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EPBD recast – Key documents and tools to be up to date on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
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Building Operation and Maintenance

Contributions in this theme (661)

How facility management is reshaping in UK: towards sustainability and smartness

In 2024, regulatory changes, sustainability goals, and AI advancements reshaped facility management, emphasising compliance, energy efficiency, and digital integration, while challenges in Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption and collaboration remained.

News

06/03/2025

5th annual meeting of the High Level Construction Forum

The 5th annual plenary meeting of the High Level Construction Forum is just around the corner. The event will take place in person in Brussels at the Breydel building of the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW).

Event

05/03/2025

What makes a building ‘smart’: technologies driving energy efficiency

What if technology allowed buildings to manage themselves, guaranteeing greater energy efficiency, enhanced comfort, and improved health while quickly paying for themselves through savings on bills? This is already happening—smart buildings are a reality, with various projects demonstrating their advantages.

Article

03/03/2025

Operational effectiveness vs efficiency

Operational effectiveness ensures building systems achieve their goals by adapting to real-time conditions, prioritising outcomes over efficiency alone.

News

03/03/2025

Decarbonising the existing building in UK to achieve net-zero: challenges and opportunities

The document highlights the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings through retrofitting, addressing challenges such as high costs, data gaps, and technical issues, while exploring opportunities in innovation and policy to meet net-zero targets by 2050.

Publication

28/02/2025

BUILD UP Board of Ambassadors: discussing EPBD implementation at a national level

The implementation of the EPBD at the Member State level was the central theme of the BUILD UP Board of Ambassadors meeting recently held in Brussels. 'We can do it,' said Pau Garcia Audi, Policy Officer at DG ENER (European Commission), when talking about the 2050 decarbonisation objective.

News

25/02/2025

Digital twins' contribution to buildings' energy efficiency

This study explores how digital twins can improve building energy efficiency by enhancing monitoring, modelling, and maintenance while addressing challenges and identifying future research opportunities for sustainable practices.

Publication

14/02/2025

DigiBUILD Digital Twins: Enhancing district heating with data-driven approaches

The DigiBUILD project invites you to the webinar featuring the newly developed digital twins for two pilot sites in Spain.

Event

11/02/2025

Climate resilience through social housing renovation

This paper analyses the climate resilience of social housing renovations in the Basque Country, emphasising the importance of passive and active measures to reduce heating demand, minimise overheating risks, and lower environmental impact, with potential savings in energy and CO2 emissions.

Publication

06/02/2025

Digital technologies and sustainable construction

This paper analyses 990 articles on digital technologies in sustainable construction, identifying key themes and future research directions to enhance sustainability in the field.

Publication

24/01/2025

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