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How can local and national governments accelerate energy retrofitting in condominiums?

According to Eurostat 2017, 42% of the European population currently live in flats (condominiums, multi-owned properties, tenements, social housing, etc.). Retrofitting condominiums (tenements and flatted buildings) is highly strategic for local authorities, as a large number of private owners can be reached at the same time. Once the retrofitting is done, co-owners benefit from comfortable homes as well as from financial and carbon savings.   Fragmented ownership
Post date: 14 Nov 2019
Type: Vijesti

Prioritising investments in energy efficiency

The lack of the overall understanding of the impact of energy-efficient investments has made it difficult for policymakers to integrate it into their policymaking process. There is a need to gather evidence on the benefit of energy efficiency in ecological and socio-economic terms.  
Post date: 14 Nov 2019
Type: Vijesti

EEA Report "Trends and projections in Europe 2019" with input from VITO/Energyville

This report was prepared by the EEA and its European Topic Centre for Climate Change Mitigation and Energy (ETC/CME). The ETC/CME is coordinated by VITO/EnergyVille and is a consortium of European institutes that assists the EEA in providing support to EU policy in the field of climate change mitigation and energy. VITO/EnergyVille was responsible for assessment of progress towards energy efficiency targets.  
Post date: 14 Nov 2019
Type: Vijesti

The Energy Efficiency Work Programme for 2020 has just been published

With a total of 18 topics in these priority areas, the work programme features a new focus on "Buildings in energy transition", highlighting how decarbonisation of buildings constitute the major challenge of the next decade. At the same time, it continues to focus on digital and smart technologies and innovative financing for energy efficiency as well as supporting public authorities and  ensuring the active involvement of consumers in the energy transition.  
Post date: 14 Nov 2019
Type: Vijesti

Costruire case di nuova generazione pensando agli utenti (e alle loro abitudini)

Nel realizzare case che consumano meno, o che addirittura producono più energia di quanta ne consumano, sono diverse le variabili da tenere in conto. Per dirne alcune: bisogna capire le tecnologie a disposizione sul mercato, il loro costo e la loro accessibilità, l’ambiente e il clima. Ma c’è un altro aspetto che spesso viene trascurato: come si comporta chi usa l’edificio, da quale cultura proviene e quali abitudini ha?   
Post date: 13 Nov 2019
Type: Vijesti

#6 Newsletter of the Efficient Buildings Community

In this issue: MEDNICE project's outcomes New project EFFICIENT BUILDINGS MED - Mediterranean Energy Debate The technical capitalization of modular projects results: financing schemes and barriers; traning methodologies and capacity gaps; methodology, tools and indicators; lessons learned. The main recommendations of the policy papers Manifesto for a Mediterranean building renovation  
Post date: 11 Nov 2019
Type: Vijesti

Energy efficiency in buildings

Europeans spend approximately 90 % of their time in buildings. Living indoors requires energy to maintain the right temperature, to cook and to use electrical appliances. In fact, energy is expected to guarantee a healthy and comfortable environment. Of all the sectors in Europe, the building sector consumes the most energy, and thus emits the most CO2. As a result, policymakers have made buildings a priority in the EU energy policy agenda.
Post date: 11 Nov 2019
Type: Publication

Recording of CLIMA 2019 workshop: BACS supported performance, technical monitoring and certified commissioning of HVAC systems

This joint workshop organised by REHVA and the European Building Automation and Controls Association will present the wide spectrum of tools and technologies supported by BACS to improve and optimize HVAC systems’ performance and make it transparent to Building Owners/Operators.  
Post date: 7 Nov 2019
Type: Poveznica

Horizon 2020 Energy Efficiency Newsletter

In this issue:   Highlight Horizon 2020 Energy Efficiency website: new look and feel tailor-made for you! News Encouraging consumers to use more efficient heating systems New Horizon 2020 energy efficiency projects are fighting energy poverty SEFIPA: A sustainable energy financing platform with high impact BUILD Up Skills special
Post date: 6 Nov 2019
Type: Vijesti

Survey and solutions for potential cost reduction in the design and construction process of nearly zero energy multi-family houses

The CoNZEBs project formed the main part of a session at the IAQVEC conference in Bari in September 2019. CoNZEBs project partner held in total 6 presentations including a project overview, different project results and one of the national exemplary NZEB buildings presented in the end-user brochure. The papers are published as open source documents in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 609.  
Post date: 4 Nov 2019
Type: Publication