The Federation's activities are based on a programme of actions approved by the General Assembly. This plan includes aspects such as capacity building, safety issues, worker representation in companies or labour market issues.
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The European Federation of Building and Wood Workers works to defend the interests and rights of workers in the sectors concerned. It also facilitates trade union co-operation and co-ordination of actions, with 79 affiliated unions in 36...
The project is led by TNO, which works with more than 125 organisations including universities, governments, homeowners or the construction industry, and one of its main objectives is to help renovate 200,000 homes per year in the...
The Integrale Energietransitie Bestaande Bouw (IEBB) programme is a multi-year programme focusing on various renovation concepts that are easy to approach and use for residential buildings. The solutions this programme works on focus on...
Three clusters (environment, digitalisation and resilience) have also been created, and the aim is to design a roadmap with milestones and concrete actions that will help a green and digital transition for the construction ecosystem, which...
The Covid-19 pandemic changed all the priorities for the European Commission, so that in March 2020 it presented the "industrial strategy" that would be focused on the green and digital transition. In 2021 it published an updated edition...
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MODERATE project
How will you do it? MODERATE seeks to connect stakeholders in the construction sector with data providers, eventually developing data analytics services that can be transformed into accessible knowledge for end-users.
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EURAC...
The lack of interoperability between datasets is a current problem, and also applies to buildings. In this respect, the MODERATE project aims to develop an open marketplace so that data owners can reliably share their data.
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DIGIBUILD project
These data encompass various aspects of the built environment, such as how people and businesses interact with buildings, how the energy data obtained is analysed or the construction details of the building in question.
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Existing buildings are at the forefront of energy consumption in Europe and are currently considered energy inefficient. The DIGIBUILD project focuses on creating digital enablers to transform existing buildings into digital and more...
The video shows the demo site at the University Politehnica of Bucharest where a section of the district heating system has been retrofitted with a combination of many different renewable energy technologies – geothermal energy combined...
The European Horizon2020 project W.E.District aims to integrate multiple sources of renewable energy and excess heat at three demonstration sites in Rumania, Sweden and Spain under different climatic conditions across Europe to showcase...
Build Up: In brief, how can heat pump technology be explained?
Dan Stefanica: A heat pump is a device that can provide heating, cooling, and hot water for residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Any heat pump installation...
BUILDING CONVERSATIONS UP WITH... Dan Stefanica, Head of EU projects at European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) talking about renewable heating solutions for existing buildings.
Dan Stefanica is the Head of EU Projects at the European Heat...
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REMIND project
Start date: 1 October 2022 - End date: 30 September 2025
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UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES (ULB)
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE YUCATAN
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation...
The EU-funded REMIND project will seek to draw inspiration from indigenous Mayan urbanisation techniques in an attempt to improve urban planning and design in the Merida region (Mexico). This area has been affected by rapid urbanisation...
In addition, the project aims to bring together researchers and industry and design a test method for air cleaners, taking into account perceived air quality and substances present in indoor air.
Status: Ongoing (2018 - 2023).
The IEA EBC Annex 78 (Supplementing Ventilation with Gas-phase Air Cleaning, Implementation and Energy Implications) aims to further research into the energy benefits of gas-phase air cleaners, which are considered to be a partial...
In addition, the CEA assists local authorities in sustainable energy planning by supporting the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and providing technical support to design actions that contribute to climate change mitigation.
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The Cyprus Energy Agency was founded in 2009 with the support of the European Union's Intelligent Energy Europe programme. Today, the CEA contributes to innovation and sustainable development, and has become an information point on various...
The European Green Deal sets ambitious targets for GHG emission reductions for the process industry, which can only partly be reached by the transition to renewable energy. Residual, hard-to-abate CO2 emissions from industrial processes...
The CARBON4MINERALS Project, short for "Transforming CO2 into added-value construction products” is a 48 months research project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. ...
The SmartBuilt4EU project has set up four task forces investigating issues related to smart buildings: their objective is to identify transversal issues and solutions for smart buildings and enable efficient sharing of good practices...
Start date: 1 October 2021 - End date: 30 September 2025
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CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS-CIEMAT
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO
UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
JYVASKYLAN YLIOPISTO
UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA...
The ECF4CLIM project aims to start the fight against climate change in schools, so it will promote a European Competence Framework to empower the education community to act. This will be achieved by integrating digital and social...
In addition, the programme helps to spread knowledge, which contributes to economic growth and optimises the impact of EU investments. The period of validity extends until the year 2027.
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Horizon Europe is the European Union's main funding programme for innovation and research, designed to design actions that address climate change in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and boost EU growth.
Start date: 1 December 2020 - End date: 30 November 2023
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PANEPISTIMIO DYTIKIS MAKEDONIAS
DIMOKRITIO PANEPISTIMIO THRAKIS
SIDROCO HOLDINGS LIMITED
DIMOSIA EPICHEIRISI ILEKTRISMOU ANONYMI ETAIREIA
THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION...
The EVIDENT project aims to combat the energy efficiency gap affecting consumers, which often results in energy and financial costs for states. Thus, the project will seek to explore individuals' behaviour to reverse this trend with...
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FRIENDSHIP project
Start date: 1 May 2020 - End date: 30 April 2024
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COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
SINTEF ENERGI AS
ABSOLICON SOLAR COLLECTOR AB
INDUSTRIAL SOLAR GMBH
KEMIJSKI INSTITUT
RINA CONSULTING SPA
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This project assesses the extent to which a high proportion of heating and cooling reduces dependence on industrial processes and thus the pollution associated with them. It will bring together research centres, suppliers and technologies...
Solar Heat for Industrial Processes (#SHIP), with a combined high-density heat storage and temperatures going up to 200°C (300°C in the long-term) and minus 10-20°C (minus 40°C in the long term): such are the objectives of the FRIENDSHIP...
Start date: 1 January 2019 - End date: 31 December 2022
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EUROPEAN DYNAMICS LUXEMBOURG SA
EUROPEAN DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS SA
UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS RESEARCH CENTER
EUROPEAN NETWORK OF...
This project aims to design an interface between consumers and energy transmission and distribution systems, which will enable the efficient use of renewable energies in the electricity grid and the integration of renewable energies into...
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CoordiNet project
Start date: 1 January 2019 - End date: 30 June 2022
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EDISTRIBUCION REDES DIGITALES SL
ENEL GRIDS S.R.L.
I-DE REDES ELECTRICAS INTELIGENTESSA
RED ELECTRICA DE ESPANA S.A.U.
FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
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The aim of this project is to contribute to the development of a smart, resilient and secure energy system by establishing collaboration schemes between transmission system operators, distribution system operators and consumers. CoordiNet...
Start date: 1 August 2019 - End date: 30 April 2023
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OSTERREICHISCHE FORSCHUNGSFORDERUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant...
The InnoCAP project will seek to enhance the innovation capacity of SMEs investing in augmented technology and research. It builds on the Impact Innovation programme, which supports non-technical innovation projects in SMEs, and will focus...