IntelGlazing project
Intelligent functional glazing with self-cleaning properties to improve the energy efficiency of the built environmentObjective
View ArticleThe positive house. Casa SN (Arco, Italy) is the first Zero Energy certified...
Can a building produce more energy than it consumes, exclusively from renewable sources? Certainly! This is demonstrated by the experience of Casa SN (named after its owners Sara and Nicola Berlanda)...
View ArticleSchmuttertal Gymnasium – Diedorf (Germany)
When the new grammar school building was erected in Diedorf, an ‘integrated design process’ was applied, demonstrating that it is possible to plan innovatively and sustainably and still ensure that...
View ArticleTechnical High School for Health Professionals in Ettelbruck
The Lycée pour Professions de Santé in Ettelbruck, now the largest wooden building in the Grand Duchy, is a pilot project. It is indeed the first Luxembourg public building with positive energy. It is...
View ArticleEnergy efficiency – Mind the 2030 gap
In 2018, the European Union set itself the target to achieve a 32.5% energy efficiency improvement by 2030. Member States have to set indicative contributions and notify policies and measures to reach...
View ArticleStarting a renovation wave
One of the mission critical pathways to reach EU´s goal to reach net zero emissions through Europe’s buildings. Varied in age and style, and so hugely inefficient in their use of energy this...
View ArticleConstruction skills for mainstreaming nZEB: New tools & practices
Jan Cromwijk and Veronika Schröpfer introduce new training and assessment tools developed in several EU Horizon 2020 projects to assist practitioners to identify and address the strengths and...
View ArticleTeeschool project final publication
The modular project TEESCHOOLS is the last project within the Efficient Buildings Community to come to an end. TEESCHOOLS has covered a long distance on the path for the decarbonisation of public...
View ArticleMeet BIM4Ren: easy-to-use BIM tools for renovation
BIM methods and tools have an increasing impact in the construction sector, to help to improve the productivity and cooperation across its full value chain. While BIM has mainly been applied on new...
View ArticleLocal Energy Systems Integration - Webinar
AGENDA Welcome & IntroductionHans Korteweg, COGEN Europe and Kamila Waciega, Veolia Energy Systems Integration Stories 1. Kiel Project: Integrating flexible power and efficient district...
View ArticleCiciban Kindergarten – Croatia
An important public building in the most populated city of Zagreb county, Velika Gorica, this kindergarten was in need of energy renovation as it was expensive to run and uncomfortable for its...
View ArticleBVH 373 House 8 - Austria
Klimaaktiv Silver * The construction of the building was aimed, on the one hand, to offer affordable sustainable housing and on the other hand to plan an extension with quality of life and without any...
View ArticleThe European Green Deal
Climate change and environmental degradation are an existential threat to Europe and the world. To overcome these challenges, Europe needs a new growth strategy that transforms the Union into a modern,...
View ArticleWebinar: "Putting energy Efficiency First: learning from international...
Date and time: 28 May 2020, 10:00-11.30 CET Overview
View ArticleClimate Change Simulator ‘En-ROADS’
The En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator is a climate simulation tool for understanding and learn on how to achieve climate goals through changes in energy, land use, consumption, agriculture, and...
View ArticleHEM Rehabilitation ENERGIESPRONG (smart) - France
The 10 houses of Hem are the first homes rehabilitated in France to zero energy and any form of consumption guaranteed for 25 years. Energiesprong is an initiative initiated in the Netherlands in 2013....
View ArticleWe must invest today in the buildings of tomorrow
The European Union is facing a great challenge: how to quickly re-build Europe’s economy in the context of COVID-19 while ensuring to keep itself on the path to become climate neutral by 2050. Against...
View ArticleEU wide Renovation Wave: where growth strategy and job creation meet climate...
As businesses and investors having energy efficiency and energy demand reduction at the heart of our activities, we look forward to seeing Europe’s global climate leadership translated in green...
View ArticleRising to the challenge - IMT 2019 annual report
For nearly 25 years, IMT has partnered with government, business, and philanthropy to explore the frontier of action to improve the spaces where we live, work, and play. Our innovations have helped...
View ArticleBuilding energy efficient, sustainable homes for all
The Covid-19 pandemic has tested all aspects of our society: families and individuals in confinement, communities in collective self-isolation and local, national and international authorities...
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