
Rate of district heating adoption in major German cities
District heating is crucial in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Cologne amidst a still high fossil fuel reliance.
Luca Papapietro

Survey on historic building retrofit
Contribute to develop replicable retrofit solutions for historic buildings.
Editorial team

The urgent need for sustainable and equitable cooling solutions in India
Severe heat waves and rising global temperatures necessitate equitable and sustainable cooling solutions to ensure public health and environmental protection.
Luca Papapietro

Energy efficiency in the real estate sector
The Diplomat Bucharest analyses the impact and challenges of the Revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in the building sector, focussing on the Romanian scenario.
Luca Papapietro

Balancing Canada's housing goals and climate commitments
Researchers at the University of Toronto Engineering propose using sustainable construction practices to meet Canada's housing goals without surpassing climate commitments, based on their FIG model forecasting emissions reductions.
Luca Papapietro

Facade Design and Engineering programme at SDU
The University of Southern Denmark’s FACETS lab offers a Facade Design and Engineering programme focusing on AI and Industry 4.0 technologies to advance sustainable construction practices.
Luca Papapietro

18th CISBAT International Conference on the Built Environment in Transition: call for papers
The CISBAT 2025 conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, invites abstracts on energy efficiency, renewable technologies, and circularity by 31 October 2024, for a hybrid event focusing on the transition to carbon neutrality in the built environment.
Luca Papapietro

Sustainability wins the Olympics in Paris
France's summer Olympics face challenges from the climate crisis, but Paris 2024 aims to set a sustainability benchmark with eco-friendly construction and reduced emissions.
Luca Papapietro

From woods to façades
Sustainable wood solutions and the journey towards prefabricated building renovation.
Editorial team