Although INSO 14253 and 14254 were adopted in 2011, so far there has been no opportunity for their implementation in residential and non-residential buildings. Agreement No. 122-98 /PB dated 22 Jun. 2019 between EEEB project and Standard Research Institute, with the supervision of the Iranian National Standard Organization, entitled "STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF 50 NON-RESIDENTIAL (OFFICIAL) BUILDINGS AND DETERMINATION OF THEIR ENERGY LABEL ACCORDING TO NATIONAL IRANIAN STANDARD NO. 14254”, was a good opportunity to implement the INSO 14254 as a pilot in 50 target buildings to review its technical issues and drawbacks, assess challenges to its implementation, and provide constructive suggestions to the revision process. The project was carried out in four main stages of the study, review, energy labeling, and analysis.

The Project of Energy Efficiency and Environment (EEEB) hosted the members of the fifth meeting of the Project Steering Committee on Tuesday, February 4th, 2019. The project, in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology (VPST), began in August 2016.

A Professional gathering, with the aim of exchanging international experiences in the field of energy efficiency and environment in building sector was held on November 18th, 2018 in Homa Hotel. International consultants and representatives from different governmental organizations like the Vice Presidency for Science & Technology and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), and from the private sector attended in this event.

According to Article 33 of the Civil Engineering System Law of Iranian Construction Engineering organization, the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development is responsible for overseeing the implementation of national building codes and regulations in the design and construction of buildings. According to this article, the national building regulations are presented in twenty-two issues codes, the 19th of which is related to saving energy consumption in the building. The code 19th of building regulation is related to Energy Saving code which is also known as Energy Compliance Building Code.

The Project of "Energy Efficiency and Environmental in Building” held a professional workshop on "Energy business models of Energy Services and Knowledge-based Companies in the field of building energy efficiency" by Dr. Matthew Kennedy, Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) of EEEB project and International Business Specialist -

The Project of Energy Efficiency and Environment in Building will hold the Professional workshop on the business model of energy services and knowledge-based companies in the field of building energy efficiency by Mathew Kennedy, The Chief Technical Advisor if the Project and professional in international business in the field of energy.

The Project of Energy Efficiency and Environmental in Building (EEEB) held its first building energy ID (passport) committee meeting in collaboration with relevant government and private sector organizations at the Sharif Energy Science and Technology Research Institute on November 5, 2019.

The booklet of "Proposed Conceptual Model, Processes and Infrastructure of Iranian Energy Efficiency and Environment Market (EEEM)" was published by the Project of “Energy Efficiency and Environment in Buildings (EEEB)”.

Adel Mohaghegh, EMIS and ECBC Expert

By Mohammad Keivanfar, Energy Efficiency and Environment Market Expert