How is Australia handling the implementation of energy efficient measures in houses? The answer is...not so well. Australia is indeed 20 years behind the rest of the world in climate friendly house standards. This means Australian houses are not expected to the reach net zero by 2050.
Post date: 20 Dec 2022
Type: Publication
In recent years Passivhaus standards have become more and more viable, even though they have existed from the 1990s.
Post date: 20 Dec 2022
Type: News
The BERLIN Smart Tool, developed by University of Western Macedonia and within the BERLIN project, calculates the proper size and combination of photovltaics and battery storage system in order to reach self-sufficiency in buildings. The online tool aims to promote self-sufficiency in buildings with flexible loads, by properly sizing the photovoltaic and battery storage systems to be installed in a building, and by providing an efficient schedule for the flexible loads.
Post date: 19 Dec 2022
Type: Tool
When we transpose the three R’s of the circular economy ‘Reduce, Re-use, Recycle’ to energy in buildings, the specific application of these generic terms becomes ‘Reduction of energy demand, Efficient installations, Renewable energies.’ Some call these three steps here in Barcelona as the “Trias Energetica” and when drawing their buildings architects should integrate this method from the beginning.
Post date: 13 Dec 2022
Type: Case
In a few days on Dec. 15th on 11am it will take place the Final EPC4SES Conference. A two-hours event in which all partners from the project will participate (efficient.ly Energy- and Environmental-Consulting e.U., SEnerCon GmbH, Cleopa GmbH, Wellness TechGroup, Fachhochschule Salzburg and Vestlandsforsking) and give a final overview on the project activities and general findings. Join it on December 15!
Post date: 12 Dec 2022
Type: Event
Residence of 16 passive dwellings with all comforts and very low charges for the social landlord Vilogia in Roncq on the former site of Actival II, a former cloth weaving mill which merged in 1965 with the Ets Motte-Dewavrin. Thermal envelope Exterior wall: Concrete 2,000 200 Mineral wool 0,035 300 Brick 1,000 100 U-value = 0.162 W/(m2K)
Post date: 11 Dec 2022
Type: Case
The apartment building at the end of Cosmonauts Street in the small Lithuanian town of Marijampolė is flashy for the neighborhood. Built in 1993, the narrow nine-story building is newer than a lot of the Soviet-era apartment blocks to be found across the city. After a renovation in 2018, the 54-unit building looks fresh, with alternating columns of peach- and cream-colored siding to distinguish it from towers of drab concrete.
Post date: 8 Dec 2022
Type: News
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Post date: 8 Dec 2022
Type: News
SENSEI, a project supported by the Horizon 2020 funding programme, enables energy efficiency to be rewarded as an energy resource and a new grid service while turning the energy efficiency retrofit project value into an investable asset for private financing. It combines pay-for-performance (P4P) arrangements with the Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) model, making buildings more energy-efficient and attractive for third-party investors. AGENDA Welcome, Filippos Anagnostopoulos, IEECP
Post date: 6 Dec 2022
Type: Event
Progettato dallo studio MVSA Architects, il De Hooch è un edificio residenziale distribuito su otto piani e composto da 28 appartamenti di alta gamma caratterizzati, dal punto di vista stilistico, dalla presenza del vetro.
Post date: 4 Dec 2022
Type: News