Arkadiusz Węglarz, Ph.D.

National Energy Conservation Agency, KAPE S.A.

Dr. Arkadiusz Węglarz is a Management Board Chief Advisor for Low Emission Economy in The Polish National Energy Conservation Agency, Assistant Professor in The Department of Civil Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology, and Vice-president of the Board of  Association of Polish Auditors. He is a co-author of several scientific publications, technical elaborations, and press articles about buildings and energy. Also, an author of several expertise’s for the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Chief Inspectorate for Environmental Protection, The Polish Power Grid Company (PSE), Ministry of Transport and Construction, National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. Project manager and team member in projects realized in the framework of programs: Phare, Save, 5th Framework Program, 6th Framework Program, Intelligent Energy Europe, and bilateral programs. Awarded with the Gold Cross of Merit by the President of the Republic of Poland for achievements in the field of energy efficiency in the building sector.

“The role of thermal insulation in achieving the WT 2021 standard by buildings”

The presentation will provide answers to the question of what thicknesses of insulation materials should be used to achieve the values of the coefficients of the annual demand for non-renewable primary energy (EP) for individual types of buildings and various types of heat sources, required by the Regulation on technical conditions (WT 2021). The problems related to insulation use with considerable thicknesses will be discussed, including technical, economic, social, and aesthetic problems. In addition, the author will discuss the barriers to increasing energy efficiency in construction and the prospects for implementing zero-emission building standards in terms of the development of the thermal insulation industry.