Environmental issues related to buildings

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The event "From Positive Energy Districts to Climate Neutral Cities: how to scale up our technologies and solutions" will take place on March 29th and 30th. Valencia, in Spain, as one of the MatchUP project lighthouse cities, will host this joint event organized between Scalable Cities and MatchUP project.  
Post date: 13 Mar 2023
Type: Event

Robotics is among the key strategies which were discussed in January at the 2023 CECE Congress in Chamonix, under the title “Embracing a changing society: diversity in construction”. “The gender balancing question is becoming evident at the societal level,” says its Secretary General, Riccardo Viaggi.
Post date: 10 Mar 2023
Type: News

This project won the Grand Prize in the "Tertiary Buildings" category of the Circular Buildings Trophies 2022. The project involves renovating and raising a "concrete hut" typical of 21st century Reunionese architecture. Moreover, the project has following a circular approach, and the materials that could not be reused are locally sourced.  
Post date: 3 Mar 2023
Type: Case

The report provides insights into strategies and measures that companies are taking to halve the embodied carbon emissions, which refer to building materials and construction processes, by 2030. Hence, the focus is on how to achieve the system change that we need, following the idea of doing "more with less".  
Post date: 3 Mar 2023
Type: Publication

John Carley’s editorial, FEDARENE Vice-President for Circular Economy and Chair of the South East Energy Agency shares his perspective on how citizens can overcome the energy crisis. Indeed gas prices rose almost 600%, and electricity prices to an average of 45c/kWh.  
Post date: 2 Mar 2023
Type: News

Open Thor Living Lab is a large-scale living lab where sustainable and innovative energy solutions come to life.   The Open Thor Living Lab is a top-level European innovation environment that focuses on innovative solutions for the energy transition on the one hand, but also wants to provide solutions for smart manufacturing and smart city applications on the other.  
Post date: 1 Mar 2023
Type: Link

The COST Action Positive Energy Districts European Network (PED-EU-NET) aims to mobilise researchers and other relevant stakeholders across different domains and sectors to drive the deployment of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) in Europe through open sharing of knowledge, exchange of ideas, pooling of resources, experimentation of new methods and co-creation of novel solutions.  
Post date: 1 Mar 2023
Type: Link

Le seul rendez-vous français dédié exclusivement aux enjeux et aux solutions de la transition énergétique revient du 21 au 23 mars 2023 à Eurexpo Lyon, France.   A l’heure du défi climatique et de la crise énergétique, les filières de l’énergie et du bâtiment vivent une révolution. Boostées par les engagements européens et les réglementations environnementales, elles doivent aussi s’adapter à des contextes incertains.
Post date: 1 Mar 2023
Type: Event

Yet, it’s difficult to measure what the construction ecosystem is doing to address this problem. In order to fully reap the benefits of circular economy, we need a good view of the application of different circular economy approaches and indicators by different stakeholders across the value chain.
Post date: 1 Mar 2023
Type: Event

REBUILD se ha consolidado como el único evento para impulsar y promover el cambio de modelo constructivo de la edificación. Una transformación que se va a ver fortalecida en los próximos años a través de la industrialización, la digitalización, el diseño y las diferentes soluciones en materia de sostenibilidad.   Rebuild es una plataforma de innovación para que los fabricantes y distribuidores:
Post date: 1 Mar 2023
Type: Event