The importance of building codes for sustainable buildings
Building codes play an important role in sustainable real estate development as they ensure specific standard of safety, health, and environmental impacts.
Facade Design and Aesthetics
Join the Facade Design and Aesthetics event, where architects, industry experts, and design enthusiasts converge to explore the innovation and transformative power of facades in architectural landscapes.
How Odessa Housing Union is turning basements into shelters while saving on energy bills
Odessa Housing Union (OHU) is one of the partners of the EU-funded project ComAct (“Community Tailored Actions for Energy Poverty Mitigation”). Its goal is to make energy-efficient improvements in multi-family apartment buildings in Central and Eastern Europe affordable and manageable for energy-poor communities, as well as to create the necessary assistance conditions for lifting them out of energy poverty.
From Sustainability to Regeneration: a digital framework with BIM and computational design methods
The paper highlights the potential and limitations of digital methods concerning regenerative design and suggests possibilities for future expansion by incorporating additional quantifiable indicators that reflect research developments, to achieve positive outcomes.
Technical Article - Can you heat your house with district heating with a lower temperature supply? A performance assessment approach
This article presents a simulation-based approach to assess the readiness of dwellings for adopting lower-temperature heat from district heating systems as a means of gas-free heating transition.
Does your office comply with energy standards?
Majority of offices in Brussels no longer comply with energy standards which are necessary to meet 2050 net-zero targets.
Pioneering circular solutions for built environment through digitalization and locally sourced waste
A New European Project, RECONSTRUCT, has been launched to devise more sustainable alternatives to ordinary steel and cement.
Cooling efficiency: tackling energy demand in hot times
IEA highlights the importance of building energy efficiency amid rising cooling needs
Thermo-modernisation of the Polish pilot site of RINNO project
RINNO partner NAPE is applying technical and environmentally-friendly solutions to improve thermal comfort and reduce heating costs for building occupants.
Scottish government consulting for reforming Energy Performance Certificates
The Scottish government is currently undergoing a consultation to reform domestic and non-domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPC).