ENERFUND is a tool that rates and scores deep renovation opportunities.
The tool is based on a set of parameters such as Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), number of certified installers, governmental schemes running, etc.
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This Webinar, organised by Eurac research and in collaboration with the BUILD UP team, is focused on teaching you all about deep renovation and prefabricated solutions and the H2020 project 4RinEU.
A big part of Europe's building stock...
This Webinar finished September 20 at 15 CET.
You can listen to the Webinar: https://youtu.be/7nbbAOJJLMs
A new suite of free and publicly available online resources have been launched to facilitate academic and professional studies of thermal comfort in buildings, the result of a four-year effort led by the Center for the Built Environment at...
ENEA, jointly with the Construction Technologies Institute of the CNR, has made available the new version of DOCET, a simplified software tool for the certification of existing residential buildings, targeted at technicians and operators...
This open-source tool helps users model the potential savings that a country could realise by a rapid transition to energy-efficient lighting.
The model forecasts the electrical energy and carbon dioxide emission savings potential of...
The research group ARDITEC from the Higher Technical School of Building Engineering at the University of Seville has led a pioneering European project to calculate the environmental impact of residential buildings. The novelty of this...
For the first time, an open-source computing tool can, simply and intuitively, calculate the CO2 emissions in each phase of a building project, in order to obtain a global picture of its carbon footprint from its conception and to help...
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EuroAccess Macro-Regions - the online info point and search tool for EU funding is now launched
Since 2016 EuroAccess has been a central online information point on EU funding opportunities in the Danube region. Over the time it has proven to be a success, therefore, a decision to extend the website to all four EU macro-regional...
Solar cells (photovoltaics, PV) for electricity generation is forecasted to become one of the main contributors in the future energy system. Better building integration of PV (BIPV) is desired for aesthetical reasons and potentially also...
The JRC has developed an interactive dissemination tool to explain to general public what a smart grid is and what the expected challenges and benefits of achieving a smart grid are.
The tool gives the user present and future scenarios...
This Webinar, organised by the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) and in collaboration with the BUILD UP team, is focused on teaching you all about Level(s), the new EU tool that provides a common EU approach to the assessment of...
This Webinar finished 25 JUNE at 13 CET.
You can listen to the Webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpvCUuVEyTs
If you would like to receive the presentation, please send an email to contact@buildup.eu
ENERHAT (Energy Housing Assessment Tool) is an application that enables tenants, owners and real estate agents to obtain information on energy labels and the state of conservation of residential buildings, to compare the energy efficiency...
ENERPAT (Energy Planning Assessment Tool), is an application that enables professionals in the building sector (architects, urban planners, builders, technicians and municipal managers) to assess the state of the residential building stock...
On June 7 the event Energy Efficient Buildings – Plan. Invest. Renovate!, final conference of the EU-funded project EmBuild took place in Belgrade.At the event, the Navigator, a comprehensive online guidance tool providing practitioners in...
Concerted Action Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (CA EPBD) public stakeholder workshop
24 October 2017, Bucharest, Romania
A qualified building workforce is essential to ensure the higher levels of quality required for moving...
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How can energy related behaviours and energy conservation measures be grouped into different categories?
The most common way of categorising energy conservation measures is by cost:
Low- to No-cost measures
Medium-cost measures
High-cost measures.
Low- to No-cost measures require very low, if any, investment and design input. Examples...
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What is the best way of extending the existing knowledge on energy poverty in Europe?
Deepening the understanding and extending and refining existing knowledge should be done via multifaceted and interdisciplinary approach that involves different agencies and various stakeholders. Moreover, opportunities for policy...
There are not only methodological but also conceptual complexities that underpin energy poverty. Portraying energy poverty is a challenging task for numerous reasons. In the first place, energy poverty is private and confined to the home....
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Which are the structural components that form a green roof?
Green roofs are structurally engineered and generally comprise of six key components as illustrated in the figure bellow. These are:
The uppermost planted layer. Success of any green roof depends on how healthy the plants are.
The growth...
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Do green roofs have any disadvantage?
In spite of mitigating the urban heat island phenomenon and offering numerous other benefits, green buildings have some potential disadvantages. Although they might be negligible or inconvenient to a particular group of people, these...
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Which are the different types of green roofs?
Green roofs, or living roofs as they are also known, can be classified according to type of usage, construction factors and maintenance requirements, into three different types; extensive, semi-intensive and intensive green roofs.
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