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Moving beyond 20% greenhouse gas reductions in the EU: costs and benefits for Member States

2 February 2012 | EU Institutions
Today the European Commission published a Staff Working Document, which analyses the costs and the benefits at the level of Member States of moving beyond its 20% greenhouse gas emission reduction ...
Submitted by Meredith Davis (Building Energy and Environment Group (BEE)) |
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EUSEW 2012: AWARDS COMPETITION STILL OPEN! DEADLINE COMING TO A CLOSE.!

31 January 2012 | Albania , Austria , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , FYR of Macedonia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Montenegro , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , United Kingdom , Other european countries , Pan European , EU Institutions , International Organizations
Final Deadline: 29 February 2012. Do you manage a best practice energy project in the buildings sector? Would you like to share it and get both media attention and recognition from the European ...
Submitted by David CROUS DURAN |
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Welcome to European Heat Pump Association as an official BUILD UP Partner

31 January 2012 | Pan European
European Heat Pump Association has joined the initiative as a BUILD UP Partner.
Submitted by Gilles VAILLE (PRACSIS) |
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Fears over green building standard for new schools

2 February 2012 | United Kingdom
UK Green Building Council and Aldersgate Group urge Education Secretary not to scrap BREEAM requirement for new schools.
Submitted by Meredith Davis (Building Energy and Environment Group (BEE)) |
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Member State progress reports in the promotion and use of energy from renewable sources

2 February 2012 | Pan European
According to Article 22 of the Directive, by 31 December 2011, and every two years thereafter, each Member State shall submit a report to the Commission on progress in the promotion and use of ...
Submitted by Marina Laskari (Group of Building Environmental Studies- NKUA) |
124 visits | Rating : No votes

Householders 'could be forced to green their home' when building extensions

2 February 2012 | United Kingdom
Consultation on building standards includes proposals to force property owners to fit energy efficient measures during renovations.
Submitted by Anja Betker (European Partners for the Environment) |
106 visits | Rating : No votes

EU Energy policy could create 500,000 jobs

2 February 2012 | Pan European
The European Union may pass an environment policy in the first half of this year that would bring a rapid jobs boost, cut energy bills and improve the environment by one simple measure: keeping ...
Submitted by Meredith Davis (Building Energy and Environment Group (BEE)) |
130 visits | Rating : No votes

NREL Study: Lease Option Boosts Rooftop Solar

2 February 2012 | North America
In the US, rooftop solar panels are attracting a new demographic of customers who are choosing to lease rather than buy, and enjoying the low upfront costs and immediate savings. The new ...
Submitted by Meredith Davis (Building Energy and Environment Group (BEE)) |
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Which institutions in the Netherlands provide training courses in order to become a qualified inspector?

Country: Netherlands
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ISSO has Training schemes for Qualified BRL9500 Nl-EPBD Energy certificates

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Why isn’t it possible to download the CEN standards from a website (e.g. www.iee-cense.eu)?

Question by Dick van Dijk  (TNO Built Environment and Geosciences )
Theme: Calculation procedures
Language: English
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Standards are copyright protected property of the publisher (CEN , ISO etc.) and not part of the public domain.
Question submitted by: Dick van Dijk (TNO, The Netherlands)
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Tags:Calculation | CEN | CENSE | Energy assessment | Energy performance in buildings | EPBD | Standards

Do we have an example of a country where airtightness is good without any regulations requirement?

Question by Marianna Papaglastra (Sympraxis Team)
Answered by Peter G. Schild, SINTEF Building & Infrastructure
Answered on 16 December 2009
Visits: 1514 visits
Sweden does not use its building regulations to impose its strict requirements on ductwork airtightness. Rather it is a voluntary trade standard (the AMA VVS specifications) that has driven the ...
Tags:airtightness | ASIEPI WP5 | requirements