What is Topic of the Month?
In Build Up we want that everyone feels involved. That is what the Topic of the Month is for, so all the community can contribute with articles, events and much more under the same topic.
This month of November our topic is 'Energy Efficiency design tools'.
Which content is related to the topic?
- BIM - Building Information Modelling
- Parametric design
- Design and optimisation of technical solutions
- Information and communication technology (ICT) and smart technologies to ensure buildings operate efficiently: level of implementation
- LCA - Life cycle analysis
- Best practices of effective design processes and case study presentation
Here you have the remarkable contributions of this month:
Overview Articles
Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings: A State of the Art. Currently, about 35% of the EU's buildings are over 50 years old and almost 75% of the building stock is energy inefficient. A preconception widespread in many countries is that historic buildings, particularly those with special protection, should be exempt from having to be equipped with new energy efficient technologies.
Events
Webinar on “CRAVEzero pinboard”: an interactive web-based modular framework supporting in developing low LCC nZEBs. In this webinar the main components of the CRAVEzero pinboard will be shown and explained to enable the participants in efficiently using the pinboard in their own work.
KLIMAHOUSE 2020. Its strategic location at the heart of the Alps makes it the perfect meeting point for companies to exchange ideas, innovations and insights on the latest trends on energy-efficient and sustainable construction. Klimahouse positioned itself as the leading trade show on sustainable construction in all of Italy.
Learn
The Templater tool. The Templater tool is been conceived by BRE in order to facilitate the implementation of BIM data standards across the asset lifecycle. This is achieved by providing a free to list opportunity for manufacturers and a free to access for Designers, Constructors, Owners, Operators and Maintainers.
Webinar on the STUNNING project: conclusions and important results for promoting energy-efficient building renovation. The goal of the EU’s H2020 STUNNING project is to promote successful and innovative building-renovation packages and business models around a virtual and collaborative knowledge-sharing platform. The STUNNING Renovation Hub aims to accelerate their adoption.
News
Time to act as global energy efficiency progress drops to slowest rate since start of decade. Energy efficiency has tremendous potential to boost economic growth and avoid greenhouse gas emissions, but the global rate of progress is slowing – a trend that has major implications for consumers, businesses and the environment, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency.
Building renovations: social aid to accept the change. When energy-saving measures are planned in social housing buildings, the environmental aim is combined with the scope of reducing inequality. In Zaragoza, Spain, a team of social workers is helping the tenants of a multi-family building to accept a challenging refurbishment
Publications
The EU Building Stock Observatory needs your help! Whilst the database measures energy efficiency indicators of the EU built stock, we are looking towards the public to help contribute to this important project by filling out an online survey. The survey focuses on the building occupied by the respondent to characterise the built stock, understand energy performance and energy renovations.
Drivers Of The Energy Transition: Why Do Property Owners Decide To Renovate? In order to understand what are the drivers that motivate property owners to carry out these projects, here is an interview to Hardi Kolli, a co-owner from the Apartment Owners Association “Rannaliiva”, in Võru (Estonia). Rannaliiva building is one of the three EU funded RenoZEB project sites.
Taxonomy technical report. This document sets out the results of the work to date undertaken by the Technical Expert Group (TEG) on Sustainable Finance in relation to the development of an EU classification system for environmentally sustainable economic activities (hereafter ‘Taxonomy’).
Cases
Bexel Consulting Applied Integrated BIM Approach for Large Hotel and Resort Project. Bexel Consulting is a high-tech, construction and engineering consultancy company. They designed, built, and constructed the Sensatori and Nickelodeon Hotels and Resorts. This beachfront resort, placed on the east coast of Dominican Republic, features 460 suites.
World's tallest Passive House: high-rise Bolueta (Bilbao-Spain). The developers and architects of this project have set very high goals. With the Bolueta building, they wanted to set a new Passive House record and at the same time ensure the quality of the building through certification. Bolueta is now the tallest Passive House building in the world.
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GEOENVI project. This project aims at answering environmental concerns in terms of both impacts and risks, by first setting an adapted methodology for assessing environment impacts to the project developers, and by assessing the environmental impacts and risks of geothermal projects operational or in development in Europe.
CINDERELA project. project aims to develop a new Circular Economy Business Model (CEBM) for use of secondary raw materials (SRM) in urban areas, connecting different industries, the construction sector and municipal services, decision makers and the general public with the support of CinderOSS, a “One-Stop-Shop” service.
Get ready for December 's Topic of the Month 'Renovation of existing buildings' and prepare your next publications.
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