Demonstration Community

The Danish Government takes the lead in energy saving

9 November 2009 | Denmark

Danish governmental energy consumption should be reduced by at least 10 % by 2011 compared with the consumption in 2006. A new database will gather data on the consumption of institutions and the ...

Submitted by Kirsten Engelund Thomsen (Danish Building Research Institute) |

1453 visits | Rating : No votes

RENEXPO® South-East Europe 2012

21 - 23 November 2012 | Bucharest ( Romania )

The RENEXPO® (Renewable ENergy EXPOsition) SOUTH-EAST EUROPE is not only Romania's largest and most significant event on renewable energies but also creates THE energy platform for the ...

Submitted by Doina Vorosan (REECO GmbH)

| 364 visits | Rating : 5/5

New energy efficient neighbourhood projects in Landshut and Weimar online

7 June 2011 | Germany

Two energy-efficient urban districts in Landshut and Weimar are currently being focussed on by the German EnEff:Stadt research initiative. Researchers are closely monitoring the Ludmilla housing ...

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

6336 visits | Rating : No votes

20 November 2010 | Germany

Olbersdorf: Comprehensive refurbishment of a school listed as a historic monument

A model project for the research topic of “Energy-efficient schools”: The school in Olbersdorf provides an example of a successful compromise between historic conservation and energy-based ...

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

2455 visits | Rating : 4.7/5

Tags:school building | retrofit | listed building | 3-liter-house

26 August 2010 | Pan European

Energy Use in Buildings: "Use it better, use it less"

On average, we spend 90% of our time inside buildings in Europe. The energy that we consume there accounts for 40% of total European Union consumption. That’s more than the share of industry and ...

Submitted by Gilles VAILLE (PRACSIS) |

1150 visits | Rating : 3/5

Tags:energy | buildings | use

6 April 2010 | Poland

Certified passive building in Poland

The basic goal of the construction design “Lipińscy Dom Pasywny 1” was the adaptation of current official standards to the local climate conditions of Wrocław. Based on this construction design a ...

Submitted by Aleksander Panek (NAPE) |

3470 visits | Rating : 4.4/5

Tags:passive house