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Giulia Leghissa

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The visual tool provides simplified LCA for early design phases allowing to compare climate impacts of building systems.

Tool

17/01/2024

We need more heat pumps to reduce emissions

Heat pumps are key to reduce buildings´ emissions, but they remain unaffordable for many.

News

18/01/2024

A sustainable solution for heating and cooling: heat pumps

Heat pumps represent a clear alternative to fossil fuel heating and their sales have been increasing in Europe as a push away from natural gas.

News

18/01/2024

Can heat pumps take off in Britain?

The UK has the fewest number of heat pumps in Europe, whereas Norway or Sweden have the highest.

News

17/01/2024

How heat pumps could slash Britain´s emmissions and bills

Heat pumps are more efficient than gas boilers and the UK is planning to reach an estimate of 80% of homes to be heated by them in the next 25 years.

News

15/01/2024

New project kick-off on energy sufficiency and community action

ComActive, funded through the LIFE Programme, aims to develop and demonstrate solutions for Multi-Family Apartment Buildings (MFABs) in three municipalities in Europe.

News

12/01/2024

AI-driven approach can speed up building decarbonisation

Machine learning, AI and physics-based models can accelerate our net-zero and decarbonisation goals.

News

12/01/2024

EU Whole Life Carbon approach for the built environment

The European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations has published a position paper to support an EU-wide Whole Life Carbon approach to be adopted by the construction ecosystem.

Publication

11/01/2024