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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 947496

The most profitable Solar collector on the market to supply Heat and Electricity Let the sun shine on new hybrid panels   Solar energy has not been widely adopted by Europe’s building sector despite initiatives promoting...
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Media Library Wild South, Reunion overseas deparment, France

Energy & Hot Climates winner - Green Solutions Awards 2018

The media library of Saint-Joseph (Reunion) questions the identity of the contemporary architecture of Reunion, that of the Sud Sauvage more precisely. It refers to images, block of basalt, fagot of vetyver, geko, kalbanon but especially...
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Prosolis Webtool

Web Tool for Thermal and Daylight Characteristics Comparison of Glazing Complexes
Since these last years, the application of the European Energy Performance Building Directive (EPBD) has led to a higher interest in summer comfort issue. In this context, the design of glazing complexes (glazing and solar shading) is a...
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Climate Considerations in Building and Urban Design

This book, is a guide to the relationship between building design, urban planning and climate. Aimed at architecture and urban planning professionals and students alike, it offers real-life solutions to climatological site planning and...
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CASE DI LUCE: Urban Regeneration and Low Carbon Architecture

Case di Luce is an example of sustainable urban regeneration in a densely urbanized area. The site, located in the town of Bisceglie Italy, was a former industrial site that was not in use. All old building structures were demolished and...
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ES-SO White Paper EPBD: Overheating risk in low energy buildings

This white paper, released by the European Solar Shading Organisation (ES-SO) focuses on the overheating risk in low energy buildings with the aim to strengthen the awareness of member states of a growing problem which is not sufficiently...
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3 priorities to tap into the energy saving potential of modern windows

The building glass façade and window industry represented by European Aluminium, EuroWindoor, ES-SO and Glass for Europe come together to call for a modernised EPBD to unleash the energy savings potential of high performing windows.  ...
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Guidance on preventing overheating in the home

This guide, released by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) and the Adaptation and Resilience in a Changing Climate Coordination Network (ARCC network), outlines precautions people can take to prevent homes from...