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 effects. To...
By Heike Erhorn-Kluttig (Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics)
Similarly to energy efficient school projects, university complexes offer the possibility to reduce the energy consumption of public buildings visited by young people. This allows for a...
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...
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...
by: Anita Derjanecz, REHVA Managing Director - Francesco Mariottini, REHVA Assistant Project Engineer
Quality management and building commissioning are key tools in closing the gap between designed and actual energy performance of...
CITyFiED City members and consortium experts discovered energy efficiency’s ‘best kept secret’ Ludwigshafen and neighbouring Mannheim 30 November – 1 December 2017
Situated in the dynamic and industrial Rhein-Necker region,...
By Heike Erhorn-Kluttig (Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics)
The recast EPBD Article 9 requires Member States to ensure that all new buildings are nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEBs) by 31 December 2020, and new buildings...