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A project to demonstrate optimised energy systems for high performance energy cities has just commenced. CITyFiED is a 5-year endeavour, co-funded by the EU and led by Valladolid-based Fundación CARTIF. The consortium comprises 18 partners from...
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Sustainable buildings partly depend on control strategies to be energy efficient. Implementation of possible control systems are now under study for two of the three showcase buildings developed under the EU funded DIRECTION project, namely the...
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A low energy building, called CARTIF III, has been built in a Spanish technology park located in the town of Boecillo, close to Valladolid, the capital city of the autonomous region of Castile and León. It has been designed to have a total primary...
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A new Directive, dubbed the energy performance of buildings Directive (EPBD), brings the new concept of net-zero energy buildings (NZEB) meaning buildings with a zero energy balance that have a better level of energy performance than the standard...