The European Commission invites EU country authorities, experts and stakeholders to exchange on the implementation of the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI) and to discover how LIFE projects are providing policy support and practical tools to facilitate national rollouts.
Following the 2024 EPBD recast, the SRI remains an optional scheme under EU law (Article 15) until the Commission submits a report by 30 June 2026 on the outcomes of national test phases. More details on the legal and technical framework are available online.
This high-level event will
- present the current state of play of SRI implementation across the EU
- showcase concrete Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) implementation support provided to EU countries by LIFE projects, including tools for SRI audits, test phase design and integration with Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)
- share national experiences from test phases in Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain
- discuss the costs and benefits of SRI for buildings, energy systems and competitiveness
- explore the way forward towards an SRI/EPC cluster, aligning building assessment tools with EU policy objectives
Target audience: representatives of national ministries and agencies responsible for EPBD transposition, the building and energy sectors, LIFE project partners, building auditors, industry stakeholders, and the research community.
This 4th SRI Joint Event is co-organised by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and the LIFE projects easySRI, SmartSquare, SRI2MARKET, and tunES with participation from sister projects such as DATAWiSE, EPBD.wise, EVELIXIA, iEPB, SmarterEPC, openBEP4EU,OBSERVE.
The event is hybrid, with in-person attendance limited to 100 participants.
The event recording is accessible on DG Energy SRI’s playlist.
For social media: #SmartReadinessIndicator
Related links
- energy policy | energy efficiency
- Wednesday 22 October 2025, 08:30 - 17:30 (CEST)
- Brussels, Belgium
Programme
- 22 Oct 2025, 08:30 - 17:30 (CEST)Agenda
08:30 – 09:30 Welcome coffee registration
09:30 – 10:00 Opening session moderated by Pierre-Antoine Vernon, CINEA, European Commission
- Welcome and opening - Agnieszka Romanowicz, CINEA, European Commission (10 min.)
- Policy context - Serena Pontoglio, DG Energy, European Commission (10 min.)
- Overview of SRI implementation and contribution of LIFE projects - Christina Protopapadaki, SRI Support Team (10 min.)
10:00 – 11:10 Policy support for EU countries moderated by Dimitris Athanasiou, IEECP
- SRI test phase: easySRI audit tool and SRI audits - Paraskevas Koukaras, CERTH (20 min.)
- How the national test phase benefited from the project - Andreas Androutsopoulos, CRES (5 min.), Vicky Sita, Ministry of Environment and Energy (3 min.)
- Test phase design and launch: SRI2MARKET experience with SRI test phases in 4 countries - Dimitris Athanasiou, IEECP (15 min.)
- The project’s support was instrumental to the Spanish test phase - Guadalupe Gómez Ruiz, IDAE (5 min.)
- Experiences and lessons learned from the Austrian test phase: Armin Knotzer, AEE (5 min.), Sabine Kamille, Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism (3 min.)
- The role of the project for the launch of Portuguese test phase: João Cleto, ADENE (5 min.)
- Coordination actions for the Croatian test phase: Laura Lepur, EIHP (5 min.), Vjekoslav Žele, Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets (3 min.)
11:10 – 11:50 Coffee break & LIFE projects’ exhibition
11:50 – 12:50 Panel discussion moderated by Sophie Dourlens-Quaranta, SRI Support Team
- Costs & benefits: building energy costs, energy grid, EU competitiveness (60 min.)
- Bunthan Iea, DG Energy, European Commission
- Bonnie Brook, SRI Platform WG3 / CEN TC 247 / eu.bac
- Paraskevas Koukaras, CERTH / easySRI
- Paris A. Fokaides, Euphyia Tech / Frederick University / SmartSquare
- Dimitris Athanasiou, IEECP / SRI2MARKET
12:50 – 14:00 Lunch break & LIFE projects’ exhibition
14:00 – 15:10 Auditing schemes and EPC & SRI integration moderated by Andrei V. Litiu, EPB Center
- Integrated SRI auditing solution: SmartSquare auditing scheme and standardisation - Paris A. Fokaides, Euphyia Tech / Frederick University (30 min.)
- Cyprus testing phase linked to SmartSquare - Nicholas Afxentiou, Frederick University (5 min.)
- EPC and SRI integration: tunES EPC and SRI instruments to deliver full potential - Tatiana Novikova, empirica (30 min.)
- How the project supported the SRI test phase in Italy - Luca La Notte, ENEA (5 min.)
15:10 – 16:10 Transitioning to a SRI scheme coordinated with the other building performance assessments moderated by Pablo Carnero, REHVA
o Panel discussion on integration with existing building auditing frameworks (60 min.)
- Bunthan Iea, DG Energy, European Commission
- Armin Knotzer, AEE / Austria
- Andrei V. Litiu, EPB Center / iEPB
- André van Delft, Demo Consultants / SmarterEPC
- Tatiana Novikova, empirica / tunES
16:10 – 16:30 Closing session
o Conclusions and way forward on SRI and EPC implementation
- Pierre-Antoine Vernon, CINEA, European Commission
- Bunthan Iea, DG Energy, European Commission
16:30 – 17:30 Networking cocktail & finger food & projects’ exhibition
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 22 October 2025, 08:30 - 17:30 (CEST)
- Where
- Hybrid meetingACE Events, Avenue d’Auderghem 22, Brussels, Belgium
- Languages
- English