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Sustainable Places 2020

Sustainable Places is the only annual international conference focused on showcasing results of EU projects on innovation for the built environment. The 8th edition, Sustainable Places 2020 (27-30 October 2020), will be held over four days in...

RELaTED project will be present at the 8th edition of Sustainable Places 2020 (SP2020)

  • 21 Sep 2020

Making use of excess heat: Assessment methodology for urban excess heat recovery solutions

  • 21 Sep 2020

Events

Calculations with the set of EPB standards - Introduction and overarching calculation procedures

  • 6 Oct 2020
  • Undefined

Leveraging the skills of building professionals to deliver on the European Green Deal

  • 9 Dec 2020
  • Belgium

11th International Conference on Improving Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings and Smart Communities (IEECB&SC’20)

  • 1 Oct 2020
  • Germany

Digital Conference: Environmental Aspects in Public Procurement in Europe

  • 2 Oct 2020
  • Germany

Practices

A nature-based Liverpool is on the way

Horizon 2020 - European Green Deal call factsheet

Renovating Historic Buildings Towards Zero Energy

Architecture 4.0

This overview explores the concept of Architecture 4.0 and its relation to digital information and communication technologies. It is important to emphasise that the digital transformation, as...

Local policies and boundary conditions for PEHs

This report gives an overview of the different policies and related boundary conditions in Norway, France, Germany and Italy and shows how they influence the spread of PEB concepts. National funding...

Construction skills for mainstreaming nZEB: New tools & practices

Jan Cromwijk and Veronika Schröpfer introduce new training and assessment tools developed in several EU Horizon 2020 projects to assist practitioners to identify and address the strengths and...

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Are architects ready for the digitalisation?

Heating systems in the EPB standards

The Templater tool

The Templater tool is been conceived by BRE in order to facilitate the implementation of BIM data standards across the asset lifecycle.   This is achieved by providing a free to list opportunity for manufacturers and a free to access for...

Energy Trilemma Index

The World Energy Council’s Energy Trilemma Index tool, produced in partnership with Oliver Wyman, ranks countries on their ability to provide sustainable energy through 3 dimensions: Energy security, Energy equity (accessibility and...

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Expert talks – Armand Paardekooper Overman, Associate Architect at Mecanoo

Check the link to watch the full interview! The 8th edition of our Expert talk hosts Armand Paardekooper Overman, associate architect at Mecanoo. He is also a founding partner of fUSE...

Expert talks – Carsten Druhmann, Professor at the Institute of Facility Management (Zurich University of Applied Sciences)

Check the link to watch the full interview! The 7th edition of our Expert talk hosts Carsten Druhmann, Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute of Facility Management (Zurich University of Applied...

Expert Talks - Christophe Sykes, Director General at Construction Products Europe

Check the link to watch the full interview! For the 6th edition of the Expert Talks series, the interviewee is Christophe Sykes, Director General at Construction Products Europe (AISBL) and member of...