<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3243" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=011410816-11022008>Has ESP-r been validated according to EN 15265:2007 by anyone yet?</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=011410816-11022008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=011410816-11022008>In Norway, building simulation programs used to check whether a building complies with the energy performance requirements in the new Norwegian building code (TEK 2007), has to be validated according to this standard. </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=011410816-11022008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=011410816-11022008><SPAN class=011410816-11022008>I don't know what the situation is like in other European countries, but if anyone has carried out this validation, or is planning to do so, I would be happy to hear about it.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=011410816-11022008><SPAN class=011410816-11022008></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=011410816-11022008><SPAN class=011410816-11022008>Best regards,</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=011410816-11022008><SPAN class=011410816-11022008>Bjørn J. Wachenfeldt</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=011410816-11022008><SPAN class=011410816-11022008></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=011410816-11022008><SPAN class=011410816-11022008> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>*****************************************************************</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>Bjørn J. Wachenfeldt, </FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>PhD</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>SINTEF Building and infrastructure</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>7465 Trondheim</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>Phone: +47 91 89 78 08 Fax: +47 73 59 82 85 </FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>Visiting adress: </FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>Alfred Getz vei 3, </FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>9. etg i Sentralbygg 1</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#808080 size=2>*****************************************************************</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>