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Interview with Stefan Seitz about sustainable HVAC solutions

Eu.bac has interviewed Stefan Seitz, Director ISH Brand Management, about the sustainable future of HVAC systems, addressing the fair´s main themes happening in Frankfurt-am-Main in middle March. ISH, the...

"Zero carbon ready" homes created in lab

Researchers from Salford University are developing "zero carbon ready" homes in a laboratory. The Energy House 2.0 laboratory has two environmental chambers that are big enough to host two detached houses...

Smart Building Automation secondo Beckhoff

La multinazionale tedesca Beckhoff mira a sviluppare soluzioni di efficientamento energetico degli edifici attraverso l´automazione e tecnologie di controllo PC-based. Questo tipo di...

Difference between building automation and home automation

What is the difference between home automation and building automation? Home automation refers to all the smart devices that are used at home. One of the benefits for...

District heating carries geothermal energy into homes, thereby reducing fossil fuel consumption

Geothermal energy can be very useful for delivering heat to buildings, safeguarding the environment while generating economic benefits. District cooling systems are also becoming...

The IN-PLAN introduction to an integrated vision for energy, climate, mobility, and spatial planning

Integrated planning has gained increasing relevance in tackling complex planning challenges and facilitating the local implementation of actions to meet energy, climate, and sustainability targets.  ...

Make a smart choice with a smart building

Why are smart buildings a smarter choice? Because they deliver three main benefits: savings, security and sustainability. For this reason, many existing buildings are transformed into smart and...

Some relevant measures to help citizens fight the energy crisis

John Carley’s editorial, FEDARENE Vice-President for Circular Economy and Chair of the South East Energy Agency shares his perspective on how citizens can overcome the energy crisis....

Is lack of technical skills holding back innovation and productivity?

The article highlights some relevant opinions and articles published on BIM Today from several businesses´ stakeholders.   Among the topics discussed, it has been emphasised the need to allocate funds to ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help us build a sustainable future

Artificial intelligence (AI) and, in general, digitalisation can help us fight the climate crisis because they provide a more efficient use of energy resources and the...

SmartBuilt4EU : Latest published brochures highlighting 100 Smart Buildings projects and 37 promising innovations

While smart buildings can enhance renovations, they also have a significant impact on energy performance and help to reduce energy consumption. Explore the latest SmartBuilt4EU...

Digitalisation is revolutionising the global building management system industry

The emergence of innovative and digital technologies is completely changing the building management system (BMS) industry. For example, with the final aim of reaching building occupant´s...

1 million smart meters milestone in Poland

Polish DSO Tauron has announced the installation of 1 million modern remote reading meters for their customers with the aim of better controlling electricity consumption. In fact, the installation would...

New timber-framed student flats in Oxford

Wright & Wright Architects have won permission to build a development of new buildings and a reworked Victorian villa on the college’s Norham Gardens site to accomodate 128 students.   The buildings...

Interview with CENER to discuss about Positive Energy Buildings (PEBs)

The EXCESS project has interviewed Florencio Manteca González, Director for the Energy Transition in Cities at the National Renewable Energy Centre for Spain (CENER) to discuss about the acceptance and integration of...

Renewable energy for heating and cooling is increasing

Energy from heating and cooling represent 50% of the total gross final energy consumption. Moreover, the gross final consumption of renewable energy for heating and cooling...

Apply for the EU Green Capital Award!

The competition for the European Green Capital Award has opened in January 2023. The selection of the city to be awarded is assessed on the basis of 7 environmental indicators:   Air quality Water quality...

The second course on 5GDHC is already online!

The EU supports the uptake of smart and low-temperature district heating and cooling (DHC) networks to speed up the process of decarbonisation and to achieve a climate-neutral economy by 2050 (European...

Green Building Council Italia condivide la sua opinione riguardo la Direttiva UE "casa green" e bonus edilizi

Fabrizio Capaccioli, Vicepresidente di GBC Italia, condivide la sua opinione riguardo alla Direttiva UE (Fit For 55) che impone a tutte le abitazione di ridurre le emissioni e raggiungere la classe...

Smart technologies can help improving energy efficiency and sustainability of buildings

Building Information Modelling (BIM) and digital twins can improve energy efficiency and reaching sustainability goals. To maximise the potential of data coming from the...