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Technical Article - From opaque traditional walls to Adaptative Façade Systems: state of play and outlook

What makes a façade intelligent?
Post date: 24 Jan 2023
Type: News

ePLANET - 3rd Press Release published

The 3rd ePLANET press release has been published. More information is shared about the Stakeholders Forum, a forum for early adopters and most engaged partners to discuss about topics as data visualization tools, ePLANET platform, multi-level governance, etc.   
Post date: 20 Jan 2023
Type: News

Webinar: CITIES – BUILDINGS – SKILLS: Energy Renovations in Historic Areas at Different Scales

Given that the building industry is responsible for 40% of EU’s energy consumption and 36% of green-house gas emissions, the European Union through the European Green Deal and targeted actions such as the “Renovation Wave”, aims to double the rate of annual energy renovations in the next decade in order to reach the objective of reducing its emission to ne
Post date: 19 Jan 2023
Type: Event

A new step-by-step approach for upskilling in Green Digital Buildings

The development of new technologies in the building industry has influenced the working construction cycle.
Post date: 18 Jan 2023
Type: Publication

The role of occupant behaviour in influencing the operation of building energy systems

REHVA Journal published and article about a Reinforcement Learning control framework that helps to optimise the control of the building energy system, taking into consideration occupants´ behaviour and PV power production.
Post date: 13 Jan 2023
Type: Publication

Webinar - Novel heat pump technologies based on natural refrigerants and multiple renewable sources

Moderated by Jasper Vermaut, Policy & Project Officer at REHVA, the webinar allowed the project to present its main results, as it is coming to an end soon (February 2023). Three heat pump systems have been tested within the project: two solar-ice slurry systems based on natural refrigerants with intermediate storage, and a dual/source sink system using a reversible propane heat pump to provide both 
Post date: 12 Jan 2023
Type: News

CoordiNet project

Start date: 1 January 2019 - End date: 30 June 2022 Partners  
Post date: 12 Jan 2023
Type: Link

ePlanet project: Coordinated energy transition actions facilitated by the European public sector

Start date: 1 September 2021 - End date: 31 August 2024 Partners  
Post date: 10 Jan 2023
Type: Link

Technical Article - Performance of the main technologies demonstrated in the ENVISION project

Nomenclature  
Post date: 10 Jan 2023
Type: News

7 trends on how digitalisation and sustainability can shape the construction industry

Digitalisation and sustainability are expecting to lead to big changes in the construction and real estate industry. Seven trends can already be identified to better understand the future:  
Post date: 10 Jan 2023
Type: News