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