This event brings together the perspectives of the EU institutions with the whole value chain of efficient and renewable HVAC technologies from design to operation and maintenance.
How to make the right decision when you need to change your heating system? This calculation tool, developed within the REPLACE project, can help you to objectively compare heating system for your building over the entire operating life. The resulting actual costs and environmental energy performance can support your final decision.
As EU Member States take every day some steps towards renewable and energy efficient solutions, Austria is banning the installation of gas boilers from 2023 and pushing towards switching to renewable energy sources. The Austrian government is also offering subsidies for households willing to implement these renovations.
How can you make your house a low carbon building? This best practice shows how the project REPLACE and REGEA have collaborated to raise citizens´ awareness of energy renovation, renewable energy, and efficient heat pumps. The result is a low carbon building and informed occupants.
The Passive House Database is presenting a case study of a residential building located in the UK. The building has been built to be as ecologically friendly as possibile, thus it is made from renewable sources and energy efficient materials and technologies.
This study examines the scale of the challenge to stop using gas as source of domestic heat at a national level and how, as an example, an urban area such as East Birmingham might address that challenge.
This report from Eurostat shows some statistics from the EU countries about increasing temperatures which have led to a minor need to heat our buildings, but a major need to cool them.
This article gives some insights from North America regarding the increasing need to cool down inside temperature as a direct consequence of more and more common heat waves. A solution would be to install heat pumps which is an energy efficient way to improve indoor thermal comfort and reduce emissions.
This case study presents the renovation of a residential building with a specific focus on its architectural aspects and sustainability. The description also highlights building materials and renewable heating.