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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

According to Paul McCarthy, CTO at Service Works Global, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and digital twins can improve energy efficiency and reaching sustainability...

How to decide on the heat pump for your home

There are two low-carbon alternatives for your home: heat pumps and hydrogen boilers. Concerning heat pumps, there are two types to choose from: Air Source Heat...

The role of the New European Bauhaus to rebuild Ukraine

The European Commission has allocated resources to the Ukrainian government to help the country to rebuild its cities sustainably and inclusively according to the New European Bauhaus (NEB)...

REVEAL Project: SwissCore Article

In the article, Michel Haller, head of Research at SPF Institute for Solar Technology, an institute from Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (FH OST), explains the very origin of the...

70 million subsidies for Serbian households for energy efficiency measures and renewables

The public call for subsidies for households to implement energy efficiency measures has been launched by the Ministry of Mining and Energy of Serbia. The Ministry has...

Mannheim and Espoo together for carbon neutrality

Mannheim in Germany and Espoo in Finland are part of the 100 Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission, developing roadmaps and engaging stakeholders to reach a carbon neutral...

Digitalisation in the Flemish construction sector

The kick-off event of the EDIH-EBE (European Digital Innovation Hub Energy in the Built Environment) took place on 31 January and it has been discussed the importance of digitalisation for the...

Smart Cities Action Grant: 2nd proposal is open

The 2nd Call for proposals for the Scalable Cities Action Grant is now open. The call will be open from 17th February until 31st May 2023.   The Scalable Cities Action Grant is a financial...

D2EPC newsletter #5 is out

The newsletter #5 from D2EPC project is out! This newsletter marks month 30 of the project and presents activities, news, events, and publications.   Contents included in the newsletter are: Deliverables...

Fuel Cell Micro-CHP: A smart energy solution for homes, businesses and power grids

According to official EU figures, buildings are responsible for around 40% of energy consumption and 36% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. This is why the revision of the...

Implementing BIM to manage information better

Building and construction industry in the UK needs to digitalise its processes. In fact, there has been an upsurge of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and an increasing adoption levels...

Paris-Saclay district heating and cooling grid: Veolia takes over the operation!

The Paris-Saclay district heating and cooling grid is one of the five pilot sites from D2Grids European project. It is the first 5GDHC grid in France, including an ambient temperature loop.   In 2015, the Etablissement...

Digital Building Logbooks to support building decarbonisation

The new EU-funded Demo-BLog project has just kicked off in Delft (Neatherlands). The main aim of the project is to unlock the potential of Digital Building Logbooks (DBLs) to decarbonise the European...

Is automation stealing our jobs?

Researchers in the UK have noticed that 30% of jobs could be eradicated by automation by 2030. For the construction industry specifically this means losing more than half a million jobs. Moreover, workers...

Clean energy transition outlook for 2023

Although geopolitical and energy issues characterised 2022, last year we saw a remarkable acceleration of the energy transition and it still looks very positive for 2023. In fact, clean energy is more cost...