The English city is renaturing itself, hence becoming more resilient to climate change and improving citizens’ quality of life. A decisive contribution comes from a series of nature-based solutions recently installed as part of the European project URBAN GreenUP
Post date: 22 Sep 2020
Type: Publication
Abstract: Innovative designs, such as those taking place in nearly zero-energy buildings, need to tackle Life Cycle Cost, because reducing the impact of use can carry other collateral and unexpected costs. For example, it is interesting to include the evaluation of end-of-life costs by introducing future activities of selective dismantling and waste management, to also improve the environmental performance of the demotion project.
Post date: 14 Sep 2020
Type: Publication
After many months of hard work between all the 10 partners, CHESS SETUP H2020 funded project is coming to an end with an overall success.
Post date: 10 Sep 2020
Type: News
Development of a novel and ecologic mortar based on nanoparticles of lime and organic additives for the repair of Built Heritage and new construction Project description Research for durability improvement in cultural heritage buildings
Post date: 4 Sep 2020
Type: Link
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Post date: 27 Aug 2020
Type: Event
The case is one of the demonstration sites where the technologies developed within the H2020 project BUILDHEAT have been installed. The building is a large multifamily house in a small quarter in the outskirts of Zaragoza. It has 53 dwellings of two main sizes (i.e. 85 m² and 55 m²) distributed in 5 staircases on 4 floors. The building was constructed in 1988, is owned by Zaragoza Vivienda, the social housing Agency of Zaragoza, and is used for sheltered housing.
Post date: 20 Aug 2020
Type: Case
Considering the Covid-19 containment measures, please check the latest status of the event at the organisers’ webpage. See also Health & Safety Measures Boosting the construction industry
Post date: 3 Aug 2020
Type: Event
The EU project HOUSEFUL has completed its first set of workshops with housing sector experts from Austria and the Barcelona area. The goal? To identify, discuss and demonstrate a number of ideas for the uptake of circular buildings.
Post date: 28 Jul 2020
Type: News
HAPPEN (Holistic APproach and Platform for the deep renovation of the med residential built ENvironment) is a project that develops and rolls out the MedZEB approach: a tailored, holistic, transparent and adaptive strategy aimed to foster the market uptake of the deep energy retrofitting of the Mediterranean residential built environment.
Post date: 27 Jul 2020
Type: Publication
29 SEPT - 1 OCT – BARCELONA, CCIB Considering the Covid-19 containment measures, please check the latest status of the event at the organisers’ webpage. Health & Safety Measures REBUILD: Building a new era
Post date: 17 Jul 2020
Type: Event