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HAPPEN project
Holistic AProach and Platform for the deep renovation of the med residential built ENvironment
The project is aimed at stimulating the market uptake of deep retrofitting of buildings, with special regard to the Mediterranean area and to...
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No.785072
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X-tendo project
eXTENDing the energy performance assessment and certification schemes via a mOdular approach
New smart tools for energy performance certification
Energy performance certification (EPC) provides details on the energy performance (...
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QualDeEPC project
High-quality Energy Performance Assessment and Certification in Europe Accelerating Deep Energy Renovation (QualDeEPC)
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An important instrument to enhance the market uptake of energy-efficient new buildings and the energy-...
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 847100.
The global Passive House platform
Passive House stands for healthy, comfortable living and impressive energy efficiency, regardless of the regional climate. Within the last several years, Passive House has rapidly increased in popularity...
The International Passive House Association Blog is filled with entries related to highly energy efficient buildings. Topics include summer comfort, the first Passive House hospital, energy efficient high rises, integrating renewable...
What is ‘Cultural Heritage in Action’?
Cultural Heritage in Action is one of the actions of the European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage of the European Commission. It is a peer-learning programme that will allow over 100 local...
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ELENA LEUVEN project
Lower Energy Use Via an Extraordinary Network (LEUVEN)
The Project Delivery Unit (PDU) will consist of four persons with an administrative, financial and technical background. The PDU will employ two full time working experts and one...
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TOMORROW project
TOwards Multi-stakehOldeRs transition ROadmaps With citizens at the centre
What is TOMORROW?
TOMORROW is a Horizon 2020 funded project, aiming at empowering local authorities to lead the transition towards low-carbon, resilient and more...
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 847136
Director of Agenzia CasaClima (KlimaHaus), Ulrich Santa, will be the first expert to be interviewed for the new BUP Expert Talks section.
The focus of this interview is on digitalization and sustainable building focused in the design...
Check the link to watch the full interview!
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CHESS SETUP Project
CHESS SETUP is a H2020 funded project designing a technology solutionaiming to increase the energy efficiency, self-sufficiency and renewables in buildings.
The building sector is one of the most resource consuming sectors as it accounts...
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 680556.
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ProjectZero
ProjectZero is the vision for creating a ZEROcarbon future for the city Sonderborg in southern Denmark by 2029 based on sustainable growth and with many new green jobs as a result.
The ProjectZero concept is based on energy efficiency...
CREATE project is in its end and this video shows the main results achieved over the last four years. CREATE developed and demonstrated a heat battery, i.e. an advanced thermal storage system based on Thermo-Chemical Materials (TCMs), that...
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SENSEI project
Smart energy services integrating the multiple benefits from improving the energy efficiency of the European building stock
The EC Horizon 2020 SENSEI is a 36 months project coordinated by IEECP, focussing on the Energy Performance...
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 847066
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GUARDIAN project
Eco-friendly smart doors for non-residential building fire protection
There is a growing demand for building green or sustainable buildings. New building designs often feature open spaces, with less barriers such as doors and walls, and...
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 883740
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PIPER project
Printing of Ultra-Thin, Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells and its Commercial Application
The impact of buildings to European final energy consumption has been assessed at 40%, making the building stock responsible for 36% of CO2 emissions....
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 889405
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BEEP project
BIM for Energy Efficiency in the Public sector
About the project
Buildings are responsible for 36% of global final energy consumption and nearly 40% of total direct and indirect CO2 emissions. In such a challenging situation, renovating...
Minimising Energy Consumption for Green Buildings respecting present uses and public needs
About the project
Mediterranean countries need to reduce energy consumption and adverse environmental impacts due to the high dependence on fossil...
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Syn.ikia project
Syn.ikia aims at achieving sustainable plus energy neighbourhoods with more than 100% energy savings, 90% renewable energy generation triggered 100% GHG emission reduction, and 10% life cycle costs reduction, compared to nZEB levels. This...
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 869918
Construye 2020+ aims to boost ‘green’ employment in the construction industry by promoting professional training and accreditation in Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Systems and Near Zero Energy Buildings.
Construye 2020+ tries to...
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 785019
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AZEB project
Do you know that Europe is currently failing at making nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEBs) the standard? Because they are considered too expensive, and there are too many uncertainties in such projects regarding the return on investment....
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 754174