Training the Building Chain for Refurbishing

The Community will be a virtual place to facilitate the exchange of established best training practices and evolving innovative solutions to achieve the energy-efficient retrofitting of Europe’s existing building stock.
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Latest Blog Posts 10 Blog Post(s)

24 September 2012 | 0 replies | 302 visits
Through its broad range of more than 40 multilateral technology initiatives (Implementing Agreements), the International Energy Agency (IEA) enables ...
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23 October 2012 | 0 replies | 195 visits
Union Investment’s latest sustainability study, for which 172 property investors in Germany, France and the UK were surveyed, found that European property investors were broadening the ...
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18 October 2012 | 0 replies | 283 visits
The IEA Sustainable Buildings Centre has launched an interactive Building Energy Efficiency Policies (BEEP) ...
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Latest News and Events 94 items

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17 December 2012 | Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Denmark , Germany , Greece , Italy , Poland , Portugal , Slovakia , United Kingdom

If linked to financial support, programmes and quality supply chains , Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) can drive households to action by means of detailed recommendations ...

14 December 2012 | Pan European

A lot is happening across Europe in the field of energy efficiency in buildings right now, and BUILD UP is closely following the developments.

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14 December 2012 | Pan European
The new Intelligent Energy Europe call for project proposals opened a few hours ago. In 2013, there will be € 65 million available for funding.
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Latest Cases and Tools 14 items

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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 ...
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A French house near Paris, built in the 80's, has been renovated with outdoor insulation of the walls and efficient insulation of the roof. The initial thermal resistance of the envelope was lower ...
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31 October 2012 | Germany

This multi-family dwelling in Lübeck was renovated following the criteria of an energy efficiency retrofit (KfW Effizienzhaus 70 – EnEV 2007). The rehabilitation measures included the ...

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Measuring or evaluating the airtightness of multi-family buildings is challenging as there may be technical and practical difficulties that prevent from pressurizing the whole building. These ...