The EPBD and its revisions in 2010 and 2018 strengthened the provisions related to Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) by setting out that the Member States have to provide information to owners and tenants on the purpose and objectives...
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Recommendations for building renovations
The Efficient Buildings Community has just developed a new set of recommendations for European and National decision-makers.
The eight recommendations are grounded in the experience of the Mediterranean local authorities and they aim to...
The Efficient Buildings Community releases the latest policy recommendations for a Mediterranean building renovation programme
The AIVC board decided in their last (online) meeting of September 2020 to start a project to collect, discuss and disseminate information about COVID-19 in relation to ventilation and airtightness.
A working group was created to define...
General and specialty contractors are buying into BIM based on the potential benefits it offers. Similar to any other construction technology, BIM has gained significant traction. The use of cloud-based software and mobile devices has...
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Notarjeva vila
The house was built after the 1st world war as notary's villa in the former periphery of Tolmin where richer buildings were located.
The house expresses the characteristics of secession and is listed in the Register of Slovene cultural...
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StepUP project - Making decarbonisation of existing buildings a reliable and attractive investment
Deep renovation is a key action to drastically reduce energy demand and achieve the EU vision of a decarbonised building stock by 2050. However, only 1% of European buildings are being renovated yearly and shallow retrofits persist with...
To support Member States implementing the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), European Building Automation Controls Association (eu.bac) has created a compliance checklist for Building Automation and Control System (...
The construction is an office building originally in masonry whose renovation has been designed by atelier d’architecture Rivat as architectural firm (Architecte associé: atelier des vergers).
The renovation has been completed in 2017...
The construction is designated as hostel for the pilgrims of "Camino de Santiago". The architects, Naxto Ibarrexte and Inaki Del Prim, aimed to combine in their project aspects of sustainability, healthy construction with local materials...
The untapped / hidden benefits of environmental policies are huge, this piece of research showcases and places a monetary value on the added benefits to our health, society and the economy that environmental investments and policy linked...
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iBRoad Report "Quantifying home renovation"
This iBRoad output provides a default database supporting a generic techno-economic assessment of renovation measures.
The default database consists of a list of possible renovation measures (building envelope and HVAC system) and their...
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The iBRoad field test experience
The iBRoad tools, consisting of the individual Building Renovation Roadmap and Logbook, were field-tested in Bulgaria, Poland and Portugal during the period March to May 2019.
Additionally, the iBRoad Logbook was field-tested in Germany...
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iBRoad Stakeholders mapping
Stakeholders mapping is the first and the most important step to identify the most appropriate and valuable stakeholders, how they can contribute to the project development and how they can benefit from the results of the iBRoad.
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The iBRoad tool consist of two components: the Roadmap Assistant and the Logbook, both of which are implemented as web applications.
The data structure for the Roadmap Assistant can be considered to be “standard”: the data fields it...
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The iBRoad tools structure
The iBRoad project intends to explore, design, develop and demonstrate the concept of individual building renovation roadmaps, outlining a deep step-by-step renovation plan with customised recommendations for individual buildings (the...
The report considers the national adaptation of the iBRoad concept in Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal, Flanders and Germany, by analysing specific country characteristics like the existing availability and structure of EPCs, the energetic...
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How can Member States implement iBRoad?
Barriers and drivers for countries willing to explore the feasibility and replicability of iBRoad.
The Report "How can Member States implement iBRoad" aims to explore the barriers to and enablers of the design and implementation of...
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iBRoad Report "Stepwise and structured"
Surrounding policy instruments to support the iBRoad approach for building renovation take-off.
The Report “Stepwise and structured” investigates how surrounding policy instruments can be used to increase the dissemination, adoption, and...
The building sector, as it stands today, is a major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union. It remains highly dependent on fossil fuels, has yet to embrace circularity, and is not seeing the renovation activity...
Understanding end-user perspectives is crucial for the development and roll-out of new features for energy performance certificates (EPCs).
Without a full insight into what end- users want and need for the next generation of EPCs it will...
RESULTS OF THE X-TENDO SURVEY SHOWS THAT BUILDING LOGBOOKS, FINANCING OPTIONS AND COMFORT ARE THE MOST RELEVANT FEATURES FOR NEW ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES, ACCORDING TO END-USERS FROM FIVE COUNTRIES