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Webinar - Data-driven innovations for monitoring the performance of buildings

Both projects are working on data-driven solutions to turn raw data from buildings into meaningful knowledge and to improve the interoperability between datasets. The webinar focused on presenting both projects and providing the audience with an...

Webinar: SmartBuilt4EU – The future of smart buildings in Europe

This project is coordinated by ECTP, the European Construction, built environment and energy efficient building Technology Platform, and gathers partners EURAC, VITO, R2M and DOWEL Innovation, as well as the ECTP members LIST, ASM,...

Implementation tools for Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI)

The European Commission website provides an overview of the SRI implementation tools, including: factsheets, audio-visual materials, digital calculation tools, and EU guidelines for each country.   The session can...

Webinar - Skills enhancement needed for Energy Efficient Historic Buildings

Moderated by Aranzazu Galán, BUILD UP’s Editorial Board Member, the session started with the intervention of Gerald Wagenhofer (UBW), who talked about the climate crisis and the energy transition that is needed in Europe to be the first climate-...

Webinar: CITIES – BUILDINGS – SKILLS Energy Renovations in Historic Areas at Different Scales

The session, moderated by Aranzazu Galán, Senior Researcher at Université Libre de Bruxelles and BUILD UP Editorial Board Member, provided an overview of the Cyprus Energy Agency’s projects that relate to various aspects of energy efficiency of...

TRI-HP project event - Heat Pumps on Natural Refrigerants in the Context of the F-Gas Regulation

Interested in heat pumps and the impact that the F-Gas Regulation Revision will have? Visit the BUILD UP YouTube channel to watch the full session.   The first session was entitled...

Webinar - Energy generation and storage technologies in buildings

Moderated by Aranzazu Galán, Senior Researcher at Université Libre de Bruxelles and BUILD UP's Editorial Board Member, the webinar presented two projects that explore technological solutions for heating/cooling coupled with renewables (SunHorizon...

Webinar - Novel heat pump technologies based on natural refrigerants and multiple renewable sources

Moderated by Jasper Vermaut, Policy & Project Officer at REHVA, the webinar allowed the project to present its main results, as it is coming to an end soon (February 2023). Three heat pump systems have been...

HP4All Knowledge Hub about heat pumps

The HP4ALL project has created a Knowledge Hub in which a user can find all the information concerning heat pumps installation and skills development. The project´s objectives are...

The BERLIN Smart Tool for building integrated energy systems design

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...

Webinar - The Plug-N-Harvest solution enabling smart energetic renovations for different building cases

Moderated by Aranzazu Galán González, Senior Researcher at Université Libre de Bruxelles and BUILD UP Editorial Board Member, the webinar consisted of 3 presentations sections, including material and outcomes from the H2020 Plug-n-...

Video - REHVA Brussels Summit 2022

The conference covered two interlinked topics with speakers from the European Parliament and the Commission, EU think thanks and associations along REHVA experts. The morning session on Healthy Zero Emission Buildings with the EPBD ...

Webinar - Lightweight switchable smart solutions for energy saving glass facades

The webinar, moderated by Lenka Bajarova  (from AMIRES), presented the main features of Switch2Save technology and its potential impact and introduced the Architectural Design Competition.   The first speaker to take the floor was...

EPREL - European Product Registry for Energy Labelling database

Consumers can find detailed information about energy labelled products and models in EPREL. It offers the possibility to identify which products have the best cost-efficiency ratio for a specific need. Information...

Webinar - Bringing Circular skills to the design and construction sector

The session was presented by Aranzazu Galán González, Senior Researcher at Université Libre de Bruxelles and BUILD UP Editorial Board Member, and moderated by Helena O'Rourke-Potocki, from ICLEI.    The session presented the work developed so far on...

Webinar - Leveraging on standardisation for building data aggregation and analytics

Moderated by Nerea Gómez, from the BIGG project, the aim of the discussion was to:   Share each project’s vision of contribution to standardisation; Identify the common subjects and ideas that could be pushed to...

Webinar - Practical Tools for the Construction Sector in Digital Twin

Moderated by Agnieszka Mikołajczyk, from ASM Research, the session addressed one of the COGITO project challenges: Towards minimising construction project time/cost overruns and alleviate workplace accidents, COGITO...

Webinar | Energy Labelling for existing heating appliances: Lessons from the HARP Project

With the energy transition at the top of Europe’s agenda and household bills rising fast, energy efficiency is a growing priority. Unfortunately, over 60% of installed heating appliances in Europe are inefficient. As part of the Horizon 2020...

Webinar - Towards Renewable Heating & Cooling: Replacement of Inefficient Systems in the Residential Sector

About the webinar   Half of Europe’s energy consumption is used for heating and cooling (H&C). However, two thirds of the heating systems installed in European buildings are inefficient.   In order to achieve climate neutrality...

Webinar - Using digitalisation to overcome vocational exclusions for training

The ARISE project held an ARISE webinar on "Using digitalisation to overcome vocational exclusions for training".   This webinar presented BIMcert and ARISE toolkits which...