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A zero-carbon store in the UK

19 February 2010 | United Kingdom

Tesco, the world's third-largest retailer, opened a new store (december 2009) in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, that is the first zero-carbon store of this company. It uses a biofuel ...

Submitted by François Durier (CETIAT ) |

363 visits | Rating : 4/5

Leading examples of public buildings: German Reichstag receives certificate with excellent energy performance

21 December 2009 | Germany

The Reichstag building, the chair of the German parliament in Berlin was certified for its energy performance by the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics. According to the goals of the EPBD ...

Submitted by Heike Erhorn-Kluttig (Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics) |

792 visits | Rating : No votes

Stuttgart-Sonnenberg: Reduction of CO2 Emissions in a Nursing Home

18 November 2009 | Germany

A retirement apartment building built in Stuttgart-Sonnenberg in 1965 is a good example of what can be achieved when a major renovation is combined with an energy efficient retrofit concept ...

Submitted by Heike Erhorn-Kluttig (Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics) |

973 visits | Rating : 5/5

Tags:Nursing home | EnSan | EnOB | building retrofit | cost potential curve

Effinergie: the French reference for low energy buildings

28 August 2009 | France

The Effinergie association was created in May 2006 to promote low energy buildings in France. The initiative was taken by regional authorities, and particularly the Alsace, Franche-Comté, ...

Submitted by Hicham LAHMIDI (CSTB) |

693 visits | Rating : 4.7/5

Tags:low energy building

Omega Center for Sustainable Living

22 July 2009 | North America

The Omega Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL) is a state-of-the art education center and natural wastewater treatment facility. A model of sustainable architecture, the OCSL is a pioneering ...

Submitted by Alexander Deliyannis (SYMPRAXIS Team) |

460 visits | Rating : No votes

Tags:green building | sustainable living | OCSL

Bringing Retrofit Innovation to Application - BRITA in PuBs

12 June 2009 | Pan European

The BRITA in PuBs project from 2004 to 2008 aimed at rasing awareness on energy conservation and increasing the market penetration of innovative and effective retrofit solutions with moderate ...

520 visits | Rating : 5/5

Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) (17 Members)

Community to exchange on EPC projects and to stimulate adoption of EPC accross Europe

Facilitators:

Stephane le Gentil

Harmonization of Energy and Sustainability Metrics for the measurement of the impact of the built environment (11 Members)

The Sustainable Building Alliance is non-profit, non-partisan, international network of standard setting organizations, national building research centres and key property industry and ...

Facilitators:

Alfonso Ponce Alvarez|Laura Soto

A Common Language for Sustainable Construction (11 Members)

| Pan European

The purpose of this tool is to ensure a common understanding of the terminology used within the framework of sustainable construction.

Facilitators:

Jessica Johnson

Promoting passive house standard and very low energy buildings (28 Members)

How can we promote the passive house standard in our country, in the European Union and worldwide? Stakeholders are invited to join the community for networking, discussing as well as exchanging ...

Facilitators:

Markus Lang|Gerhard Bayer

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