Technical Article - Arise article series ‘Digitalisation in the built environment’ #3: BIM basics, the need for a skills framework
A future-proof construction sector needs a more digitally skilled workforce. A qualification framework is essential in building a successful ecosystem for training and upskilling.
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Evaporative Cooling to improve thermal conditions and IAQ in Spanish schools
The Goverment of Andalucía has started a massive renovation project of its schools to improve the thermal conditions and ensure at the adoption of energy efficient solutions.
Cristina Piattelli
Overview Article - Space cooling technologies for buildings: Alternative solutions to conventional applications
With longer and more frequent heat waves, the demand for space cooling is dramatically increasing globally. How can we make cooling systems more sustainable?
Editorial Team
Overview Article - Promoting energy savings in residential buildings: National examples of initiatives from European countries
Making buildings more energy efficient has many economic, social, and environmental benefits. In this article, we explore national initiatives and projects targeting households.
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Technical Article - Arise article series ‘Digitalisation in the built environment’ #2: The need for upskilling within the industry
A new approach to train building construction workforce is proposed. This new method could both solve the problem of shortage of workers and to facilitate the digitalisation.
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Technical Article - Arise article series ‘Digitalisation in the built environment’ #1: Awareness
This article addresses what the main barriers are to matching the offer and demand of well-qualified workers to achieve the target set by the European Green Deal. It will also discuss how digitalisation can contribute to attracting workers to the construction sector while ensuring quality of training and results.
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Technical Article - Keeping the heat on in times of crisis
This article summarises the REPLACE project’s efforts to transition from fossil fuel-based residential heating and cooling systems to clean alternatives. It includes a brief overview of the implemented project activities and refers to further sources for more detailed information. It covers topics such as boiler and stove replacement campaigns, including supporting end consumers locally, as well as the developed REPLACE toolbox, which enables better informed decisions to be made in practice.
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Technical Article - ARISE project article series 'Digitalisation of the built environment'
The ARISE project is aimed at providing a training and qualification scheme for the skills required to support the implementation of BIM and energy efficiency across the construction supply chain. ARISE is presenting six articles dedicated to the different stages of digitalisation and takes the reader through the entire process.
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Technical Article - HOUSEFUL Project: BCM as a tool to increase building circularity
The HOUSEFUL project proposes an innovative paradigm shift towards a circular economy for housing through an innovative methodology, to assess the degree of circularity in building renovations projects. Building Circularity Methodology (BCM) assesses circularity according to six Circular Economy (CE) pillars: energy, water, materials; and environmental, social, and economic impacts.
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Technical Article - DecarbonAIte: advancing sustainable building renovation in Sweden through AI
The project proposes a simplified, parametric method using Artificial Intelligence to support decision-making in sustainable building renovation looking at the energy efficiency, life cycle greenhouse gas emissions and life cycle costs.
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