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A Useful tool is LEED certification. It’s a certification program that can be applied to any type of building
and promotes a sustainability-oriented approach, recognizing the performance of buildings in areas such
as energy and water saving, emission reduction, improvement of interior quality, materials and resources
used, design and site selection. The system is based on the allocation of ‘credits’, which also vary according
to the materials and systems used. The analysis of the contribution in terms of credits of the individual
products is called “mapping” the Leed characteristics of the product. EGE: the EXPERT IN ENERGY
MANAGEMENT. This is a European system for certification in energy management that meets the technical
standard UNI CEI 11339. The Energy Management Expert (EGE) is a modern, interdisciplinary professional
figure called upon to act in the context of the new European energy market, based on principles such as
market liberalisation, energy and environmental measures contained in the Climate and Energy Package
(20-20), a skills-based qualification system and a harmonised framework of rules. The EGE is called upon
to best interpret the changes that have affected the sector over the last decade, changing the balance of
interests between consumers, energy suppliers, network
operators and Energy Service Companies.

Based on work experience, the EGE can be certified according to two areas of expertise:
• Expert Energy Management Industrial sector: activities in production processes and systems, distribution
and production of energy, water, gas, transport systems (where applicable);
• Expert Energy Management civil sector: activities related to plants, service systems, infrastructure,
logistics, and commerce in civil applications, public and private buildings.

2.4 BEST PRACTICE - “Schoonheid” Keyword of Studio Roosegaarde

Studio Roosegaarde: Pioneers of the livability of future landscapes. Clean air, clean water, clean
energy and now clean space are their values. As a social design laboratory, Dutch artist and innovator Daan
Roosegaarde and his team of designers and engineers connect people and technology in works of art that
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improve everyday life in urban environments, stimulate the imagination and combat the climate crisis.
Internationally renowned works include WATERLICHT (a virtual flood that shows the power of water
SMOG FREE PROJECT (the world’s first largest outdoor air purifier that turns smog into jewellery), SMART
HIGHWAY (streets that load during the day and shine at night) and SPACE WASTE LAB (viewing and
recycling space waste) . Roosegaarde’s mantra ‘Schoonheid’ is a Dutch word with two meanings: ‘beauty’,
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which comes from creativity; and ‘clean’, which comes from clean air and clean energy. For Roosegaarde
this should be a fundamental condition in everyday life.

In his recent book, Phaidon published by Daan Roosegaarde says: “People will not change because of facts
or numbers. But if we can unleash the imagination of a new world, this is the way to activate people”.
I don’t believe in utopia, but in protopia, which improves the world around us step by step. Art is our
activator”. Studio Roosegaarde is located in a former glass factory in the port of Rotterdam NL, also known
as the Factory of Dreams. Here innovations are developed, from concept to art installations. The Studio has
extensive experience in public space commissions in cities like Rotterdam, Beijing, Paris, Eindhoven and
Stockholm. Roosegaarde has exhibited at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam,
Design Museum London, Tate Modern, Mori Art Museum Tokyo, Musee des Arts Decoratifs Paris, Google
Zeitgeist and Victoria & Albert Museum, and has won numerous international awards for innovation such
as the Shenzhen Global Design Award.

1 https://www.ted.com/talks/daan_roosegaarde_a_smog_vacuum_cleaner_and_other_magical_city_designs
2 www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/gates-of-lights, www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/van-gogh-path