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A new environmental legislation in France is going to make commercial zones more green and sustainable by covering roofs with plants and solar panels. There are several benefits for doing so, such as enhance biodiversity, reduce indoor and urban temperatures, absorbing rainfalls, etc.

The Interreg MED Efficient Buildings has launched its new newsletter! Find out about the project´s results and activities, two interviews about EPC (Energy Performance Contracts) in the Mediterranean area, and an energy efficient indoor environment, an article about building skills and upcoming events.

The latest ECB climate stress test has showed that banks are at risk of incurring into insolvencies from consumers who are already hit by high energy prices. Hence, banks need to unlock finances to help consumers renovate their homes and make them more energy efficient.

Sustainable Places 2022 has partnered with Open Research Europe to provide Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe beneficiaries a place to publish in full compliance with the open access terms of their funding and offer researchers a publishing venue to share their results and insights and facilitate open, constructive research discussion.

Take the opportunity and share your work, projects, research results, achievements, ideas and insights with the worldwide sustainable energy community as part of the World Sustainable Energy Days!

As more home buyers consider the sustainability factor, green homes are becoming more popular. But what is a green home? Loosely defined as properties that adhere to sustainable standards through their construction and operation, green homes have a lower impact on the environment by offsetting carbon footprint and saving money on electricity.

Climate change, polluted bodies of air, land, and water, these environmental crises are just some of the most complex problems the world is dealing with up to this day. One of the significant contributors to this problem is the construction industry, which accounts for 4% of particulate air pollution, more water pollution occurrences than any other industry, and thousands of noise complaints yearly.