EC | BUILDUP

Energy upgrades in a semi-detached bungalow in the SERVE region ( from 559 to 195 kWh/m2 / yr )

8 July 2011 | Ireland

The House in Richmond was originally constructed of mass concrete walls, and had a cavity wall extension constructed to the rear of the dwelling. As with many houses, Internal insulation or ...

Submitted by FEDARENE aisbl |

710 visits | Rating : 5/5

Tags:residential | energy efficient retrofit | serve project

HosPilot project - Intelligent Energy Efficiency Control in Hospitals: EPSHP pilot case

24 May 2011 | Finland

The HosPilot project aims at supporting decision makers by providing an integrated approach which helps drastically reduce the energy consumption of newly built hospitals and existing hospitals ...

Submitted by Elodie LEANG |

817 visits | Rating : 5/5

HosPilot project - Intelligent Energy Efficiency Control in hospitals: UMCG pilot case

24 May 2011 | Netherlands

The HosPilot project aims to support the decision makers with an integrated approach which helps drastically reduce the energy consumption of newly built hospitals and existing hospitals being ...

Submitted by Elodie LEANG |

710 visits | Rating : 5/5

SERVE Project : Upgrades in a semi-detached house

17 May 2011 | Ireland

The house in this case study was upgraded in 2009 as part of the SERVE project. It is situated in Nenagh Town. The house is a 125m2 three story dwelling in a two dwelling building. It is built ...

Submitted by FEDARENE aisbl |

696 visits | Rating : 5/5

Tags:energy efficient retrofit | residential | serve project

Accrington EcoStation

17 November 2010 | United Kingdom

Accrington EcoStation is the UK's first eco railway station. The scheme sponsor is Lancashire County Council. The architect (and author of the Design Report, attached) is SBS Architects Ltd ...

Submitted by Jo French (Transport Regeneration Ltd) |

1211 visits | Rating : 4/5

Tags:public building | energy efficient | railway station | low embodied energy

Cool Roofs in Europe - Initiatives and Examples

13 September 2010 | France , Greece , Italy , United Kingdom

Five case studies were implemented, within the framework of the Cool Roofs project, to demonstrate cool roof capabilities in real buildings, in terms of improving the thermal conditions in non-air ...

Submitted by Afroditi Synnefa (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) |

2781 visits | Rating : 3.8/5

Tags:cool roofs | energy savings | Thermal comfort | solar reflectance | emissivity

Energy, let's save it!

26 August 2010 | Pan European

"Energy: Let's save it!" is a classical animated cartoon. Not a single word! This video contains only images and music. Enjoy the energy saving tips, and save money… A family starts wasting energy ...

Submitted by Gilles VAILLE (PRACSIS) |

987 visits | Rating : 2/5

Tags:energy | SAVE

State Treasury, Helsinki (Finland)

22 July 2010 | Finland

The implemented BuildingEQ data gathering and analysis identified some possible system malfunction and potential energy savings to avoid unnecessary energy consumption by the heating and cooling ...

Submitted by Nicolas REHAULT (Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems) |

1068 visits | Rating : 5/5

Tags:EPBD | ongoing commissioning | energy monitoring | BuildingEQ

BuildingEQ Demonstration Building Kreuzgebäude Essen (Germany)

22 July 2010 | Germany

The Kreuzgebäude is a typical office building from the 1980ies. The analysis done in the framework of the Building EQ project revealed a saving potential of about 20 % of the heating energy. The ...

Submitted by Nicolas REHAULT (Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems) |

1151 visits | Rating : 5/5

Tags:EPBD | ongoing commissioning | energy monitoring | BuildingEQ

Electronics Department, Milan (Italy)

22 July 2010 | Italy

The air-change of the building is significantly more than necessary. A reduction of about 30 % (in average) could reduce the energy needs for ventilation and also the electricity needed for the ...

Submitted by Nicolas REHAULT (Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems) |

1105 visits | Rating : 4.5/5

Tags:EPBD | ongoing commissioning | energy monitoring | BuildingEQ