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
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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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Tuesday 21 November 2017, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Brussels time (CET)
This webinar tackled the mismatch between the professional skills available and required for the successful design, construction and maintenance of Nearly Zero-Energy...
An innovative way of incorporating end-users behaviour in energy efficiency policy making.
Tuesday 14 November 2017, 10:00 a.m. Brussels time (CET)
We know that incorporating actual end-users behavioural barriers into energy modeling...
15 December 2017, 10:30-12:00 Brussels time (CET)
We spend 90% of our life indoors in buildings, so the quality of the indoor environment has a major impact on our health, well-being, and productivity. The health, comfort and well-being...
Monday 6 November 2017, 14:00-15:30 Brussels time (CET)
Industry stepping up to the challenge of deep renovation
Stimulating the energy renovation market remains one of the biggest challenges. Innovative business models can be powerful...
15 December 2017, 10:30-12:00 Brussels time (CET)
We spend 90% of our life indoors in buildings, so the quality of the indoor environment has a major impact on our health, well-being, and productivity. The health, comfort and well-...
Tuesday 21 November 2017, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Brussels time (CET)
This webinar tackled the mismatch between the professional skills available and required for the successful design, construction and maintenance of Nearly Zero-Energy...
An innovative way of incorporating end-users behaviour in energy efficiency policy making.
Tuesday 14 November 2017, 10:00 a.m. Brussels time (CET)
We know that incorporating actual end-users behavioural barriers into energy modeling...
Monday 6 November 2017, 14:00-15:30 Brussels time (CET)
Industry stepping up to the challenge of deep renovation
Stimulating the energy renovation market remains one of the biggest challenges. Innovative business models can be...
The German Working Group for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of State and Municipal Administrations (AMEV) released in August its Guidelines on Technical Monitoring of buildings. QUANTUM partners synavision and the Institute for...