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BIMplement - Tools, training content and qualification schemes for BIM work place trainers (D4.5)

  • 13 Sep 2019
  • Pan European
The project objectives are to enhance nZEB construction and renovation, while easy up collaboration and up-skilling of stakeholders. • The focus will be given to two major subjects, that will have a great influence on the nZEB result:...
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EnDurCrete project

  • 13 Sep 2019
  • Undefined

Acronym: New Environmental friendly and Durable conCrete, integrating industrial by-products and hybrid systems, for civil, industrial and offshore applications – EnDurCrete

Concept, Objectives and Methodology Ordinary Portland cement has been considered for many years the benchmark structural material for durable buildings and infrastructures, as well as for marine environments. However, its...
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ACE Policy Seminar "Quality Architectural Services for a Sustainable Built Environment" and Opening of the Exhibition "20 Architectural Projects Against Climate Change"

  • 13 Sep 2019
  • Belgium

The European Ministers for Culture endorsed last year the Davos Declaration, pointing out “a trend towards a loss of quality in (...) the built environment (..) all over Europe, evident in the trivialisation of construction, the lack of...

The Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) is organising on Wednesday 2 October 2019 in the European Parliament two events aiming to discuss and showcase solutions that architecture can offer for a sustainable and high-...
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FACADES19 Conference /South challenges and beyond - Call for abstracts

  • 11 Sep 2019
  • Portugal

Annual EFN conferences goal is to bring together, a multi-disciplinary group of scientists and facade designers, specialists, consultants, manufacturers, builders etc. and young researchers, from Europe and other parts of the world to present and...

Call for Abstracts   We invite you to submit abstracts (in English) according to the format defined below on the following topics: Climate, energy and sustainable building facades Heritage buildings and facades Advanced...
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BIM: the collaborative work methodology that is revolutionizing the construction sector

  • 10 Sep 2019
  • Undefined
The evolution of new technologies is leading the construction sector to a new revolution in the way of working, especially in the collaboration among the agents involved in the different construction processes.  ...
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EFH Plattner – Mieming (Austria)

  • 10 Sep 2019
  • Austria
The 3-storey detached house was completed in 2019 and was built as a mixed construction (solid / wood).    The basis for the planning is an energy-efficient and ecological construction, which ensures a sustainable lifestyle with low energy...
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College "Notre-Dame de Bon secours"

  • 8 Sep 2019
  • Belgium
Since the start of All Saints' Day 2017, students in Secondary 5 and 6 of the  College "Notre-Dame de bon secours" in Binche are the first in Belgium to take classes in a building isolated with straw and wooden frame.   A spacious, bright...
Event

Ecocity World Summit 2019 - Vancouver

  • 6 Sep 2019
  • North America

The Ecocity World Summit addresses the way humanity builds its home — its cities, towns and villages. The aim is to unite people through a new way of living on the planet that provides the best possible cities while enhancing, not destroying, the...

The Ecocity World Summit is the longest-standing international Summit that addresses building cities in balance with nature. It is a biennial event involving over 1,000 delegates from around the world.   The first Summit in this series was...