On 25 June, in collaboration with BUILD UP, the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) organised a webinar to invite architects to engage with piloting the Level(s) scheme. The event was moderated by Dr. Judit Kimpian, Chair of the ACE Sustainability...
With resource consumption in the EU reaching ever more unsustainable levels, DG Environment, together with DG Grow and DG Energy, developed a reporting scheme to help the construction sector quantify and mitigate its impact. The resulting Level(...
Many stakeholders, from government officials to contractors on building sites, will be asking what are the main changes and how will they affect me? To answer these question, the European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (...
9th July 2018: Amended Energy Performance of Buildings Directive enters into force, start of the transposition countdown!
The publication in the Official Journal of the EU of the Amending Directive 2018/844/EU took place on the 19th June, meaning...
The aim of this report is to present the results of the first part of the ECCoPro consultation process: October 2017 to January 2018.
The first part of the report describes how a framework for holistic energy efficiency training of...
While focusing in energy efficiency of buildings, Build UP portal acknowledge the relevance of an integrated approach to the overarching goal of reducing environmental footprint of buildings. The rational and efficient use of materials and...
Perspective Overview of BAMB H2020 Project: Environmental footprint and circularity in the construction sector.
The EU is currently designing a new 2050 strategy for reducing its GHG emissions, which should be compatible with the Paris climate agreement.
Many European cities have already engaged in the long-term planning for the mid-century mark....
Energy conservation has become one of the primary goals of architecture and engineering design today, especially when retrofitting existing buildings.
The desire to improve the energy efficiency of an existing building must be balanced...
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Spreadsheet with LCCs: a database for benchmarking actual NZEB life-cycle costs of the case studies
The EPBD recast established that all new buildings have to reach by the end of 2020 the nZEB target set by the Member States. The scope of this report is to provide a CRAVEzero cost spreadsheet, implementing a comprehensive and structured...
A good Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) encompassing air quality, thermal comfort, lighting and acoustics, is a cornerstone to ensure health, comfort, wellbeing and productivity of the building occupants, who spend around 90% of their...
The H2020 MORE-CONNECT project “Development and advanced prefabrication of innovative, multifunctional building envelope elements for Modular Retrofitting and smart Connections” has been successfully completed. All the project objectives...
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Deep energy renovation of traditional buildings: addressing knowledge gaps and skills training in Ireland
The primary intent of this research project is to review the current state of knowledge and risks relating to the deep energy renovation of traditional buildings, which have different hygroscopic and thermal behaviors to buildings of...