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The experience of VEEP and other projects promoting circular economy for buildings

  Around 400 million tons of construction and demolition waste, excluding excavation materials, are yearly generated and then mostly landfilled in EU.   On the other hand, concrete is the most widely used material in building, with a...
Day: 9 March 2021 Time slot: 11.00 – 12.30 CEST Moderator: Alessio Rimoldi – BIBM What it now!
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Smart buildings: meet EU innovators

With a staggering 97%[1]  of the housing stock estimated as being energy inefficient, the building sector represents a tremendous potential for energy savings, that still needs to be unlocked.   To that end, buildings need to transform...
This webinar took place on the 25th February, 12.00 to 13:15 Watch it here.
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New implementation model for Energy Performance Contracting (EPC)

Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) is a well-tested and successful tool that has been helping building owners reach their energy and climate targets more quickly than with traditional implementation of energy saving measures.    Still...
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Cyfrowa rewolucja w budownictwie - webinarium z udziałem eksperta PIIB

Zapraszamy do obejrzenia webinarium zorganizowanego przez Główny Urząd Nadzoru Budowlanego. Tematem szkolenia jest cyfryzacja w procesie budowlano-inwestycyjnym.   Od tego miesiąca inwestorzy będą składać wnioski w procesie budowlano-...
Copyright © 2021  PIIB | Original source here | Original author: PIIB
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Tecnological Solutions

EFFECT4buildings is mapping and spreading knowledge on technology solutions for energy efficiency in buildings to achieve economic savings.   Building managers gain from better knowledge on their profitability, performance and how to order...
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Lightweight solutions for high insulating building envelopes – The EENSULATE project

Buildings account for around 40% of energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions in the European Union.   Curtains walls, associated with modern architecture and large office building stock, are often criticized for their limited insulation...
This webinar took place on the 11th February, 12.00 to 13.00 Watch it here.  
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SHERPA Capitalization Platform

This part of the SHERPA Capitalization Platform serves as a “hub” of useful information, available for Regions, Municipalities and other stakeholders interested in buildings’ energy renovation (ERB).   It is divided into 4 thematic...
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Calculations with the set of EPB standards (IV) - Focus on non-residential buildings

Webinar 10 – Example calculations with the set of EPB standards – (4) Focus on non-residential buildings (12h00 – 13h30 – 2nd February 2021) Following the successful first series of 6 webinars on the Energy Performance of Buildings...
BUILD UP webinar series: Energy Performance of Buildings standards (EN/ISO) supporting the implementation of EPBD This webinar took place on the 2nd February, 12.00 to 13.30 Watch it here.
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The ERA Equipment CO2 Calculator

The European Rental Association, the voice of the European equipment rental industry, has today launched the ERA Equipment CO2 Calculator, an independent and free-to-use online tool to enable equipment stakeholders to make more sustainable...
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Takeaways from the Next-generation Energy Performance Certificates and Deep Renovation workshop

On 25 January 2021, the QualDeEPC project held its EU-level expert workshop: Next-generation Energy Performance Certificates and Deep Renovation to discuss with important EU stakeholders the proposals developed in the Green paper on good...
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Webinar – Building airtightness improvements of the building stock- Analysis of European databases

  Air infiltration in buildings has multiple consequences on energy use and indoor environmental quality. Therefore, in the last 10 years many countries have introduced requirements for building airtightness in their EP-regulation.   Those...
WebEx 19/01/2021 10:00 Europe/Brussels
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Multi Service Contracting

Multi service contracts is a method used for energy efficiency contracting to add other co-benefits such as lighting, indoor air quality, temperature, noise, esthetical values and well-being issues in the investments.   These co-benefits...
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Calculations with the set of EPB standards (III) - Whole building calculations, from components to overall primary energy

Webinar 9 – Example calculations with the set of EPB standards – (3) Whole building calculations, from components to overall primary energy ( 12h00 – 13h30 – 19th January 2021) Following the successful first series of 6 webinars on the...
BUILD UP webinar series: Energy Performance of Buildings standards (EN/ISO) supporting the implementation of EPBD This webinar took place on the 19th January, 12.00 to 13.30 Whatch it Here!
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Bundling Tool

Taking care of many measures simultaneously in energy investments is difficult, but bundling can make it easier. It enables one to combine many small measures into one package, which can increase the profitability of an investment and make...
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Financial Calculations

To predict the profitability of an investment, financial calculation methods are used. Since the traditional approach, based on pay-back time, is inefficient, the project propose tools (in web and Excel versions) that enables one to employ...
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ROMÂNIA EFICIENTĂ FORUM: A RENOVATION WAVE ACROSS EUROPE

Virtual conference on the Renovation Wave and the Green Deal, available to watch both in Romanian and English: Here   Evenimentul este organizat de EPG în cadrul proiectului România Eficientă, cel mai mare proiect multianual de promovare a...
Copyright © 2020 Romania Eficienta | Original source here | Original author:  Romania Eficienta 
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Guide Prosumerism and PV plant calculation tool

Insights in EU and the legislation framework of each participating country, support schemes, tools and guidelines.   The documents give information about PV market trends and costs, including installed capacity trends, price trends for...
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Funding tool

Funding is a crucial element for implementing energy efficiency activities. Different funding sources exist in all EFFECT4buildings project countries.   Based on the results of interviews 70% of the respondents inform that they have...
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Convincing decission makers

Convincing decision makers tool is about how to convince decission makers to invest in energy efficiency. The main message is that convincing decision makers needs really strong arguments and facts.   This means clear numbers and visual...
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Green Lease Contracting

Reaching energy and climate goals requires involving building users, to let them understand what energy savings can be achieved thanks to changes in their behavior.   Green lease contracts (GLCs) offer a model providing a structural...