Lithuania leading green-building retrofit in Europe
With a combination of public grants and private financing, Lithuania has carried out 1 billion euros’ worth of energy-efficient building upgrades. Now the EU wants to scale up its success.
Bill on renewable energies: what changes to expect?
On Monday, December 5, a text was discussed with the deputies of the National Assembly which could give new impetus to the production of solar and wind power on French territory. Here are the main measures it includes.
BIGG events: from the standardization workshop to the first and upcoming BIGG training sessions
The BIGG project organized on November 8 the standardization workshop “Leveraging on standardisation for building data aggregation and analytics” in collaboration with the sister projects MATRYCS and BuiltHub and hosted by BUILDUP.
The EU plan to accelerate the implementation of renewables
Due to the current energy crisis, the European Commission has proposed a temporary emergency regulation to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy. According to the European Environmental Bureau, such decision would be done at the expense of environmental safeguards and democratic checks and create legal uncertainty.
How can the New European Bauhaus shape the future of the built environment?
The EIT Climate-KIC, alongside other KICs and partners, have been supporting the growth and scale-up of bottom-up projects through several programmes, supporting innovative climate projects.
De Hooch, il nuovo edificio residenziale ad Amsterdam con una particolare tipologia di vetro in facciata
L´edificio residenziale De Hooch, progettato da MVSA Architects, è caratterizzato da un particolare tipo di materiale in facciata: una tipologia di vetro a controllo solare ad alto isolamento, il quale è capace di assicurare il massimo livello di luminosità all’interno degli edifici e il minimo apporto di calore.
POWERSKIN+ Project: Switch2Save workshop
The POWERSKIN+ project coordinator Jorge Corker from IPN participated in the Switch2Save workshop on the 20th of October presenting the "Different approaches towards smart building envelopes designs – Examples of EU funded projects" segment of the workshop.
PLURAL Project: Switch2Save workshop
The PLURAL project coordinator prof. Maria Founti from NTUA participated in the Switch2Save workshop on the 20th of October with the talk entitled "Different approaches towards smart building envelopes designs – Examples of EU funded projects".
Retour sur le séminaire dédié à la 5ème génération de réseaux de chaleur !
Le 20 octobre dernier a eu lieu le séminaire dédié à la 5ème génération de réseaux de chaleur chaud – froid au Luxembourg, organisé par Ecotransfaire et Energipark Réiden, partenaires du projet D2Grids, qui a pour but de promouvoir cette nouvelle génération de réseaux (5GDHC).
Calls are open for the European Sustainable Energy Week 2023
An Info Session on the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2023 was celebrated on 29th November. Check more info here.