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Monitoring data analysis shows that after a Passive House renovation, the indoor air quality is largely below 1000 ppm and the thermal comfort is improved with relatively high temperatures achieved.

Each wave of new technology is usually heralded as a time-saving feature, leaving more time for design. This new void typically gets filled up with the protocols needed to implement these new competencies. Automating this becomes a game changer. We are on the cusp of generative architecture, where function becomes a mechanism to derive a design. Computational algorithms analyse and explore possibilities based on specific goals or constraints. Skills are needed to equip professionals to deliver paradigms and achieve their potential.

The EU-funded project CondoReno leads the development of Integrated Home Renovation Services (IHRS) for condominium associations interested in the implementation of energy renovations, providing support across the whole renovation journey for buildings co-owned by multiple private homeowners.

How important is the air we breathe indoors? Logically, it is extremely important, and even more when children are involved. If we want to measure and evaluate the indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort of buildings, as well as assessing the energy efficiency, post-occupancy evaluation (POE) comes into play. How should it be implemented in schools to improve wellbeing and the building´s energy performance?

This article explores the energy performance gap phenomenon in the context of building construction and retrofit projects and focuses on the role of occupants.

This article presents a simulation-based approach to assess the readiness of dwellings for adopting lower-temperature heat from district heating systems as a means of gas-free heating transition.

The research from architectural & engineering Open Project aims to contribute to the definition of a benchmark for the CO2 emissions at construction stages for “hospitality” buildings, taking into account four hotel or student dormitory buildings (three of which are completed and occupied, the fourth one still to be built), located in Bologna, Italy.

To achieve the required European climate targets, it is vital that the green economy delivers a better-skilled workforce and develops new competencies and methods of working. The overarching aim of ARISE is to support the transition of the construction sector by providing its workforce with digital and sustainable energy skills for the future.