passive buildings

The Commission is in the process of updating some of the content on this website in light of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. If the site contains content that does not yet reflect the withdrawal of the United Kingdom, it is unintentional and will be addressed.

Please, keep in mind that the only contact email for BUILD UP is contact@buildup.eu, any other address, even if similar, is not under our domain.

iPHA Community Meet Up, "Passive House: What's it worth?" by APHA   When Mon, 1 June, 21:00 – 22:00 CEST Presenter: Andy Marlow, APHA (Australia)  Registration: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/778581493
Post date: 19 May 2020
Type: Event

Press conference by Webcast (GoToMeeting) - Two appointments only!   Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 11am and 7pm CEST   Join the Passive House Institute’s founder Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Feist and gain insight into the global building industry today and what it could be tomorrow: Sustainable, comfortable and healthy. Prof. Feist will discuss Passive House, the role of science and ethics in construction and the future of the industry post-COVID 19.  
Post date: 12 May 2020
Type: Event

VIR­TU­AL Con­fer­en­ce | Dis­cov­er the pro­gramme | Book your tick­et!  
Post date: 28 Apr 2020
Type: Event

About this Event   The increased focus on the Climate Emergency has led to a stream of declarations to achieve Net Zero. But what does that actually mean to the built environment? Do we really know how to design and deliver a true net-zero building?  
Post date: 15 Apr 2020
Type: Event

The seventh edition of the Trade Fair for Low-energy, Passive and Zero-energy Buildings FOR PASIV has registered a large growth of interest among both exhibitors and visitors this year again. This was supported in a significant way also by the FOR WOOD Trade Fair where more than 70 firms were presenting their products and services this year.
Post date: 9 Jan 2020
Type: Event

La Conferencia Española Passivhaus organizada por PEP anualmente tiene como objetivo principal proporcionar un foro de encuentro para todo el sector de la construcción los técnicos, administración, fabricantes y en general todos los agentes implicados en todo el proceso de diseño, promoción, construcción y uso de edificaciones   ¿Qué es Pep?
Post date: 4 Nov 2019
Type: Event

View the programme   The wider industry is waking up to the benefits of energy efficient buildings and many policies are beginning to point to Passivhaus (or equivalent!) But are we capable of propelling Passivhaus as the new norm for the masses?  
Post date: 21 Oct 2019
Type: Event

Since the start of All Saints' Day 2017, students in Secondary 5 and 6 of the  College "Notre-Dame de bon secours" in Binche are the first in Belgium to take classes in a building isolated with straw and wooden frame.   A spacious, bright, and healthy pavilion has replaced a prefabricated sheet metal energy wastage. This pavilion is the first prefabricated school building made of wood, compressed straw and clay plaster in French-speaking Belgium.   
Post date: 8 Sep 2019
Type: Case

Due to multiple requests, the deadline for PLEA 2020's call for abstracts has now been extended.   The new deadline for extended abstracts is the 30th of September 2019.   Please check PLEA2020 website at www.plea2020.org  for further submission details.
Post date: 5 Sep 2019
Type: News

In the face of the urgent need to renovate and decarbonise the existing building stock, special focus is on building skins, such as roofs and facades, to make them more efficient through innovative solutions and materials, but also to generate energy. This is essential to achieve the EU 2030 energy targets, only 11 years away.  
Post date: 22 May 2019
Type: News