New application to raise EU PV industries' competitiveness
Solar energy, as a viable renewable alternative, is on the rise worldwide. The EU photovoltaic (PV) industry needs to improve its competitiveness to meet global market demands. One...
The EU-funded HighLite project aims to develop high-performance low-cost modules with excellent environmental profiles for a competitive EU PV manufacturing industry.
The New European Bauhaus is for:
Architects: Designers of buildings who adopt innovative digital solutions to contribute to bringing digitalisation to the New European Bauhaus.
Designers: Creators of construction drawings who use NEB...
The New European Bauhaus is a multidisciplinary, cultural movement on a transformative path towards affordable and beautiful living spaces in urban and rural environments. The digiNEB.eu project supports the implementation of the New...
Sustainable Public Real Estate Management (SPREM) is almost non-existent in Flanders (BE). SPREM can be defined as the management – i.e. acquisition, holding, using and disposing - of real estate assets in such a way that it realises...
Public buildings are an important meeting place between the government’s policy and the citizens. It’s an interface where sustainability approaches become tangible. Realising a sustainable public building stock has many more advantages...
The aim of the EU-funded Powerbox project is to commercialise the innovative energy storage solution developed by Solenco. Solenco Powerbox allows homes and businesses to cheaply store their own generated energy, for hours or whole seasons...
The aim of the EU-funded Powerbox project is to commercialise the innovative energy storage solution developed by Solenco Power NV. Solenco Powerbox allows homes and small businesses to cheaply store their own generated energy, for hours...
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CONFIRMA project
Fibre-reinforced mortar for historic buildings
Europe’s architectural heritage consists of historic buildings that need immediate conservation measures and interventions due to the vulnerability of original masonry materials. While...
The EU-funded conFiRMa project explores the strengthening of existing masonry buildings with Fibre-Reinforced Mortar: calibration of a reliable numerical model to assess the structural performances.
Geothermal energy – the Earth’s internal heat – is clean, sustainable and available at any time. Despite the high cost of drilling and exploration, Europe's geothermal electricity capacity is increasing. There are currently 127 plants...
CROWDTHERMAL project aims to empower the European public to directly participate in the development of geothermal projects with the help of alternative financing schemes (crowdfunding) and social engagement tools.
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INCREAS project
In the last decade Cultural Heritage moved more and more into the centre of attention of the European Commission, while the Culture Programme stimulated and invested in European initiatives like Capitals of Culture, the European Year of...
INCREAS is a Pilot policy project co-funded by the European Union addressing Innovative and Creative Solutions for Cultural Heritage.
The Construction 2050 Alliance is a partnership established in 2020 made of more than 50 European organizations representing the actors of the built environment working together to advance the needs and priorities of the wider construction...
The construction sector is at the heart of our lives: construction enterprises and their workers build the homes we live in, the roads on which we travel and the buildings we work or learn in. European citizens spend on average over 90% of...
Why do we need an EU taxonomy?
In order to meet the EU’s climate and energy targets for 2030 and reach the objectives of the European green deal, it is vital that we direct investments towards sustainable projects and activities. The...
What the EU is doing to create an EU-wide classification system for sustainable activities.
A global network of mayors taking urgent action to confront the climate crisis and create a future where everyone can thrive.
What we do today will determine whether or not there is a thriving future for our communities, our cities and the...
C40 is a network of mayors of nearly 100 world-leading cities collaborating to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis. Together, we can create a future where everyone, everywhere can thrive.
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Syn.ikia video - Interview with Inge Strassl (Salzburg Institute for Regional Planning and Housing)
During this interview, Strassl answers questions about this SPEN (Sustainable Plus Energy Neighbourhood) located at the Gneis district in the city of Salzburg (Austria). The questions cover topics such as a description of the neighbourhood...
The Syn.ikia project has launched an interview with Inge Strassl, project leader in the Salzburg Institute for Regional Planning and Housing, to talk about a Demo Neighbourhood in Salzburg.
Almost 75% of the EU's existing residential building is energy inefficient. However, currently, only about 1% of the existing residential building is renovated each year. Although some studies have considered using shallow geothermal to...
The PSGHCERB project aims to promote shallow geothermal heating/cooling for existing residential buildings in the EU.
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BEEYONDERS project: improving efficiency while reducing the environmental impact of building sites
To date, the European construction sector is facing challenges which are hampering its competitiveness. These include:
Labour shortage.
Lack of digital skills in some countries.
Lack of motivation on the part of young people to work in...
Financed by the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, the project BEEYONDERS – Breakthrough European tEchnologies Yielding cOnstruction sovereigNty, Diversity & Efficiency of ResourceS – aims at improving efficiency, safety...
EBC is a European non-profit professional organisation with its secretariat based in Brussels. In 1990, national associations representing construction micro-enterprises and SMEs, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and craftsmen in...
European Builders Confederation (EBC) represents micro, small and medium-sized construction enterprises in Brussels. At national level, EBC members cover crafts ranging from general contractors and bricklayers over specialised crafts such...
The objective of ActaReBuild is to provide high-level training of Doctoral Candidates in retrofit of office building stock in Europe by means a new generation of sustainable materials and building components. In particular, they will learn...
The ActaReBuild project aims to facilitate the acoustic and thermal retrofit of the office building stock in EU.
FEDECOM pursues the idea of electricity becoming the leading energy carrier, with power grids as the backbone for the decarbonisation of all energy sectors and aggregators as the cornerstone enabler of the potential exploitation. FEDECOM...
Building on results of recently (or soon to be) concluded EU projects, FEDECOM aims to enable integrated local energy systems through sector coupling and cross-energy vector integration, increasing RES penetration via optimal utilisation...
The Architects' Council of Europe is a non-profit organization founded in Treviso (Italy) on 11 May 1990 by the merger of the former Liaison Committee of the Architects of the United Europe (CLAEU) and the former Council of European...
Architects' Council of Europe (ACE) is the representative organisation for the architecture profession at the European level. It represents the interest of 575.000 architects.
The RoBétArmé project aims toward a step-change in the Construction 4.0 by automating particularly laborious construction tasks in all phases of shotcrete application.
To this end RoBétArmé will deliver collaborative construction...
Digitalisation and automation have become increasingly important in our everyday lives and industrial sectors worldwide. Due to their benefits, organisations around the world are expressing demand for their novel implementations. The...
The main objective of REHOUSE is to develop and demonstrate 8 renovation packages of promising technology innovations until TRL7. The renovation packages are fully designed for a wide range of building renovation actions, including deep...
Renovation packages for holistic improvement of EU’s buildings efficiency, maximizing RES generation and cost-effectiveness.
The presentations these EU-funded projects took place in two sessions:
Part 1: “Upgrading smartness of existing buildings through innovations for legacy equipment”
Part 2: Smart operation and building dynamic optimization
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The SmartBuilt4EU project organized a workshop about Innovations to upgrade the smartness of the building at Sustainable Places Conference this year with the participation of the SB4EU partners, CINEA on behalf of the European Commission...