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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 standardisation; Identify...
On 8th November, BUILD UP hosted the webinar "Leveraging on standardisation for building data aggregation and analytics", a workshop organised by the BIGG project in collaboration with their sister projects MATRYCS and BUILTHUB. WATCH THE...
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Everything about Energy topics offered by the European Commission

The users can find:   Latest news Topics: energy efficiency, renewable energy, market and consumers, energy strategy, oil, gas coal, infastructure, energy security, research and technology, fuding and financing, international cooperation,...
This webpage of the European Commission offers all the information available about Energy, focusing particularly on EU policies and publications which aim to deliver secure, sustainable and affordable energy for citizens and businesses.
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Comparing qualification schemes and learning outcomes with the European Skills Registry

The ESR is a central electronic database for qualified experts listed under the umbrella of the TRAIN4SUSTAIN standard. The database also provides different functionalities like a user interface and a match-making section (both also...
The European Skills Registry (ESR) is a web-based Platform providing functions for comparing various qualification schemes and learning outcomes, and allows listing qualified experts in a central experts database connected to a match-...
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Built Environment: measuring Climate Change impact

One of the main reasons for global warming is the sustained increase of CO2 emissions, trapping heat and warming up the atmosphere. With more frequent storms, landslides or floodings, climate change will make buildings more vulnerable and...
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BUILD UP Skills Advisor app: an easy tool for professional trainings

Professional training is a must to decarbonise our built environment and transition to more sustainable buildings. But too often identifying suitable training in topics such as energy saving and generation of your own renewable energy is...
The BUILD UP Skills Advisor app is a free tool for practitioners and craftsmen to look for opportunities for trainings in Europe and some specific EU countries. It also contains a community-managed content repository and can facilitate the...
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ICLEI webinar - Circular Buildings and Construction

After a short thematic introduction, cities from different world regions presented how they have been implementing a specific or multiple R-strategies (Rethink, Regenerate, Reduce, Reuse, and Recover).   Moderated by Ying-Chih Deng-Sommer...
ICLEI is developing the webinar series "Circular Buildings and Construction", that showcases how the Circular City Actions Framework can be applied to different sectors at the local level through concrete cases from cities of different...
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Path 2050 for a climate neutral Belgium

EnergyVille researchers have drawned data-driven maps based on three different scenarios (central scenario concept, electrification scenario concept, clean molecules scenario concept) which describe different scenario routes towards...
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Kaleidoscope: Embodied Carbon Design Tool

Kaleidoscope is a tool which supports Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) in the early design stage. This allows the designers to have a clear view of the embodied carbon impacts of various design options and thereby to make the final decision...
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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 targets to a semantic...
On 4th October and organised by COGITO project, BUILD UP hosted the webinar "Practical Tools for the Construction Sector in Digital Twin", recommended for everybody interested in Digital Twin and current practical solutions in that area....
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Why use Dashboards to Implement your Energy Efficiency Plan

Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to take steps to improve your energy consumption but didn't know where to start? Maybe you have already heard of Energy Dashboards? This reporting tool can provide you with precious...
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Webinar - Leveraging digitalisation and construction skills towards 2030 energy goals (EUSEW 2022)

Moderated by Mariana Fernández, from Sustainable Innovations, the session addressed the energy transition, which is the centrepiece of all EU policy plans. This transition to a climate-friendly economy is not a purely national challenge...
How do we use digitalization, how do we use that digital transformation as that necessary step to get the clean construction we require in Europe? (Paul McCormack) On 21st September and as part of EUSEW 2022 Extended Programme, BUILD UP...
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Webinar - Making building performance assessment transparent & holistic

Moderated by Andrei Vladimir Litiu, Executive Director at EPB Center, the session involved relevant names in the field of building performance assessment that largely contributed to raise awareness of the need of a transparent, holistic...
"If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it” (Lord Kelvin) On 20 September and as part of EUSEW 2022 extended programme and hosted by BUILD UP portal, EPB Center, ECI, BPIE and ECTP brought together key actors to make the invisible...
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Energy Intelligence: The Use of AI in Energy Management

How can artificial intelligence be defined? "In its simplest form, artificial intelligence is a field that combines computer science and robust datasets to enable problem-solving” (IBM). This concept and its use are becoming increasingly...
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The PEDTool for cities to assess their readiness to develop a Positive Energy District

The MAKING-CITY PED-readiness indicator tool (PEDTool) allows cities to quickly and simply assess whether they are ready to develop a Positive Energy District (PED) which helps the city to become climate neutral.   Level 1: Pre-evaluation...
The PEDTool allows cities to quickly assess whether they are ready to develop a Positive Energy District and thus becoming climate neutral. The tools consists of three levels which guide municipalities in the process.
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Replication toolkit for small-medium European cities with zero-carbon vision

SmartEnKIT is the official replication toolkit of the SmartEnCity project. It collects all main project learnings, methods and outcomes to share insights and inspire other small and medium-sized European cities with a zero-carbon vision...
The SmartEnCity project has developed a replication toolkit which collects all main project learnings, methods and outcomes to share insights and inspire small and medium-sized cities with a zero-carbon vision.
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Webinar - Renovating History: How to bring historic buildings into the 21st century

The need to urgently reduce the EU’s dependency on Russian fossil fuels and at the same time to transform our buildings to be highly energy efficient and decarbonised by 2050 requires us to take into account the entire building stock.   A...
On Monday 11th of July 2022, EuroACE – Energy Efficient Buildings hosted the second event of its EPBD Webinar Series named “Renovating History: how to bring historic buildings into the 21st century”. Watch it here.
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SENSEI capacity building event

The workshops specifically focus on national dimensions and address the needs and the points of view of certain categories of stakeholders; however, they are open to everyone interested in learning more on energy efficiency schemes and the...
How can the Pay-for-Performance (P4P) model contribute to increasing energy efficiency rates and investments in the European Union? Will energy savings be seen as a resource? How will the implementation of energy retrofitting projects...
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GET.onE.app - user interface application for complex BIM projects

Combining three-dimensional and real-time visualization technologies with a simple and user-friendly interfaced, the GET.onE.app tool supports owners and professionals to visualise and choose the most appropriate options from ProGETonE...
We are glad to present our GET.onE.app, a new User Interface application for complex BIM projects developed within ProGETonE project, an H2020 funded project about deep energy renovation of residential buildings with seismic strengthening...
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Summer comfort training by Passivhaus

Keep your cool and achieve optimal summer comfort for your Passivhaus project, by accessing our on-demand training on avoiding overheating risks.   The Passivhaus standard addresses summer overheating, with the stringent criterion which...
Changing weather conditions, variations in occupant behaviour can potentially increase the risk of overheating. Passivhaus is offering an online on-demand free training on avoiding overheating risks.
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REPLACE Heating Matrix to assess the best heating system

When replacing inefficient heating systems, the REPLACE Heating Matrices provide an initial overview: They show which type of heating system based on renewable energy sources or a connection to district heat is most suitable for your...
REPLACE Heating Matrices can help building occupants to decide on which heating system to install once they decide to renovate. The matrix can show which type based on renewable energy sources or a connection to district heating. The type...