New technologies and tailor-made solutions for usersFrom thermally activated technologies to personalised microclimates, researchers look for new ways to save energy and increase comfort in public buildings
Post date: 4 Dec 2015
Type: News
Italy: the energy efficiency way of the washing-machine shaped dwellings in Genoa A social housing district with poor insulation, a municipality that is meeting a long-standing demand by residents while transforming the area into a model for eco-sustainability San Pietro is a peripheral neighbourhood overlooking the city of Genoa, North-West of Italy. It is also known as Lavatrici (washing machines), because of the concrete slabs with empty circles that characterise the façades of its buildings.
Post date: 4 Dec 2015
Type: News
New near zero energy buildings are increasingly springing up around Europe, though their impact on reducing the region’s energy consumption will remain a drop in the ocean without a drive to take new technologies to existing building stock
Post date: 4 Dec 2015
Type: News
Post date: 23 Oct 2015
Type: Event
This four-page BINE information paper discusses the results from the intensive scientific 3 –year monitoring of the new building for the Gebhard Müller School in Biberach, Germany, which began with the building’s commissioning phase. The aim of the research was to answer the following questions: What must long-term monitoring offer so that the operating personnel can use the results in everyday life?Which data streams need to be recorded and which technical requirements are necessary?
Post date: 21 Oct 2015
Type: Publication
he workshop was convened by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (EASME), in cooperation with DG REGIO and DG ENER.
Post date: 20 Oct 2015
Type: News
Making the energy-refurbishment processes in the European housing sector transparent and effective is a crucial step towards achieving the EU’s climate mitigation targets.
Post date: 5 Oct 2015
Type: Event
Post date: 1 Sep 2015
Type: Event
Post date: 21 Jul 2015
Type: Event