by Vasileios Ntouros (NKUA)
Urban Heat Island (UHI) is known to have significant impacts on the environment, giving rise to ambient temperatures in and around rural areas. At the same time, climate change issues are intensifying the UHI...
By Heike Erhorn-Kluttig (Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics)
Similarly to energy efficient school projects, university complexes offer the possibility to reduce the energy...
As part of the contract EASME/H2020/EE/2015/008 to ‘Support for BUILD UP Skills EU exchanges and analysis on construction skills’ for the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), Trinomics, with the support of...
Publication
BUILD UP Skills Pillar II overview brochure
This is a short brochure providing an overview of the BUILD UP Skills Pillar II. The brochure highlights the most remarkable activities carried out, results achieved and lessons learnt as part of the initiative.
Renewable Energy Accounts for 30% of the Total Electricity Generated in the UK
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) released a number of reports on the 22nd of February detailing the energy production of...
Renewable Energy in the United Kingdom
Renewable Energy Accounts for 30% of the Total Electricity Generated in the UK
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) released a number of reports on the 22nd of...
The CoNZEBs team is asking for your opinion, based on your personal experiences, conversations with friends and neighbours, media or technical literature. Do you have any questions and open dilemmas regarding living in Nearly Zero...
By Daniel Quenard (CSTB)
Following years of research and development by EU-funded, national and international projects, Super-Insulated Materials (SIM) have achieved maturity. The industry is now rolling out market-ready solutions.
VIP...
By Peter Wouters, INIVE
BIM (Building Information Modelling) is in many EU countries high on the agenda. This article is focusing on the potential of BIM in relation to the energy performance of building assessment and also in relation...
by François Durier (CETIAT)
Reducing the energy consumption of heating and cooling systems in buildings requires:
to reduce building heating and cooling needs, via high performance building envelopes, intelligent controls (management...
The Juncker Commission's contribution to the One Planet Summit, Paris, 12 December 2017
At the One Planet Summit, which took place in Paris on 12 December 2017 marking the second anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the European...