Germany has launched a new program for sustainable heating to support households in changing their heating and cooling system and install heat pumps. The program covers up to 40% of the...
Low emission heat pumps may have a key role in fighting against climate change, but there are still some obstacles in their implementation at the urban district level.
There are two...
At the fourth stakeholder forum of the ePLANET project, participants discussed the new data platform tool. The tool will ease and speed up the SECAP drafting and monitoring process, enable...
As cold weather grips Europe, many people are deeply concerned about their heating bills.
Energy prices have soared following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the European Commission has called on countries to...
Only 13% of thermal energy in Europe is produced by renewable energy sources and 40% from natural gas alone. Therefore, unlocking local, green-produced, sustainable heating now is a must
The ...
The conference aimed at providing new points of view on the current state, upcoming challenges, and innovations in the field of the building envelope design, manufacturing, installation, operation and ...
The current global energy crisis has led to a surge of heat pumps installations across Europe and the world. This acceleration of heat pumps sales is particularly made by Europe where heat pump...
The Interreg VIOLET project aims to support the renovation and improvement of energy performance of heritage buildings which need specific interventions to become more efficient. Indeed they are made by old-fashioned...
To resolve the big issue of air pollution due to the firewood and coal heating in houses and the use of natural gas and heavy fuel oil in district heating, the city of Sarajevo is about to launch several projects to...
The biomass-fired cogeneration plant and the development of the district heating network that it supplies represents an example in switching to innovative district heating technologies in...
FORTH Electrical Services (FES) has been appointed by Clyde Gateway to construct a low temperature energy network in a £3.1 million project.
It will supply businesses in the Clyde Gateway district in Glasgow with a ‘cheaper and cleaner’...
The IN-PLAN project is collecting current practices on how Energy, Climate, or Spacial planning is done across Europe to identify what is missing for efficient planning.
The overarching objective of IN-PLAN...
Four exciting projects who participated in this year’s EIT Community New European Bauhaus Hackathons have been selected to develop their idea further through a 10,000 EUR Makerspace voucher.
The individual teams attended...
2022 is shortly coming to an end…As we all know, this year has been particularly tumultuous marked by an unprecedented energy crisis, requiring a shift in our paradigm and making all of us reconsider our rapport with energy and energy...
The forum was addressed by honorable guests such as Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Chairman of Global Forum on Human Settlements, Former UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative, Mr. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, The...
The December 2022 edition of the venticool newsletter is now available!
Specific contents include:
Foreword
Feedback from the 42nd AIVC‐ 10th TightVent & 8th venticool Conference: Summary of the “Resilient...
The Energy Community Ministerial Council, including Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia have adopted 2030 targets to reduce energy consumption, increase the uptake of renewables and reduce greenhouse gas...
The Architects Newspaper has selected innovative and successful facades of buildings that have been presented during 2022. The facades are made of different materials, such as terra-cotta, rammed earth and...
EU legislators have recently agreed to impose a carbon price on buildings which still have a heating system based on fossil fuels. Compared to what the European Commission envisioned, the tax would be...
In recent years Passivhaus standards have become more and more viable, even though they have existed from the 1990s. This guide written by Liam Turner, editor of Housing Digital, explains what Passivhaus...