Special Interviews: BUILD UP Skills Initiative - Part 3/3
In March, BUILD UP continues its exploration of the Year of Skills, presenting a series of videos featuring various experts and participants of the BUILD UP Skills initiative. These videos delve into crucial topics such as the impact of the initiative on upskilling building professionals, the factors facilitating readiness to achieve energy goals at a national level, and best practices in skills development.
CircularB Stakeholder Webinar Series 1 – Academia and Research
The COST Action 21103 (CircularB) presents 'Implementation of Circular Economy in the Built Environment' through a Stakeholder webinar series.
Montenegro subsidies to install solar panels and heat pumps
The Montenegrin Eco Fund (Eko Fond) has prepared subsidies for local authorities to install photovoltaic systems and central heating systems in their buildings.
An improved EU Building Stock Observatory is now online
The European Commission has launched a new and improved version of the EU Building Stock Observatory (BSO) to monitor energy performance and decarbonisation of EU buildings.
Skills as a currency in the construction sector
If we are to address the skills shortages in construction, then we must view skills as more than just the tools for employment. Just as DNA is the blueprint for life, skills are the mechanisms of life. Skills are more than tools for jobs, they are part and parcel of our whole life and must be viewed as such.
Developing the Italian Roadmap toward the skills needed for a Sustainable Built Environment
The RES2 project is developing the Italian roadmap to performing qualitative and quantitative analyses of the gap in skills needed to reach a carbon-neutral building environment.
Passivhaus certified single family house in Cork
This detached single family house is located in Cork (Ireland) and it is certified Passivhaus.
Making renewable heating affordable for households
Millions of European households are struggling to heat their homes, particularly in the rental sector. How to incentivise renewable heating for rental proprieties?
Building inspectors pressured to register to skills certification level in the UK
The Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) has warned that building inspectors have been pressured to register at Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
Recommendations on How to address Summer Energy Poverty in public policies
One of the main objectives of CoolToRise is raising awareness of summer energy poverty but also to identify ways to address it. Following that purpose is the aim of the first policy brief drafted in the framework of the project.