BUILD UP on your own website

Peter WoutersManager INIVE EEIG

Users and Stakeholders Committee meeting

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• 15 December 2009• General presentation – envisaged new

developments

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• 25 June 2010• Short general presentation – new operational

features – in development2• Short general presentation – new operational

features – in development

3• Autumn• …

Table of contents

� Overall concept of the portal� New portal developments� New portal functionalities under evaluation

From EPBD Buildings Platform to BUILD UP

EPBD Energy efficiency of buildingsEPBD

Professionals

Static

Launched on June 16, 2009

Energy efficiency of buildings

Professionals + citizens

Interactive

Goals

Connect and gather

Buildingprofessionals

Publicauthorities Building

occupants

Become THE European portal for energy efficiency in buildings

� How:� By transfering best practices of energy savings measures to the

market and fostering their uptake� By keeping the market updated about EU energy policy for

buildings

BUILD UP Europe’s collective intelligence

Promote know-how

Transfer experience

Find information

Share knowledge

Specific solutions

Solutions depending on audiences

Database of Cases & Tools

Energy efficiency

EPBD resourcecentre

Energy legislation

BUILD UP provides specific solutions for specific a udiences:

The market

Publicauthorities

Cases & Tools

Your guide to energy efficiency

National infoin practice

You and the EU

WebportalBuilding

professionals

Buildingoccupants

Find resources

Buildingprofessionals

Publicauthorities Building

occupants

Being up-to-dateBeing up-to-date

Regular information, Newsletter, RSS Feeds

BUILD UP web portal

Be kept informed

Post your materials

Being up-to-date

Buildingprofessionals

Publicauthorities Building

occupants

BILD UP web portal

Being up-to-date

Regular information, Newsletter, RSS Feeds

Propose Content

Propose a Publication, Case, news item, Event…

BUILD UP web portal

Why posting information?

� Visibility at the EU level� Recognition in the field of

Provide information

� Recognition in the field of energy efficiency of buildings

� If you want to inform others of your activities

Give your feedback

Communicate via the virtual Communities!

Why?

� Share knowledge with your peers

Virtual Communities aim at gathering members with common interests

� Get known by others with similar interests

� Have a place for discussions� Identify specific events, news,

publications� Create your own newsletter with

focused information

The BUILD UP embedded page function

Boost your website!

� Show the content of your BUILD UP Community automatically on your own website

� No duplication of efforts� Easy and free

Through partnership a winning team

� BUILD UP Partners:� Industry and professional associations (European level)� Consumer associations (European level)� Non-governmental organisations campaigning for energy

efficiency in buildings (European level)efficiency in buildings (European level)� Media with a proven track record of reporting on

energy/construction (national levels)

BUILD UP Partners

More information about social mediawill be given later

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Your website

? Embedded page concept!Win-Win Situation?

Different trajectories to reach our target audience…

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Embedded page : Support from BUILD UP

If needed, BUILD UP will provide technical assistance for

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New functionalities under evaluation :

intelligent use of social media

Sharing content from BUILD UP

Example: Social networking sites (Linkedin)

Example: Social networking sites (Linkedin)

Example: Social networking sites (Linkedin group newsletter)

Example : Netvibes

Example: Microblogs (Twitter)

http://twitter.com/adeliyannis

Example: social bookmarking (Digg)

Example: social bookmarking (Digg)

Example: social bookmarking (Delicious)

Conclusions

�The communities concept in combination with the embedded page functionality substantially increase the usability of BUILD UP

�We believe that the embedded page functionality can be very interesting for the BUILD UP partners and their (national) member organisationstheir (national) member organisations