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The Council of the European Unione has eventually agreed on the recast of the Energy Efficiency Directive which is going to pave the way towards a 55% reduction of greenhouse gase emissions by 2030. The EU-ASE share their opinion about this important legislative step.

Eurac Research leads the new Horizon Europe-funded project MODERATE. The project aims to develop procedures for stakeholders to share data and make decisions, as well as uniform access to heterogeneous building performance data sources into one open platform.

The nine core ARISE European partners met last week in North Macedonia to continue their transformational work in empowering the digital transformation of the built environment. 

Earlier this month (June 2022), Clyde Gateway hosted Industry and Policy Maker workshops at their brand-new events venue, The Bothy at Cuningar Loop. The workshops raised awareness and knowledge of 5GDHC technology in general and more specifically informed the stakeholders about the investments planned at Clyde Gateway.

Do you want to know more on how Ireland is implementing national retrofitting schemes? The Passive House Plus has found that one-stop-shops have received a strong consumer demand. Through this scheme applicants can claim up to 50% grant aid on the cost of a deep energy upgrade.

LIFE Clean Energy Transition 2022 (CET) Call is open for Proposals. Proposals will be accepted until 16 November 2022. This sub-programme aims at facilitating the transition toward an energy-efficient, renewable energy-based, climate-neutral and -resilient economy by funding coordination and support actions across Europe. It will contribute to the implementation of the energy-related actions of the Green Deal, including the ‘Renovation wave’ initiative for the building sector.

As a response to the need to accelerate the timber building transformation in Europe, Built by Nature, a network and grant-making organisation has announced an Accelerator Fund grant in Italy. This initiative will be coordinated by EIT Climate-KIC and will establish a prototype building in Milano Innovation District (MIND).

This article gives some insights from North America regarding the increasing need to cool down inside temperature as a direct consequence of more and more common heat waves. A solution would be to install heat pumps which is an energy efficient way to improve indoor thermal comfort and reduce emissions.

One of the largest public schools in Romania has been renovated to become a nearly-zero energy building (NZEB). This has allowed a 60% reduction of energy consumption and most of consumed energy can be produced on site from photovoltaic and thermal panels.