The Entech smart energies is an industrial building specialised in electrical energy storage and conversion in France and abroad. The building is a timber construction and it has renewables installed, such as a photovoltaic system with with 395 kWp. Concerning PHPP values:
Post date: 28 Feb 2023
Type: Case
The programme of the 13th International BUILDAIR Symposium is published!
Post date: 21 Feb 2023
Type: News
This historic farm from 18th century has been renovated to become energy efficient and ecological. The building was well preserved as most of constructive elements were in good conditions, however inappropriate interventions were made. The design and refurbishment concept therefore make strong use of the existing structures.
Post date: 2 Feb 2023
Type: Case
The Army Museum and Autoworld in Brussels' Parc du Cinquantenaire will be renovated by 2030 in the occasion of Belgium´s 200th anniversary. The process will make the building more energy efficient by renovating the building envelope: facades, roof and windows.
Post date: 26 Jan 2023
Type: News
A small family-owned company near Vicenza (Italy) have produced roofing tiles which hide a very unique particular: they contain solar photovoltaic cells. The tiles are made to look intentionally like traditional terra-cotta and could be easily installed in heritage cities like Vicenza.
Post date: 25 Jan 2023
Type: News
What makes a façade intelligent?
Post date: 24 Jan 2023
Type: News
What makes an intelligent façade? Its ability to modify autonomously and reversibly some behaviours, thanks to an external control system which optimises the performance under different weather conditions. But what about the rest of the building envelope? Intelligent opaque components could play a relevant role in the building performance.
Post date: 23 Dec 2022
Type: Publication
The Architects Newspaper has selected innovative and successful facades of buildings that have been presented during 2022. The facades are made of different materials, such as terra-cotta, rammed earth and mass timber which offer different building envelope solutions based on the climate zones in which they are based.
Post date: 20 Dec 2022
Type: News
The German hybrid construction specialist, Brüninghoff, has built a new concrete element plant. Metsä Wood’s Kerto LVL L-panels and Kerto LVL T-studs have been used for the prefabricated non-load-bearing wall elements. Due to the high level of prefabrication, assembly times were optimised. A building shell was implemented quickly while meeting strict standards of sustainability.
Post date: 11 Dec 2022
Type: Case